TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Doctorate Of Science
YEAR OF STUDY	1
SEMESTER	First Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Ali Selami Sargut
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Will learn prominent paradigms and comprehend key differences between these paradigms in the field of management and organization. 2) Will comprehend the reciprocal interaction process between actor and the social structure. 3) Understand how and why movements in social structure occur 4) Will comprehend the relationship between power and legitimacy in the social structure. 5) Understands the individual, organizational and social conflicts and knows the power element of these conflicts. 6) Will understand the debate between modernity and post-modernity.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	In scope of this course, the search for reconciliation will dominate within the framework of a scientific realistic paradigm that also addresses the tides in social theory. In order to achieve the goal, we will try not to go beyond the basic guiding of social ontology and epistemology. Obviously this posture does not aim to exclude those who are in search of different paradigms.Participants are free to pursue different paradigms and defend them for the scientific framework.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: Map of the Sociological Field. 2nd Week Introduction: Map of the Sociological Field. 3rd Week Introduction: Map of the Sociological Field. 4th Week Agent or Actor: Dimensions of Micro 5th Week Agent or Actor: Dimensions of Micro 6th Week Structure or Agent: Dimensions of Macro 7th Week Structure or Agent: Dimensions of Macro 8th Week Conflict and Power 9th Week Conflict and Power 10th Week Conflict and Power 11th Week Modernity 12th Week Modernity 13th Week Post-Modernity 14th Week Post-Modernity
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Sibeon, R. 2004. Rethinking social theory. London: Sage. Burrell, G. ve Morgan, G. 1979. Sociological paradigms and organizational analysis. New Hampshire: Heineman Thalos, M. 2011. Two conceptions of fundamentality. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 41(2):151-177. Pickel, A. 2004. Systems and mechanisms: A symposium on Mario Bunge?s philosophy of social science. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 34(2):169-181. Demetriou, C. 2009. The realist approach to explanatory mechanisms in social science. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 39(3):440-462. Kemp, S. 2012. Interests and structure in dualist social theory: A critical appraisal of Archer?s theoretical and empirical arguments. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 42(4):489-510. Giddens, A. 1983. Class Division, Class Conflict and Citizenship Rights. A. Giddens (Der.), Profiles and Critiques in Social Theory:164-180. Berkeley: University of California Press. Giddens, A. 1983. Power, the Dialectic of Control and Class Structuration. A. Giddens (Der.), Profiles and Critiques in Social Theory:197-213. Berkeley: University of California Press. Reed, I. A. 2013. Power: Relational, discursive, and performayive dimensions. Sociological Theory, 3(3):193-218. Mouzelis, N. 2012. Modernity and the secularization debate. Sociology, 46(2):207-223. Lee, R. 2013. Modernity, modernities and modernization: Tradition reappraised. Social Science Information, 52(3):409-424. Delanty, G. 2015. Europe in world regional perspective: Formations of modernity and major historical transformations. The British Journal of Sociology, 66(3):420-440. Düzgün, E. Class, state and property: Modernity and capitalism in Turkey. European Journal of Sociology, 53(2):119-148. Aakvaag, G. C. 2012. Social mechanisms and grand theories of modernity ? worlds apart? Acta Sociologica, 56(3):199-212 Wood, E. M. 1997. Modernity, postmodernity or capitalism? Review of International Political Economy, 4(3):539-560. Richardson, L. 1991. Postmodern social theory: Representational practices. Social Theory, 9(2):173-179. Kellner, D. 1988. Postmodernism as social theory: Some challenges and problems. Theory, Culture and Society, 5:239-269. Boghossian, P. A. 1996. What the Sokal hoax ought to teach us. Times Literary Supplement, December:14-15.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Attendance 1 10 Presentation of Article 1 90 Total(%) 100 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 100 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 0 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work Preparation for Final exam Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam Homework Article 5 50 250 Total Workload 292 Total Workload / 30 9,73 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No