Course Language:
English
Course Objectives:
The aim of this course is to introduce the basic concepts and theories related to organizational behavior to understand and to explain human behavior at individual, group and organizational level.
Course Content:
Organizational behavior (OB) is about the study of knowledge and application concerning human behavior in work settings. OB examines its subjects at three level as individual, group and organizational level. OB provides a good opportunity for researchers to understand, to explain and to predict acts of organizational members in the course of the achievement of organizational objectives.
Teaching Methods:
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion
Assessment Methods:
A: Exam , B: Assignment, C: Student Presentations
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Program Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1) Explains the basic principles lying behing individual differences | 1, 3 | 1,2,3 | A,B,C |
| 2) Lists important work related attitudes and explains the importance of these attitudes in terms of individuals and organizaions. | 1, 3 | 1,2,3 | A,B,C |
| 3) Describes motivation concept and theories and explains the motivation tools and their aim that can bu used to motivate employees. | 1, 2, 3 | 1,2,3 | A,B,C |
| 4) Understans group dynamics and teams and analyses the role of leader in this dynamics. | 7, 10 | 1,2,3 | A,B,C |
| 5) Analyses the effects of culture and cultural values on the way of doing business and organizational applications. | 2, 3, 7 | 1,2,3 | A,B,C |
| 6) Explains the importance and effects of macro level concepts such as organizational culture and organizational change on employees. | 2, 3, 7, 10 | 1,2,3 | A,B,C |
| 7) Applies the key concepts learned in the class to real life situations. | 10, 13, 14 | 1,2,3 | A,B,C |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Introduction-Organizational Behavior Discipline, | |
| 2 | What Is Organizational Behavior (OB)? Management Theories And The Birth Of OB | |
| 3 | Personality, Values And Attitudes | |
| 4 | Perception And Decision Making | |
| 5 | Motivation Concept / Motivation Theories | |
| 6 | Work Groups And Team Work | |
| 7 | Midterm | |
| 8 | Foundations Of Group Behaviour | |
| 9 | Understanding Work Teams | |
| 10 | Presentation | |
| 11 | Organizational Change | |
| 12 | Newly Emerging Subjects In Organizational Behavior | |
| 13 | Communication | |
| 14 | Leadership | |
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15
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General Review & Finalizing | |
| 16 | Final | |
Recommended Sources
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |
| Textbook |
Robbins, S. & Judge, T.A. (2008). Organizational Behavior. (14 th ed.). Pearson, Prentice Hall International.
Scott, R.W. (2015). Organizations and Organizing: Rational, Natural and Open Systems Perspectives. Routledge. (ISBN- 1317345924, 9781317345923)
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| Additional Resources |
Internet (online) sources: (www.yahyamet.net)
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Material Sharing
| MATERIAL SHARING | |
| Documents | Power point presentation related to all concepts discussed in the class. |
| Assignments | Critique on the advantages and disadvantages of globalization on employees and organizations, analysis of scientific management approach, film analysis using all the concepts covered in the class. |
| Exams | One midterm, one final exam |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Mid-term | 1 | 30 |
| Presentation | 1 | 15 |
| Assignment | 1 | 15 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade | 40 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | |||||||
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | Ph.D. candidates gain knowledge and skills to interpret and criticize many theories, models, and paradigms related to different perspectives that developed in the fields of business (organization and administration, organization behavior, marketing, finance, human resources, production technology, etc.) and social sciences and evaluation of scientific studies and research presented at scientific meetings | X | |||||
| 2 | Ph.D. candidates learn to track and interpret the changes, innovations and developments in business administration or in other fields of social sciences, and as practitioners determine the organizational and managerial problems, create innovative solutions in the light of this information. | X | |||||
| 3 | Ph.D. candidates gain knowledge, ability, and responsibility to carry out unique scientific and academic researches independently or in partnership with other researchers in the field of social sciences, and to publish the research results in forms of book, article, report and to present for discussing in scientific areas. | X | |||||
| 4 | Ph.D. candidates become managers based on ethical issues, leaders, or academicians who have consciousness of a sustainable environment, social responsibility and active citizenship in the scientific environment in the university, in the close relationship with outstanding faculty members, selected guest speakers and the teammates who they are educated together. | X | |||||
| 5 | Ph.D. candidates learn that the employees of the national and international organizations they manage come from different backgrounds and culture, cultural conflicts occur in mergers and cross-country mobility of the labor force, in a scientific environment and evolve as successful managers and leaders who can manage cultural differences. | X | |||||
| 6 | Ph.D. candidates gain leadership qualifications to make rational decision-making for long-term strategic planning and application of plans in the organizations they work. | ||||||
| 7 | Ph.D. candidates learn that strategic management is teamwork and results can be achieved only by working as teams. | X | |||||
| 8 | Ph.D. candidates learn that information developed in different fields of social sciences complete each other and in scientific studies, having multidisciplinary approach and viewpoint is inevitable. | X | |||||
| 9 | In long-term doctoral studies, Ph.D. candidates prepare papers and presentations in English and they criticized for improvement of their studies, they gain effective communication skills in both their native language and in English. | X | |||||
| 10 | Ph.D. Candidates experiences how rapid is production and development of information in social sciences and in business administration and learn that life-long learning is inevitable. | X | |||||
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 16 | 8 | 128 |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Assignment | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Presentation | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Final examination | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Work Load | 246 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 9,84 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 10 | ||