COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL INSURANCE RELATIONSHIP AND OBLIGATIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 6144 SOCIAL INSURANCE RELATIONSHIP AND OBLIGATIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DILEK ESER

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

Digital technologies have permeated all facets of the economy and society, particularly since the precipitous rise in the use of interactive and mobile communication tools, which took place during the first decade of the 21st century. The take-up of developments such as social networks, interactive services and mobile Internet has exceeded all expectations, as has the creative potential they have unleashed. Digitised information becomes a strategic economic resource and digitisation promotes radically new business models. These developments entail both risks and opportunities in labour markets and labour relations. This course aims to ensure that students know the effects of digital technologies on labour market.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identify the concept of structural adjustment and know the theoretical basis of the operation principles of digital economy. (1, 2)
2   Associate the digital economy to the global economic context. (1, 2)
3   Show the change caused by digitalization in terms of forms of employment, wages and other working conditions in the labour market. (4, 5)
4   Analyse the effects of digitalization on labour relations. (2, 4, 5)
5   Revise the Turkish labour market in terms of the effects of digitalization. (4, 5)
6   Evaluate the impact of digitalization on employment patterns, wage and other working conditions and labour relations with regards to the protection of workers (1, 2, 4, 5)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Concept of Digital Economy
2 Theoretical basis of the operation principles of digital economy
3 Digital Economy and New Business Models
4 Innovative Features of Industry 4.0 Model
5 Digitalization and Blurring of the Frontier Between Sectors
6 The Impact of Digital Economy on Employment
7 Digital Labour Market and New Employment Forms
8 Digital Labour Market and Determination of Wages
9 Digital Labour Market and Occupational Health and Safety
10 Digitalization and Labour Relations
11 Digitalization and Social Security
12 Digitalization and Turkish Labour Market
13 Digitalization and Labour Relations in Türkiye
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Primary Sources
Degryse, Christophe; Digitalisation of the economy and its impact on labour markets. Working Paper 2016.02, European Trade Union Institute, Brussels, 2016.
ERDUT, Tijen; Yeni Teknolojilerin Iş Ilişkileri Üzerindeki Etkisi. Türk Ağır Sanayii ve Hizmet Sektörü Kamu Işverenleri Sendikası (TÜHIS), Yayın No. 28, Izmir, 1998.
ERDUT, Tijen; Çalışma Yaşamında Esneklik ve Kuralsızlaştırma, TÜHIS Dergisi. Cilt. 18, Sa. 4, Kasım 2003, s. 8 35.
Secondary Sources
ERDUT Tijen; Yeni Teknolojilerin Iş Ilişkilerinin Yapısı Üzerindeki Etkisi, Çimento Işveren Dergisi. C. 11, Sa: 5, Eylül 1997, s. 13-28.
ERDUT, Tijen; Işgücü Piyasasında Enformelleşme ve Kadın Işgücü, Çalışma ve Toplum Dergisi. 2005/3, s. 11-49.
References
Carlsson, Christer; Decision analytics Key to digitalisation, Information Sciences, 2018, s. 424 438.
Erdut, Tijen; Esneklik ve Iş Süresi, Mercek Dergisi. Metal Sanayicileri Sendikası, Temmuz 1999, s. 102-112.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Review essays
Class participation
Examinations

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

To be announced

Assessment Criteria

The assessment and evaluation instruments are examinations for the learning outcomes 1 and 2.
The assessment and evaluation instruments are examinations and review essays for the learning outcomes 3, 4, 5.
The assessment and evaluation instruments are examinations, review essays and class participation for the learning outcome 6.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Tijen Erdut
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler Fakültesi Çalışma Ekonomisi ve Endüstri Ilişkileri Bölümü, 35160 Buca/IZMIR
e-mail: tijen.erdut@deu.edu.tr
Phone : (232) 41 10 293

Office Hours

Monday: 15.30 17.00
Tuesday : 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 6 84
Preparation for midterm exam 1 1 1
Preparation for final exam 1 1 1
Preparing assignments 1 1 1
Preparing presentations 1 1 1
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 136

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.134
LO.244
LO.3444
LO.43333
LO.5444
LO.634444