COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLOGY OF MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CEK 3021 SOCIOLOGY OF MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HATICE ŞEBNEM SEÇER

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (Evening)
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations
Management Information Systems

Course Objective

To be analyzed management process and organizations from a sociological perspective, to provide students the competence to be able to study objectives, structural characteristics, politics, process and culture of organizations in the integrity of social structure.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to analyze management process and organizations from sociological perspective
2   Being able to illustrate the theories of organization and management with examples
3   Being able to establish relationship between social structure and organization
4   Being able to analyze process within the organization from sociological perspective
5   Being able to illustrate the relation of social change and management with examples

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Sociology of Management Discipline and Social Structure-Management-Organization Interaction
2 Basic Concepts: Management, Manager, Directorate, Management Development, Organizational Development, Executive Development
3 Evolution of Management Thought in Social Development Stages
4 Classical and Neo-Classical Management Theories
5 Modern Management Theories and Contemporary Management Approaches
6 Organization, Organizational Structure, and Its Elements from Sociological Perspective
7 Relationship between the Organizational Internal and the External Environment
8 Midterm Exam
9 Midterm Exam
10 Characteristics and Comparison of Modern Organizations and Post-Modern Organizations
11 Organizational Groups and Organizational Socialization from Sociological Perspective
12 Social Interaction and Organizational Communication
13 Social Change and Organizational Change
14 Social Conflict and Organizational Conflict

Recomended or Required Reading

BAŞARAN, Ibrahim Ethem. (1998). Yönetimde Insan Ilişkileri: Yönetsel Davranış, Ankara: Gül Yayınevi.
BUDAK, Gönül ve BUDAK Gülay. (2004). Işletme Yönetimi, Izmir: Fakülteler Kitapevi.
EREN, Erol (2005). Işletmelerde Stratejik Yönetim ve Işletme Politikası, 7. Baskı, Istanbul: Beta Yayınları.
GÜRÜZ, Demet ve GÜREL, Emet. (2006). Yönetim ve Organizasyon: Bireyden Örgüte, Fikirden Eyleme, Ankara: Nobel Yayın.
GENÇ, Nurullah. (2005). Yönetim ve Organizasyon, 2. Baskı, Istanbul: Seçkin Yayıncılık.
KOÇEL, Tamer. (2005). Işletme Yöneticiliği, 10. Baskı, Istanbul: Arıkan Basım Yayım Dağıtım.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Assignment

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)

+902323010361
s.demirbilek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 04:00 pm-05:00 pm

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 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Reading 1 3 3
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555