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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 |
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Total work load; | 180 |