COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEW DIRECTIONS IN ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT THEORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IŞL 6061 NEW DIRECTIONS IN ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT THEORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ETHEM DUYGULU

Offered to

Business Administration

Course Objective

The main objective of this course is to examine in-depth the changing and postmodern theories with the key organizational concepts and phenomenon considering the new directions in organizational and management theories. The course deals with the new directions and strategic issues in this respect.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define the main concepts and elements of organizational theory.
2   To be able to question the reasons of interdisciplinary interaction of organizational theory.
3   To be able to define the needs in order to propose different views and develop skills and competencies regarding the existing theories in the literature.
4   To be able to reach the information that the student needs and seeks for.
5   To be able to design, develop, implement a method in order to solve a problem within the framework of a scientific research and evaluate its results.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The main philosophy of management and organizational studies and insight into concept and theory
2 The view towards organizations, the priority of science, field, discipline and theory: Does scientific view compromise with instrumentalism
3 The birth and evolution of the field of organizational researches.
4 The main dynamics of classical and modern approaches in organizational theory and comparison.
5 General system theory and its link with organization design.
6 Contingency theory-Situational approach.
7 Three economic based approaches in organizational theory: (Transaction Cost theory, Agency Theory and Resource Dependancy Theory)
8 Three economic based approaches in organizational theory: (Transaction Cost Theory, Agency Theory and Resource Dependancy Theory) (The midterm exam will be made in this week apart from the lecture.)
9 Organizational Ecology; the paradox of Fit-Selection and co-evolution as an antithesis.
10 Organizational Ecology; the paradox of Fit-Selection and co-evolution as an antithesis.
11 Institutional theories and Macro Institutional Theory .
12 Chaos and Complexity in organizational theory .
13 Organizational networking.
14 Organizations from the viewpoint of Critical theory .

Recomended or Required Reading

Relevant papers, articles and materials.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Issues will be examined and discussed on a theoretical bases.

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


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students are assessed based on midterm, final exams, participation to class discussions and the presentation of their term assighment. (please see below the course policies and rules). Students will have an understanding regarding recent and historical management and organizational theories. Students are expected to organize academic studies and they should have a detailed comprehension on them.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The instructions for the midterm and final exam are as follows: The questions are not general but specific. The responses should be made considering the right use of terminology. The degree of use of terminology in the right and appropriate manner. The consistency of cause-effect relationships among the concepts.Students should indicate the reason of the proposed views or solution scientifically, rationally and logically and should convince the lecturer for this.The degree of competency in readings and issues regarding the course. Participation to class discussions.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ethem.duygulu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The office hours will be announce at the begining of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Reading 1 20 20
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.111
LO.211
LO.3111
LO.4111
LO.5111

CONTACT INFORMATION
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