COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

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

The course aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the scientific field known as Organization Theory. It covers the emergence, importance, foundations, focus, and levels of analysis of this field, which originated in the 1950s. The course also analyzes the chronological and paradigmatic development of organization theories. In order to achieve this, the course will delve into various approaches, such as functionalist, structural-functionalist, economic organization theories, open-system natural organization models, and interpretive, critical, and postmodern approaches.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Gain a detailed understanding of the emergence, importance, foundations, focus, and level of analysis of the scientific field of Organization Theory, which emerged in the 1950s.
2   Learn about the chronological development and classification of Organization Theory. This includes functionalist and structural-functionalist approaches, economic organization theories, open system natural organization models, interpretive approach, critical theory, and postmodern approach.
3   Understand the reflections of essential paradigm shifts in natural sciences, such as Newtonian mechanics, Einstein's Theory of Relativity, and developments in Quantum Physics on Organization Theories.
4   Develop the ability to examine organizations and managerial issues from different perspectives and solve problems using relevant tools.
5   Evaluate organizational theories according to levels of analysis (individual, group, organization, inter-organizational, and organizational communities). This will enable you to address issues and phenomena from a managerial perspective.
6   Evaluate organizational theories in the light of metaphors developed by Gareth Morgan, such as machine, organism, brain, culture, political system, spiritual prison, flow and transformation, and instruments of domination.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Understanding Organization Theory: Definition, Importance, Foundations and Evolution
2 Positivist Organization Theory: Classical and Neo-Classical Organization Theories
3 Modernist Organization Theory: General Systems and Socio-Technical Systems Approach
4 Modernist Organization Theory: Contingency Approach
5 Theories of Economic Organization (1): Agency Theory
6 Theories of Economic Organization (2): Transaction Costs Theory
7 Open System Natural Organization Models (1): Organizational Ecology Theory
8 Open System Natural Organization Models (2): Resource Dependency Theory
9 Open System Natural Organization Models (3): Institutionalization Theory
10 Interpretive and Critical Organization Theory
11 Chaos and Complexity Theories
12 Philosophy of Postmodernism and Postmodern Organization Theory
13 Institutional Logics
14 Organization Theory Research from Türkiye

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Örgüt Teorisi - Ali Ekber Akgün, Halit Keskin, Ipek Koçoğlu
2. Örgüt Kuramı, Örgüt Tasarımı ve Örgütsel Değişim - Gareth R. Jones
3. Örgüt Kuramları - Derleyenler: A. Selami Sargut, Şükrü Özen
4. Örgüt Kuramları - Derleyenler: H. Nejat Basım, Cenk Sözen
5. Örgüt Kuramı - Editörler: Deniz Taşçı, Erkan Erdemir
6. Yönetim ve Örgüt Teorilerinde Metafor - Gareth Morgan
7. Örgüt Kuramları ve Tasarımını Anlamak - Richard L. Daft
8. Işletme Yöneticiliği - Tamer Koçel

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Topics will be examined and discussed at the theoretical level. As teaching methods such as oral expression, visual aids, discussion, question and answer, case study analysis and scientific article assessment and criticism will be used.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 MTEG MIDTERM AVERAGE GRADE STT * 0.25 + MTE * 0.75
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE(RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students will be assessed based on their participation in class discussions and their performance on midterm and final exams. Additionally, students must evaluate a current article on organizational theories as part of their midterm work.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The student should actively participate in class discussions. The midterm and final exams will require specific analysis using appropriate terminology.

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 5 70
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 3 3
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 129

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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