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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS IYO 5021 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION STUDIES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Management and Organization

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR NURCAN HAKAN ÇIRAKLAR

Offered to

Management and Organization

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to: 1. describe the key components of research in management and organization studies 2. develop skills and knowledge about quantitative and qualitative organizational research, 3. identify criteria used to evaluate the quality of organizational research.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   should be able to formulate researchable questions 2   should be able to define a research strategy and design a research project to answer a research question 3   should be able to discuss the practice and principles of qualitative and quantitative organizational research 4   use skills and knowledge acquired in the course to evaluate the quality of published research by organizational scientists 5   should be able to interpret research findings and report these results

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction and Course Description 2 Science, management and organizational studies 3 The purpose of the study, the research process and objectives 4 Research question / problem identification 5 Research design: Qualitative and Quantitative Research 6 Sample Design: Sampling methods and sample size 7 Measurement and Scaling Techniques 8 Methods of data collection 9 Data processing and data analysis 10 Hypothesis testing I: Parametric tests 11 Hypothesis testing II: Non-parametric tests 12 Multivariate analyzes 13 Reporting 14 Conclusion and Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

1.PUNCH,Keith F. (2011) "Sosyal Araştırmalara Giriş",Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara(Çev:Bayrak, Dursun vd.) 2.ÖZDEMIR, Ali (2010) "Yönetim Biliminde Ileri Araştırma Yöntemleri ve Uygulamalar" Beta Yayım Dağıtım , Istanbul,2.Baskı 3.BÖKE, Kaan (Ed.) (2011)" Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma Yöntemleri", Alfa Yayım Dağıtım,Istanbul, 3.Baskı

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, group presentations, case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER) 3 FIN FINAL EXAM 4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5 Preparation for final exam 1 6 6 Preparing assignments 1 20 20 Preparing presentations 1 6 6 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42 Final 1 2 2 Midterm 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 LO.1 1 LO.2 1 LO.3 1 LO.4 1 LO.5 1