COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WAGE MANAGEMENT AND POLICIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 6165 WAGE MANAGEMENT AND POLICIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM ÇAKIR

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

To teach the theory and policies affecting the formation of wage, by analyzing the factors that lead to wage differentials and injustice in the labor market to reveal the structure of the labor force and the associations with government, business, trade unions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the necessary concepts and facts in wage management.
2   To analyze the wage policy in micro and macro levels
3   To analyze relationship with wage and income justice.
4   To establish and manage the wage managament systems on the level of organizations.
5   To comprehend general information on the wage policy and management at the national level.
6   To be able to conduct a wage research and establish a salary system.
7   To analyze wage differentials at the international level.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Wage Systems and Management
2 Organizational Wage Policy
3 Job Evaluation and Wage Management
4 Performance Assessment and Wage Management
5 Wage Explorations
6 Wage Systems and Wage Policy Relationship
7 Midterm Exam
8 National Wage Policies
9 Subsistence Wages in Turkey and All Over the World.
10 Wage Justice Issues
11 Public Sector Wages and Productivity
12 Private Sector Wages and Productivity
13 Unions and Wage Policy
14 Sectoral Wage Analysis.

Recomended or Required Reading

Serap Benligiray, Ücret Yönetimi, Beta Yayınları, Istanbul, 2007.
Kurtuluş Kaymaz, Ücret Yönetimi, Dora Basım Yayın, Bursa, 2010.
Türker Topalhan, Ücret Teorileri ve Ücret Politikaları, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara, 2012.
ILO, Global Wage Report 2010/11
George Baker, Michael Gibbs and Bengt Holmstrom, The Wage Policy of a Firm, The
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 109, No. 4, Nov., 1994, 921-955.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

research papers, attendance to lesson, exams.

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

Midterm exam, final exam and project papers.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0-232-3010289 ozlem.cakir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, 15.30-17.00
ÇWednesday, 15.30-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 130

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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