COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Business Administration (English)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BILGE AYKOL

Offered to

Business Administration (English)

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to analyze the idiosyncrasies of industrial markets and elaborate on how these idiosyncrasies matter for firms acting on those markets. It also aims at providing an understanding of specific issues and problems faced by firms, getting to know some tools and concepts to analyze and answer to these challenges; acquiring the capability to identify and analyze some underlying mechanisms of the challenges on industrial markets.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Ford, D., Gadde, L., Hakansson, H., & Snehota, I. (2006). The Business Marketing Course: Managing in Complex Networks, Wiley: West Sussex.
Ford, D., Gadde, L., Hakansson, H., & Snehota, I. (2011). Managing Business Relationships, Wiley: West Sussex.
Dwyer, F.R. & Tanner, J. (1999). Business Marketing, McGraw Hill: USA.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, case study, project, presentations

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Midterm and final exams will be based on essays which evaluate understanding, synthesis and evaluation of the lecture material.
2. Group project will be assessed on the wider application of knowledge to the analysis and solution of a business-to-business marketing problem confronted by a specific company. Teams will have two options:
a) They can contact a firm in a position of a reseller/ retailer who will talk about their problems with their suppliers.
b) They can contact a firm in a position of a manufacturer who will talk about their problems with their distributors.
Each team will need to hand in a one-page description of the issue and firm it has selected to examine, and the intended analysis after the mid-terms. The description should also include the sources of information that will be utilized to investigate the issue. A term project should: (a) clearly define the issue or problem at hand, including its importance, (b) contain a thorough analysis of the customer, competitive and organizational environments relevant to the problem or issue, and (c) offer a recommendation for handling the problem or issue.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. Students are expected to participate actively in class discussions.
4. Students are expected to attend to classes on time.
5. Students are expected to prepare ahead of time for class.
6. Students are expected to follow appropriate business etiquette regarding cell phones.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

bilge.aykol@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes