- Why study organizations?- What are the theoretical foundations of the study of organizations?- How do organizations lead to institutions?Organizations are everywhere, they invade our daily existence: - we are born in organizations: hospital or maternity hospital,- we grow up in organizations: nursery, school, college, high school,university, etc. - we work in private or public organizations: companies, associations, administrations, NGOs, etc,associations, administrations, NGOs, etc.Whatever the job(s) you are going to do, in addition to a basic specialitysuch as finance, marketing or IT, knowledge of how organisations/institutions workknowledge of the functioning of organizations/institutions will enable you to better practice your professional activities.The objective for the study of organizations is therefore to understand how they function using multiple perspectives to learn how to act in organizations.