TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree Without Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Hulusi Cenk Sözen
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn organizational change, causes of change, relationship between change and development and change problems. 2) Master the learning concept and types of learning which are the basic components of change. 3) Learn relationship between organizational learning and organizational culture, types of organizational culture and the difficulties of learning organizations.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	Organizational change, reasons for change, relation between change and improvement, problems of change subjects will be studied. Also, organizational learning which is an key factor for change ve types of change will be discussed. Relation between organizational learning and organizational culture, types of organizational culture and the difficulties for organizational learning will be discussed by the cases.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Knowledge in Organizations 2nd Week The Role of Learning and Innovation in Organizations 3rd Week Organizational Learning 4th Week Knowledge Management 5th Week Building Learning Organizations 6th Week Managing Soft Knowledge 7th Week Social Capital and Social Networks 8th Week Knowledge Creation Processes in Organizations 9th Week Mid-term Examination 10th Week Strengthening and transferring organizational knowledge 11th Week Work of knowledge and knowledge worker 12th Week Leadership issues in managing knowledge 13th Week Student Presentations 14th Week Student Presentations
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Organization Learning and the Learning Organization: Development in Theory and Practice. Mark Easterby-Smith, John Burgoyne, Luis Araujo. Organizational Learning II: Theory, Method andf Practice. Chris Argyris, Donald A. Schön.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Discussion,Lecture,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 35 Presentation of Article 1 15 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 3 3 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 7 98 Preparation for Final exam 1 70 70 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 65 65 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 3 3 Homework Article Presentation 1 13 13 Total Workload 294 Total Workload / 30 9,8 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No