| Course Name | Dynamics of Organizations |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| EBA 567 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Service Course | |||||
| Course Level | Second Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Objectives | This course aims at enhancing the knowledge of students about the content and practice of managerial approaches proposed for dealing with current managerial issues. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The course contains current business challenges and managerial approaches. Adopting an analytical view, it examines the organizational dimensions, such as the structure, strategy, technology, culture, and size, in interaction with each other, and with environmental factors. Various organization theories, such as structural contingency, resource dependence, transaction cost, population ecology, institutionalism, and organizational network are also comparatively discussed. Additionally, the course includes a discussion of managerial ideas proposed to resolve current business problems. |
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction to Management and Organizations | Daft, Murphy & Willmott (2017) Chapter 1: What are Organizations? and Chapter 2: Perspectives on Organizations. |
| 2 | Big Picture for Managers | Daft, Murphy & Willmott (2017) Chapter 3: Strategy, Organization Design, and Effectiveness |
| 3 | Organization Structure | Daft, Murphy & Willmott (2017) Chapter 4: Fundamentals of Organization Structure |
| 4 | The External Environment and Resource Dependence | Daft, Murphy & Willmott (2017) Chapter 5: The External Environment. |
| 5 | Interorganizational Relationships: Population Ecology, Network and Institutional Theories | Daft, Murphy & Willmott (2017) Chapter 6: Interorganizational Relationships |
| 6 | Global Environment and Internationalization | Daft, Murphy & Willmott (2017) Chapter 7: Designing Organizations for the International Environment |
| 7 | Technology and Organization Design | Daft, Murphy & Willmott (2017) Chapter 8: Manufacturing and Service Technologies |
| 8 | Information Technology and Control: Transaction Cost Theory | Daft, Murphy & Willmott (2017) Chapter 9: Information Technology and Control |
| 9 | Organization Life Cycle | Daft, Murphy & Willmott (2017) Chapter 10: Organization Size, Life Cycle and Decline |
| 10 | Organizational Culture, Business Ethics, and Social Responsibility | Daft, Murphy & Willmott (2017) Chapter 11: Organizational Culture and Ethical Values |
| 11 | Innovation and Change Processes | Daft, Murphy & Willmott (2017) Chapter 12: Innovation and Change |
| 12 | Decision-Making Processes | Daft, Murphy & Willmott (2017) Chapter 13: Decision-Making Processes |
| 13 | Conflict, Power, and Politics | Daft, Murphy & Willmott (2017) Chapter 14: Conflict, Power and Politics |
| 14 | Project Repesentation | |
| 15 | Wrap up | |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
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| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 10 | 20 |
| Presentation / Jury | - | - |
| Project | - | |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | 1 | 80 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 10 | 20 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 80 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 10 | 2 | |
| Presentation / Jury | - | ||
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exams | 1 | 30 | |
| Total | 130 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
