1	Course Title:	THEORIES OF BUREAUCRACY
2	Course Code:	KAM3204
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	6
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç.Dr. MEHMET ZAHİD SOBACI
16	Course Lecturers:	Yok
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. M. Zahid SOBACI E-posta: zsobaci@uludag.edu.tr Tel: 0224 2941151 Uludağ Üniversitesi İktisadi İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü Görükle, 16059 Nilufer / BURSA
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19	Objective of the Course:	The main objective of the course is to enable students to grasp the phenomenon of bureaucracy and how leading political thoughts approach to this phenomenon. Besides it is aimed to provide the students with a basic knowledge on the bureaucratic tradition in Turkey as well as in other developed/ underdeveloped countries by adopting a historical perspective.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 To gain a conceptual perspective regarding the phenomenon of bureaucracy. ; 2 To obtain a repertoire on how Marxist and liberal political thoughts grasp bureaucracy. ; 3 To be able to build the relation between capitalism and bureaucracy.; 4 To gain knowledge on the Weberian bureaucracy theory. ; 5 To learn the political and juridical control mechanisms of the bureaucracy.; 6 To be able to evaluate the factors affecting bureaucratization. ; 7 To compare and evaluate bureaucratic models in the developed and underdeveloped countries. ; 8 To have knowledge on the historical roots of bureaucratic tradition in Turkey.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The concept of bureaucracy
2	Bureaucracy in Marxist thought
3	Bureaucracy in the liberal thought
4	Bureaucracy and Capitalism
5	Bureaucracy and Oligarchy
6	Weberian bureaucracy theory
7	Factors causing bureaucratization
8	Power sources of bureaucracy
9	Bureaucracy and Democracy
10	Political control mechanism in bureaucracy
11	Ombudsman as an institution
12	Juridical control mechanism in bureaucracy
13	Bureaucracy in developed and underdeveloped countries
14	The relation between bureaucracy and politics in Turkey

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	A-Textbook: Bilal ERYILMAZ, Bürokrasi ve Siyaset&Bürokratik Devletten Etkin Yönetime, Alfa Yayınları, İstanbul, 2002. B-References: Metin HEPER, Türkiye’de Devlet Geleneği, Doğu Batı Yayınları, Ankara, 2006. Metin HEPER, Modernleşme ve Bürokrasi, Sevinç Matbaası, Ankara, 1973.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	4	56
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	20	20
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	32	32
Total WorkLoad			150
Total workload/ 30 hr			5
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 LO1 3 3 3 5 4 1 1 3 3 3 LO2 4 3 3 5 4 1 1 3 3 3 LO3 3 3 3 5 4 1 1 3 3 3 LO4 4 4 3 5 4 1 1 4 3 3 LO5 4 3 4 5 4 1 1 3 3 3 LO6 3 4 3 5 4 1 1 4 3 3 LO7 4 3 4 5 4 1 1 4 4 3 LO8 4 4 3 5 4 1 1 4 4 3

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High