| 1. Week |
Course Description – Inquiry/Critique, Perspective, Grounding and Systematization in Philosophy and Science |
Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
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| 2. Week |
PHILOSOPHY AS INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATION ACTION • Meaning and Necessity of Philosophy • Philosophy as a “Truth” Debate • Philosophy as a Phenomenon Infiltrating All Vital Fields |
Preparation, After Class Study, Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
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| 3. Week |
SCIENCE AS THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATION ACTION • Views on the Emergence Process of Science • Positivist (Positivity) Understanding of Science • Interpretive Science (Hermeneutics) • Pluralist Understanding of Science • Reductionist Approaches to Science |
Preparation, After Class Study, Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
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| 4. Week |
MAJOR DISCUSSIONS IN PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE • Views on the Crossroads of Philosophy and Science • Synthetic Approach to Philosophy and Science • Theory-Practical Discussion in Philosophy and Science • Individual-Society (Part-Whole) Debate |
Preparation, After Class Study, Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
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| 5. Week |
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND SCIENTIFIC METHOD DISCUSSIONS • Scientific Method Discussions • Prominent Views in Philosophy of Science • Popper's Falsifiability Approach • Khun's Paradigm Approach • Lakatos' Core Core Approach • Feyerabend's Anarchist Approach to Science |
Preparation, After Class Study, Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
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| 6. Week |
Philosophical/Historical Foundations of Management • The Need for Philosophical Grounding in General Terms • Management Thought in Middle and Near Eastern Civilizations • Management Thought in Far Eastern Civilizations • Ancient Greek Management Thought • Hellenistic Period Management Thought |
Preparation, After Class Study, Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
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| 7. Week |
ROMAN AND CHRISTIAN ADMINISTRATIVE THOUGHT • Roman Management Thought • Christian Management Thought • 1. Management Thought in Early Christianity • 2. Medieval Christian World and Scholastic Philosophy |
Preparation, After Class Study, Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
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| 8. Week |
ISLAMIC MANAGEMENT THOUGHT • Sources of Islamic Management Thought • Management Thought in Muslim Philosophers • Management Thought in Seljuk and Ottoman Periods • Management Thought in Advice/Political Type Works • Management Thought in Islahatname (Layiha) Type Works |
Preparation, After Class Study, Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
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| 9. Week |
MANAGEMENT THOUGHT IN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE PERIODS • Management Thought in Renaissance Philosophers • Utopian Response as the Search for Ideal Management • Reform Movement and Management Thought • Management Thought in the Baroque Period |
Preparation, After Class Study, Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
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| 10. Week |
MANAGEMENT THOUGHT IN THE ENLIGHTENMENT PERIOD • Management Thought in Enlightenment Philosophers • Views Adopting the Concept of Social Contract • Anti-Social Contract Views • Views Against the Management Totally |
Preparation, After Class Study, Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
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| 11. Week |
MANAGEMENT THOUGHT IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND AFTER • Management Thought in the Early Industrial Revolution • Management Thought in the Nineteenth Century • Views Referring Ideal Management to the Future • Management Thought in the Twentieth Century |
Preparation, After Class Study, Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
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| 12. Week |
FUNDAMENTALS OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT • Scientific Justification Approaches for Management • Traditional (Classical) Management Theory • Human Relations (Neoclassical) Management Theory • Modern Management Theories: System and Contingency Approaches • Post-Modern Management Theories |
Preparation, After Class Study, Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
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| 13. Week |
East-West Comparison in the Context of Management Philosophy-1 |
Preparation, After Class Study, Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
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| 14. Week |
East-West Comparison in the Context of Management Philosophy-2 |
Preparation, After Class Study, Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
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