COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

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

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ERDEM AKTAŞ

Offered to

Tourism Management

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to provide skills for successful change management and to provide information that will enable successful management of change of businesses and employees.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Can understand the nature of change.
2   Can understand the changes in individual, organizational and social dimensions.
3   Can evaluate how and in what way change occurs.
4   Can relate leadership and change.
5   Gains the knowledge and skills of being a successful change manager and change leader by using the knowledge about change management.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of Change
2 Organizational Change
3 Globalization and Organizational Change
4 Change Strategies
5 Success Criteria in Change Strategies
6 Resistance to Change
7 Formal Structure in the Change Process
8 Systems in the Process of Change
9 Reducing Resistance to Change
10 Organizational Change Management in Management Approaches
11 Organizational Change and the Post-Modern Perspective
12 Change Management and Change Leadership
13 Successful Examples for Change Strategies
14 Failed Examples for Change Strategies
15 Final Exam
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Hughes, M. (2015). The Leadership of Organizational Change. New York: Routledge.
Anderson, D.L. (2016). Organization Development: The Process of Leading Organizational Change. California: SAGE Publications.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Vize
2 FN Final
3 BNS BNS VZ*0.40+FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ*0.40+BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exam papers will be evaluated regarding the level of understanding, as well as defining the causality between the basic concepts and issues of the lecture, ability of giving examples and analytical thought and using relevant terminology.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is obligatory to attend at least 70% of the clesses.
Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
Students should give due importance to the reading list.
Students are expected to be involved in class discussions.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

erdem.aktas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 09:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Web Search and Library Research 14 1 14
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1555
LO.25555
LO.3555
LO.45555
LO.55555

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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