Information Package / Course Catalogue
Organisational Communication
Course Code: İK408
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

This course covers communication process, functions of communication issues, special problems in effective communication, organizational communication and managers, formal communication, informal communication, communication networks, methods and materials in organizational communication, effectiveness evaluation in organizational communication.

Course Content

Explaining active communucatitive factors in organizations.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Derya GÜL ÖZTÜRK
Learning Outcomes
1.Explaining the communication as a psychological and social fact.
2.Associating effective communication with organizational effectiveness.
3.Explaining the factors which prevent effective communication in organizations.
4.Explaining the responsibilities of manager in the process of communicational systems.
5.Using the methods and tools of verbal, written, non-verbal communication.
6.Recognizing the methods and tools of communication in electronical environment.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Hasan TUTAR ve M.Kemal YILMAZ, İletişim-Genel ve Örgütsel Boyutuyla, Seçkin Yay., Ankara, 2013.
2.Carol Kinsey GOMAN, İşyerinde Beden Dili, İş Yaşamında Sözsüz Dili Çözme Kılavuzu, Çev. Emel Lakşe, Alfa Basım, İstanbul, 2008.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Concept of Communication and Its Definition, Functions of Communication
Week 2 - Theoretical
Communication Process and Basic Issues
Week 3 - Theoretical
Communication Process and Basic Issues
Week 4 - Theoretical
Communication Types and Properties: verbal Communication, Written Communication, Nonverbal Communication
Week 5 - Theoretical
Communication Types and Properties: verbal Communication, Written Communication, Nonverbal Communication
Week 6 - Theoretical
Communication System and Its Structural Properties in Organizations, Place of Managers in Organizational Communication
Week 7 - Theoretical
Extents of Communication in Management: Formal Communication
Week 8 - Theoretical
Extents of Communication in Management: Informal Communication
Week 9 - Theoretical
Communication Networks
Week 10 - Theoretical
Methods and Materials in Organizational Communication
Week 11 - Theoretical
Methods and Materials in Organizational Communication
Week 12 - Theoretical
Improvement of Communication in Organizations
Week 13 - Theoretical
Effectiveness Evaluation in Organizational Communication
Week 14 - Theoretical
Organizational Culture and Communication
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory132365
Individual Work130339
Midterm Examination120121
Final Examination125126
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)151
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes