TOPICS IN MICRO ORGANIZATION THEORY I

MAN660

Course Code: MAN660
Semester: Second Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Doctorate Of Science

Year of Study

Semester

Second Term (Spring)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Hamdullah Nejat Basım

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Will learn the structure of individual's social network.
Will comprehend the epistemological map of the social science.
Will comprehend epistemological and ontological stances of organization theories.
Will acquire the skill of writting an academic paper in micro fields of the organization and management science.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

Micro-Organizational Theories examine the individual and the position of the individual in the organization, the network of relationships and the network In doing so, they also get help from psychology, social psychology, anthropology, ethnography, sociology and philosophy. There are very important contributions from the theoretical point of view to the basically mentioned areas. There are very important contributions from the theoretical point of view to the basically mentioned areas. A significant portion of the explanations in the field of Business Administration are made possible by the theoretical richness from these areas. When the individual is concerned, he or she will have to overcome the definition of the person's self in relation to these theories.This is a must for everybody who participates in the lesson. In order to reach the level mentioned above, we need to develop our epistemological knowledge about the theories of social sciences and micro-macro organizations. Especially when we understand the epistemological map of social science in particular, we can better understand where the theories related to the field stand, how they relate to each other, and how to classify them. For this reason, the discussion of the epistemological dimensions of social sciences and organizational theories has an important place in the beginning of the course.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction: The Context of the Social Field Which Individual Embedded.
2^nd Week	Epistemology and Organizations
3^rd Week	Abstraction: Road to Theory
4^th Week	Individual and Environment
5^th Week	Symbolic Interaction: Road to Constructivism
6^th Week	Individual and Sense of Self
7^th Week	Impression Management, Self-Monitoring
8^th Week	Cognition and Learning
9^th Week	Identity Theory and Social Identity Theory
10^th Week	Social Networking and Social Exchange Theory
11^th Week	Cooperation and Trust in Groups.
12^th Week	Leadership, Power and Affect
13^th Week	Creativity and Inovation
14^th Week	Cultural Studies, Organization Culture and Theory Building
15^th Week	General Assessment

Recommended or Required Reading

Martin, J. L. 2003. What is Field Theory? American Journal of Sociology, 109:1-49.
Fligstein, N. 2001. Social skill and the theory of fields. Sociological Theory, 19(2):105-125.
Moldoveanu, M. C. ve Baum, J. A. C. 2002. Contemporary Debates in Organizational Epistemology. J. A. C. Baum (Der.), The Blackwell Companion to Organizations: 733-751. Oxford: Blackwell.
Zijderveld, Anton C. 1974. The Abstract Society. Middlesex: Penguin Books. s. 48-83.
Hampton, J. A. 2003. Abstraction and Context in Concept Representation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 358:1251-1259.
Barsalou, L. W. 2003. Abstraction in Perceptual Symbol Systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 358:1177-1187.
Levins, R. 2006. Strategies of abstraction. Biology and Philosophy, 21:741-755.
Schwartzman, L. H. 2006. Abstraction, idealization, and oppression.Metaphilosophy, 37(5):565-588.
Rapoport, Anatol. 1974. Conflict in Man Made Environment. Middlesex: Penguin Books. s. 33-63.
Weick, Karl. 2001. Making Sense of the Organization. Oxford: Blackwell. s. 179-223.
Fine, G. A. 1993. The sad demise, mysterious disappearance, and glorious triumph of symbolic interactionism. Annual Review of Sociology, 19:61-87.
Stryker, S. 2008. From Mead to a structural symbolic interactionism and beyond. Annual Review of Sociology, 34:15-31.
Hanzel, I. 2011. Beyond Blumer and Symbolic Interactionism: The Qualitative ? Quantitative Issues in Social Theory and Methodology. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 41(3):303-326.
Shrauger, J. S. ve Schoeneman, T. J. 1999. Symbolic Interactionist View of Self- Concept: Through the Looking Glass Darkly. Roy F. Baumeister (der.), The Self in Social Psychology: 25-42. Philadelphia: Psychology Press.
Simon, Bernd. 1999. A Place in the World: Self and Social Categorization. T. R. Tyler, R. M. Kramer ve O. P. John (der.), The Psychology of the Social Self: 47-69. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Callero, P. L. 2003. The Sociology of the Self. Annual Review of Sociology, 29:115-133.
Goffman, Erving. 1978. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. Middlesex: Penguin Books. s. 203-230.
Bolino, M. C. ve Turnley, W. H. 2003. More Than One Way to Make an Impression: Exploring Profiles of Impression Management. Journal of Management, 29 (2) 141-160.
Manning, P. K. 2008. Goffman on Organizations. Organization Studies, 29(5):677- 699.
Leone, Christofer. 2006. Self-monitoring: Individual differences in orientations to the social world. Journal of Personality, 74:633-658.
Ickes, W., Holloway, R., Stinson, L. L. ve Hoodenpyle, T. G. 2006. Self-monitoring in social interaction: The centrality of self-affect. . Journal of Personality, 74:659- 684.
Day, D. V. ve Schleicher, D. J. 2006. Self-monitoring at work: A motive-based perspective. Journal of Personality, 74:685-714.
Argyris, Chris ve Schön, Donald A. 1974. Theory in Practice. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass. s. 3-34.
Ocasio, William. 2001. How Do Organizations Think? Theresa K. Lant ve Zur Shapira (der.), Organizational Cognition: Computation and Interpretation:39-60. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Stryker, S. ve Burke, P. J. 2000. The past, present, and future of an identity theory. Social Psychology Quarterly, 634):284-297.
Stryker, S. 2007. Identity theory and personality theory: Mutual relevance. Journal of Personality, 75(6):1083-1102.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Presentation of Article	1	50
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam	3	15	45
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	3	3
Homework
Article	5	40	200
Total Work Load			290
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			9.66
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

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