COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND WORKING LIFE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CEK 4013 NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND WORKING LIFE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BARIŞ SEÇER

Offered to

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

Course Objective

The objective of this course is giving insights that is necesarry for evaluating the multidimensional effects of technological change in working life.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define the concept of technology and to classify the new technologies
2   Being able to analyse the rising of new technologies in historical process
3   Being able to classify the aspects of new technologies that is effective in working life
4   Being able to discuss the quality of effects of new technologies in working life
5   Being able to analyse of effects of new technologies in terms of individual

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course Introduction
2 Technology and New Technologies
3 The historical process of new technologies
4 The Elements of New Technologies
5 The properties, advantages and disadvantages of new technologies
6 The effects of new technologies on production process
7 The effects of flexible production on organization and division of labor
8 Midterm Exam
9 The effects of flexible production on corporate structure and labour market
10 The effects of new technologies in term of the quality of working life
11 The effects of new technologies in term of the quality of working life
12 Knowledge workers as a new kind of worker
13 The outcomes of new technologies in terms of implementation
14 The outcomes of new technologies in terms of implementation
15 Overall Assessment

Recomended or Required Reading

Koçak, Orhan, Bilgi Toplumu Sürecinde Çalışma Yaşamı, Ekin Kitabevi, 2011

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Powerpoint presentation
Discussions on case studies and practices

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)

Doç.Dr. H. Şebnem SEÇER Tel: 420 41 80 - 10357 E-mail: sebnem.secer@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday: 15:30-16:30 Wednesday: 15:30-16:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Prepation of Final Exam 1 15 15
Prepation of Midterm Exam 1 15 15
Prepation of Lecture 12 4 48
Midterm Exam 1 1 1
Final Exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 116

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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