ISTINYE UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| Political Science and Public Administration | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code: | SBK008 | ||||
| Course Name: | Sociology of Organization | ||||
| Semester: | Fall | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | Turkish | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Prof. Dr. FAHRİ ERENEL | ||||
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Course Objective and Content
| Course Objectives: | The purpose of this course is to familiarize the graduate-students with basic topics and concepts of Organizational Sociology, i.e. behavior patterns of the crew (staff) displayed in given work settings and circumstances. |
| Course Content: | This course covers basic concepts and topics related to organizations, their historical roots and scholarly investigations ever since the beginning of the twentieth century, communication styles and improvements, studies on group dynamics, significance of on-the-job training, refined management techniques and leadership qualifications, handling stress and conflict and resistance to change, hindering counter-productive attitudes and actions. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Perceive the working mechanism of a given establishment under scrutiny or observation 2) Evaluate the work-place in terms of good mannerism principles applied 3) Pick out and define critical decisions taken by the top management 4) Freely and fluently employ the related key words (professional jargon) 5) Make citations to the involved scientific literature and proper names of the doyens |
Course Flow Plan
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | A general glance at organizational sociology; its definition; a list of related “cousin” disciplines. | |
| 2) | What is work? why do people work after all? | |
| 3) | Work organizations and the concept of bureaucracy (M. Weber) as an early model; the first investigations of organizations in the scientific sense: scientific management (USA, F.W. Taylor), classical organization (France, H. Fayol). | |
| 4) | A serendipitious discovery through Hawthorne studies by Elton Mayo et al. (early 1930s); the development of the theory of human relations. | |
| 5) | Modern understanding regarding management; international examples in management and mutual emulations (japan-origined American manager William Ouchi’s Z-Theory model). | |
| 6) | Healthy communication in work place; elements of the process of communication. | |
| 7) | The locus of the individual within the establishment; conformism, solidarity, cohesiveness, groups’ characters, institutional culture and climate. | |
| 8) | Conflict in a work setting and resulting solutions; tactful handling of stress and making it into a productive means. | |
| 9) | The issue of supervising over the employees and the concept of leadership; types of leadership; traits of leaders. | |
| 10) | Recruitment of the personnel (via tests) & the techniques of appraisal of the staff at hand. | |
| 11) | On-the-job training; sensitivity training example and the “Johari” window. | |
| 12) | Decision-making processes as well as methods in an organization (Delphi technique, groupthink, group polarization, brain-storming, drift towards satisficing); the topic of risk as a potentiality regarding the future, in any case (Peter Drucker’s analysis). | |
| 13) | Counter-productive behavior patterns; their detrimental effects & ways to cope with them as a successful leader / manager. | |
| 14) | Good Manners (savoir-vivre / gute Manieren / savoire-vivre) in work setting and their contribution to a smooth, problemless trend. |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Öğretim üyesinin çeşitli kaynaklardan terkip ettiği (sentezlediği) ders notları (yansılar suretinde) esastır. |
| References: | Başaran; İbrahim Ethem (1991). Örgütsel Davraniş: İnsanin Üretim Gücü, Kadioğlu Matbaasi, Ankara. De Leon, Emmanuelle (1993). Industrial Psychology, Rex Book Store, Manila, Philippines. Decenzo, David. A. And Robbins, Stephen P. (1999). Human Resource Management, Sixth Edition, John Wiley& Sons, Inc., New York And Toronto. Drucker, Peter F. (1972). Die Praxis Des Management: Ein Leitfaden Für Die Führungsaufgaben In Der Modernen Wirtschaft, Droemersche Verlagsanstalt Th. Knaur Nachf, München / Zürich. Edgell, Stephen (2006). The Sociology Of Work: Continuity And Change In Paid And Unpaid Work, Sage Publications, London And Thousand Oaks, California. Grint, Keith (1998). Çalişma Sosyolojisi [The Sociology Of Work], (Çev. Veysel Bozkurt, Burcu Çekmece & Selda Göktan), Alfa Yayin, Cağaloğlu, İstanbul. Hass, Jeffrey K. (2007). Economic Sociology: An Introduction, Routledge, London, N.Y. Moorhead, Gregory And Griffn, Ricky W. (1992). Organizational Behavior: Managing People And Organizations, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston And London. Mullins, Laurie J. (1993). Management And Organizational Behavior, Third Edition, Pitman Publishing, London. Izgar, Hüseyin Ed. (2003). Endüstri Ve Örgüt Psikolojisi, Eğitim Kitabevi, Konya. Rouges, Jean Des Vignes (1939). Deviens Un Chef! Essais Sur L’éducation Des Facultés Supérieures Et De L’aptitude Au Commandement, Nouvelle Édition Revue Et Augmenté, Éditions J. Oliven, Paris. Sabuncuoğlu, Z. & Tüz (2003). Örgütsel Psikoloji, İnkam İnsan Kaynaklari Danişma Merkezi, Bursa. Tannenbaum, Arnold S. (1973). Social Psychology Of The Work Organization, Tavistock Publications, London. Türkmen, Faik (1938, 1958) Moral, 1. Cilt, Şahin, Medeniyet Matbaalari, Ankara. Varol, Muharrem (1993). (Halkla İlişkiler Açısından) Örgüt Sosyolojisine Giriş: Etkili Yönetsel İlişkilerden Saygın Örgüt Kimliğine, Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Yayını, No.2 |
Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship
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| 1) Defines contemporary developments, approaches and basic concepts in the field of Political Science and Public Administration at national and international level. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 2) To have knowledge about the main theoretical debates in the field of Political Science and Public Administration. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 3) Relates the interaction of Political Science and Public Administration with other social sciences (philosophy, history, sociology, law, economics, business administration). | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 4) Examines the political and social processes, problems and the causes of these problems in Turkey and in the world, evaluates them in an interdisciplinary dimension and with a critical perspective. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 5) To be able to conduct research in the field of Political Science by using common methods and respecting ethical values. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 6) To be able to design and lead research and scientific texts on field-specific topics on their own or in team work. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 7) To be able to express his/her opinions, thoughts and suggestions for solutions in written and verbally in the field of Political Science and Public Administration. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 8) Uses computer software and information and communication technologies at the advanced level of the European Computer Driving Licence required by the field. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
Course - Learning Outcome Relationship
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Defines contemporary developments, approaches and basic concepts in the field of Political Science and Public Administration at national and international level. | 2 |
| 2) | To have knowledge about the main theoretical debates in the field of Political Science and Public Administration. | 2 |
| 3) | Relates the interaction of Political Science and Public Administration with other social sciences (philosophy, history, sociology, law, economics, business administration). | 3 |
| 4) | Examines the political and social processes, problems and the causes of these problems in Turkey and in the world, evaluates them in an interdisciplinary dimension and with a critical perspective. | 3 |
| 5) | To be able to conduct research in the field of Political Science by using common methods and respecting ethical values. | 3 |
| 6) | To be able to design and lead research and scientific texts on field-specific topics on their own or in team work. | 2 |
| 7) | To be able to express his/her opinions, thoughts and suggestions for solutions in written and verbally in the field of Political Science and Public Administration. | 3 |
| 8) | Uses computer software and information and communication technologies at the advanced level of the European Computer Driving Licence required by the field. | 2 |
Assessment & Grading
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
| Final | 1 | % 60 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
| total | % 100 | |
Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation
| Activities | Number of Activities | Preparation for the Activity | Spent for the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | Workload | ||
| Course Hours | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 70 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 42 | ||
| Midterms | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 24 | ||
| Final | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 29 | ||
| Total Workload | 165 | ||||||