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SECTION I: GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE

Course Code Course Name Year Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
60413METOZ-ISL0293 Organization Theory and Design 2 Fall 3 0 3 4
Course Type : Compulsory
Cycle: Bachelor      TQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree      QF-EHEA:First Cycle      EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Language of Instruction: Turkish
Prerequisities and Co-requisities: N/A
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Name of Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi CİHAN TINAZTEPE ÇAĞLAR
Dersin Öğretim Eleman(lar)ı: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi NESLİ ÇANKIRI KIRAN
Dersin Kategorisi: Programme Specific

SECTION II: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

Course Objectives & Content

Course Objectives: This course aims to contribute to the training of managers who know the organizational structures and what they provide to firms; evaluate organizations based on "structure and process" and integrate the conceptual thinking skills provided by organizational theories into the daily decision-making processes of the enterprise.
Course Content: Organizations and Organizational Effectiveness, Organization theory: challenges and perspectives
Organization theory: what is it, and why does it matter?, From Classical beginnings to New Wave management: the evolution of management theory, Neo-classic organization theory: putting people first?, Modernist organization theory: Systems Approach, Modernist organization theory: The Contingency Approach, Contemporary organization theory: new organizational forms for a new millennium?, Organizational Transformations: Birth, Growth, Decline, and Death, Postmodernism as philosophy: the ultimate challenge to organization theory?, Designing Organizational Structure: Authority and Control, Designing Organizational Structure: Specialization and
Coordination, Organizational Design, Competences and Technology, Reflective organization theory: symbols, meanings and interpretations

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) are those describing the knowledge, skills and competencies that students are expected to achieve upon successful completion of the course. In this context, Course Learning Outcomes defined for this course unit are as follows:
Knowledge (Described as Theoritical and/or Factual Knowledge.)
  1) Gains the awareness of understanding the theoretical equivalents of the basic concepts in the organizational literature and using them correctly.
Skills (Describe as Cognitive and/or Practical Skills.)
  1) Knows the role of organizational structures in communication, hierarchy and information processes in organizations
  2) Has the conceptual ability to understand and explain organizational theories.
Competences (Described as "Ability of the learner to apply knowledge and skills autonomously with responsibility", "Learning to learn"," Communication and social" and "Field specific" competences.)
  1) Gains holistic thinking, conceptual evaluation, and relationality competencies that organizational theories provide to newage's organizations.

Weekly Course Schedule

Week Subject
Materials Sharing *
Related Preparation Further Study
1) a. Organization and Business Concepts (Purpose - process - output context) b. The emergence of the first organizations - What the industrial revolutions brought about (from the factory process to the management of knowledge) c. The relationship between production, economy, law and the necessity of organization in the historical process https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461 https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461
2) Classical Management Theory and Organizational Practices a. F. TAYLOR: (Scientific Management Principles) Worker-centered organization with time and motion studies (mechanical) b. H. FAYOL: (Managerial Theory) Manager-centered organization with Management Functions c. M. WEBER: (Bureaucracy Theory) Bureaucratic organization based on formal rules https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461 https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461
3) Neo-Classical Management Theory (Human Relations Period) and Organizational Practices a. E. MAYO and Hawthorne Experiments - Psychology-based approach / human-centered organization b. From industrial people to organizational people - human as a production factor c. Integration in organizational structure - power & authority (L.R. Lowman), situation & cohesion (M. P. Follett), individual & organization (K. Lewin) https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461 https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461
4) Modern Management Approach and Organizational Practices a. World Wars brought about: Historical change of organizational structuring b. The effects of competition and entrepreneurship on organizational change c. Management change; success criteria of professional management D. Towards the information society; the effects of obtaining and using knowledge on organizational life https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461 https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461
5) Elements that affect the organizational structure (Condition dependency) a. environment b. technology c. Size D. Strategy https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461 https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461
6) Organization Structures (Transaction cost) a. Mechanical Organizational Structures - Organic Organization Structures b. Vertical Structure (Integration), Horizontal Structure (Integration) and Matrix (Hybrid) Organizational Structures c. Formal Organization Structures - Informal Organizational Structures D. Structuring in Virtual Organizations https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461 https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461
7) Organizational Structures of Mintzberg a. Simple Structures b. Machinery Bureaucracy c. Professional Bureaucracy d. Segmented (Segmented) Format e. Flexible Structure (Adhocracy) https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461 https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461
8) Mid-Term Exam
9) System and Contingency (Condition Dependency) Theories a. What is "theory"; their contribution to conceptual explanation and understanding b. Overview of the system concept; Evaluation of organizations as open and closed systems c. Parts of the system and their interdependencies d. Evaluation of organizations as open systems: Contingency (Condition Dependency) Theory e. Environment - organization relations in the context of strategy f. Structure - Condition dependency and adaptation https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461 https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461
10) Cost of Transaction and Agency Theories a. Market and hierarchy specific to the concept of "transaction cost" b. Make or buy approach specific to transaction cost theory c. Parties in doing the "work"; agency concepts D. (Common concepts of both theories) Behavioral assumptions; limited rationality, opportunism, information asymmetry, risk aversion. https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461 https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461
11) Resource Dependency Theory a. Structuring in the context of organization - environment relationship; addiction and uncertainty b. Environmental adaptation and change efforts - Managing the organization's environmental dependence c. Access to resources, scarcity of resources and management of resources d. The importance of inter-organizational relations - vertical and horizontal integrations, diversification strategies e. Power balances and dependency types https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461 https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461
12) Population Ecology Theory a. Organizations as organisms (organizational level) b. Organizational Populations and Organizational Societies c. Demographic variables (size and age factors) and life cycle in organizations D. The Evolution of Organizations (Co-Evolution approach) https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461 https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461
13) New Institutional Theory and Macro Institutional Theory a. Institution and institutionalization concepts b. Institutionalization process c. Institutional uniformity and legitimacy d. Institutional change, institutional logics and corporate entrepreneurship e. Community specificity and national business systems https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461 https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461
14) Postmodern Approach to Organization Theories: Social Network (Network and Social Capital Theories) a. The concept of "social network" and social settlements of my organizations b. The concept of "Social Capital" and its importance for today's organizations c. Sources, types of social capital and what they provide to organizations d.. Ties and structural gaps in network assemblies (strong / weak) e. Network relations between organizations https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461 https://online.beykoz.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=15461
15) FINAL Exam
*These fields provides students with course materials for their pre- and further study before and after the course delivered.

Recommended or Required Reading & Other Learning Resources/Tools

Course Notes / Textbooks:
References: 1) Sargut, A. Selami Özen, Şükrü. (2010). "Örgüt kuramları". İmge Kitabevi
2) H. Cenk Sözen, H. Nejat Basım. (2015). Beta Yayıncılık
3) Richard L. Daft. (2015). "Örgüt kuramları ve tasarımını anlamak" Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık
4) Mary Jo Hatch. (2018). "Organization theory : modern, symbolic, and postmodern perspectives". Oxford University Press.
5) Jon Sutherlan, Diane Canwell. (1997). "Organisation structures and processes". London: Pitman Publishing.

SECTION III: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE UNIT AND COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

(The matrix below shows how the course learning outcomes (CLOs) associates with programme learning outcomes (both KPLOs & SPLOs) and, if exist, the level of quantitative contribution to them.)

Relationship Between CLOs & PLOs

(KPLOs and SPLOs are the abbreviations for Key & Sub- Programme Learning Outcomes, respectively. )
CLOs/PLOs KPLO 1 KPLO 2 KPLO 3 KPLO 4 KPLO 5
1 2 1 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
CLO1
CLO2
CLO3
CLO4

Level of Contribution of the Course to PLOs

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Programme Learning Outcomes Contribution Level (from 1 to 5)
1) Students learn and apply knowledge, concepts and theories in basic and sub-fields of management. 2
2) Students acquire ability to effectively plan and use economic, technological and human sources and tools in organizations by applying appropriate theories and methods. 1
3) Students have competencies of eagerness for life-long learning, easiness to comply with innovation and change as an employee/employer/manager to meet modern business life's expectations. 3
4) Students apply what they learn theoretically in real business life during a semester. 5
5) Students acquire the competencies expected by business world and society as they defined in institutional outcomes of our university on an advanced level. 4

SECTION IV: TEACHING-LEARNING & ASSESMENT-EVALUATION METHODS OF THE COURSE

Teaching & Learning Methods of the Course

(All teaching and learning methods used at the university are managed systematically. Upon proposals of the programme units, they are assessed by the relevant academic boards and, if found appropriate, they are included among the university list. Programmes, then, choose the appropriate methods in line with their programme design from this list. Likewise, appropriate methods to be used for the course units can be chosen among those defined for the programme.)
Teaching and Learning Methods defined at the Programme Level
Teaching and Learning Methods Defined for the Course
Lectures
Discussion
Case Study
Problem Solving
Demonstration
Views
Laboratory
Reading
Homework
Project Preparation
Thesis Preparation
Peer Education
Seminar
Technical Visit
Course Conference
Brain Storming
Questions Answers
Individual and Group Work
Role Playing-Animation-Improvisation
Active Participation in Class

Assessment & Evaluation Methods of the Course

(All assessment and evaluation methods used at the university are managed systematically. Upon proposals of the programme units, they are assessed by the relevant academic boards and, if found appropriate, they are included among the university list. Programmes, then, choose the appropriate methods in line with their programme design from this list. Likewise, appropriate methods to be used for the course units can be chosen among those defined for the programme.)
Aassessment and evaluation Methods defined at the Programme Level
Assessment and Evaluation Methods defined for the Course
Midterm
Presentation
Final Exam
Quiz
Report Evaluation
Homework Evaluation
Oral Exam
Thesis Defense
Jury Evaluation
Practice Exam
Evaluation of Implementation Training in the Workplace
Active Participation in Class
Participation in Discussions

Relationship Between CLOs & Teaching-Learning, Assesment-Evaluation Methods of the Course

(The matrix below shows the teaching-learning and assessment-evaluation methods designated for the course unit in relation to the course learning outcomes.)
LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
ASSESMENT & EVALUATION METHODS
CLO1 CLO2 CLO3 CLO4
-Lectures -Midterm
-Discussion -Presentation
-Case Study -Final Exam
-Problem Solving -Quiz
-Demonstration -Report Evaluation
-Views -Homework Evaluation
-Laboratory -Oral Exam
-Reading -Thesis Defense
-Homework -Jury Evaluation
-Project Preparation -Practice Exam
-Thesis Preparation -Evaluation of Implementation Training in the Workplace
-Peer Education -Active Participation in Class
-Seminar - Participation in Discussions
-Technical Visit
-Course Conference
-Brain Storming
-Questions Answers
-Individual and Group Work
-Role Playing-Animation-Improvisation
-Active Participation in Class

Contribution of Assesment & Evalution Activities to Final Grade of the Course

Measurement and Evaluation Methods # of practice per semester Level of Contribution
Quizzes 1 % 10.00
Homework Assignments 1 % 10.00
Midterms 1 % 30.00
Semester Final Exam 1 % 50.00
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
Total % 100

SECTION V: WORKLOAD & ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED FOR THE COURSE

WORKLOAD OF TEACHING & LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Teaching & Learning Activities # of Activities per semester Duration (hour) Total Workload
Course 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application 0 0 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) 0 0 0
Field Work 0 0 0
Study Hours Out of Class 14 1 14
Presentations / Seminar 0 0 0
Project 0 0 0
Homework Assignments 1 5 5
Total Workload of Teaching & Learning Activities - - 61
WORKLOAD OF ASSESMENT & EVALUATION ACTIVITIES
Assesment & Evaluation Activities # of Activities per semester Duration (hour) Total Workload
Quizzes 2 5 10
Midterms 1 10 10
Semester Final Exam 1 15 15
Total Workload of Assesment & Evaluation Activities - - 35
TOTAL WORKLOAD (Teaching & Learning + Assesment & Evaluation Activities) 96
ECTS CREDITS OF THE COURSE (Total Workload/25.5 h) 4