| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Course introduction and overview
Public Relations, history and evolution |
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| 2) |
Corporate Communication
Organizations and communication function
Internal and employee communication |
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| 3) |
Corporate communication
Corporations communicating their vision, mission and values |
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| 4) |
Culture
Hofstede's national cultural dimensions |
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| 5) |
Hofstede's dimensions of organizational culture |
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| 6) |
Cultures of the organizations
Power culture, role culture, person culture, task culture |
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| 7) |
Assessing an organizations's culture
Midterm |
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| 8) |
Individual and social approaches to communication
Social role theory
Role congruity theory
Transformational leadership |
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| 9) |
Communication accommodation theory
Accommodation through onvergence and divergence |
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| 10) |
Group communication theories
Groupthink |
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| 11) |
Organizational assimilation and identification |
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| 12) |
Employee communication channels
Media selection
Media richness
Traditional channels |
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| 13) |
Employee communication channels
Online channels
Intranets
Blogs |
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| 14) |
Change management, preparing employees for times of change
Overview |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
To be able to examine, interpret data and assess ideas with the scientific methods in the area of EU studies. |
2 |
| 2) |
To be able to inform authorities and institutions in the area of EU studies, to be able to transfer ideas and proposals supported by quantitative and qualitative data about the problems. |
2 |
| 3) |
To be introduced to and to get involved in other disciplines that EU studies are strongly related with (political science, international relations, law, economics, sociology, etc.) and to be able to conduct multi-disciplinary research and analysis on European politics. |
3 |
| 4) |
To be able to evaluate current news on European Union and Turkey-EU relations and identify, analyze current issues relating to the EU’s politics and policies. |
2 |
| 5) |
To be able to use English in written and oral communication in general and in the field of EU studies in particular. |
1 |
| 6) |
To have ethical, social and scientific values throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data related to EU studies. |
1 |
| 7) |
To be able to assess the historical development, functioning of the institutions and decision-making system and common policies of the European Union throughout its economic and political integration in a supranational framework. |
2 |
| 8) |
To be able to evaluate the current legal, financial and institutional changes that the EU is going through. |
2 |
| 9) |
To explain the dynamics of enlargement processes of the EU by identifying the main actors and institutions involved and compare previous enlargement processes and accession process of Turkey. |
2 |
| 10) |
To be able to analyze the influence of the EU on political, social and economic system of Turkey. |
2 |
| 11) |
To acquire insight in EU project culture and to build up project preparation skills in line with EU format and develop the ability to work in groups and cooperate with peers. |
2 |
| 12) |
To be able to recognize theories and concepts used by the discipline of international relations and relate them to the historical development of the EU as a unique post-War political project. |
3 |