COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BUSINESS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISL 1003 BUSINESS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MERT TOPOYAN

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (Evening)
Management Information Systems
Public Finance (Evening)
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations
Public Finance

Course Objective

The aim of course is explaining general definitions and concepts of business and business administration, possessing information about business functions and introducing fundamental business functions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define fundamental concepts about business science.
2   Being able to classify businesses.
3   Being able to determine managerial and structural components required to establish an effective business.
4   Being able to distinguish between business and management functions.
5   Being able to define fundamental business functions (management, production, marketing, finance)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Fundamental concepts of business science, place and importance of businesses in economy
2 Business objectives, relations with other sciences and environment
3 Classification of businesses (on the basis of functioning, consumer, product and service, ownership, size, and legal status)
4 Classification of businesses (on the basis of functioning, consumer, product and service, ownership, size, and legal status)
5 Business establishment stages and feasibility studies
6 Demand forecasting and market studies, facility location selection methods, and capacity planning
7 Business functions, management function, conceptual explanations
8 Development of management philosophy and management functions
9 Production function, conceptual explanations, production systems and management
10 Process design, work measurement, quality management, productivity
11 Marketing function, conceptual explanations
12 Marketing mix and components
13 Finance function, conceptual explanations, fundamental principles and rules of finance
14 Time value of money, financial analysis and financial planning

Recomended or Required Reading

Muammer Doğan, Işletme Ekonomisi ve Yönetimi, 6. Baskı, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, 2010
Nurel Üner, Hulusi Demir, Mete Oktav, Oktay Alpugan, Işletme Ekonomisi ve Yönetimi, Beta Basım Yayım Dağıtım, Istanbul

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Interactive presentations, case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 84

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51