İŞL419

Chaos, Crisis, Communication and Global Organisations

Faculty \ Department
School of Economics and Administrative Sciences \ Business Administration
Course Credit
ECTS Credit
Course Type
Instructional Language
3
6
Elective
Turkish
Prerequisites
-
Programs that can take the course
Management
Course Description
Within the scope of this course, the concepts of chaos and crisis as the realities of the new world are examined and the effects and solutions of risks on both the political economy and organisational context as well as on social structures are evaluated.
Textbook and / or References
1. Öge, Serdar , “Düzen mi, Düzensizlik (Kaos) mi?
2. Kara, Zülküf (2013), “Zaman Mekan Sıkışması: Küreselleşme, Risk ve Belirsizlik”, içinde Bauman Sosyolojisi, 59-85.
3. Cilliers, Paul (2010), “Karmaşıklık, Yapıbozum ve Görecilik”,  Kaos ve Karmaşıklık: Düzenli Düzensizlik, Cogito Dergisi, Sayı:62.
4. Yıldız, Nuran (2013), “Kaos, Kriz ve
Halkla İlişkileri Yeniden Düşünmek”, Halkla İlişkilerin KAZANCI, Ed. Melike A. Yamanoğlu, Pınar Özdemir, Ankara: De Ki Yayınları.
5. Kotler, Philip; Caslione, John (2010), Kaos Yönetimi, İstanbul: Optimist.
6. Bauman, Zygmunt (2001), Modernlik ve Müphemlik, İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları.
7. Beck, Ulrich (2011), Risk Toplumu: Başka Bir Modernliğe Doğru, Çev. Kazım Özdoğan, İstanbul: İthaki Yayınları
8. Beck, Ullrich (2012), Aşkın Normal Kaosu, Çev. Nafer Ermiş, Ankara: İmge Kitabevi Yayınları.
Course Objectives
To define the concepts of chaos and crisis and to determine the correct place of these concepts in today's world,
To define the risks and uncertainties awaiting organisations within the framework of developing information technologies and globalisation,
Identifying problems and developing solutions through possible chaos and crisis scenarios,
To determine the road maps that organisational structures should follow in the ‘new world order’ shaped around risks and uncertainties.
Course Outcomes
1. Can make predictions about possible risks that chaos and crises may bring.
2. Can develop risk management plans and solutions on an organisational basis.
3. Have knowledge about crisis management and crisis communication.
4. Have knowledge about the concepts of new world and new normality.
Tentative Course Plan
Week 1: Fundamentals of chaos and crisis
Week 2: Main features of the new world
Week 3: From normality to turbulence: Conceptualising the risk society
Week 4: Chaos and management failures
Week 5: Chaos Models: Management of weaknesses and Opportunities
Design of Management Systems for a Resilient Company
Week 6: Philosophy of science and new science paradigm
Week 7: Marketing strategies for durable companies
Week 8: Growing up in an age of turbulence
Week 9: Digital marketing in the age of turbulence
Week 10: Digital marketing in an era of turbulence
Week 11: Big data and main usage areas
Week 12: Project presentations
Tentative Assesment Methods
• Midterm 30 %
• Final Presentation and Project 50 %
• Participation 20 %
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