Organizational ecology 

refers to a sociologically oriented research program on organizations.

It involves the empirical study. of populations of organizations and a theoretical emphasis on
processes of selective replacement of relatively inert organizations.

4 Levels of Organization in Ecology

1. Organism Ecology - study of how organisms interact with one
another and with their physical environment.
2. Population Ecology - deals with the dynamics of species
populations and how these populations interact with the
environment. It is the study of how the population sizes of species
change over time and space.
3. Community Ecology - group or association of populations of two
or more different species occupying the same geographical area
and in a particular time.
4. Ecosystem Ecology - study of living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic)
components of ecosystems and their interactions within an