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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / İŞLD672 - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (PHD)

Code: İŞLD672 Course Title: DIRECTED READINGS IN MANAGEMENT Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 3rd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (PHD)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer DURDU MEHMET BİÇKES (dmbickes@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) ŞEVKİ ÖZGENER,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to develop every PhD student’s writing and research skills in their specialization area of management in light of academic control and orientation.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Students shall gain knowledge relevant to their specialization area and develop their research skills. PO-1 The candidate can understand, analyze and interpret the basic concepts and functions of Business Science in expertise level, and can apply this ability in one or more fields such as Management and Organization, Marketing, Production Management, Quantitative Methods, Accounting and Finance in expertise level.
PO-2 The candidate will learn the different perspectives about numerous theories, models and paradigms that have developed in business fields such as management and organization, organizational behavior, marketing, finance, accounting, human resources, production management, quantitative methods, and the candidate can gain knowledge and skills to evaluate, interpret and criticize scientific studies and researches,which are presented in various scientific meetings, in these fields.
PO-5 The candidate can understand the Department of Business Administration`s disciplines interaction with each other and the Department of Business Administration interaction with other departments. Also, the candidate can evaluate various topics with new perspectives and study interdisciplinary.
PO-8 The candidate keeps up to date his/her knowledge, follow closely national and international literature in the field of Business Administration, and can improve himself/herself not only in Business Administration, but also in other social issues.
Examination
LO-2 Students shall develop their research skills. PO-3 The candidate can do an original scientific/ academic researches independently or jointly with other researchers in business administration field and other social sciences` fields by using the most recent improvements in research methods, and gain knowledge, skills and responsibility to publish the results of research in books, articles and reports, to present in the scientific environment discussion such as conference and congress.
PO-4 The candidate brings new grounds in the field of business administration by providing original scientific studies, and develops a new scientific method or applies to known methods into different fields, and contributes to national and international literature.
PO-6 The candidate can discuss the new information in the field of business in a systematic manner, and can gain high level skills about research methods in the field.
PO-7 The candidate can search theoretical and practical knowledge and skills which can gained in the field of Business Administration, can determine these knowledge and skills how it is used in practice and field analysis, can adapt and analyze these knowledge and skills, can make critical decisions, and can apply by reaching synthesis.
PO-10 The candidate can build and develop good relations with representatives of public and private sector builds and develops good relations with, and can work in disciplinary groups and interdisciplinary groups.
PO-13 The candidate can identify social, scientific, managerial and ethical problems that are encountered in the field of academic and professional business life, and can analyze and solve them, and contribute to the development of values related to such issues.
PO-15 Besides academic career, the candidates can be employed at the public and private sectors, and may found their own research and/or consulting companies with their theoretical and practical knowledge.
Examination
Presentation
LO-3 Build up a theoretical background for their thesis studies. PO-1 The candidate can understand, analyze and interpret the basic concepts and functions of Business Science in expertise level, and can apply this ability in one or more fields such as Management and Organization, Marketing, Production Management, Quantitative Methods, Accounting and Finance in expertise level.
PO-2 The candidate will learn the different perspectives about numerous theories, models and paradigms that have developed in business fields such as management and organization, organizational behavior, marketing, finance, accounting, human resources, production management, quantitative methods, and the candidate can gain knowledge and skills to evaluate, interpret and criticize scientific studies and researches,which are presented in various scientific meetings, in these fields.
PO-5 The candidate can understand the Department of Business Administration`s disciplines interaction with each other and the Department of Business Administration interaction with other departments. Also, the candidate can evaluate various topics with new perspectives and study interdisciplinary.
PO-6 The candidate can discuss the new information in the field of business in a systematic manner, and can gain high level skills about research methods in the field.
PO-8 The candidate keeps up to date his/her knowledge, follow closely national and international literature in the field of Business Administration, and can improve himself/herself not only in Business Administration, but also in other social issues.
PO-9 As a good academician and researcher, the candidate can learn to look critically to new subjects, to new developments in the field of Business Administration, to related other topics. Also, he/she can improve his/her questioning and exploratory aspects.
Examination
Presentation
LO-4 Students shall comment on the management and organization theories. PO-2 The candidate will learn the different perspectives about numerous theories, models and paradigms that have developed in business fields such as management and organization, organizational behavior, marketing, finance, accounting, human resources, production management, quantitative methods, and the candidate can gain knowledge and skills to evaluate, interpret and criticize scientific studies and researches,which are presented in various scientific meetings, in these fields.
PO-4 The candidate brings new grounds in the field of business administration by providing original scientific studies, and develops a new scientific method or applies to known methods into different fields, and contributes to national and international literature.
PO-5 The candidate can understand the Department of Business Administration`s disciplines interaction with each other and the Department of Business Administration interaction with other departments. Also, the candidate can evaluate various topics with new perspectives and study interdisciplinary.
PO-6 The candidate can discuss the new information in the field of business in a systematic manner, and can gain high level skills about research methods in the field.
PO-7 The candidate can search theoretical and practical knowledge and skills which can gained in the field of Business Administration, can determine these knowledge and skills how it is used in practice and field analysis, can adapt and analyze these knowledge and skills, can make critical decisions, and can apply by reaching synthesis.
PO-9 As a good academician and researcher, the candidate can learn to look critically to new subjects, to new developments in the field of Business Administration, to related other topics. Also, he/she can improve his/her questioning and exploratory aspects.
PO-12 The candidate can follow the scientific, technological, social and cultural developments in an academic and professional way and contribute to the relevant issues and processes.
PO-13 The candidate can identify social, scientific, managerial and ethical problems that are encountered in the field of academic and professional business life, and can analyze and solve them, and contribute to the development of values related to such issues.
PO-15 Besides academic career, the candidates can be employed at the public and private sectors, and may found their own research and/or consulting companies with their theoretical and practical knowledge.
Examination
Presentation
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course includes the distribution of directed academic readings in management and organization theory.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Management and Organization Literature Lecturing and discussion
2 New trends about Management and Organization Science Lecturing and discussion
3 Social theory, social research, and a theory of action Lecturing and discussion
4 Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields Lecturing and discussion
5 Economic and social action Lecturing and discussion
6 Differentiation and integration in complex organizations Lecturing and discussion
7 Organizational learning Lecturing and discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Interorganizational collaboration and the locus of innovation Lecturing and discussion
10 Managerial and organizational cognition Lecturing and discussion
11 Transaction-cost economic Lecturing and discussion
12 Bureaucratic Organizations Lecturing and discussion
13 Organizational Adaptation Lecturing and discussion
14 Organizational Communities Lecturing and discussion
15 Study Week Lecturing and discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Pfeffer, Jeffrey (1997) New Directions for Organization Theory: Problems and Prospects, USA: Oxford University Press.
2 Yönetim Alanındaki Güncel Makaleler
Required Course instruments and materials
Several scientific articles and books related to Business Administration

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 15 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 3 14 42
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 14 28
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 4 10 40
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 4 12
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 3 4 12
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 180