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ISL 605 - Technology and Organization Theory

Graduate Education Institute · Business Administration · Doctorate

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mehmet ÇETİN

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to enable students to understand the relations between technology and organizational theories.

Course Content

Within the scope of the course, the basic organizational theories and their connections with technology will take place.

Required Resources

Pfeffer,J. (1997), New Directions for Organization Theory: Problems and Prospects, Oxford U.Press Sargut, Selami; Özen, Şükrü (2007), Örgüt Kuramları, İmge Yayınevi, Ankara Sözen, H. Cenk ve Basım, H. Nejat (2012) Örgüt Kuramları, Beta.

Recommended Resources

Articles related to organization theory and technology

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Being able to prepare a seminar about any organizational theory that will form the basis of a scientific article
  2. Being able to develop a holistic understanding of the relationship between organizational theories
  3. Being able to construct the basic background of the theory of organization that will provide a foundation for the PhD thesis
  4. Being able to develop a holistic view of the relationship between organizational theory and technology

Core Area Distribution

(22) Humanities%20 (34) Business and Administration%80

Teaching Methods

ExpressionDiscussionGroup StudyCase StudySelf study

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16348
Out of Class Study Period16232
Midterm12020
Quiz21020
Assignment11515
Practice000
Final13030

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Organization Theory: Historical Background and Conceptual FrameworkIntroduction
2The Fundemantals of Organization TheoryChapter 1
3Historical progress of organizational theoryChapter 2
4Contingency TheoryChapter 3
5Institutional Organizational TheoryChapter 4
6Resource dependency and population ecology theoryChapter 5
7Organizational ecology theoriesChapter 5
8Ara SınavAra Sınav
9Transaction cost theoryChapter 6
10Organization DiclineChapter 7
11Ideology and Power in organizationChapter 8
12Language and discourse in organizationsChapter 9
13Critical Approach in OrganizationsChapter 9
14Postmodernism and organizationsChapter 10
15Agency TheoryChapter 11
16Final SınavıFinal Sınavı