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6-1. What are some of the tensions & fissures that exist between the way modernists, symbolic-interpretivists , post-modernists view and study culture and why did these emerge? Support your answer with examples from the literature or your own experience.
6-2. What are the many ways organizations manage culture and how effective are these? What are the advantages & disadvantages of managing culture?
6-3. Can culture be managed? Discuss this question from each of the 3 perspectives.

7-1. Discuss why it is important for managers to consider the physical structure of organizations.
7-2. Modernist organization theorists talk about the physical structure of an organization as if it is real. In contrast Baudrillard`s notion of simulacra suggests there is no real, only sign & simulations concealing the absence of a reality and forcing us to live an illusion where we are nostalgic for community values and warmth (eg. Disney World). Discuss this view and its implications for organizational life.

8-1. Compare and contrast modernist, critical & post-modernist conceptions of control. What value does each approach have for designing and managing organizations?
8-2. What are the pros & cons of behavioral vs. output models of control and when might each be appropriate?

9-1. Discuss the main differences between a functional and M-form structure. When might an organization want to change its structure from functional to M-form?
9-2. How would you utilize the ideas on organizational change & learning if changing an organization`s structure from a functional to a matrix form?
9-3. You`re the CEO of an organization employing around 400 people. Your goal is to encourage greater creativity in relation to product development, work process/technology, and problem solving. How might you utilize the ideas in Chapter 9 to help you achieve this goal?
9-4. How might modern, symbolic-interpretive & post-modern conceptualizations of organizational change differ & why?

10-1. Discuss the implications of a paradigmatic view of organization studies for theory and practice.
10-2. What implications does the debate on paradigm commensurability have for critical realism? (Critical realism draws on functionalist and interpretivists paradigms)
10-3. Compare and Contrast modernist and symbolic-interpretive conceptions of organization identity. How might these influence the way you would study organizational identity?