The aim of the course is to enable students to gain the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to understand organizations, organizational structures and organizational processes.
Prerequisite(s)
None.
Corequisite(s)
None.
Special Requisite(s)
English language use is needed.
Instructor(s)
Professor Evren Ayrancı
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Tuesday, 15.00-16.50 (Online)
Office Hour(s)
Online.
Teaching Methods and Techniques
-PowerPoint presentations
Principle Sources
-- Gareth R. Jones, Organizational Theory, Design and Change, Seventh Edition, Pearson
Other Sources
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Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Organizations and Organizational
Effectiveness
Verbal Presentation
2. Week
Stakeholders, Managers and Ethics
Verbal Presentation
3. Week
Organizing in a Changing Global Environment
Verbal Presentation
4. Week
Basic Challenges of Organizational Design
Verbal Presentation
5. Week
Designing Organizational Structure: Authority and Control
Verbal Presentation
6. Week
Designing Organizational Structure: Specialization and Coordination
Verbal Presentation
7. Week
Midterm
Midterm
8. Week
Creating and Managing Organizational Culture
Verbal Presentation
9. Week
Organizational Design and Strategy in a Changing Global Environment
Verbal Presentation
10. Week
Organizational Design, Competences and Technology
Verbal Presentation
11. Week
Types and Forms of Organizational Change
Verbal Presentation
12. Week
Organizational Transformations:
Birth, Growth, Decline, and Death
Verbal Presentation
13. Week
Decision Making, Learning, Knowledge
Management, and Information Technology
Verbal Presentation
14. Week
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Creativity
Verbal Presentation
15. Week
Managing Conflict, Power, and Politcs
Verbal Presentation
16. Week
Final
Final
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
40
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 English, and acquires competence in minimum one foreign language.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To provide students with basic information about organizational theories, organizational structures and organizational processes.
LO-2
To ensure that students acquire knowledge and develop skills on the basic elements of organizational structures, conditions of effective organization, structural design options and requirements.
LO-3
To help students familiarize themselves with the various dimensions of the organizational structure and factors such as size, technology, environment, goals, strategies and culture that affect the structural features of the organization, and to acquire knowledge and skills on how to use them as future managers.
LO-4
Comparing the theories with each other and comparing them by showing their superiority or weaknesses.
LO-5
To be able to define the concepts of Organization, Theory
