Academic Catalog

BA5116 ORGANIZATION, WORK AND SOCIETY

Course Code: 3125116
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 6.0
Department: Business Administration
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.

Course Content

This course is concerned with the social-cultural-ethnic context of work in business organizations, focusing on the business environment as affecting social behavior and applying OB concepts in divers cultural settings. It overviews relevant topics in Human Relations area, focusing on selective human issues and topics that have must been covered in the previous courses, introduces OB in a global context in parallel with the developments in the larger world context, and tries to help students to integrate social-cultural-ethnic concepts in the light of changing world-order. Topics include the individual, the group (within and between) and the organization system, with a specific emphasis on thought-provoking ideas to stimulate interest and discussions.