INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
BA4948 | Organizational Behavior | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
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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. |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Having the theoretical and practical knowledge proficiency in the discipline of industrial product design | |
2) | Applying professional knowledge to the fields of product, service and experience design development | |
3) | Understanding, using, interpreting and evaluating the design concepts, knowledge and language | |
4) | Knowing the research methods in the discipline of industrial product design, collecting information with these methods, interpreting and applying the collected knowledge | |
5) | Identifying the problems of industrial product design, evaluating the conditions and requirements of problems, producing proposals of solutions to them | |
6) | Developing the solutions with the consideration of social, cultural, environmental, economic and humanistic values; being sensitive to personal differences and ability levels | |
7) | Having the ability of communicating the knowledge about design concepts and solutions through written, oral and visual methods | |
8) | To identify and apply the relation among material, form giving, detailing, maintenance and manufacturing methods of design solutions | |
9) | Using the computer aided information and communication technologies for the expression of industrial product design solutions and applications | |
10) | Having the knowledge and methods in disciplines like management, engineering, psychology, ergonomics, visual communication which support the solutions of industrial product design; having the ability of searching, acquiring and using the knowledge that belong these disciplines when necessary. | |
11) | Using a foreign language to command the jargon of industrial product design and communicate with the colleagues from different cultures | |
12) | Following and evaluating the new topics and trends that industrial product design needs to integrate according to technological and scientific developments |