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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | UNI188 | ||||
Course Name: | Building Managerial Skills | ||||
Semester: | Spring | ||||
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Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
Type of course: | University Elective | ||||
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Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning | ||||
Course Coordinator: | Dr. Öğr. Üy. GÜLSÜM GÖKGÖZ | ||||
Course Lecturer(s): | Dr. Öğr. Üy. Gülsüm Gökgöz | ||||
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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. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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1) Have the theoretical knowledge related to major sub areas of psychology. | ||||||||||||||
2) Apply psychological concepts and theories in a variety of applied settings. | ||||||||||||||
3) Define and explain the cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes of human beings. | ||||||||||||||
4) Evaluate psychological evidence and assumptions in a scientific and critical way. | ||||||||||||||
5) Collect and analyze psychological research data and interpret and report the findings in accordance to scientific publication rules. | ||||||||||||||
6) Develop and utilize assessment and measurement tools for psychological phenomena. | ||||||||||||||
7) Have the skills and abilities to follow innovations and developments in psyhology and other related sciences. | ||||||||||||||
8) Have knowledge and skills to work effectively on individual or group basis. | ||||||||||||||
9) Have knowledge and skills to communicate in a clear and effective manner in national and international settings. | ||||||||||||||
10) Behave in accordance with professional code of conduct and ethics related to psychology. | ||||||||||||||
11) Behave in an unprejudiced and equal way towards various identity groups such as age, gender, language, race, religion and social class in scientific and professional acitivities. | ||||||||||||||
12) Have respect for universal values and human and animal rights. | ||||||||||||||
13) Use a foreign language at least B1 level of European Language Portfolio. | ||||||||||||||
14) Use computer softwares as well as information and communication technologies at least Basic level of European Computer Driving Licence. |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Have the theoretical knowledge related to major sub areas of psychology. | |
2) | Apply psychological concepts and theories in a variety of applied settings. | |
3) | Define and explain the cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes of human beings. | |
4) | Evaluate psychological evidence and assumptions in a scientific and critical way. | |
5) | Collect and analyze psychological research data and interpret and report the findings in accordance to scientific publication rules. | |
6) | Develop and utilize assessment and measurement tools for psychological phenomena. | |
7) | Have the skills and abilities to follow innovations and developments in psyhology and other related sciences. | |
8) | Have knowledge and skills to work effectively on individual or group basis. | |
9) | Have knowledge and skills to communicate in a clear and effective manner in national and international settings. | |
10) | Behave in accordance with professional code of conduct and ethics related to psychology. | |
11) | Behave in an unprejudiced and equal way towards various identity groups such as age, gender, language, race, religion and social class in scientific and professional acitivities. | |
12) | Have respect for universal values and human and animal rights. | |
13) | Use a foreign language at least B1 level of European Language Portfolio. | |
14) | Use computer softwares as well as information and communication technologies at least Basic level of European Computer Driving Licence. |
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 |
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 |