COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADMINISTRATION AND HUMANITY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 4023 ADMINISTRATION AND HUMANITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IBRAHIM ARAP

Offered to

Public Administration
Public Administration (Evening)

Course Objective

It is aimed to analysis and understand the multi-faceted problems emerging in the field of public administration in terms of the causes and consequences of human behavior by the resolution of the administrative phenomenon which is a field of activity related with human behavior through the medium of concepts and categories of social psychology and sociology of organizations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to exemplify the relation among administration, organization and human
2   Being able to discuss the different models of administrator
3   Being able to make interpretations on Turkish public administration
4   Being able to recognize the changes formed by the attitudes and behaviors within the organization and outside the organization in the administrative structure
5   Being able to make predictions about the benefit and importance of examining of administration and human behavior
6   Being able to make a judgment about the qualities of public administrators in Turkey

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Drawing a basic conceptual framework. The place and importance of psychology in administration, The development of administrative psychology. The linking between administrative psychology and the theories of administration.
2 The analysis of personality and personal differences
3 Group Dynamics: Group types and group differences
4 The reports and dissatisfactions of public officials on work and working conditions - The complaints of citizens on public officials and the dissatisfactions of citizens on public administration
5 Division of labor, authority, hierarchy and bureaucracy
6 The improvement of administrative authority and junior-senior relation: The analysis of the phenomenon of psycho-violence
7 The participation in administration: Participation in administration in general and participation of public officials in administration in Turkey
8 Midterm Exam
9 Midterm Exam
10 Leadership
11 Motivation: Classification of motivation, Theories of motivation and applied research on the subject. Administrative interventions aimed to increase motivation
12 Alienation: The dimensions of alienation. The factors affecting alienation, , The research on alienation. The efforts of administrative intervention for preventing alienation
13 The conflict on individual and organizational level : Conflict types, the causes of conflict and the methods of dealing with conflict
14 The critical view to administration and human

Recomended or Required Reading


Ahmet Alpay Dikmen, Makine, Iş, Kapitalizm ve Insan, Tan, Ankara, 2011.

Kurthan Fişek, Yönetim, Paragraf, Ankara, 2005
Erol Eren, Örgütsel Davranış ve Yönetim Psikolojisi, Beta, Istanbul, 2004.
Ilker Belek, Bilimsel Teknolojik Devrim ve Endüstriyel Demokrasi, Sorun, Istanbul, 1993.
Cem Eroğul, Devlet Yönetimine Katılma Hakkı, Imge, Ankara, 1991.
Yönetim Psikolojisi I. Ulusal Simpozyumuna sunulan bildiriler, TODIE, Ankara, 1979

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical lectures
The classroom discussions and the discussions at the end of the class based on questions

Assessment Methods

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ibrahim.arap@deu.edu.tr

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 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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