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AP/ADMS 4010

Organization and Administrative Theory

3.0 credits

Fall 2026

Topics

  • Organizational boundaries and environments
  • Institutional pressures and similarity between organizations
  • Social enterprises and organizations with multiple purposes
  • Strategy, structure and performance
  • Culture, ethics and workplace diversity
  • Digitization and algorithmic management
  • Relationships between organizations and distributed work
  • Organizational growth, decline and change
  • Governance, conflict and power

Readings

  • Required: Richard L. Daft and Ann Armstrong, Organization Theory and Design, 5th Canadian ed. (Cengage, 2026).
  • Required: Ivey case coursepack; final case list and supplementary articles are on eClass.
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