TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Yavuz Ercil
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) .To learn systems design. 2) To learn construction of organizational politics. 3) To learn modelling influence.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	This course, participants are subject to the system thought and modeling tools to develop the ability to diagnose and solve complex work and social problems in the field of communication. In general, new and traditional media and in special media institutions will be studied to structure the management problems of media institutions and the binding of media, social and environmental systems. In the course, a wide range of business and public policy issues, including growth and recession, competition, environmental sustainability and company dynamics. The industries to be discussed include airways, platform technology companies, transportation and examples of public policy and social initiatives. In addition, sample event analyzes will be held for organizations successfully implementing system thought and business dynamics.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: Content, aim and scopes of the lecture 2nd Week Communication and systems perspective 3rd Week Systems model in communication environment 4th Week Systems model in communication environment 5th Week Social network theory and design of communication systems 6th Week Social network theory and design of communication systems 7th Week Midterm exam 8th Week Dynamic modeling of organizational communication 9th Week Dynamic modeling of organizational communication and systems structure 10th Week Organizational systems behavior models 11th Week Analysis of dynamic models 12th Week Organizational communication and dynamic analysis 13th Week Presentation of projects 14th Week Presentation of projects
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Wasserman, S., Faust, K. (1994). Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications. Cambridge Univesity Press. Sterman, D. J. (2000). Business Dynamics. NY: McGrawHill.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Presentation,Project,Problem Solving
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Project 1 30 Other 1 10 Total(%) 70 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 70 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 30 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 3 3 Preparation for Quiz 2 15 30 Individual or group work 1 20 20 Preparation for Final exam 1 40 40 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 4 4 Homework 2 30 60 Field Research 1 25 25 Article Presentation 1 2 2 Article 1 30 30 Total Workload 276 Total Workload / 30 9,2 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No