ECTS - Personality and Organizational Psychology

Personality and Organizational Psychology (MAN315) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Personality and Organizational Psychology MAN315 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Observation Case Study, Brain Storming.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Burcu Tosun
Course Assistants
Course Objectives At the end of the semestre, students are expected to get knowledge about: • What kind of behaviors people have in organizations, why they behave like that and the consequences of those behaviors in the workplace • The concepts and the links needed to estimate employee behaviors • Organizational behaviors caused by personality differences
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • To comprehend what kind of behaviors people have in organizations, why they behave like that and the consequences of those behaviors in the workplace and evaluating that knowledge on samples from ordinary life
  • Comprehending the concepts and making the connections needed to estimate employee behaviors
  • Getting the skills to interpret the organizational behaviors caused by personality differences
Course Content Concepts of personality and organizational psychology; personality related issues such as attitude, motivation, perception; individuals within the work environment.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 What is organizational psychology? Chapter1
2 Case study Chapter1
3 What is personality? Course notes and slides
4 Case study Course notes and slides
5 What are the factors affecting personality? Course notes and slides
6 Case study Course notes and slides
7 What are the effects of personality on organizational psychology? Course notes and slides
8 Case study Course notes and slides
9 Midterm exam Chapter1 and course notes and slides
10 Group dynamics Chapter12
11 Case study Chapter12
12 Motivation and leadership Chapters 8 & 13
13 Case study Chapters 8 & 13
14 Organizational culture Chapter15
15 Case study Chapter15
16 Final exam Chapters 1, 8, 12, 13, 15 & course notes and slides

Sources

Course Book 1. Riggio, Ronald E. "Introduction to industrial/organizational psychology" —6th ed. Pearson Education, Inc.
Other Sources 2. Vakalar, filmler, videolar, ders notları, slaytlar

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 10 10
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics 4 20
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 16 100
Percentage of Semester Work 60
Percentage of Final Work 40
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Students obtain fundamental knowledge about the theoretical approaches, concepts, research methods and techniques of public relations, advertising, media, marketing and integrated marketing.
2 Students obtain interdisciplinary knowledge about political, cultural, economic and social process within local, national and international levels.
3 Students obtain knowledge about the effective use of digital media intended for public relations, advertising, marketing and integrated marketing.
4 Students obtain knowledge about the use of new media tools both theoretically and practically.
5 Students obtain knowledge about the design and development of any public relations and advertising campaign based on the target group and strategic objectives.
6 Students obtain knowledge about the organizational communications structures.
7 Students obtain knowledge about various strategies of crisis management.
8 Students obtain knowledge about required research, planning, methods and techniques within public relations and advertising fields.
9 Students obtain knowledge about ethical principles and values of public relations and advertising
10 Students obtain knowledge about legal regulations of both communication law and advertising.
11 Students learn how to communicate with both local and foreign, academic and non-academic stakeholders in order to conduct PR and advertising researches or practices.
12 Students learn how to work in teamwork for PR and advertising researches and practices.
13 Students learn how to prepare and conduct various communicational activities of various organizations.
14 Students learn how to collect information, analyze and present the findings of PR, advertising, marketing and consumer researches.
15 Students learn how to plan and conduct media and advertising campaigns.
16 Students learn how to use digital communication tools effectively and design a product.
17 Students have the capacity of using theoretical background and conducting methodologies in order to gather information, analyze and interpret within PR and advertising fields.
18 Students have the capacity of understanding the social-cultural context of PR and advertising practices for the related organizations.
19 Students have the capacity of following the latest developments at national and global levels.
20 Students have the capacity of taking the responsibilities for the possible problems in any PR program or campaign and develop creative solutions.
21 Students have the capacity of using various applications and technological tools to conduct PR and advertising programs and advertising campaigns.
22 Students have the capacity of exercising the ethical codes based on national and international professional standards in PR and advertising activities.
23 Students have the capacity of forming and practicing brand management strategies.
24 Students have the capacity of dealing with the possible risks in organizations.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 5 5 25
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics 4 5 20
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 15 15
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 20 20
Total Workload 128