COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOS 4035 SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIAL SERVICES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology
Sociology (Evening)

Course Objective

The basic goal of this lecture is to understand and explain the concepts of management and human resource.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Defines the basic concepts about management and human resource.
2   Explains the elements of management and human resource.
3   Applies the elements of management and human resource to concrete events.
4   Distinguishes differences between management and human resource.
5   Combine the elements in management and human resource.
6   Interprets the constituent elements of management and human resource.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Recent developments in organizational studies, bureaucratic management in traditional societies.
2 Management studies in 19th century, the concept of bureaucracy in Karl Marx and Max Weber.
3 Organization studies in 20th century.
4 A general approach to organizations.
5 Organization types, their roles in society, Parsons Scott's Model
6 Technology and organization, types of technology and management structures in industrial constitutions.
7 Centralization and decentralization.
8 Institutionalization in management and institutional culture.
9 Midterm Exam
10 Myths and their roles in institutional culture, processes and values.
11 Management principles in human resources, the principle of career-equality-security.
12 Approaches to human resources management, Michigan-Harvard-Guest approaches, modern approaches.

Recomended or Required Reading

Ayşe Öncü, Örgüt Sosyolojisi, Sevinç Matbaası, Ankara 1976
Diğer Kaynaklar Ömer Bozkurt, Yönetim Sosyolojisi, Doğan Matbaacılık, Ankara 1999
Binali Doğan, Örgüt Kültürü, Beta Yayıncılık, Istanbul 2007
Zeyyat Sabuncuoğlu, Insan Kaynakları Yönetimi, Alfa Yayınları, Bursa 2008
Nuri Tortop, Insan Kaynakları yönetimi, Nobel Yayınları, Ankara 2007
Türkan Argon, Insan Kaynakları Yönetimi, Nobel Yayınları, Ankara 2004

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.133
LO.23344
LO.33444
LO.4344
LO.5454
LO.65