COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CEK 1002 ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM ÇAKIR

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (Evening)
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

To convey of the historical development of organizational psychology, motivation of the individual within the organization, the organization communication scheme, the formation of leadership and organizational culture, organizational problems and in solutions within the framework of theoretical approaches.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe the organization psychology, to be able to the process of development in management sciences.
2   To detect the importance of organizational psychology researchs in management theories.
3   Describe the process of motivation and to be able to expressing theories of motivation.
4   To be able to explain organizational communication and the functioning with the examples.
5   To detect and to distinguish differences in the relationship between leadership and management.
6   Identify the organizational culture and it s elements.
7   Defining and distinguishing organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course introduction
2 Description of the organization, the organization types in terms of working life
3 The place of organizational psychology in management theories.
4 The formation process of motivation and incentive types.
5 Content and process theories of motivation
6 Incentives and economic instruments in motivation.
7 Psycho-social and organizational-managerial motivation tools.
8 Midterm exam
9 Organizational communication and it s description and functioning.
10 The individual and personality, personality-job fit within the organization.
11 Traditional and contemporary leadership styles.
12 Organizational culture and it's elements.
13 Organizational commitment, organizational citizenship behavior.
14 Union commitment, union participation and union satisfaction.
15 Overall assessment

Recomended or Required Reading

Zeyyat Sabuncuoğlu, Melek Tüz (2008), Örgütsel Psikoloji, Alfa Aktüel Basım Yayın,
Bursa, 2008.
Enver Özkalp ve Çiğdem Kırel (2010), Örgütsel Davranış, Ezgi Kitabevi,
T. Demirbilek ve Ö. Çakır (2001), Sendikal Bağlılık, Petrol-Iş Yayınları, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing the subject-aided visual presentation
Case studies

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)

E-mail: ozlem.cakir@deu.edu.tr
Tel: +90 232 4120289

Office Hours

Every day, from 15:30 to 17:00 (the course will vary according to the program)

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 1 4 4
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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