SOC300H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Fact, A Priori And A Posteriori, Squeegee
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Lecture 7: legitimacy, rational myths and policing introduction to the open systems- what we mean by open and how that differs from closed. Overview neo-institutional theory pt. 1- meyer and rowan rational v. legitimacy reasons for organizational behavior. What are rational myths and why do they matter?--> how they organize organizational behavior. Abstinence policies don"t work whereas safe sex policies work better explaining organizational behavior prior expectations (from rational systems approach): organizations behave rationally: they seek to efficiently achieve their goals technical/functional rationality v rationality in vernacular. Neo-institutional theory says no- not all about rationality. Prior scholars criticized extent to which organizations are rational. Nit: new evidence that behavior is not driven by rationality and new sources of non- rational behavior. Organizational field is embedded within the environment but the environment is more than the organizational field. Fields often exist in multiple environments, each env usually influences multiple fields.
