his course covers the definitions, elements and importance of organizations; historical development of organization-management theories; organizations as rational, natural and open systems; different perspectives and levels of analysis; organizational ecology and population ecology theories; organizational change; decision-making theories; power and policy applications in organizations; the effects of technology on organizational structure; objectives, power, authority, control, and conflict; organizational anarchy and adhocracy; organization-environment relations, contingency theory; inter-organizational institutional relations and network theory; historical development and institutionalization of the conglomerate structure; new organizational structures; historical development of organization-management theories; and the effects of chaos theory and post-modernism on these theories.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
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Instructor(s)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Andaç Toksoy
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Wednesday, 15:00-16:50, Basın Ekspres Kampüsü, A 601
Office Hour(s)
Thursday, 14:00-15:00 Ataköy Campus, 4-A
Teaching Methods and Techniques
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Principle Sources
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Other Sources
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Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Organizations and organizational theories as the object of the study
Verbal Presentation
2. Week
Cornerstones of Organizational Structure
External Environment of Organizations, Relations between Organizations
Verbal Presentation
3. Week
Strategy, Organizational Design and Organizational Effectiveness,
Designing Organizations for International Environment,
Verbal Presentation
4. Week
Production and Service Technologies
Information Technologies and Control
Verbal Presentation
5. Week
Innovation and Change in Organizations
Decision-Making Processes in Organizations
Neo-classical Organization Theories: Organizations as Natural Systems, Human Relations Perspective and Motivation
Verbal Presentation
9. Week
Organizations as Open Systems
Combining the Perspective
Verbal Presentation
10. Week
Human Resources Theory and Organizational Behaviour
Organizational Economics Theory, Transaction Costs Theory
Verbal Presentation
11. Week
Technology and Organizational Structure; Size and Organizational Structure, Environment and Organizational Structure, Labor and Organizational Structure
Verbal Presentation
12. Week
Technology and Organizational Structure; Size and Organizational Structure, Environment and Organizational Structure, Labor and Organizational Structure
Verbal Presentation
13. Week
Strategy, Structure, and Performance, Sociology of Organizational Strategy, Historical Development of Institutional Structures of Organizations, Changes and Developments in Organization and Management Theories.
Verbal Presentation
14. Week
Strategy, Structure, and Performance, Sociology of Organizational Strategy, Historical Development of Institutional Structures of Organizations, Changes and Developments in Organization and Management Theories.
Verbal Presentation
15. Week
Final
Final
16. Week
Final
Final
17. Week
Final
Final
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
30
Quizzes
1
10
Final Exam
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Demonstrates a basic level of understanding in related disciplines (such as economics, sociology, psychology, quantitative sciences, etc.) that form a foundation for business administration, and makes use of and applies them to the field of business.
PO-2
Applies mathematical, scientific and social knowledge to business problems.
PO-3
Demonstrates a basic level of understanding in business functions and management (such as management, production, marketing, accounting, finance, human resources, behavioural sciences, etc.) and interprets the theoretical arguments focusing on interactions between the actors and the cultures in the field.
PO-4
Determines how to use acquired theoretical and practical knowledge and skills related to business in application and field analysis and applies them.
PO-5
Identifies and evaluates the relations in the field of business; describes the problems and presents analytical solutions through modelling and interpreting (critical thinking).
PO-6
Designs a business process in any functional stage that complies with identified objectives.
PO-7
Develops effective business communication skills (written-verbal/formal-informal).
PO-8
Owns effective working skills individually or on a team in business and multidisciplinary fields.
PO-9
Acts with a sense of professional and ethical responsibility.
PO-10
Improves effective verbal and written communication skills in Turkish, and acquires competence in minimum one foreign language.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
The students will be able to learn the organizatio / management literature and explain the historical development of the organizations and management theories.
LO-2
The students will be able to learn the perspectives, problems and critiques of different paradigms in organization / management theories.
LO-3
The students will be able to develop the skills and abilites to evaluate / criticize various paradigms in terms of conceptual, theoretical and methodological aspects.
LO-4
Creating opportunities for students to conduct scientific research in the field of organization and management and to share these researches with others through presentations at scientific meetings.
LO-5
o provide the students with the necessary environment and opportunities to develop more comprehensive and scientific research models and designs that will enable their PhD dissertations and research studies to be published.
