COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WORKING LIFE AND ITS INDICATORS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇIN 5043 WORKING LIFE AND ITS INDICATORS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Human Resources

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BARIŞ SEÇER

Offered to

Human Resources

Course Objective

It is intended to examine the structure and development trend of human resources in Turkey at macro level. The effects of population growth and demographic properties on working life and its future will be examined and interpreted. Accordingly, statistics on working life produced by Turkish Statistical Institute, Ministry of Labour, International Labour Organization and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to identify statistical institutions regarding working life.
2   To be able to identify and analyse data on working life.
3   To be able to render results of national and international labour surveys.
4   To be able to search and interpret statistical databases regarding working life.
5   To be able to make assessments on the future of working life.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General indicators of working life (Employment, labour, unemployment)
2 Turkish Statistical Institute Databases (Labour statistics, income statistics, working children statistics)
3 Turkish Statistical Institute Databases (social security and health statistics, life satisfaction survey)
4 Turkish Statistical Institute Databases (Income distribution and poverty statistics)
5 Statistics produced by Ministry of Labour (labour and trade union statistics, labour dispute statistics)
6 Working life indicators of International Labour Organisation
7 Working life indicators of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
8 Midterm exam
9 Working life indicators of EUROSTAT
10 Working life indicators of United Nations (Human Development Index)
11 Wage studies (MESS, Mercer, HR Journals etc.)
12 Innovation and creativity statistics.
13 Social Politics indicators (job security index, Türk-Iş poverty line, working standard indexes etc.)
14 Examples of usage of working life indicators.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. www.tuik.gov.tr
2. www.calisma.gov.tr
3. www.ilo.org
4. www.oecd.org
5. www.mess.org.tr
6. www.un.org
7. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To what degree the student comprehend working life and its indicators will be assessed by means of midterm exam, final exam and homework presentation.

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 * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + 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

Mondays and Wednesdays 10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 18 18
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 119

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.355555
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