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ISL 403 - Organizational Change Management

Faculty of Business and Management Sciences · Islamic Economics and Finance (English) · Undergraduate

ECTS: 5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 University Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ömer GİZLİER

Course Objective

This course provides the theoretical and business life background on organizational development and growth. It aims to teach the basic concepts and values of organizational change and development and the development processes and activities carried out within this framework. In the context of organizational development practices and case studies, for example; individual development tools, team building, effective feedback, leading and managing change, employee engagement and commitment will be demonstrated.

Course Content

Institutional environments of organizations, organizational populations, organizational change, designing organizational change, the relationship of organizational change with the concepts of culture, power, leadership, innovation, learning organizations and change management techniques will be discussed on the axis of the concept of organizational change in the digital age.

Required Resources

Barbara Senior, Stephen Swailes, Colin Carnall. (2020). Organizational Change. (6th Global ed.). Pearson Education.

Recommended Resources

İrfan Çağlar (2015). Bireysel, Örgütsel ve Toplumsal Düzeyde Değişim ve Değişim Yönetimi. Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Learns effective and competent organizational change management, basic concepts, evaluations and effects in an ever-changing dynamic environment.
  2. Examines the impact of environmental change on organizational structures.
  3. Recognizes organizational development and learning processes.
  4. Learns to implement organizational change.
  5. Explains change objectives and strategies.
  6. Understands the process of participating in change.
  7. Interprets the roles of change leaders and actors.
  8. Understands how to break resistance to change.

Core Area Distribution

(31) Social and Behavioural Science%40 (34) Business and Administration%60

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionCase StudyProblem Solving

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)15345
Out of Class Study Period15460
Midterm122
Quiz000
Assignment11616
Practice000
Final122

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Technical Environment and Organizational ChangeReading the relevant section of the course resource
2Corporate Environment and Organizational ChangeReading the relevant section of the course resource
3Organizational Populations and ChangeReading the relevant section of the course resource
4The Nature of Organizational ChangeReading the relevant section of the course resource
5Organizational Design, Structure and ChangeReading the relevant section of the course resource
6Culture and Organizational ChangeReading the relevant section of the course resource
7Organizational AgilityReading the relevant section of the course resource
8Mid-term examMid-term exam preparation
9Power and Organizational ChangeReading the relevant section of the course resource
10Leadership and Organizational ChangeReading the relevant section of the course resource
11Organizational Change in the Digital AgeReading the relevant section of the course resource
12Learning OrganizationsReading the relevant section of the course resource
13Innovation and Organizational ChangeReading the relevant section of the course resource
14Change Management TechniquesReading the relevant section of the course resource
15Change Management TechniquesReading the relevant section of the course resource
16Final examFinal exam preparation