COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION THEORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IYO 7031 MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION THEORY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Management and Organization Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EBRU TOLAY

Offered to

Management and Organization Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to examine the origins of organizational theories and approaches and their historical development over time, thus enabling an easier and healthier connection between concepts related to the field of business management. In addition, it is to improve management knowledge and skills by providing information and examples on the basic functions of management and current issues in today's business life.

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 Pre-Industrialization Period: Management in Ancient Civilizations and the Middle Ages
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: Hawthorne Studies and the Views of Thinkers of the Period
8 Modern School Systems Approach
9 Modern School Contingency Approach (Organizational Structure-Environment Research)
10 Modern School Contingency Approach (Organizational Structure-Technology Research)
11 Post-Modern School: Total Quality Management, Benchmarking
12 Post-Modern School: Outsourcing, Core-Competence
13 Post-Modern School: Learning Organizations, Re-Engineering
14 Philosophy and Theory of Postmodernism: Virtual Organizations, Agile Organizations, Holacracy and Self-Managed Teams

Recomended or Required Reading

Organization Theory - Ali Ekber Akgün, Halit Keskin, Ipek Koçoğlu
Images of Organizations - Gareth Morgan
Understanding the Theory and Design of Organizations - Richard L. Daft
Organizational Theory, Design and Change - Gareth R. Jones
Klasik Yönetim Düşüncesi - Aykut Berber
Fundamentals of Management - Robbins, Decenzo & Coulter
Işletme Yönetimi - Gülay Budak, Gönül Budak
Işletme Yöneticiliği - Tamer Koçel


Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Issues will be examined and discussed at theoretical level. Teaching methods such as lecture, visual tools, discussion, question-answer will be used.

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 * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students will be evaluated according to their participation in class discussions and the presentation of final papers, as well as their midterm and final exam grades.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is important for the student to read about the field and participate in class discussions. The questions posed for the midterm and final exam are not general but specific. For this reason, analyzes should be made with the correct and appropriate use of 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 term.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.21
LO.311
LO.4111
LO.511
LO.6

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