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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
POL4010 | Corporate Culture in a Globalized World | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Hybrid |
Course Coordinator : | Assoc. Prof. ESRA ALBAYRAKOĞLU |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Prof. Dr. YILMAZ ESMER |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This course is designed to understand the measurement, examples and aspects of corporate culture. First, we will discuss dimensions, definitions and the significance of culture to illustrate a general framework. After setting out the stage for a general framework, we proceed to a detailed examination of the aspects of successful corporate culture and the corporate culture in Turkey. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; The students who have succeeded in this course; I. Explain the definition and significance of culture; II. Illustrate examples of corporate culture from other countries; III. Discuss the aspects of successful corporate culture; IV. Grasp the corporate culture in Turkey; V. Possess the ability to measure corporate culture. |
Definitions and significance of culture, dimensions of culture, evolution from corporate to national culture, definition and measurement of corporate culture, examples of corporate culture from other countries, aspects of successful corporate culture, corporate culture in Turkey. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | An overview of culture: Definitions and significance of culture; culture as an independent variable (I) | |
2) | An overview of culture: Definitions and significance of culture; culture as an independent variable (II) | |
3) | Dimensions of culture; culture of a polity: Inglehart-Welzel World Cultural Map | |
4) | From corporate to national culture: The IBM project and Hofstede's theory based on IBM data | |
5) | How to define and measure corporate culture (I) | |
6) | How to define and measure corporate culture (II) | |
7) | REVIEW BEFORE MIDTERM | |
8) | Two success stories: Lufthansa and BMW | |
9) | How to build a successful corporate culture | |
10) | Corporate culture and performance: how and to what extent does corporate culture affect performance? | |
11) | Can culture change? | |
12) | Corporate culture in Turkey (I) | |
13) | Corporate culture in Turkey (II) | |
14) | Review |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Heskett, J. The Culture Cycle, New Jersey: FT Press, 2012. Hofstede, G., Hofstede, G. J. And M. Minkov, Cultures and Organizations, New York: McGraw Hill, 2010. Inglehart, R. and Welzel, C., Modernization, Cultural Change and Democracy, Cambridge: Cambridge U. Press, 2005. Sackmann, S. A., Success Factor: Corporate Culture, Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2006. |
References: | Articles in Course Package |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 104 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 |
Total Workload | 150 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society | 4 |
2) | Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art | 3 |
3) | Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area | 1 |
4) | Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey | 1 |
5) | Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product | 2 |
6) | Being able to write a script ready to be shot | 2 |
7) | Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment | |
8) | Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations | |
9) | Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages | |
10) | Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage | |
11) | Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white | 3 |
12) | Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility | 5 |