ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY
- Course
- TMAN603 - ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY
- Department
- Tourism Management - English - PhD
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 5
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Prof. Dr. Cem TANOVA
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
This course will provide an overview of central organization theories discussing their relevance both in scientific and practical terms. The field of organization studies is characterized by a plurality of different theories which offer different approaches to studying the life in and around organizations. This lecture shows that the critical assessment of organizational phenomena can benefit from going beyond merely economic approaches and acknowledging also the wide range of relevant sociological and socio-psychological paradigms. In this vein, this lecture will present and discuss the diversity of perspectives for studying organizations: The historical development of different paradigms will be reflected, the different theoretical approaches will be presented and their practical relevance will be discussed.
ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY
Evaluation Tools (Active Term)
| Item | Type | Weight (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Final | Final | 40 |
| Midterm | Midterm | 30 |
| Project | Project | 30 |
| Total | 100 | |
Course outcomes
No course outcomes have been defined yet.
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | INTRODUCTION |
| Week 2 | CHAPTER 2 Mechanization Takes Command: Organizations as Machines; Classical Management Theory: Designing bureaucratic organizations; Scientific Management |
| Week 3 | CHAPTER 3 Nature Intervenes: Organizations as Organisms; Recognizing the Importance of Environment: Organizations as Open Systems;Contingency Theory: Adapting Organization to Environment; Contingency Theory: Promoting Organizational Health and Development |
| Week 4 | CHAPTER 4 Learning and Self-Organization: Organizations as Brains; Organizations as Information Processing Brains; Creating Learning Organizations; Cybernetics, Learning, and Learning to Learn |
| Week 5 | CHAPTER 5 Creating Social Realty: Organizations as Cultures; Culture and Organization; Organization and Cultural Context; Corporate Cultures and Subcultures |
| Week 6 | CHAPTER 6 Interests, Conflict, and Power: Organizations as Political Systems; Organizations as Systems of Government; Organizations as Systems of Political Activity; Understanding Conflict |
| Week 7 | Students' Presentation |
| Week 8 | Students' Presentation |
| Week 9 | CHAPTER 9 The Ugly Face: Organizations as Instruments of Domination; Organization, Class, and Control |
| Week 10 | CHAPTER 10:The Challenge of Metaphor |
| Week 11 | CASE STUDIES AND ARTICLES PRESENTATION |
| Week 12 | CASE STUDIES AND ARTICLES PRESENTATION |
| Week 13 | CASE STUDIES AND ARTICLES PRESENTATION |
| Week 14 | FINAL EXAM WEEK |
| Week 15 | FINAL EXAM WEEK |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Images of Organization (updated edition) / Gareth Morgan | California, USA : Sage Publications, August 2014.
Learning Outcomes
No learning outcomes have been defined.
Program Outcomes
- P01 PO1 Become competent in searching and comprehending the relevant academic articles, interpreting the information learnt or obtained via various channels and absorbing exceptional knowledge in their field.
- P02 PO2 Devoted themselves to be a qualified researcher and knowledge worker in their field all throughout their life and career.
- P03 PO3 Demonstrated that they developed their individual capabilities through written projects, assignments and presentations that they will independently implement both in academia and work contexts.
- P04 PO4 Gained key practical skills and knowledge which need to be implemented in their own research and business work environment.
- P05 PO5 Been able to implement critical and analytical thinking and analyses into their studies, research and work.
- P06 PO6 Become proficient in adopting the gained knowledge into practice and research in a critical, and analytical way.
- P07 PO7 Become experts in using information technology tools for their studies, research and workplace in an ethical and safely environment by sharing and transferring their knowledge.
- P08 PO8 Succeeded in working, researching and forming partnerships with their colleagues/team members in a global environment.
- P09 PO9 Proved themselves capable of disseminating and sharing knowledge, sustainingly communicating with others, in any global workplace or research setting.
- P10 PO10 Become capable of interpreting and transferring their qualified knowledge into practice and research.
- P11 PO11 Dedicated themselves to applying advanced academic studies and enrolled themselves in work or non-work projects related to environmental approaches and ethical issues.
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