ADM558 ADVANCES IN ORGANISATIONAL THEORY
| Course Code: | 3100558 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and Public Adm. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. AYLİN TOPAL |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course aims to introduce advanced approaches to the study of organizations, including, but not only limited to post-humanist, neo-institutional and complexity-based approaches. This entails a deeper understanding and evaluation of how digitalization and Artificial Intelligence (AI) necessitates a reconfiguration of organizational boundaries, authority and work processes. The course also tries to present critiques of the ethical and power implications of new organizational forms that develop with innovations in technology.
Course Content
For course details, see https://catalog2.metu.edu.tr.Course Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
Compare competing explanations for organizational behavior in complex environments.
Design research projects using innovative organizational theories (e.g., assemblage theory, institutional work).
Assess how global crises (e.g., pandemics, climate change) challenge traditional organizational models.
Debate the future of bureaucracy, hierarchy, and legitimacy in the 21st century.
Synthesize insights across disciplines (e.g., organizational sociology, behavioral economics, STS).
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | The ability to interpret and assess the ways in which power is generated and used socially, institutionally, economically and culturally at the local, national and international levels. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | The ability to conduct interdisciplinary studies and research when assessing the social phenomena in the field of Political Science and Public Administration. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | To attain a sound formation regarding the basic topics, like state-society relations, history of political thought, organisational theory, Turkish politics and comparative politics, in the field of Political Science and Public Administration. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | The ability to use the classical and new approaches in social sciences comprehensively and critically. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | To acquire the methodological knowledge and scientific skills which would enhance the capacity to conduct scientific research and produce publications including a M.S. thesis. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | The ability to evaluate the different dimensions of the problems in the policy areas which are studied through the use of different theoretical perspectives and to develop strategies on this basis. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | To uphold ethical principles in science, academy and life. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | To approach the issues by an independent, critical and inventive cognitive orientation, which could also support the professional career development. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution