COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ORGANIZATIONAL LARNING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EYD 6040 ORGANIZATIONAL LARNING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Educational Administration and Supervision

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI AKSU

Offered to

Educational Administration and Supervision

Course Objective

To enable students to understand organizational learning theories and publications in related literature

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Knowledge of the basic concepts of organizational learning.
2   2. To be able to interpret the concept of organizational learning within the framework of the paradigm shift in social sciences.
3   3. To be able to critically analyze the theories about organizational learning.
4   4. To be able to define the need for organizational learning in schools.
5   5. To be able to understand the role of school principals in promoting organizational learning.
6   6. To examine how to use literature information about organizational learning in practice.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. Course Introduction, Scope, Rationale, Importance, Rules and Requirements Greetings
2 2. Paradigm Change in Social Sciences: New Generation Thinking and Learning Lecture, Discussion, Literature Review:Gülcan, M., Bumin Süzen, Z.. (2016). Örgütsel öğrenme.  Pegem Yayıncılık: Ankara, Güneş, B. (2003). Paradigma Kavramı Işığında Bilimsel Devrimlerin Yapısı ve Bilim Savaşları: Cephelerdeki Fizikçilerden Thomas S. Kuhn ve Alan D. Sokal. Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, 1(1), 23-44.
3 3. What is Organizational Learning Lecture, Discussion, Literature Review: Gülcan, M., Bumin Süzen, Z.. (2016). Örgütsel öğrenme.  Pegem Yayıncılık: Ankara
4 4. Organizational Learning Theories / Argyris ve Schön (1978) Lecture, Discussion, Literature Review: Argyris, C., & Schon, D. A. (1974). Theory in practice: Increasing professional effectiveness. Jossey- Bass. www.infed.org/thinkers/argyris.htm
5 5. Organizational Learning Theories / Daft and Weick (1984) ve Fiol ve Lyles (1985) Lecture, Discussion, Literature Review: Daft, R. L., & Weick, K. E. (1984). Toward a model of organizations as interpretation systems. Academy of management review, 9(2), 284-295.
6 6. Organizational Learning Theories / Levitt ve Mart (1988) Lecture, Discussion, Literature Review: Levitt, B., & March, J. G. (1988). Organizational learning. Annual review of sociology, 14(1), 319-338.
7 7. Organizational Learning Cycle - Case Study on Organizational Learning Concept Lecture, Discussion, Report Preparing, Literature Review: Gülcan, M., Bumin Süzen, Z.. (2016). Örgütsel öğrenme.  Pegem Yayıncılık: Ankara
8 8. Midterm Exam
9 9. Promoting Organizational Learning in Schools and Making Learning Priority Lecture, Discussion, Literature Review: Gülcan, M., Bumin Süzen, Z.. (2016). Örgütsel öğrenme.  Pegem Yayıncılık: Ankara
10 10. Promoting Organizational Learning in Schools - Professional Development and Self-realization Lecture, Discussion, Literature Review: Gülcan, M., Bumin Süzen, Z.. (2016). Örgütsel öğrenme.  Pegem Yayıncılık: Ankara
11 11. Promoting Organizational Learning in Schools-Human Relations Knowledge Management Lecture, Discussion, Literature Review: Gülcan, M., Bumin Süzen, Z.. (2016). Örgütsel öğrenme.  Pegem Yayıncılık: Ankara
12 12. The Role of School Principal Having Organizational Learning in Schools Lecture, Discussion, Literature Review: Gülcan, M., Bumin Süzen, Z.. (2016). Örgütsel öğrenme.  Pegem Yayıncılık: Ankara
13 13. Examining Articles on Organizational Learning in Schools Discussion, Report Preparing
14 14. Examining Articles on Organizational Learning in Schools
15 15. Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Argyris, C., & Schon, D. A. (1974). Theory in practice: Increasing professional effectiveness.
Jossey-Bass.
Daft, R. L., & Weick, K. E. (1984). Toward a model of organizations as interpretation
systems. Academy of management review, 9(2), 284-295.
Gülcan, M., Bumin Süzen, Z.. (2016). Örgütsel öğrenme.  Pegem Yayıncılık: Ankara
Levitt, B., & March, J. G. (1988). Organizational learning. Annual review of sociology, 14(1), 319-
338.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, group-work, question-answer, case study.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 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)

ali.aksu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 2 30 60
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 208

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.144432542
LO.223533155
LO.334531424
LO.442215512
LO.545123241
LO.624553311