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 Hamdullah Nejat Basım
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Gain an understanding of the human side of the organization 2) Know how learning takes place at the individual, group and organizational levels 3) Know the perceptual inflences on organizational decision processes 4) Know the realtionship between motivation and job design 5) Understand the role of power and politics on organizations
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	In this course, human behaviour in organizations is examined in terms of its impacts on individual, group, and organizational effectiveness. In the individual level, personality, values, perception, motivation; in the group level, group formation, communication, leadership, power-politics, conflict and in the organizational level, structure, technology and organizational culture are discussed with respect to their impacts on personal, group and organizational effectiveness.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to the course: What is Organizational Behavior (OB)? 2nd Week Fundamentals of individual behavior 3rd Week Values, attitudes and job satisfaciton 4th Week Personality and emotions 5th Week Perception and individual decision making 6th Week Theories and appliacations of motivation 7th Week Fundamentals of group behavior and work teams 8th Week Mid-term examination 9th Week Leadership 10th Week Power, politics, conflict and management of conflict 11th Week Organizational structure, design and technology 12th Week Human resources management 13th Week Organizational culture 14th Week Organizational change and stress management
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Robbins, Stephen P., Judge, Timothy A., Campbell, Timothy T. (2010). Organizational Behavior. Prentice Hall.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 50 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No