COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION
Code
Course Name
Semester
Lesson (hour/week)
Application
(hour/week)
Laboratory
(hour/ week)
3
0
IUE Credit
ECTS
Credit
3
7,5
Organization Dynamics
BA 567
Pre-requisites
:
None
Course Language
Course
Type(CompulsoryElective)
:
:
English
Compulsory
Course Level
:
Second Cycle
:
Assist. Prof. Dr. Burcu GÜNERİ ÇANGARLI
:
Dr. Lecturer Selen Ünlüoğlu
:
Mert GÜNERERGİN
:
Organizations and groups link social structure and individual action. Sociological theory
studies how behavior and activities within organizations are largely a matter of context
rather than character or personality. The purpose of this course is to help students
understand organizations and take effective action in them by understanding the social
dynamics and context shaping organizational life.
Students will be able to;
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturers
Course Assistants
Course Objective
Course Learning
Outcomes
Course Content
(Short definition)
:
:
2
0
1. gain a solid foundation in theoretical perspectives on organizational dynamics,
2. determine and apply a management perspective that suits best to the situation,
3. understand contemporary organizational
factors such as trust, justice,
empowerment, and psychological contract,
4. analyze effects of individual characteristics on job performance in relation to
group and organizational dynamics,
5. deal more effectively with the complexity and uncertainty involved in living and
working within organizations.
The course provides a strong foundation of research and knowledge on organizational
dynamics. After reviewing historical development of management, students will be
informed about key individual characteristics affecting key organizational outcomes.
Then, these characteristics will be linked to group processes as well as organizational
settings. At the end of the course, students will be able to analyze organizations that
they are members in and take more effective actions in them.
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
Week
26th February
5th March
12th March
Basic Challenges of Organizational Design
In-class exercise: Words in Sentences
19th March
Job Design
Motivation & Rewards
CASE: The Best-Laid Incentive Plans
26th March
1
Subjects
Introduction to the Course
What is management?
A Roadmap for Understanding Organizational Performance
2nd April
Teamwork and Contemporary Critique
In-class exercise: Achieving the goal with the team
9th April
MIDTERM
Related Preparation
Gould and Campbell (2002), “Do
You Have a Well-Designed
Organization”
Case Analysis
Hill and Farkas (2001), “Note on
Team Process”
Creating and Managing Organizational Culture
In-class Exercise: Journey to Sharahad
In-class Exercise: The Power of Work Settings
NO CLASS – NATIONAL HOLIDAY
16th April
23rd April
30th April
Power and Organizational Politics
In-class exercise
7th May
Leadership is on action: Styles and behaviors
In-class exercise: Leadership Game
Stakeholders, Managers and Ethics
Movie and Discussion: Enron
Managing yourself
14th May
21st May
Group discussions
Hill (1995), “Power Dynamics in
Organizations”
Best Self-Exercise
Presentation Preparation: Group
task
Putting it all into practice
Student presentations
28th May
SOURCES
Text Books
:
Jason A. Colquitt, Jeffery A. Le Pine, & Michael J. Wesson, Organizational Behavior:
Improving Performance and Commitment in the Workplace, 2009, McGraw-Hill.
Organizational Theory, Design and Change”, Gareth R. Jones, 5th ed., Prentice Hall,
New Jersey.
Robbins, S.P. & Coulter, M. (2009). Management, 10th edition, Prentice Hall.
Articles and case studies assigned by the instructor.
Related books and journals.
Other Sources
:
Individual assignment
:
The Reflected Best-Self Exercise should be used to conduct this assignment. This exercise is
one of the most potent mechanisms for developing your leadership potential. It is designed to
reveal and inspire you regarding competencies, skills and attitudes that you uniquely bring to
your work organization. The assignment is one that seeks input from others that helps you to
create different portrait of your managerial strengths It is due on 21st May 2013. You will be given
additional instructions on 16th April 2013.
Presentation
:
Students will be asked to bring together the many principles and concepts they have learned in tr
course and help Dr. V at Aravind Eye Care Hospital in India in solving some pressing problems
to the retention and motivation of highly trained doctors. Students are required to collect evidence
about
Aravind
Eye
Care
by
throroughly
analyzing
case
studies
at:
http://www.aravind.org/aboutus/casestudiesonaravind.aspx. In particular, they are required to
read and analyze the case titled: “Aravind Eye Care System: Giving Them The Most Precious
Gift”
Exams
:
There will be one in-class midterm exam that cover the course content. Students will be
expected to defend their opinions based on the related theory.
EVALUATION SYSTEM
SEMESTER REQUIREMENTS
In-class exercises
Individual Assignment (Best-Self Exercise)
Mid-Term
Final Group Presentation
TOTAL
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK
TOTAL
2
NUMBER
PERCENTAGE OF GRADE
10
1
1
1
25
25
25
25
100
75
25
100