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Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
BA4948 Organizational Behavior Fall 3 0 3 8
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Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Prof. Dr. ELA ÜNLER
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: Organizational Behavior deals with organizations and employees within the organizations. The purpose of the course is to understand the behavior, perception and attitudes of each individual in the company. This information gathered from the employees directly affect the well-being, performance and effectiveness of the organization. OB has four characteristics: one, it is grounded in the scientific method. Second, it studies individuals, groups, and organizations. Third, it is interdisciplinary in nature. And fourth, OB is used as the basis for enhancing organizational effectiveness and individual well-being. After completed the course, you should: (i) analyze individual and group behavior; (ii) understand different work groups, cultures and environments affect an individual behavior; (iii) be well experienced in developing actions to different employees according to their perceptions and attitudes.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Explore different levels of analysis in Organizational Behavior
2. Understand how different diciplines contribute to OB
3. Understand individual differences need to be counted in work settings
4. Develop motivational strategies in increasing employee engagement
5. Explore innovative ways in measuring employee attitudes
6. Enable to read employee specific behavioral problems
7. Develop powerful discourses about employee-manager relationship

Course Content

1st Week: What is Organizational Behavior
2nd Week: Foundations of Individual Behavior
3rd Week: Attitudes and Job Satisfaction
4th Week: Personality and Values
5th Week: Perception and Individual Decision Making
6th Week: Motivation Concepts
7th Week: Midterm
8th Week: Motivation: From Concepts to Applications
9th Week: Emotions and Moods
10th Week: Foundations of Group Behavior and Understanding Work Teams
11th Week: Communication
12th Week: Basic Approaches to Leadership and Contemporary Issues in Leadership
13th Week: Power and Politics
14th Week: Conflict and Negotiation

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) 1st Week: What is Organizational Behavior
2) 2nd Week: Foundations of Individual Behavior
3) 3rd Week: Attitudes and Job Satisfaction
4) 4th Week: Personality and Values
5) 5th Week: Perception and Individual Decision Making
6) 6th Week: Motivation Concepts
7) 7th Week: Review
8) 8th Week: Motivation: From Concepts to Applications
9) 9th Week: Emotions and Moods
10) 10th Week: Foundations of Group Behavior and Understanding Work Teams
11) 11th Week: Communication
12) 12th Week: Basic Approaches to Leadership and Contemporary Issues in Leadership
13) 13th Week: Power and Politics
14) 14th Week: Conflict and Negotiation

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Text Book
Organizational Behavior (2007), 14th ed., by Robbins & Judge, Prentice Hall.
References: Optional Text
Organizational Behavior 12th ed. (2011), by Fred Luthans, McGraw Hill

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments 10 % 20
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 50
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 41
Study Hours Out of Class 15 110
Homework Assignments 10 10
Midterms 1 2
Final 1 2
Total Workload 165

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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