COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GLOBALIZATION AND EMPLOYMENT POLICIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇIN 5010 GLOBALIZATION AND EMPLOYMENT POLICIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Human Resources

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FARUK SAPANCALI

Offered to

Human Resources

Course Objective

To reveal the general features and basic problems of the labour markets in Turkey and global scale and evaluate the policies concerning the subject.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to be able to understand the changes and problems that arise with the process of globalization,
2   to be able to analyze the basic features of Turkish labour market,
3   to be able to learn the qualifications and objectives of Turkey and EU Employment Strategy and employment policies and practices of its,
4   to be able to evaluate the changes and problems of labour market suffered by the process of globalization in respect to time and space in Turkey,
5   to be able to evaluate the effects of changing socio-economic conditions on employment policies in Turkey and in the global context.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General Evaluation of Course
2 Labour Market and Globalization; Concepts
3 Transformation in Labour Markets in the Process of Globalization
4 Features of Labour Market in Turkey and Basic Problems
5 Features of Developed Country s Labour Markets and Problems
6 Labour Markets and Informal Employment in Developing Countries
7 Passive Employment Policies for Struggle Against Unemployment
8 Active Employment Policies for Struggle Against Unemployment
9 Midterm Exam
10 Policies for Children and Persons with Disabilities in Labour Market
11 Youth Employment in Labour Market and Problems
12 Labour Market Regulation and Institutions
13 Relationship between Education and Labour Market
14 EU Employment Strategy and Evaluation of the Turkish Labour Markets in the Process of EU Membership

Recomended or Required Reading

Ansal, Hacer; Küçükçiftçi, Suat; Onaran, Özlem; Orbay, Zeki; Türkiye Emek Piyasasının Yapısı ve Işsizlik. Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı, Istanbul, Kasım 2000.
Bacchetta, Marc vd.; Globalization and Informal Jobs in Developing Countries.ILO and Worls Trade Organization, Geneva, 2009.
Bertola, G. - Beri, T. - Cazes, S.; Employment protection in industrialized countries: The case for new indicators, International Labour Review. Vol. 139, No. 1, 2000, s. 57-71.
Biçerli, M. Kemal; Çalışma Ekonomisi. Beta Basım Yayım,. Baskı, Istanbul, 2007.
Bulutay, Tuncer; Employment, Unemployment and Wages in Turkey. International Labour Office, Geneva, 1995.
Bulutay, Tuncer; Türkiye de Yüksek Öğrenimlilerde Işlendirme ve Işsizlik. Türkiye Ekonomi Kurumu tartışma Metni 2005/16, Ankara, 2005.
Bulutay, Tuncer-Taşçı, Enver: Informal Sector in the Turkish Labor Market. Türkiye Ekonomi Kurumu tartışma Metni 2004/22, Ankara, 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Primarily course s topics will be prepared as the study of seminars and carried out presentation by the student in course, then cross participation of faculty members contribution and students will discuss all aspects of the subject.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** 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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 77

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555

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