| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Master's Degree Without Thesis |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 10 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Gain an understanding of the human side of the organization
- Know how learning takes place at the individual, group and organizational levels
- Know the perceptual inflences on organizational decision processes
- Know theories of motivation
- Know the realtionship between motivation and job design
- Gain an understanding of leadership theories
- Understand the role of power and politics on organizations
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | None |
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| Course Description | In 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. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Introduction to the course: What is Organizational Behavior (OB)? |
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2nd Week |
Fundamentals of individual behavior |
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3rd Week |
Values, attitudes and job satisfaciton |
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4th Week |
Personality and emotions |
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5th Week |
Perception and individual decision making |
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6th Week |
Theories and appliacations of motivation |
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7th Week |
Fundamentals of group behavior and work teams |
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8th Week |
Mid-term examination |
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9th Week |
Leadership |
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10th Week |
Power, politics, conflict and management of conflict |
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11th Week |
Organizational structure, design and technology |
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12th Week |
Human resources management |
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13th Week |
Organizational culture |
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14th Week |
Organizational change and stress management |
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15th Week |
General Review |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Robbins, Stephen P., Judge, Timothy A., Campbell, Timothy T. (2010). Organizational Behavior. Prentice Hall. |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
50 |
| Total(%) |
|
50 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
50 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
50 |
| Total(%) |
|
100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
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| Individual or group work |
14 |
5 |
70 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
95 |
95 |
| Course hours |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
90 |
90 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
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| Final exam |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Homework |
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| Total Work Load | 303 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 10.1 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 10 |
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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