syllabus
MAN 361: ORGANIZATION THEORY
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zahide Karakitapoğlu Aygün
Fall 2013
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Section 01 Section 02
Mon: 15.40-16.40 V-02 Tue: 10.30-11.30 V-02
Thurs: 13.40-14.40 V-02 Fri: 8.30-9.30 V-02
If I decide to meet on Mon at 16.40 (Sec 01) or on Fri at 8.30 (Sec 02), I will let you know in advance.
Office: Man 314 Office Hours:
Phone: 290 20 39 Fri: 10.30-12.00 e-mail: zkaygun@bilkent.edu.tr or by appointment
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Objectives
This course is to help students obtain in-depth understanding of organizations and organizational effectiveness. By introducing the basic concepts and recent theoretical approaches, the course will help students to develop the capability of understanding, designing, and managing organizations. The course emphasizes both the macro characteristics of organizations such as their structures, technology and environment, and internal processes such as organizational culture, managerial decision making, politics and conflicts. By means of lectures, class discussions, case studies and team project, this course will help students have a broad understanding of the dynamics of organizations.
More specifically, when you have successfully completed this course, you should be able to:
Integrate new concepts and models from organization theory in analyzing organizations;
Understand and diagnose organizational needs and problems
Explore, understand and evaluate different organizational structures and strategies
Understand the complexity of the organizational environment including both global and multicultural aspects and assess the outcomes/implications of these external factors
Identify and apply various organizational processes such as culture, conflict, politics, decision making, innovation in managing organizations and solving
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zahide Karakitapoğlu Aygün
Fall 2013
___________________________________________________________________________________
Section 01 Section 02
Mon: 15.40-16.40 V-02 Tue: 10.30-11.30 V-02
Thurs: 13.40-14.40 V-02 Fri: 8.30-9.30 V-02
If I decide to meet on Mon at 16.40 (Sec 01) or on Fri at 8.30 (Sec 02), I will let you know in advance.
Office: Man 314 Office Hours:
Phone: 290 20 39 Fri: 10.30-12.00 e-mail: zkaygun@bilkent.edu.tr or by appointment
___________________________________________________________________________________
Objectives
This course is to help students obtain in-depth understanding of organizations and organizational effectiveness. By introducing the basic concepts and recent theoretical approaches, the course will help students to develop the capability of understanding, designing, and managing organizations. The course emphasizes both the macro characteristics of organizations such as their structures, technology and environment, and internal processes such as organizational culture, managerial decision making, politics and conflicts. By means of lectures, class discussions, case studies and team project, this course will help students have a broad understanding of the dynamics of organizations.
More specifically, when you have successfully completed this course, you should be able to:
Integrate new concepts and models from organization theory in analyzing organizations;
Understand and diagnose organizational needs and problems
Explore, understand and evaluate different organizational structures and strategies
Understand the complexity of the organizational environment including both global and multicultural aspects and assess the outcomes/implications of these external factors
Identify and apply various organizational processes such as culture, conflict, politics, decision making, innovation in managing organizations and solving