DESCRIPTION OF INDIVIDUAL COURSE UNITS
FORM 1C- GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Faculty of Business Administration
Faculty
Department of Business Administration
Department/Program
Course Unit Title Organizational Behaviour
Course Unit Code DBA 204 1/2
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
(Compulsory, optional)
English
Language of Instruction
Level (First, second or third cycle) Second cycle
Year/Semester 2/4
ECTS Credits 6
Prerequisite -
Professor Nuri Gökhan Torlak
Instructor
E-mail: [email protected]
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
FORM 2C-COURSE CONTENTS AND ASSESSMENT METHODS
Introduction + History + What is Organisational Behaviour? +
Week-1
Organisations + Organisation Theory + Organisational Effectiveness
Stakeholders, Managers, and Ethics (the individual, the organization
Week-2
system)
Basic Challenges of Organisational Design + Designing Organisational
Week-3 Structure: Authority and Control (the organisation system) (the
organisation system)
Designing Organisational Structure: Specialisation and Coordination (the
Week-4
organisation system)
Organisational Design and Strategy in a Changing Global Environment
Week-5
(the organisation system)
Understanding People: Attitudes, Perception, Learning, Personality,
Emotions, Moods, and Stress (the individual) + Decision Making,
Week-6
Organizational Learning (the individual, the group, the organisational, and
the inter-organizational)
Week-7 Review
Week-8 Midterm Examination
Week-9 Motivation (the individual)
Week-10 Leadership (the group)
Creating and Managing Corporate Culture (the organizational system) /
Week-11
Groups and Teams (the group)
Week-12 Influencing and Communication (the group)
Week-13 Organizational Transformations (organizational dynamics)
Week-14 Conflict, Power, and Politics (the group)
RECOMMENDED or REQUIRED READING:
1. Jones, G. R. (2012). Organisational Theory, Design, and Change: Text and
Cases, 7th ed., Prentice Hall, NJ.
2. Certo, S. C. and Certo, S. T. (2009). Modern Management: Concepts and Skills,
11th Ed. Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
3. French, R., Raynor, C., Rees, G. and Rumbles, G. (2008). Organisational
Behaviour, Wiley, Chichester.
4. Schermerhorn. J. R. (2011). Introduction to Management, 11th ed. Wiley, NJ.
5. Daft, R.L. (2007). Understanding the Theory and Design of Organizations,
Thomson, Mason.
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Learning Activities Weight (%)
Final Examination 60
Midterm Examination 40
TOTAL 100
FORM 3C-LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Upon completion of this unit, successful students will be able to
LO-1 Understand the general overview of organizational behaviour, organization theory,
organizations, and organizational effectiveness
LO-2 Grasp stakeholders, managers, principal-agent theory, and business ethics
LO-3 Understand the organizational structure, authority, control, and
departmentalization
LO-4 Understand individual-level issues: attitudes, behaviour, personality, emotions,
moods, perception, and stress
LO-5 Understand influencing: influencing and communication
LO-6 Understand motivation theories
LO-7 Understand leadership theories
LO-8 Understand corporate culture
LO-9 Understand groups and teams
LO-10 Understand organizational transformations
LO-11 Understand conflict, power, and politics
FORM 4C-CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO7 LO8 LO9 L10 L11
CO 1 4
CO 2
CO 3 5
CO 4 4 4
CO 5
CO 6
CO 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
CO 8
CO 9
CO 10 4 4
CO11
FORM 5C- WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
Number of
Activities Time (hours) Hours
Weeks
3 13 39
Attending Lectures
2 1 2
Final Examination
Midterm Examination 1 1 1
Individual Study for Exams 3 14 42
and Quiz
84
Total Hours
6
ECTS
