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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / YÖN-508 - YÖNETİM VE ORGANİZASYON

Code: YÖN-508 Course Title: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES II Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department YÖNETİM VE ORGANİZASYON
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) ŞEVKİ ÖZGENER, HAKAN VAHİT ERKUTLU,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) Staj Yok
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-1 Have advanced knowledge about the basic concepts of business administration, the basic functions of the business management science, the historical development of it, its relationships with other disciplines, businesses and the environment, business objectives, feasibility studies, business functions, cooperation between firms and entrepreneurship, and apply them and make administrative decisions on these issues.
PO-5 Have advanced level of knowledge on new concepts, techniques, and applications emerged in recent years in the field of organizational behavior along with topics such as human and human behavior in organizations, perception, attitude and personality.
PO-6 Be able to interpret the theoretical discussions and contribute to relevant literature regarding the field of Management-Organization
Examination
LO-2 Can explain the requirement of recognizing people and motivating them PO-1 Have advanced knowledge about the basic concepts of business administration, the basic functions of the business management science, the historical development of it, its relationships with other disciplines, businesses and the environment, business objectives, feasibility studies, business functions, cooperation between firms and entrepreneurship, and apply them and make administrative decisions on these issues.
PO-2 Analyze and design at the organizational level, understand the functions of business management that are planning, organizing, execution, coordination and control, describe and apply them, and be acknowledged with modern management perspectives.
PO-5 Have advanced level of knowledge on new concepts, techniques, and applications emerged in recent years in the field of organizational behavior along with topics such as human and human behavior in organizations, perception, attitude and personality.
Examination
LO-3 Be able to develop the abilities of decision making and teamwork. PO-2 Analyze and design at the organizational level, understand the functions of business management that are planning, organizing, execution, coordination and control, describe and apply them, and be acknowledged with modern management perspectives.
PO-4 Have advanced level of knowledge on topics such as job analysis, provision and assigning of human resources, career, performance evaluation and performance-based pricing which are within the scope of human resources management applications that are encountered in both public and private sector.
PO-5 Have advanced level of knowledge on new concepts, techniques, and applications emerged in recent years in the field of organizational behavior along with topics such as human and human behavior in organizations, perception, attitude and personality.
Examination
LO-4 Can evaluate the importance of Attitude, Satisfaction, Commitment, Trust and OCB for employee PO-2 Analyze and design at the organizational level, understand the functions of business management that are planning, organizing, execution, coordination and control, describe and apply them, and be acknowledged with modern management perspectives.
PO-4 Have advanced level of knowledge on topics such as job analysis, provision and assigning of human resources, career, performance evaluation and performance-based pricing which are within the scope of human resources management applications that are encountered in both public and private sector.
PO-5 Have advanced level of knowledge on new concepts, techniques, and applications emerged in recent years in the field of organizational behavior along with topics such as human and human behavior in organizations, perception, attitude and personality.
PO-7 Be able to make use of other disciplines that form the basis for Management-Organization policies and have advanced knowledge about these disciplines.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course includes commutation, cynicism, Justice, victimization, leadership theories, personality, mobbing, trust, socialization, identification, organizational citizenship behaviour, commitment and satisfaction and perception.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Groups, The Process of Creating Groups Lecturing and discussion
2 Threats Related to Groups Lecturing and discussion
3 Cyberloafing, Social Loafing, social facilitation Lecturing and discussion
4 Personality and Personality Theories Lecturing and discussion
5 Personality Iventories Implementing of NEO Personality Inventory
6 Emotional Intelligence Implementing Emotional Intelligence Tests
7 Stress Management and Burnout Lecturing and discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Organizational Justice and Organizational Cynicism Lecturing and discussion
10 Organizational Trust, Oganizational Identification, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment Lecturing, Performance Project and Presentation
11 Organizational Citizenship Behaviour and Contextual Performance Lecturing and discussion
12 Mobbing, Perceived Victimization In The Workplace Lecturing and discussion
13 Perception and Impression Management, Image Development Lecturing and discussion
14 Organizational Communication and Organizational socialization Implementing of JoHari Windows
15 Leadership Theories Implementing of Leadership Style Questionnaire
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 İnsan ve İnsanlar, Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı, Evrim Yayınları, İstanbul 2010.
2 İşletmelerde Davranış Bilimleri ve Örgütsel Davranış, M. Şerif Şimşek, Tahir Akgemci ve Adnan Çelik, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara, 2011.
3 Organizational Behavior, Stephen P. Robbins, Pearson Education, International Edition, 10.Baskı, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2009.
4 Organizational Behavior, R. Reitner, A. Kinicki. Irwin: McGraw-Hill, 2004.
Required Course instruments and materials
Insan ve Insanlar, Cigdem Kagitbasi, Evrim Yayinlari, Istanbul 2010. Isletmelerde Davranis Bilimleri ve Örgütsel Davranis, M. Serif Simsek, Tahir Akgemci ve Adnan Çelik, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara, 2011. Organizational Behavior, Stephen P. Robbins, Pearson Education, International Edition, 10th 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 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 5 14 70
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 13 39
       c) Performance Project 4 1 4
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 3 1 3
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 8 1 8
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 5 2 10
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 180