Academic Catalog

BUS421 ORGANIZATIONAL INFLUENCE PROCESSES

Course Code: 3530421
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 6.0
Department: Business Administration
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
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Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.
Prerequisite: Set 1: 3530221
Set 2: 3530222
One of the sets above should be completed before taking BUS421 ORGANIZATIONAL INFLUENCE PROCESSES .

Course Content

Influence processes that individuals go through within organizations in order to accomplish personal and/or organizational goals are analyzed in this course. Topics include formal versus informal organization; authority versus power; individual and organizational sources of power; organizational politics, methods of influence, strategies and tactics for acquiring, increasing and using power, and ethics of political behavior.