COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AMY 1041 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Vocational School of Justice

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ELA ÇOLPAN NART

Offered to

Vocational School of Justice

Course Objective

This course aims to teach the basic concepts of management, development of business administration and activities that have to be carried out during the stages of business establishment process. It also aims to make students competent in analyzing business interaction with its environment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define the basic concepts and principles of business.
2   To be able to classify business types and business characteristics.
3   To be able to explain the concept of management and business management principles
4   To be able to classify business functions.
5   To be able to interpret the contemporary developments in business administration

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts of business economics and administration
2 Objectives of business
3 Types of business
4 Selection of foundation location of business
5 The main functions of business
6 Business income and expenses
7 Business-environment connections and rationality in business
8 The Definition and the characteristics of management
9 Basic functions and activities of management
10 The Function of Production, Marketing, Human Resources and Finance
11 Social responsibility and ethics in business
12 MIDTERM EXAM
13 MIDTERM EXAM
14 Overall evaluation
15 Overall evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. DOĞAN, Muammer, (2010); Işletme Ekonomisi, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, ANKARA.
2. ALPUGAN, Oktay, vd., (1997) ;Işletme Ekonomisi ve Yönetimi, Beta Yayınevi, ISTANBUL.
3. AKAT, Ilter, vd., (2002); Işletme Yönetimi, Barış Yayınları, Fakülteler Kitabevi, IZMIR.
4. BUDAK, Gönül and BUDAK, Gülay, (2010); Işletme Yönetimi, Barış Yayınları, IZMIR.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, discussion, problem sets, seminar or homework.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE roundKPU + FN,0
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) roundKPU + BUT,0


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

http://amyo.deu.edu.tr/esaslar.html

Assessment Criteria

Midterm and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail: ela.nart@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preperation for final exam 1 30 30
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 123

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.11
LO.2
LO.311
LO.4
LO.5