COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT THOUGHT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISL 2034 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT THOUGHT COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EBRU TOLAY

Offered to

Business Administration
Business Administration (Evening)

Course Objective

This course aims to explore the historical origins and evolution of management over time. The course aims to establish a more accessible and accurate connection between the concepts related to business management. To accomplish this, the course will cover (i) management and organization in prehistory and antiquity, (ii) management in the works of philosophers, famous politicians, and commanders, and (iii) the development of management thought in businesses between the First and Fourth Industrial Revolution. Additionally, the course aims to enhance students' management knowledge and skills by providing information and examples on the essential functions of management and current issues in today's business landscape.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Acquire knowledge of management and organization development from ancient times to the present.
2   2. Develop the ability to assess how management and organization are handled in world-renowned political, philosophical, and literary works.
3   3. Gain knowledge of the Industrial Revolution and the Management Movement, which led to the emergence of management as a science.
4   4. Recognize the teachings and representatives of Classical, Neo-Classical, Modern, and Post-Modern Organization Theory, and distinguish between these schools.
5   5. Learn to comprehend and interpret metaphors that view organizations as machines and biological organisms.
6   6. Develop the ability to understand and design structures and processes of organizations operating in different environments and with various technologies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Pre-Industrialization Period: Management in ancient civilizations such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Greece, and Rome.
2 Pre-Industrialization Period: Management thought in the Middle Ages, including feudalism, artisan guilds, Roman Catholic Church, Protestant Reformation, and Machiavelli.
3 Management in the Industrial Revolution and the Age of Scientific Management.
4 Classical School: Scientific Management Approach.
5 Classical School: Management Process Approach.
6 Classical School: Bureaucracy Approach.
7 Neo-Classical School: School of Human Relations and Hawthorne Studies.
8 Neo-Classical School: Organizational Research and the Views of Thinkers of the Period.
9 Modern School: Systems Approach.
10 Modern School: Contingency Approach (Organizational Structure-Environment Research).
11 Modern School: Contingency Approach (Organizational Structure-Technology Research).
12 Post-Modern School: Total Quality Management, Benchmarking.
13 Post-Modern School: Outsourcing, Core-Competence, Learning Organizations.
14 Post-Modern School: Re-Engineering, Agile Organizations, Holacracy and Self-Managed Teams

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Örgüt Teorisi - Ali Ekber Akgün, Halit Keskin, Ipek Koçoğlu
2. Örgüt Kuramları ve Tasarımını Anlamak - Richard L. Daft
3. Işletme Yönetimi - Gülay Budak, Gönül Budak
4. Işletme Yöneticiliği - Tamer Koçel
5. Yönetim ve Örgüt Teorilerinde Metafor - Gareth Morgan
6. Bilgi ve Hikmet Sahiplerinden Yönetim Dersleri - Ömer Dinçer
7. Endüstri 4.0 - Ömer Faruk Görçün

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Teaching methods such as oral expression, visual aids, discussion, Q&A, and case study analysis will be used to examine theoretical topics.

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


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)

ebru.tolay@deu.edu.tr
ebru.tolay@gmail.com

Office Hours

It will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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