COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WAGE SYSTEMS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CEK 3027 WAGE SYSTEMS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM ÇAKIR

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (Evening)
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

To examine wage phenomenon in working life with conceptual varieties and with different perspectives; to analyse wage formation, its periodic change and systems, respecting economic and social needs; to explain and discuss wage systems in practice.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to identify wage, its components and related concepts
2   To be able to interpret the relationship between wage and inflation, productivity, competitive power, economic and social development
3   To be able to explain minimum wage and the method of its determination, to discuss comparative information
4   To be able to analyse wage justice and issues
5   To be able to introduce job evaluation and wage systems based on job evaluation
6   To be able to identify performance evaluation systems and relate it with wages
7   To be able to explain common and contemporary wage systems
8   To be able to study and discuss wage determination systems and samples within the country

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concept of wage, its importance in terms of economic and social development perspectives, its position in human resource management processes
2 Wage in labour law
3 Components, attachments, level and formation of wage
4 Wage supplements, their relationship with inflation and other variables
5 Minimum wage, its necessity, determination and international comparisons
6 Concept of wage justice, its theories, problems and solutions
7 Job evaluation and its methods, its contribution to developing a wage system
8 Midterm Exam
9 Midterm Exam
10 Developing a wage system dependent on job evaluation
11 Performance evaluation and its role in wages
12 Wage systems in practice
13 Wage calculation and payrolling
14 Contemporary wage systems

Recomended or Required Reading

Özlem IŞIĞIÇOK : Ücret; Teori-Politikası-Yönetimi-Sistemleri, Marmara Kitabevi, Bursa 2007
Özlem ÇAKIR : Ücret Adaletinin Iş Davranışları Üzerindeki Etkileri, Kamu Işverenleri Sendikası - Kamu-Iş Yayınları, Ankara 2006
Serap BENLIGIRAY : Ücret Yönetimi, Beta Yayınları, Istanbul 2007
Kurtuluş KAYMAZ : Ücret Yönetimi, Dora Yayıncılık, Bursa 2010
Cevat ACAR : Işletmelerde Ücret yapısının Oluşturulması, Literatür Yayıncılık, Istanbul 2007

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Interactive lecturing with visual support
Group-work presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE STT * 0.50 +MTE * 0.50
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yasar.tinar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesdays 15.30-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Case study 1 3 3
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 109

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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