Graduate Education Institute · Business Administration · Master
Course Objective
This course aims to provide participants a broad knowledge and skillset on organizational behavior through an interdisciplinary perspective via fostering their know-how on the fields of organizational theory and organizational behavior. The course will also be providing valuable insights and implications on work-life and a basis for understanding strategic management. The course aims to provide the necessary knowledge, skills, and efficacy for creating and developing organizational dynamics and processes and leadership practices that can create a competitive advantage for institutions by considering human attitudes and behaviors with their antecedents, consequences and processes.
Course Content
The course contains organizational behavior components such as leadership, organizational structure, climate, group and individual behavior in organizations, personality, values, motivation, conflict, power and political behavior and attitudes.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Being familiar with the contemporary Organizational Behavior related problems in business world and providing solutions for them.
- • comprehend roots of human behavior, perception, motivation, and interpersonal dynamics in organizations
- • Acquiring knowledge and efficacy on leadership, motivation, communication and interpersonal dynamics enables to understand and affect the behaviors and attitudes.
- • Being familiar with the contemporary Organizational Behavior related problems in the business world and providing solutions for them
Core Area Distribution
Teaching Methods
Assessment & Evaluation
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Midterm | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Quiz | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Assignment | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 40 | 40 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meeting stage with participants, making psychological contract and sharing expectations. Sharing syllabus and curriculum to draw a holistic picture about the course. Overcoming possible uncertainties and addressing questions about the lesson. | Having a look at the course syllabus and course materials |
| 2 | Introduction to Organizational Behavior Perception, Communication, and TA - I | Sığrı ve Gürbüz (2016) Örgütsel Davranışa Giriş |
| 3 | Perception, Communication, and TA - II (Informal and Formal Communication) | Sığrı ve Gürbüz (2016) Kültür ve Örgüt Kültürü |
| 4 | Cultural Antecedents of Organizational Behavior National Culture and Corporate Culture | Sığrı ve Gürbüz (2016) Bireysel Farklılıklar, Kişilik ve Değerler |
| 5 | Organizational Culture, Org. Climate and Leadership Organizational Structure and Design | Sığrı ve Gürbüz (2016) Algı Tutum ve Duygular |
| 6 | Leadership, Culture and LMX | Sığrı ve Gürbüz (2016) İletişim |
| 7 | Motivation and Behavior Modification | Sığrı ve Gürbüz (2016) Algı Tutum ve Duygular, Sığrı ve Gürbüz (2016) Örgütsel Davranışın Karanlık Yüzü |
| 8 | Ara Sınav | Ara Sınav |
| 9 | Individual Antecedents of Organizational Behavior - Personality and Values | Sığrı ve Gürbüz (2016) Motivasyon |
| 10 | Positive Organizational Behavior | Sığrı ve Gürbüz (2016) Çatışmalar ve Örgütsel Çatışma Yönetimi |
| 11 | Counter Productive Work Behavior - I | Sığrı ve Gürbüz (2016) Liderlik |
| 12 | Counter Productive Work Behavior - I (Stress, Mobbing, Emotional Labor, Burnout, Power and Political Behavior) | Sığrı ve Gürbüz (2016) Örgütlerde Güç ve Politika |
| 13 | Organizational Groupthink, Negotiation and Conflict Management | Sığrı ve Gürbüz (2016) Örgütsel Tasarım ve Değişim |
| 14 | Group Behavior and Team Management | Sığrı ve Gürbüz (2016) Gruplar ve Grup Dinamikleri |
| 15 | Organizational Change and Contemporary Concepts | Checking and combining the notes taken in the class and getting ready for the class discussion |
| 16 | Final Sınavı | Final Sınavı |