In the first lecture of the session, Professor Alava gives the course orientation. He explains the rationale of studying the organisation theory. We need organization theories in order to understand how and why organisations evolve and behave in certain ways. However, there is no single theory which can explain all the phenomena, we need to take different lenses to observe and research the organisations.

Before any lecture either open or save to your computer the assigned PowerPoint presentations.

Assignment before the lecture: None.

Open or save the PowerPoint slides related to this lecture EDLS011_S1_L1.pdf​

Listen to the lecture, and afterwards do the assignment given below.

Write your personal learning experiences into your personal Reflective report. The Reflective report for Session 1 will be submitted in one file after Lecture 4.<p="color:">

Assignment after the lecture: Read the following article.

Millett, B. 1999. Understanding organisations: The basis for managing change
http://www.usq.edu.au/extrafiles/business/journals/HRMJournal/AJMOBarticles/Understanding%20Org%20ChangeMillett.pdf