Architecture (English)
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: UNI188
Course Name: Building Managerial Skills
Semester: Spring
Course Credits:
ECTS
5
Language of instruction: English
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: University Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: E-Learning
Course Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üy. GÜLSÜM GÖKGÖZ
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üy. Gülsüm Gökgöz
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: The aim of the course is to give participants the knowledge and skills of leading managerial positions within the framework of modern management approaches. The students are taught the necessary skills and practices in order to take successful steps in the process of change and teach good results, focuses on the employee-manager relationship in the changing business world.
Course Content: This course encompasses basic management concepts / management with goals, development of executive personality, development of managerial skills through decision making and problem solving, team building and management, leadership and motivation, time management and conflict management.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Explains the relationship between manager and related concepts.
2) Understand and link the evolutionary process of manager and leadership theories.
3) Interpret the effects of the manager inside and outside the business.
4) Understands the manager's decision-making process and employee relations.
5) Explains the changing roles of the managers.
6) Understands the causes of conflicts in the workplace and knows conflict management strategies.
7) Can apply the principles of time management.

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the Course Best Choice: Being a Manager or a Leader?(1)
2) Best Choice: Being a Manager or a Leader?(2)
3) Conceptual Ability: Decision Making and Problem Solving
4) Foreseeing the Future: Planning
5) Leading Your Teams
6) A Way of Persuasion and Rapport: Communication
7) Midterm1 ( a session will be organized other than class hour) Willingness to Work: Motivation1
8) Willngness to Work: Motivation 2
9) Never Ending Need: Employee Education, Performance Evaluation and Feedback
10) Understanding the Inner Environment: Organizational Values, Culture and Climate
11) Disagreements are Normal: Conflict Management
12) Midterm2 (a session will be organized other than class hour) A Scarce Resource: Time Management and Handling Meetings
13) Student Presentations (Due to Eid Mubarek, a make up class will be organized)
14) Student Presentations
15) Final Exams

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Timothy A. Judge, Stephen P. Robbins, Organizational Behavior, 17th ed., Pearson Ltd, 2017 (pdf version is available)
Stephen P. Robbins, Mary Coulter, Management, 14th ed., Pearson Ltd, 2019 (pdf version will be shared online)
References: Lecturer’s notes

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes
1) She/he gains knowledge of and develops values on technical, aesthetic, cultural, historical, social and ethical dimensions of architecture with a scientific and critical approach.
2) She/he integrates architectural practice with environmental, economic and social sustainability principles.
3) She/he has the knowledge and ability to provide and implement interactions between urban planning, urban design and architectural projects.
4) Gains the ability to identify architectural potentials and problems based on data collection, analysis, interpretation and critical thinking, in order to cultivate concepts and determine strategies for action.
5) She/he is able to interrelate theory, design and construction practices.
6) She/he will be able to produce architectural design, presentation, implementation, management and supervision stages both independently and collectively for different contexts and scales and through a responsive approach to social, functional, technical and aesthetic requirements.
7) In addition to traditional methods, she/he interactively uses the emerging information technologies required by the field.
8) To analyze and document the historical and conservation characteristics of the built environment; taking into account of the balance between protection and use, she/he has the ability and necessary knowledge in renovation and restoration issues.
9) She / he gains the ability to cooperate with different disciplines on the conception and design of the built environment, as an individual and/or as a team member.
10) Has knowledge on and comprehension of professional ethics and codes of conduct, legal and managerial regulations, standards, rights and responsibilities and processes in the field of architecture.
11) Can produce design, know-how and knowledge for the improvement of different and changing social needs, and for the enhancement of life quality.
12) She/he has the knowledge and responsibility to design solidly built structures and takes into account of the risks of natural disaster.
13) She/he monitors new developments in architectural theory and practice and is open to lifelong learning.
14) She/he takes responsibility for the improvement of social consciousness in the field of architecture, and for the endorsement and defense of ecological and urban rights.
15) Has architectural communication skills in a foreign language.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) She/he gains knowledge of and develops values on technical, aesthetic, cultural, historical, social and ethical dimensions of architecture with a scientific and critical approach.
2) She/he integrates architectural practice with environmental, economic and social sustainability principles.
3) She/he has the knowledge and ability to provide and implement interactions between urban planning, urban design and architectural projects.
4) Gains the ability to identify architectural potentials and problems based on data collection, analysis, interpretation and critical thinking, in order to cultivate concepts and determine strategies for action.
5) She/he is able to interrelate theory, design and construction practices.
6) She/he will be able to produce architectural design, presentation, implementation, management and supervision stages both independently and collectively for different contexts and scales and through a responsive approach to social, functional, technical and aesthetic requirements.
7) In addition to traditional methods, she/he interactively uses the emerging information technologies required by the field.
8) To analyze and document the historical and conservation characteristics of the built environment; taking into account of the balance between protection and use, she/he has the ability and necessary knowledge in renovation and restoration issues.
9) She / he gains the ability to cooperate with different disciplines on the conception and design of the built environment, as an individual and/or as a team member.
10) Has knowledge on and comprehension of professional ethics and codes of conduct, legal and managerial regulations, standards, rights and responsibilities and processes in the field of architecture.
11) Can produce design, know-how and knowledge for the improvement of different and changing social needs, and for the enhancement of life quality.
12) She/he has the knowledge and responsibility to design solidly built structures and takes into account of the risks of natural disaster.
13) She/he monitors new developments in architectural theory and practice and is open to lifelong learning.
14) She/he takes responsibility for the improvement of social consciousness in the field of architecture, and for the endorsement and defense of ecological and urban rights.
15) Has architectural communication skills in a foreign language.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Presentation 1 % 10
Project 1 % 10
Midterms 2 % 50
Final 1 % 30
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 70
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 30
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 15 60
Presentations / Seminar 2 6
Project 6 16
Midterms 2 22
Final 3 16
Total Workload 120