Business Administration (Master) (with Thesis)
Master TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 QF-EHEA: Second Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 7

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: ISY5125
Course Name: Current Issues in Organizational Behavior
Semester: Fall
Spring
Course Credits:
ECTS
8
Language of instruction: Turkish
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Master TR-NQF-HE:7. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:Second Cycle EQF-LLL:7. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üy. YASEMİN TORUN
Course Lecturer(s): Yasemin TORUN, PHD
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: To develop managerial and leadership skills towards understanding and managing the behavior and attitudes that arise in modern organizations and to gain the necessary insight to be able to solve such problems that are based on human resources
Course Content: Attitudes and job - life satisfaction; emotions and mood, personality and values, perception and attribution processes/ errors, motivation and leadership, group and team work, power and politics in organizations, positive and negative current issues in organizational behavior

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Learn the concepts of organizational behavior and explain human behavior in organizations
2) Apply theoretical knowledge about organizational behavior to behavioral and managerial problems
3) Can analyze behavioral and managerial problems at the individual, group, organizational level
4) Identify behavioral and attitudinal advantages and problems based on human resources
5) Can develop solutions to unwanted behaviors and problems in organizational life.
6) Can develop managerial and leadership skills
7) Can increase job availability by contributing to personal development

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to Employee Behavior
2) Attitudes/ Work and Life Satisfaction/ Organizational Commitment/ Work Engagement/ Organizational Citizenship Behavior
3) Emotions and Moods/ Emotional Labor and Emotional Intelligence
4) Personality
5) Personality Types in Organizations
6) Perception and Attribution Processes/Errors
7) Current Topics: Psychological Capital / Psychological Empowerment /Organizational Identification/ Trust in the Organization/ Psychological Contract /Organizational Cynicism / Workholicism/ Glass Ceiling / Workplace Jealousy
8) Fundamentals of Motivation
9) Motivation
10) Fundamentals of Leadership
11) Classical and Modern Types of Leadership
12) Power and Politics in Organizations
13) Current Topics: Organizational Justice/ Organizational Support/ Burnout/ Nepotism/ Work-Life Balance/ / Work Alienation
14) Current Topics: Bullying/ Organizational Dissent/ Organizational Democracy/ Organizational Silence/ Employee Ostracism/ Cyber and Social Loafing
15) Final Exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Örgütsel Davranış ve Yönetim Psikolojisi, Erol Eren , Beta Yayınları, 2010
Örgütsel Davranış, Stephen P. Robbins & Timothy A. Judge
References: Hocanın önereceği ve öğrencilerin araştırı bulacağı makale ve kitap bölümleri
Hocanın ders notları ve sunumları

Article and book sections that the teacher will recommend and that students will find interesting
Lecture notes and presentations

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes
1) Being able to develop and deepen their knowledge at the level of expertise in the same or a different field, based on undergraduate level qualifications.
2) To be able to use the theoretical and applied knowledge at the level of expertise acquired in the field
3) To be able to systematically convey the current developments in the field and their own studies to groups in and outside the field, in written, verbal and visual forms, by supporting them with quantitative and qualitative data.
4) Being able to critically evaluate the knowledge and skills acquired in the field of expertise
5) To be able to use the knowledge, problem solving and/or application skills they have internalized in their field in interdisciplinary studies
6) Being able to independently carry out a work that requires expertise in the field.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Being able to develop and deepen their knowledge at the level of expertise in the same or a different field, based on undergraduate level qualifications. 1
2) To be able to use the theoretical and applied knowledge at the level of expertise acquired in the field 1
3) To be able to systematically convey the current developments in the field and their own studies to groups in and outside the field, in written, verbal and visual forms, by supporting them with quantitative and qualitative data. 1
4) Being able to critically evaluate the knowledge and skills acquired in the field of expertise 1
5) To be able to use the knowledge, problem solving and/or application skills they have internalized in their field in interdisciplinary studies 1
6) Being able to independently carry out a work that requires expertise in the field. 1

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments 2 % 30
Presentation 1 % 20
Project 1 % 20
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 Preparation for the Activity Spent for the Activity Itself Completing the Activity Requirements Workload
Course Hours 14 1 3 56
Presentations / Seminar 1 1 20 21
Project 1 25 25
Homework Assignments 2 8 1 18
Final 1 20 1 21
Total Workload 141