POL 601: Public Management

ChatGPT: Some major research questions in resource dependence theory within organization theory includes:

1. How do organizations acquire and manage critical resources necessary for their survival and success?
2. How do inter-organizational relationships and networks affect resource acquisition and utilization?
3. How do power dynamics and dependence relationships shape the behavior and the decision-making of organizations?
4. How do organizations manage uncertainty and risk in their resource environments?
5. How do changes in resource environments affect organizational behavior and outcomes?

• Scott, W. Richard and Gerald F. Davis. 2007. Organizations and Organizing: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems Perspectives, Chapter 8.
• Pfeffer & Salancik (2003). An external perspective on organizations. In The External Control of Organizations (pp. 1-22), Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. - Reading is available from instructor
• Hillman, A., Withers, M. and Collins, B. (2009). Resource Dependence Theory: A Review. Journal of Management, 35(6):1404-1427.

• Malatesta, D., & Smith, C. R. (2014). Lessons from resource dependence theory for contemporary public and nonprofit management. Public Administration Review, 74(1), 14-25.
• Beaton, E.E., LePere-Schloop, M. and Smith, R. (2021) “Whatever it Takes”: Sexual Harassment in the Context of Resource Dependence. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 31: 617-633.
• Ray, V., Herd, P. and Moynihan, D. (2023) “Racialized Burdens: Applying Racialized Organization Theory to the Administrative State.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 33: 139-152.