At the end of this course, the students; 1) Have awareness of interpersonal relationships 2) Have self awareness about his/her own personal characteristics 3) Can analyze the causes of others' behavior 4) Have awareness of being a team member 5) Have the skills to resolve the role conflicts appearing during team activities 6) Can manage the conflicts present in the peer, superior and subordinate relationships
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 and group work
2nd Week
Swordfish, bees, flies, gooses and mermaids
3rd Week
Need for learning and behavior improvement
4th Week
Manager's self awareness: Introduction to Jung's typology
5th Week
Awareness of self
6th Week
Resistance to Change: Tolerance for Uncertainty and Locus of Control
7th Week
Interpersonal Relations Orientation
8th Week
Managing Personal Stress
9th Week
Creative Problem Solving
10th Week
Creative Problem Solving Skills
11th Week
Cross-Cultural Differentiation and Management
12th Week
Power and Politics: How can you manage the diversities?
13th Week
Leadership
14th Week
Presentation of the term project
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Robbins, Stephen P. 2003. Organizational Behavior (10th edition). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Sargut, A. Selami. 2001. Kültürler Arası Farklılaşma ve Yönetim. Ankara: İmge Yayınevi.
Johnson, Spencer.1999. Peynirimi Kim Kaptı? İstanbul: Epsilon Yayınları.
Gladwell, M. 2008. Outliers: The story of success. New York: Little, Brown and Company. Peters, T. J. ve R. H. Waterman. 1995. Yönetme ve Yükselme Sanatı: Mükemmeli Arayış. İstanbul: Altın Kitaplar Yayınevi.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Quiz
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
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)