ADM4201 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
| Course Code: | 3104201 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and Public Adm. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. NİLAY YAVUZ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, students will learn:
The factors influencing individual and group behavior within work organizations, including organizational design, leadership, organizational culture, and organizational politics, and their implications. Theoretical frameworks and practical applications for understanding human behavior in various organizational settings, with a focus on providing insights relevant to students of public administration. The concepts and theories related to interpersonal and group processes in work organizations, along with an examination of their relevance and adaptation to the unique characteristics of public organizations.
Course Content
This course reviews individual and group behavior, its causes and consequences in work organizations, and deals with how various factors such as organizational design, leadership, organizational culture, and organizational politics etc. relate to these behaviors. The course is meant to provide a theoretical and practical framework for students of public administration to better understand the reasons and implications of human behavior in various organizational settings. While the course focuses on the concepts and theories related to interpersonal and group processes in work organizations in general, it also considers the unique nature of public organizations where relevant.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Outline current research in organizational behavior issues,
- Evaluate the behavioral challenges of the workplace, and compare public and private
organizations in that respect
- Explain how leadership, communication, organizational design, power, conflict etc. affect
individual and group behavior and organizational outcomes in public and private organizations,
- Discuss group development and group dynamics,
- Identify strategies to solve organizational conflicts,
- Describe the process, opportunities and challenges of organizational development and change,
- Apply organizational behavior frameworks and concepts to improve individual, group, and
organizational effectiveness in public and private organizations.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability to reach the information they need in their daily lives, and to interpret it | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being in command of the basic concepts of law | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Understanding the political, economical, and social transformations that occur in a wide range of areas including local and international levels | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Defining and solving problems encountered in political, social, and economic life | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Being conscious, effective and rational citizens who can comprehend the transformations taking place in Turkey and in the world today | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Being professionals who can operate as productive participants in any public organization | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having the knowledge about how public organizations function and how their decision making processes and mechanisms work | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Developing original solutions to the problems faced in relation to their own area of interest | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Critical thinking ability | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Being in command of the interdisciplinary approaches | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution