Doctoral Course - Theories of Organizations in Management
lourim | Louvain-la-Neuve, Mons
LLSMA2006 - Theories of Organizations in Management – 5 ECTS
Prof. Régis Coeurderoy
This course will review the main theories in management that explain the existence of firms as specific institutions. The course includes both theories based upon the economic approach (agency; transaction cost approach and RBV) and theories based upon more sociological approaches (social interactions; institutional; networks). Emphasis will be put on how these theories explain the determinants of the size and scope of firms, or, in other words, on the main reasons why coordination of activities within a firm is preferred to coordination on a market.