Information Of Programmes

FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / İŞL101 - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Code: İŞL101

Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Theoretical+Practice: 3+0

ECTS: 4

Year/Semester of Study

1 / Fall Semester

Level of Course

1st Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Compulsory

Department

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

METİN KAPLAN (mkaplan@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

DURDU MEHMET BİÇKES,

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

•Understand why people and groups in organizations feel and behave as they do. •Identify processes and methods that can improve behaviors and attitudes of organizational members and, thus, their effectiveness. •Develop and enhance your skills as an organizational member and manager. •Understand the framework and fundamentals of organizational behavior as the foundation for building and sustaining high performance and effectiveness. •Focus on "best practice" leading and managing methods as critical success factors for continuous individual and group high performance. •Demonstrate the ability to analyze and apply critical thinking and learning skills related to "real life" problems and situations.

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	Can evaluate the requirement of behavioral sciences for business world/work life.	PO-5 have advanced level of knowledge on new concepts, techniques, and applications emerged in recent years in the field of organizational behaviour along with topics such as human and human behaviour in organizations, perception, attitude and personality.	Examination
LO-2	Can explain the requirement of recognizing people and motivating them	PO-5 have advanced level of knowledge on new concepts, techniques, and applications emerged in recent years in the field of organizational behaviour along with topics such as human and human behaviour in organizations, perception, attitude and personality.	Examination
LO-3	Can develop a model and a scale to analyze attitudes.	PO-5 have advanced level of knowledge on new concepts, techniques, and applications emerged in recent years in the field of organizational behaviour along with topics such as human and human behaviour in organizations, perception, attitude and personality. PO-18 Have the ability to work with disciplinary and interdisciplinary teams; to be open to change and innovation, to be entrepreneur, to gain life-long learning; to have leadership qualities and to make analytical communication with managers and specialists in other fields.	Examination Performance Project
LO-4	Can develop the abilities of decision making and teamwork.	PO-5 have advanced level of knowledge on new concepts, techniques, and applications emerged in recent years in the field of organizational behaviour along with topics such as human and human behaviour in organizations, perception, attitude and personality. PO-12 become skilful at maths, econometrics and statistics, making more effective decisions with econometric and statistical analysis. Furthermore, they are capable of predicting the outcomes of these decisions and interpreting the cause and effect relation.	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course includes the chapters of methods in behavioral sciences, motivation, attitudes, organizational culture, social institutions, leadership, conflict, decision making, groups and teams, organizational change and learning, emotional Intelligence, image development.
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Definition and Progress of Behavioral Sciences,The Relationships Between Behavioral Sciences and Other Sciences	Lecturing and discussion
2	Behavioral Plane, social status, Role Behaviours	Lecturing and discussion
3	Social Influence: Compliance, Acceptence and submission behaviours	Lecturing and discussion
4	Attitudes and The Relationships Between Attitudes and Behaviors, Change-Social Interaction, Ajzen's theory of planned behavior	Lecturing and discussion
5	Definition and Importance of Motivation, Theories of Motivation	Lecturing and discussion
6	Definition and Importance of Motivation, Theories of Motivation	Lecturing and discussion
7	Communication	Lecturing and discussion
8	mid-term exam
9	Perception	Lecturing and discussion
10	Leadeship and Traits Approach	Lecturing and discussion
11	Behavioral and Contingency Approach Approach	Lecturing and discussion
12	Organizational Conflict	Lecturing and discussion
13	Decision Process, Factors That Affect Decision Making	Lecturing and discussion
14	Authority and Policy	Lecturing and discussion
15	Stress and stress management	Lecturing and discussion
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	“Günümüzde İnsan ve İnsanlar”, Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı, Evrim Yayınları, İstanbul 2010.
2	“İşletmelerde Davranış Bilimlerine Giriş ve Örgütsel Davranış”, M. Şerif Şimşek, Tahir Akgemci ve Adnan Çelik, Seçkin Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2011.
3	“Organizational Behavior”, Stephen P. Robbins and Timothy A. Judge, 13/E. Prentice Hall. 2009
4	Sığrı, Ü. ve Gürbüz, S. (2013). Örgütsel Davranış, Beta Yayınları, İstanbul.
5	Barlı, Ö. (2012). Davranış Bilimleri ve Örgütlerde Davranış, Aktif Kitabevi, Erzurum.
Required Course instruments and materials
Insan ve Insanlar, Cigdem Kagitcibasi, Evrim Yayinlari, Istanbul 2010. Isletmelerde Davranis Bilimleri ve Orgutsel Davranis, M. Serif Simsek, Tahir Akgemci ve Adnan Celik, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara, 2011. Organizational Behavior, Stephen P. Robbins, Pearson Education, International Edition, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2009. Organizational Behavior, R. Reitner, A. Kinicki, Irwin: McGraw-Hill, 2004.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment	Week	Hours	Weight(%)
mid-term exam	8	2	40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam	16	2	60

Student Work Load
Type of Work	Weekly Hours	Number of Weeks	Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice)	3	15	45
Outside Class
a) Reading	3	14	42
b) Search in internet/Library	6	1	6
c) Performance Project			0
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report			0
e) Term paper/Project			0
Oral Examination			0
Quiz			0
Laboratory exam			0
Own study for mid-term exam	2	6	12
mid-term exam	2	1	2
Own study for final exam	2	7	14
final exam	2	1	2
			0
			0
Total work load;			123