Organizational Behavior

This collection of articles discusses various aspects of Organizational Behavior, including sustainability reporting, national cultural values, and marketing in social enterprises. The articles provide insights into different theories and practices in organizational analysis.

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Paper 1
Cho, C. H., Laine, M., Roberts, R. W., & Rodrigue, M. (2015). Organized hypocrisy,
organizational façades, and sustainability reporting. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 40,
78-94.
Questio
n
In your lectures, four rationales for organisational analysis are described.
1 Critically discuss the argument presented by the author(s).
From the particular article, it could be understood that there exists an argument
amongst the different authors with respect to the expansion of various
economical; activities which exist in the society and the manner in which there
exists a continuous debate on how the different social issues along with
environmental issues can be included in the society in order to improve the
overall scenario. The different authors as present have stated that, the disclosure
related to sustainability is very important and there needs to be an improvised
mechanism which will ensure that the sustainability reporting takes place in the
right manner. The relationship between aspects like accounting, society and
organizations using theories have been discussed.
2 What is the method - how do the author(s) convince their readers?
The data collection method which has been adopted in the article is that the
author makes use of various examples of different firms in the United states and
includes and analysis of the different statistical data as well. In addition to this,
semi structured interviews were conducted by various researchers to assist the

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different individuals in understanding the balance between society and
accounting. The legitimacy theory along with the signalling theory have been
used to understand the overall connection. Additionally, theories like
Stakeholder theory have also been used. The stakeholder’s theory helps to
understand the role of the disclosures and its importance to the different
organizations whereas the theories which have been used also talk about the
relationship which takes place between the different facades and the conflicts.
3 Drawing on your answers from analysing Q (1) and (2), critically analyse and
match your analysis to the rational given in Lecture 1 for Organisational
Analysis
From the perspective of organizational analysis, it can be understood that, the
particular article assisted in understanding the role of sustainability in a society
and the hypocrisy that surrounds the research. In addition to this, the paper also
included the different hypocrisies and the facades that may be beneficial for the
Corporate social responsibility practices and help in the understanding of the
relationship between accounting, society and organizations. With respect to the
sustainability practice analysis, the following points have been highlighted:
Sustainability reporting assists in gaining insights into the various environmental
and social issues.
There exists a relationship between hypocrisy related to legitimacy and facades
which has been reflected through examples of oil and gas corporations to
understand the research.
The use of the Neohumanism paradigm has been made in the given article to

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analyse and understand the potential of the different individuals.
Paper 2
Tata, J., & Prasad, S. (2015). National cultural values, sustainability beliefs, and organizational
initiatives. Cross Cultural Management, 22(2), 278-296.
Questio
n
In your lectures, four rationales for organisational analysis are described.
1 Critically discuss the argument presented by the author(s).
The main and purpose of the different authors in the respective article is relating
to the implementation of the sustainability related initiatives in the different
countries in worldwide with the socio-cultural systems which are worldwide.
The respective literature on the sustainability is not being able to provide a clear
picture on the analysis of how the national culture influences the different kinds
of interpretations which will be resulting to the practices related to
sustainability. The major purpose of the entire research paper is to identify the
different types of mechanisms which is inclusive of the sustainability beliefs
along with perceptions which can be helpful in mediating the overall
relationship between the organizational sustainability and national cultural
values initiatives as well.
2 What is the method - how do the author(s) convince their readers?
The different authors of the respective article have tried in utilising the
literatures which are based on sustainability and culture related practices, which
will be helpful in developing conceptual model as it will be identifying how the
different cultural values help in influencing the sustainability initiatives of the

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different organizations effectively. There are different kinds of propositions
which are being identified which helps in specifying the relationship among the
constructs, along with providing guidelines which are provided to test the model
in the future kind of research.
3 Drawing on your answers from analysing Q (1) and (2), critically analyse and
match your analysis to the rational given in Lecture 1 for Organisational
Analysis
From the entire research paper, it can be analysed that the model tries to posit
the overall influence of the national culture which creates huge influence on
sustainability perceptions along with beliefs that helps in influencing the
quantity along with scope of the initiatives which are related to sustainability.
There are different propositions which helps in understanding the relationship
between the beliefs related to sustainability along with organizational initiatives
related to sustainability which is moderated by the orientation of sustainability
along with organizational capacity.
The model will be helpful for the different researchers along with practitioners
in better understanding of the image of sustainability n context of the
international business through proper identification of mechanisms which helps
in creating link between sustainability and culture. It helps the researchers in
generating hypothesis for the future research. From the overall analysis, it can
be identified that there is functional paradigm that is considered as the main
primary paradigm as it helps in studying the organization through the help of
testing hypothesis.

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Paper 3
Atkins, J., Atkins, B. C., Thomson, I., & Maroun, W. (2015). “Good” news from nowhere:
imagining utopian sustainable accounting. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal,
28(5), 651-670.
Questio
n
In your lectures, four rationales for organisational analysis are described.
1 Critically discuss the argument presented by the author(s).
The various authors in the respective article helps in analysing the overall
aspect of the sustainable accounting aspects which play a vital role in improving
the tasks performed by the different organizations. The authors are trying to
provide a ray of proper hope while adoption of Morris-Style Utopian approach
in managing the world and making it sustainable. These are the different new
basis along with accountability forms in the contemporary type of society. It has
been noticed that the various reports of United Nation, there has been proper
identification of various climate changes which can affect the overall working
environment in different organizations worldwide. The organizations can be
prone to different factors of risk and the authors try to argue that the
organizations in the world should not wait for the paradigm shift, instead the

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companies need to include the monetization of the various costs of the change
in the aspect of climate as it is considered to be one of the most unique manner
through which it will be encouraging sustainable business model.
2 What is the method - how do the author(s) convince their readers?
The collection of the data method which have been used in the respective article
is method known as auto-ethnographic aspect that consists of dialogue between
the accounting academics and lobbyists in the form of the oral disclosure which
can be helpful in managing the climate related risks and it has been written as
the song cycle. However, the image of Utopian aspect is not practical in nature
in the present scenario as they do not provide any kind of realistic solution,
however it will become the starting point of optimism in the business activities.
3 Drawing on your answers from analysing Q (1) and (2), critically analyse and
match your analysis to the rational given in Lecture 1 for Organisational
Analysis
From the entire organizational analysis, it has been identified that there are
various efforts which are being put in by the authors in addressing the risk of
the change in climate. With the help of the different reports that are published
by United Nation, it can be identified that there are few factors related to risk
that can affect the overall scenario of the business negatively. It is the entire
duty and aspect which is required to be taken care by the managers to take care
of the different factors that will help in improving scenario.
The paradigm which has been used in the article is Radical Humanist
Paradigm wherein it limits the potential of the different individuals along with

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releasing the different social constraints effectively.

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Paper 4
Powell, M. and Osborne, S.P., 2015. Can marketing contribute to sustainable social enterprise?
Social Enterprise Journal, 11(1), pp.24-46.
Questio
n
In your lectures, four rationales for organisational analysis are described.
1 Critically discuss the argument presented by the author(s).
The focus of the article lies on the process of marketing which assists an
organization in ensuring that they are successfully able to attain sustainability
for the different social enterprises which tend to engage in public services.
Moreover, the article also assists in understanding and resolving the overall
tension which tends to exist between the enterprises with respect to the
achievement of the social and the economic objectives. The article recommends
the use of a new model which will go a long way in assisting the different
individuals to understand and learn about the manner in which marketing can be
used to ensure that the different organizations are able to carry out their overall
operations successfully.
The author has provided a recommendation that the different social enterprises
will be required to disclose about the different activities which they engage in
and oblige by the public policies. The paper has also identified different studies
which state that, the different firms and managers should engage with the
relevant body of practice which will assist them in building upon the
organizational relationships which will assist in ensuring sustainability for the

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different companies.
2 What is the method - how do the author(s) convince their readers?
The data analysis, presentation and collection method which has been adopted
by the author can be stated to be the method of case study analysis whereby four
different case studies have been made use of to understand the meaning of
marketing in the different fields. Along with this, there has been use of different
semi structured interviews which were conducted from higher officials and
helps in understanding the new trends in the emerging economies and
marketing.
3 Drawing on your answers from analysing Q (1) and (2), critically analyse and
match your analysis to the rational given in Lecture 1 for Organisational
Analysis
From the particular analysis as done in the paper, an insight about the marketing
theories and related aspects could be gained which is generally adopted by the
companies and related flexibilities in relation to the social enterprises. Usually,
the different businesses prefer that they consider product as the main point of
focus however, marketing should be undertaken to be the focal point of
discussion. The different social enterprises which are existent need to adopt the
marketing aspect as an approach and be used to enhance the overall effectivity.
In addition to this the paper also undertook to make an overall analysis of the
marketing activities as undertaken by the Social enterprises and it was identified
that marketing constitutes and effective part of the firms. In addition to this it

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also needs to be examined that very often the different Social enterprises tend to
misinterpret the overall concept of Social enterprises and this should not be the
case as these marketing initiatives assist in the overall goals achievement of the
firm. The paradigm which was made use of in the article is the Radical
Structuralist Paradigm which reflects the release of the social constraints which
tend to pose a limitation on the human potential.

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References
Atkins, J., Atkins, B. C., Thomson, I., & Maroun, W. (2015). “Good” news from nowhere:
imagining utopian sustainable accounting. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal,
28(5), 651-670.
Cho, C. H., Laine, M., Roberts, R. W., & Rodrigue, M. (2015). Organized hypocrisy,
organizational façades, and sustainability reporting. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 40,
78-94.
Powell, M. and Osborne, S.P., 2015. Can marketing contribute to sustainable social enterprise?
Social Enterprise Journal, 11(1), pp.24-46.
Tata, J., & Prasad, S. (2015). National cultural values, sustainability beliefs, and organizational
initiatives. Cross Cultural Management, 22(2), 278-296.

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