Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

Information Of Programmes

INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / İŞLD610 - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (PHD)

Code: İŞLD610 Course Title: ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION MANAGEMENT Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 3rd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (PHD)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer KORHAN KARACAOĞLU (kkaracaoglu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) FERDA ÜSTÜN,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to equip the students with the knowledge and understanding of how to shift and transform individual, groups and organizations from a current state to a desired future state.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can explain the concepts and theories related to organizational change and transformation. PO-1 The candidate can understand, analyze and interpret the basic concepts and functions of Business Science in expertise level, and can apply this ability in one or more fields such as Management and Organization, Marketing, Production Management, Quantitative Methods, Accounting and Finance in expertise level.
PO-2 The candidate will learn the different perspectives about numerous theories, models and paradigms that have developed in business fields such as management and organization, organizational behavior, marketing, finance, accounting, human resources, production management, quantitative methods, and the candidate can gain knowledge and skills to evaluate, interpret and criticize scientific studies and researches,which are presented in various scientific meetings, in these fields.
Examination
LO-2 Can generate the necessary vision for organizational change and transformation. PO-9 As a good academician and researcher, the candidate can learn to look critically to new subjects, to new developments in the field of Business Administration, to related other topics. Also, he/she can improve his/her questioning and exploratory aspects.
PO-12 The candidate can follow the scientific, technological, social and cultural developments in an academic and professional way and contribute to the relevant issues and processes.
Examination
LO-3 May conduct activities necessary for organizational change and transformation. PO-7 The candidate can search theoretical and practical knowledge and skills which can gained in the field of Business Administration, can determine these knowledge and skills how it is used in practice and field analysis, can adapt and analyze these knowledge and skills, can make critical decisions, and can apply by reaching synthesis.
PO-13 The candidate can identify social, scientific, managerial and ethical problems that are encountered in the field of academic and professional business life, and can analyze and solve them, and contribute to the development of values related to such issues.
Examination
LO-4 Can measure the level of success of organizational change and transformation. PO-9 As a good academician and researcher, the candidate can learn to look critically to new subjects, to new developments in the field of Business Administration, to related other topics. Also, he/she can improve his/her questioning and exploratory aspects.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Within this course; will focus on topics such as theoretical foundations of organizational change and transformation, causes of change, change and transformation management, management techniques used in change and transformation.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction and Definition of the Course Oral and visual presentation, discussion, question and answer method
2 Organizational Change: Paradigms and Principles Oral and visual presentation, discussion, question and answer method
3 Discussions on Change in Organization Theories: Contingency Theory Oral and visual presentation, discussion, question and answer method
4 Discussions on Change in Organization Theories: Resource Dependence Theory Oral and visual presentation, discussion, question and answer method
5 Discussions on Change in Organization Theories: Population Ecology Oral and visual presentation, discussion, question and answer method
6 Discussions on Change in Organization Theories: Institutional Theory Oral and visual presentation, discussion, question and answer method
7 Innovation and Organizational Change - Transformation Oral and visual presentation, discussion, question and answer method
8 mid-term exam
9 Organizational Change: Human Factor and Resistances Oral and visual presentation, discussion, question and answer method
10 Organizing or Organization? How to Conceptualize the Unit of Analysis? Oral and visual presentation, discussion, question and answer method
11 Organizational Change and Variance Approach Oral and visual presentation, discussion, question and answer method
12 Organizational Change and Process Approach Oral and visual presentation, discussion, question and answer method
13 The Future of Organization Development Oral and visual presentation, discussion, question and answer method
14 Organizational Change and Transformation in Turkey Oral and visual presentation, discussion, question and answer method
15 Organizational Change and Transformation in Turkey Oral and visual presentation, discussion, question and answer method
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Tokat, Bülent. (2012). Örgütlerde Değişim ve Değişim Yönetimi, Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık.
2 Anderson, Donald L. (2011). Organization Development: The Process of Leading Organizational Change, 2nd Edition. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, Inc.
3 Değişim: Harvard Business Review'den En Etkili Değişim Fikirleri. (2013). (Çev.: Melis İnan) İstanbul: Optimist Yayınları.
Required Course instruments and materials
Books, PC, Delineascope, Visual and audio documents

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 15 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 12 36
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 12 36
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 5 5 25
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 6 3 18
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 5 4 20
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 181