Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / İŞL-507 - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Code: İŞL-507 Course Title: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR I Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer HAKAN VAHİT ERKUTLU (erkutlu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) ŞEVKİ ÖZGENER,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
This course aims to inform the students about the individual behavior in organization/group.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can define human behavior in organization PO-5 Have advanced level of knowledge on new concepts, techniques, and applications emerged in recent years in the field of organizational behavior along with topics such as human and human behavior in organizations, perception, attitude and personality.
Examination
LO-2 can explain contemporary approach in organizational behavior PO-2 Analyze and design at the organizational level, understand the functions of business management that are planning, organizing, execution, coordination and control, describe and apply them, and be acknowledged with modern management perspectives.
Examination
LO-3 can analyse behavioral problems in organizations PO-5 Have advanced level of knowledge on new concepts, techniques, and applications emerged in recent years in the field of organizational behavior along with topics such as human and human behavior in organizations, perception, attitude and personality.
Examination
LO-4 can analyse human bevavior in individual, group and organizational level. PO-5 Have advanced level of knowledge on new concepts, techniques, and applications emerged in recent years in the field of organizational behavior along with topics such as human and human behavior in organizations, perception, attitude and personality.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The course deals with human behavior in organizations. Topics include individual differences and work behaviour; rewarding and punishing individual behaviour; occupational stress; group behaviour; (types of groups, characteristics of groups); conflict management; organizational power and politics; leadership; organizational processes (decision making, communication, socialization); organizational change and development.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Legitimate Authority and bureaucracy M.Weber verbal expression
2 Plannning H.Fayol verbal expression
3 The Principles of scientific management F.W.Taylor verbal expression
4 The Essentials of Leadership M.P.Follett verbal expression
5 A Professional Creed for Management O. Sheldon verbal expression
6 Hawthorne and the Western Electric Company E.Mayo verbal expression
7 The Theory of Authority C.I. Bernard verbal expression
8 mid-term exam
9 The theory of Human Motivation A.H.Maslow verbal expression
10 The Human Side of Enterprise D.Mc.Gregor verbal expression
11 The Individual and Organization: Some Problems of mutual adjustment C. Argyris verbal expression
12 Administrative Decision Making J.G. March and H.A. Simon verbal expression
13 One More Time: How Do You Motivate Employees? F.Herzberg verbal expression
14 Business Objectives and Survival Needs: Notes on a Discipline of Business Enterprise P. F. Drucker verbal expression
15 Business Objectives and Survival Needs: Notes on a Discipline of Business Enterprise P. F. Drucker verbal expression
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Robbins, S.P. ve Jugde T.A. (2012), Örgütsel Davranış, 14. Basım, Pearson ve Nobel Yayincilik, Ankara.
2 Örücü, E. ve Üngüren, E. (2013), Örgütsel Davranis, Lisans Yayincilik, İstanbul.
3 Aşan, Ö ve Aydın, E.M. (2006), Örgütsel Davranis, Arikan Yayincilik, Ankara
4 Özdevecioğlu, M ve Karadal, H. (2008), Örgütsel Davranista Secme Konular, Gazi Ünv. İlke Yayinevi, Ankara
5 Özler, D.E. (2010), Örgütsel Davranista Guncel Konular, Ekin Basim Yayin Dagitim, Bursa.
6 Kinicki A. ve Kreitneri, R. (2006), Organizational Behavior, Second Edition, Mc Grow-Hill International Edition, New York.
Required Course instruments and materials
Textbook, Blackboard, Delineascope

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 2 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 8 5 40
       b) Search in internet/Library 9 5 45
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0 0 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 8 3 24
mid-term exam 1 2 2
Own study for final exam 9 3 27
final exam 1 2 2
0
0
Total work load; 182