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| ISL6350 | Organizational Analyses and Ephistomology | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Tülay İLHAN NAS | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To provide knowledge to apply the epistemology on organizational and management field. To provide knowledge to plan the theories of organization within the functionalist, interpretive, radical humanist, and radical structuraalist paradigm. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | define epistemology and its reflection on social science, and assumptions about the nature of social science. | 2 - 8 - 9 | | | PO - 2 : | explain epistemological arguments on social science, abstraction and metaphors, the paradigms from functionalist to interpretive. | 2 - 8 - 9 | | | PO - 3 : | apply epistemology on organizational and management field. | 2 - 8 - 9 | | | PO - 4 : | plan theories of organization within the functionalist, interpretive, radical humanist, and radical structuraalist paradigm. | 2 - 8 - 9 | | | PO - 5 : | summarize of the epistemological influences upon the organizations. | 2 - 8 - 9 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The definition of epistemology and its reflection on social science, and assumptions about the nature of social science. The explanation of epistemological arguments on social science, abstraction and metaphors, the paradigms from functionalist to interpretive. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Assumptions about the nature of social sciences | | | Week 2 | Assumptions about the nature of society | | | Week 3 | Introduction to paradigms | | | Week 4 | The paradigms explored: Functionalist sociology, Functionalist organization theory | | | Week 5 | The paradigms explored: Interpretive sociology | | | Week 6 | The paradigms explored: The interpretive paradigm and the study of organizations | | | Week 7 | The paradigms explored: Radical humanism | | | Week 8 | The paradigms explored: Anti-organization theory | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | The paradigms explored:Radical structuralizm ve Radikal organization theory | | | Week 11 | Karl Popper | | | Week 12 | Imre Lakatos | | | Week 13 | Thomas Kuhn | | | Week 14 | Theory of evolution | | | Week 15 | Future directions: Theory and research | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Burrell, G., ve Morgan, G., 1979; Sociological Paradigms and Organizational Analysis, Heinemann Educational Books, USA. | | | |
| 1 | Demir, Ö. 2007; Bilim Felsefesi, Vadi | | | 2 | Hall, J. R., 1990; Epistemology And Sociohistorical Inquiry, Annual Review of Sociology, 16: 329-351. | | | 3 | Lieberson, S. ve Lynn, F. B., 2002; Barking Up The Wrong Branch: Scientific Alternatives to The Current Model of Sociological Science, Annual Review of Sociology, 28:1-19. | | | 4 | Sutton, R. I. ve Staw, B. M., 1994; ?What Theory is not?, Administrative Science Quarterly, 40:371-384. | | | 5 | Azevedo, J., 2002; Updating Organizational Epistemology, J. A. C. Baum (Der.), The Blackwell Companion to Organizations: 715-732. Oxford: Blackwell. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | Kasım 2021 | 2 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | Aralık 2021 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | Ocak 2022 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 8 | 14 | 112 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 155 |
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