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Master's of Business Administration without Thesis (Distance Education)

MANU567

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR DEVELOPMENT

Course Code
MANU567
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
8
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelMaster's Degree Without Thesis
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS8
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Has awareness of interpersonal relationships
  2. Has self awareness about his/her own personal characteristics
  3. Can analyze the causes of others' behavior
  4. Has awareness of being a team member
  5. Has the skills to resolve the role conflicts appearing during team activities
  6. Can manage the conflicts present in the peer, superior and subordinate relationships
Mode of DeliveryE-Learning
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionIn this course, human behaviour in organizations is examined in terms of its impacts on individual, group, and organizational effectiveness. In the individual level, personality, values, perception, motivation; in the group level, group formation, communication, leadership, power-politics, conflict and in the organizational level, structure, technology and organizational culture are discussed with respect to their impacts on personal, group and organizational effectiveness.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction and group work
2nd Week Swordfish, bees, flies, gooses and mermaids
3rd Week Need for learning and behavior improvement
4th Week Manager's self awareness: Introduction to Jung's typology
5th Week Awareness of self
6th Week Resistance to Change: Tolerance for Uncertainty and Locus of Control
7th Week Interpersonal Relations Orientation
8th Week Managing Personal Stress
9th Week Creative Problem Solving
10th Week Creative Problem Solving Skills
11th Week Cross-Cultural Differentiation and Management
12th Week Power and Politics: How can you manage the diversities?
13th Week Leadership
14th Week Presentation of the term project
15th Week General Review
Recommended or Required ReadingRobbins, Stephen P. 2003. Organizational Behavior (10th edition). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Sargut, A. Selami. 2001. Kültürler Arası Farklılaşma ve Yönetim. Ankara: İmge Yayınevi.

Johnson, Spencer.1999. Peynirimi Kim Kaptı? İstanbul: Epsilon Yayınları.

Gladwell, M. 2008. Outliers: The story of success. New York: Little, Brown and Company.
Peters, T. J. ve R. H. Waterman. 1995. Yönetme ve Yükselme Sanatı: Mükemmeli Arayış. İstanbul: Altın Kitaplar Yayınevi.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Assignment 1 20
Total(%) 20
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 20
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 80
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 1 50 50
Preparation for Final exam 1 80 80
Course hours 14 1 14
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 30 30
Homework 1 30 30
Project 1 35 35
Total Work Load239
Total Work Load / 30 (h)7.96
ECTS Credit of the Course8
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6
K1 X
K2 X
K3 X
K4 X
K5 X
K6 X
K7 X
K8 X
K9 X
K10 X
K11 X
K12 X
K13 X
K14 X
K15 X
K16 X