COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOLOGY OF MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 6070 PSYCHOLOGY OF MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR CEMILE ÇETIN

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

In the working life, while fulfilling the responsibility of management likely to encounter problems and to create awareness about the points necessary for the solution of problems with theoretical knowledge to develop recommendations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn psycho-social problems of working life
2   To learn conflict management and reconciliation
3   To create and develop communication and empathy skills
4   To be able to achieve emotion and anger management
5   To actto focus on solution-oriented as a leader amd management

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Personality and Personal Differences
2 Management with Beliefs, Attitudes and Values
3 Groups and Group Work
4 Management and Management Theory
5 Leadership and Leadership Theories
6 Communication
7 Empathy
8 Midterm Exam
9 Motivation and Results
10 Emotions and Anger Management
11 Conflict
12 Negotiation: Conflict Management as a Tool
13 Absenteeism and staff turnover
14 Discipline and Disciplinary Matters in the Working Life
15 Ergonomic Working Life Arrangements and Results
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Örgütsel Davranış ve Yönetim Psikolojisi, Erol EREN, Istanbul, BETA Basım Yayım, 2001.
2.Grup Ilişkileri, Sibel ARKONAÇ, Alfa Basım Yayım, Istanbul, 1993.
3. Çalışma Yaşamında Davranış, Burcu KÜMBÜL GÜLER; Umuttepe Yayıncılık, Kocaeli, 2009.
4. Çalışma Hayatında Öğrenilmiş Çaresizlik, Burcu KÜMBÜL GÜLER, Liberte Yayınları:124,2006.
5. Çalışma Psikolojisi, Aşkın KESER, Ekin Basım Yayın Dağıtım,2009.
6. Yetenek Yönetimi, Harvard Business Review Dergisinden Seçmeler, Çev:Ilker GÜLFIDAN, 2008.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

* Student presentations based on the visual-aided inter-active expression
* Sharing of examples of different applications / Investigation
* Case study analysis to perform
* Implement in the classroom with role-playing

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





Assessment Criteria

1. Psycho-social problems of working life learning / Lecture
2. Learn conflict management and reconciliation / Role-playing
3. Skills to create and develop communication and empathy / interactive narrative
4. To achieve emotion and anger management / Role-playing
5. Leader-manager to act as a solution-oriented / solution case study

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Thursday 15.00 - 17.00

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 8 112
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 193

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.1553
LO.2553
LO.3553
LO.4553
LO.5553