1. The population-ecology perspective argues that it is healthy for society to have new organization emerging and old organization dying as environment changes. Do you agree? Why would European countries pass laws to sustain traditional organizations and inhibit the emergence of the new ones?

2. Discuss how the process of variation, selection, and retention might explain innovations that take place within an organization.

3. Do you believe that legitimacy really motivate a large, powerful organization such as Walmart. Is acceptance by other people a motivation for individuals as well? Explain.

4. How does the desire for legitimacy result in organizations becoming more similar over time?

5. How do mimetic forces differ from normative forces? Give an example of each.