COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT IN TRANSPORTATION BUSINESSES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DLU 7016 ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT IN TRANSPORTATION BUSINESSES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Logistics and Maritime Transport Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MUSTAFA SERDAR AYAN

Offered to

Logistics and Maritime Transport Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

Giving the general terms and theories of organizational management and applying behaviors related to motivation and leadership to transportation companies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Applying management theories to the transportation companies
2   Understanding the usage of management functions for transportation companies
3   Understanding the conflicts and critisizm in transportation companies
4   Understanding leadership, terms and models in management
5   Understanding the complex and related structures of the organizations, making the applications related to management perceptions in global environment

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Management and Organization, explaining the aim of the course
2 History of Management
3 Organizational Culture
4 Management in Global Environment
5 Decision Making in Management
6 Fundamentals of Planning
7 Midterm Exam
8 Organizational Structure and Design
9 Essentials of Behaviour
10 Groups and Teams
11 Motivation
12 Leadership
13 Essentials of Control
14 Case studies of management in transportation companies

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Resource: Robbins, S. P. & Coulter, M. (2012). Management (10th Edition).Boston, Prentice Hall.

Referance Resources :
Porter, Taylor( 2013) Management Science ( 11th Edition ) ; Prentice Hall
Bovee, Thill, Mescon (2007) Excellence in Business ( 3th Edition) ; Prentice Hall

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature survey, data analysis, case studies.

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Achieving specialist level of knowledge, skill and competency and researching, commenting, expressing (oral-written forms) through the perspective of business management in logistics and maritime transport sector will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst.Prof.Dr. M. Serdar AYAN, Tel: 18818

Office Hours

Monday, 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 4 48
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 2 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 2 5 10
Reading 1 1 1
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 127

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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