Organization Behaviour

Course Code:

BBA 202

Course Type:

Area Elective

P:

3

Application:

0

Credits:

3

ECTS:

6

Course Language:

İngilizce

Course Objectives:

To furnish students with necessary knowledge to be able to understand how and why people behave in a certain way under certain conditions. To make students gain an insight into human behaviour. To give an understanding of complexities of individual and group behaviour and their effects upon organizational processes.

Course Content:

Perception, Attribution, Attitudes, Personality, Motivation, Leadership, Groups and Teams, Communication, Power and Politics

Course Methodology:

1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 9: Simulation, 12: Case Study

Course Evaluation Methods:

1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 9: Simulation, 12: Case Study

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes	Program Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
1. Explains Basic Organizational Behaviour Theories	1,2,7	1,2,3,12	A,C
2.Emphasises application of those theories	1,2,3,7	1,2,3,12	A,C
3. Enables understanding human behaviour	1,2,3,7,10,11,12,13,14	1,2,3,12	A,C
4. Enables understanding and solving behavioural problems	1,2,3,7,10,11,12,13,14	1,2,3,12	A,C
5. Explains perceptual errors	1,2,3,7,10,11,12,13,14	1,2,3,12	A,C
6. Enables understanding power, politics, influence, motivation and develops leadership skills	1,2,3,7,10,11,12,13,14	1,2,3,12	A,C

Course Flow

Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Introduction: Fundamentals of Behaviour	Behaviour in general
2	Diversity in Organizations	Diversity, Creativity
3	Work Related Attitudes	Attitudes and Behaviour
4	Emotions and Moods	Six main emotions, affectivity and moods
5	Personality and Values	Work related values and personality
6	Perception and Decision Making	Perception, perceptual errors, decision making models
7	Motivation	Motivation Theories
8	Midterm Examination
9	Groups and Teams	Foundations of group behaviour, types of teams
10	Leadership	Theories of leadership and various leadership styles
11	Power and Politics	Social influence, individual power
12	Organizational Culture	Culture theories, definition
13	Organizational Change	Reactive and Planned
14	Stress Management	Stress definition, overcoming
15	Final Exam

Recommended Sources

Textbook	Robbins, S. P., Judge, T. A. (2013). Organizational Behaviour. 15th ed. Prentice Hall, New York
Additional Resources	McShane, Steven and Von Glinow, Mary (2009). Organizational Behaviour, 5th eddition. New York, NY: McGraw Hill.

Material Sharing

Documents	Course slides, cases, additional reading material
Assignments	Homework, quizzes, term project, presentations
Exams	Midterm Exam, Final Exam

Assessment

IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms	1	30
Quizzes	2	20
Assignment	1	50
Total		100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE		50
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		50
Total		100

Course’s Contribution to Program

No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Gaining knowledge of business terms and applying these to institutions and business administrations. With this knowledge being able to analyze problems, and come up with creative solutions.					X
2	Commenting on the effect's of social behaviour, personality and organizational culture at the global level.					X
3	Applying knowledge acquired in the field.					X
4	Review of the economic and legal problems of organizations, and application of creative solutions.				X
5	Being able to correctly investigate and interpret government policy effects on foreign trade.
6	Analyzing global order economically and politically, in addition being able to analyze the geographical affects of this perspective.
7	In organizational analysis being able to see unethical situations in advance and prevent them from occurring, also gaining the ability to apply these traits in functional areas.					X
8	Analyzing the great economies of the world and apprehending in what dimension added value for multi- national and financial fırms is created.
9	Presenting ınternational marketing bases and gaining the necessary traits to become a brand and develop better communication strategies.
10	To provide management, control and decision-making abilities and to use these in social and professional relationships.					X
11	Assessment of countries’ international economical policies on the bases of regional and foreign polices.

12	Understanding of statistical data, being able to implement and complete projects based on this data.	X
13	In the process of collecting and analyzing data, under the guidance of social responsibility, understandıng ethical principals and knowing how to implement them.	X
14	Using the projects generated for the betterment of society and sharing them with sensitivity.		X
15	Being able to take and implement strategic decisions on issues generated by cross cultural differences in international trade.	X
16	Under the guidance of ınternational relationships being able to analyze Turkey’s foreign policies and added value. In this perspective being able to interpret international and supra-national politics
17	Providing the information learned in a computing environment in order to provide functional values and analytical skills.
18	Gaining a fair understanding of national and international markets and having the skills to analyze the consumer affects in a common market. Being able to identify the right consumers.

ECTS

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 15x Total course hours)	15	3	45
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	15	3	45
Mid-terms	1	18	18
Homework	1	20	20
Final examination	1	25	25
Total Work Load			153
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			6,12
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

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