COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THOUGHT OF ADMINISTRATION AND APPICATIONS IN PRE-MODERN ERA

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 5121 THOUGHT OF ADMINISTRATION AND APPICATIONS IN PRE-MODERN ERA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IBRAHIM ARAP

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

In order to understand the nature of the modern world, the earlier forms of society and the main aspects of change processes have been examined by various scientific branches (anthropology, ethnology, history, folklore etc.). The interdisciplinary characteristic of administrative science enables reality of administration to research and understand by taking advantage from these scientific branches
Primarily, investigating and understanding the reality of administration is related to the development of administrative thought The concrete means of its achieving is the examining of pre-civilized era and the administration application forms and administration thinking of different civilizations.
The question of what the idea of modern administration is a question that needs to be answered by working on the oldest forms of government of the history of mankind. By historical handling to the evaluation of administrative thought, course is aiming to examine by providing a comparative analysis of different administrative thought and practices of pre-modern era by way of mythological, religious, philosophical and political information materials Thus, it is contributed to the understanding of the complex structure of modern administrative thought.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to explain the reasons for the emergence of the different administrative thinking and practice, administrative state of fact how and why gets different views in time and space.
2   Being able to determine the continuity and breaks between pre-modern and modern administrative thought and practices.
3   Being able to examine why societies developed certain behavior patterns and administrative models and what meanings are comparatively given to them.
4   Being able to make predictions about possible dynamics of the changes in the modern administrative thought.
5   Being able to critically analyze the reasons of the characters of insufficient, directivity, ideological and ethnocentric researches related with administrative state of fact.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The necessity of an interdisciplinary approach to the concept of administration and the importance of anthropological knowledge to the understanding of administrative state of fact. Human beings and evolution. Administrative thought and pre-modern societies. The defining characteristics of the modern and the pre-modern periodization.
2 Hunter and gatherer societies
3 Neolithic era. The administrative thought and practices in civilizations of Mesopotamia (Sumerian, Babylonian, Akkadian, Assyrian).
4 The Ancient Egypt
5 India: Rig Veda, Ramayana, Mahabhrata
6 Far East: Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and Shintoism
7 Midterm Exam
8 The Ancient Greek
9 The natives of the North and South America
10 Medieval Europe
11 Turkish epics and mythologies. Inscriptions. Dede Korkut stories
12 Administrative thought and practices in monotheistic religious
13 In mythology, the universal elements. Symbol language
14 Contemporary primitive societies

Recomended or Required Reading

Antik Dünya ve Geleneksel Toplumlarda Dinler ve Mitolojiler Sözlüğü. 2000. Yöneten: Yves Bonnefey. Dost: Ankara.
Armstrong, Karen. 2005. Mitlerin Kısa Tarihi. MK: Istanbul.
Barthes, Roland. 2011. Çağdaş Söylenler. Metis Yayınları: Istanbul.
Campbell, Joseph. 2000. Kahramanın Sonsuz Yolculuğu. Kabalcı: Istanbul.
Campbell, Joseph. 2003. Doğu Mitolojisi. Imge: Ankara
Campbell, Joseph. 2003. Batı Mitolojisi. Imge: Ankara.
Campbell, Joseph. 2003. Yaratıcı Mitolojisi. Imge: Ankara.
Campbell, Joseph. 2006. Ilkel Mitolojisi. Imge: Ankara.
Childe, Gordon. 2005. Tarihte Neler Oldu. Kırmızı: Istanbul
Childe, Gordon. 2005. Kendini Yaratan Insan. Varlık: Istanbul.
Claster, Pierre. 2006. Devlete Karşı Toplum. Ayrıntı: Istanbul.
Çığ, Muazzez Ilmiye. 1995. Kur an, Incil ve Tevrat ın Sümer deki Kökeni. Kaynak: Istanbul.
Engels, F. 2002. Devletin Ailenin ve Özel Mülkiyetin Kökeni. Sol: Ankara.
Frazer, James. 1991. Altın Dal: Dinin ve Folklorun Kökleri. C.I-II. Payel: Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1-In-class discussion in accordance with the readings on the subjects in the content of weekly course.
2-Group or individual researches and presentations of students related with the course subjects.
3-Book review

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

In accordance with weekly readings, active participation of students is measured according to their preparing assignments and presentations, book review and a final exam.

Assessment Criteria

The evaluation criteria of active participation to the course: 1- To participate discussions in the class in the light of information obtained by reading the resources on a weekly basis 2-To read the other students submitted papers before presentation, to ask question during the presentation of papers, to explain and participate to discussion
The evaluation criteria for book review:1- Justification showing the reason of choosing the book which they choose. Why have been these books chose 2-The student s comparing the book with his/her thought (and the other writers thoughts). 3- To specify the contribution of the book to a student.
The evaluation criteria for the preparation of paper and presentation: 1- Reviewing the literature related with the subject and benefiting satisfyingly from reviewed literature. 2- To submit paper on time. To make a presentation on time.
The evaluation criteria for exam which is performed at the end of term: To interpret the question or the questions accordance with the readings and discussions done during the term.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Will be announced

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ibrahim.arap@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Reading 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 130

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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