Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / İŞL-510 - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Code: İŞL-510 Course Title: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES II Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring 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 METİN KAPLAN (mkaplan@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) ŞEVKİ ÖZGENER, KORHAN KARACAOĞLU,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
•Understand why people and groups in organizations feel and behave as they do. •Identify processes and methods that can improve behaviors and attitudes of organizational members and, thus, their effectiveness. •Develop and enhance your skills as an organizational member and manager. •Understand the framework and fundamentals of organizational behavior as the foundation for building and sustaining high performance and effectiveness. •Focus on "best practice" leading and managing methods as critical success factors for continuous individual and group high performance. •Demonstrate the ability to analyze and apply critical thinking and learning skills related to "real life" problems and situations.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can evaluate the requirement of behavioral sciences for business world/work life. 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 the requirement of recognizing people and motivating them 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.
PO-16 Have the ability to work with disciplinary and interdisciplinary teams; to be open to change and innovation, to be entrepreneur, to gain life-long learning; to have leadership qualities and to make analytical communication with managers and specialists in other fields.
Examination
LO-3 Be able to develop the abilities of decision making and teamwork. 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.
PO-12 Become skilful at maths, econometrics and statistics, making more effective decisions with econometric and statistical analysis. Furthermore, they are capable of predicting the outcomes of these decisions and interpreting the cause and effect relation.
PO-15 Use modern methods and technologies of business administration including analytical thinking and information technology in the first instance
Examination
LO-4 Can evaluate the importance of Attitude, Satisfaction, Commitment, Trust and OCB for employee 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.
PO-15 Use modern methods and technologies of business administration including analytical thinking and information technology in the first instance
PO-16 Have the ability to work with disciplinary and interdisciplinary teams; to be open to change and innovation, to be entrepreneur, to gain life-long learning; to have leadership qualities and to make analytical communication with managers and specialists in other fields.
Examination
Presentation
Performance Project
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course includes commutation, cynicism, Justice, victimization, leadership theories, personality, mobbing, trust, socialization, identification, organizational citizenship behaviour, commitment and satisfaction and perception.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Groups, The Process of Creating Groups Lecturing and discussion
2 Threats Related to Groups Lecturing and discussion
3 Cyberloafing, Social Loafing, social facilitation Lecturing and discussion
4 Personality and Personality Theories Lecturing and discussion
5 Personality Iventories Implementing of NEO Personality Inventory
6 Emotional Intelligence Implementing Emotional Intelligence Tests
7 Stress Management and Burnout Lecturing and discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Organizational Justice and Organizational Cynicism Lecturing and discussion
10 Organizational Trust, Oganizational Identification, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment Lecturing, Performance Project and Presentation
11 Organizational Citizenship Behaviour and Contextual Performance Lecturing and discussion
12 Mobbing, Perceived Victimization In The Workplace Lecturing and discussion
13 Perception and Impression Management, Image Development Lecturing and discussion
14 Organizational Communication and Organizational socialization Implementing of JoHari Windows
15 Leadership Theories Implementing of Leadership Style Questionnaire
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 İnsan ve İnsanlar, Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı, Evrim Yayınları, İstanbul 2010.
2 İşletmelerde Davranış Bilimleri ve Örgütsel Davranış, M. Şerif Şimşek, Tahir Akgemci ve Adnan Çelik, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara, 2011.
3 Organizational Behavior, Stephen P. Robbins, Pearson Education, International Edition, 10.Baskı, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2009.
4 Organizational Behavior, R. Reitner, A. Kinicki. Irwin: McGraw-Hill, 2004.
Required Course instruments and materials
Insan ve Insanlar, Cigdem Kagitcibasi, Evrim Yayinlari, Istanbul 2010. Isletmelerde Davranis Bilimleri ve Orgutsel Davranis, M. Serif Simsek, Tahir Akgemci ve Adnan Celik, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara, 2011. Organizational Behavior, Stephen P. Robbins, Pearson Education, International Edition, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2009. Organizational Behavior, R. Reitner, A. Kinicki, Irwin: McGraw-Hill, 2004.

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 15 45
Outside Class
       a) Reading 5 14 70
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 13 39
       c) Performance Project 4 1 4
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 3 1 3
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 8 1 8
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 5 2 10
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 183