COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MOTIVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇIN 7077 MOTIVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Human Resources Non-Thesis (evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BARIŞ SEÇER

Offered to

Human Resources Non-Thesis (evening)

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to teach knowledge about productivity and motivation, to explain the relationship between programs and methods of productivity improvement programs and motivation methods to students and, to gain students the skills for management of human resources efficiently to increase productivity and motivation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define productivity and motivation concepts
2   Being able to define internal and external factors that effect productivity for enterprises
3   Being able to manage organization development processes and techniques for productivity improvement
4   Being able to manage job satisfaction and job happiness techniques to increase motivation
5   Being able to explain how to manage human resources in an effective way to increase productivity and motivation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Attitude-Attitude Change, Behavioral Conditioning and Social Influence-Motivation Theories
2 Concept of Productivity, Factors that Effect Productivity and Productivity Improvement Programs
3 Productivity-Competition Relationship
4 Organizational Change, Leadership and Productivity-Motivation Relationship
5 Total Quality Management, Ergonomics and Productivity-Motivation Relationship
6 Organizational Culture and Productivity Culture
7 Work Value and Productivity-Motivation Relationship
8 Midterm Exam
9 Organizational and Job Commitment and Productivity-Motivation Relationship
10 Participative Management, Employee Empowerment and Productivity-Motivation Relationship
11 Creativity, Job Attitude, Productive Behavior and Productivity-Motivation Relationship
12 Wage, Rewarding and Performance Evaluation and Productivity-Motivation Relationship
13 Employee Training and Improvement, Job Design and Productivity-Motivation Relationship
14 Industrial Relations, Trade Union and Productivity-Motivation Relationship

Recomended or Required Reading

Lawrence S. Aft. (1992). Productivity Measurement and Improvement, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall.
Robert R. Blake. (1981). Productivity-The Human Side, New York: Amacom.
Saul W. Gellerman. (1963). Motivation and Productivity, New York : American Management Association.
Aşkın Keser. (2006). Çalışma Yaşamında Motivasyon, Istanbul: 2006.
Edt.: Jeong-Dong Lee ve Almas Heshmati. (2009). Productivity, Efficiency, and Economic Growth in The Asia-Pacific Region [Electronic Resource], Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag Heidelberg.
Sar A. Levitan ve Diane Werneke. (1984). Productivity-Problems, Prospects, and Policies, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University.
Lyman W. Porter, Gregory A. Bigley, Richard M. Steers. (2003). Motivation and Work Behavior, 7th Edition, Boston : McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
Joseph Prokopenko. (2003). Verimlilik Yönetimi, Ankara: MPM Yayın No: 476.
Robert H. Warren. (1989). Motivation and Productivity in The Construction Industry, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhol.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Assignment, Presentation, Question-Answer, Discussion

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

+ 90 0.232.3010351
t.demirbilek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 16.00-17.00

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 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 112

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1555
LO.255555
LO.355
LO.455455
LO.555555

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