COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DIGITALIZATION AND LABOUR MARKET

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 6177 DIGITALIZATION AND LABOUR MARKET 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 TIJEN ERDUT

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   1. Identify the concept of structural adjustment and know the theoretical basis of the operation principles of digital economy. (1, 2)
2   2. Associate the digital economy to the global economic context. (1, 2)
3   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   4. Analyse the effects of digitalization on labour relations. (2, 4, 5)
5   5. Revise the Turkish labour market in terms of the effects of digitalization. (4, 5)
6   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 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Digital Labour Market and Determination of Wages
10 Digital Labour Market and Occupational Health and Safety
11 Digitalization and Labour Relations
12 Digitalization and Social Security
13 Digitalization and Turkish Labour Market
14 Digitalization and Labour Relations in Turkey

Recomended or Required Reading

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.
Yardımcı kaynaklar:

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.
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.

Erdut, Tijen; Istihdam ve Istihdam Edilebilirlik, Mercek Dergisi. Metal Sanayicileri Sendikası, Temmuz 2002, s. 80-91.

Erdut, Tijen; Iş Süresinin Yeniden Düzenlenmesi, Çimento Işveren Dergisi. C. 6, Sa: 5, Eylül 1992, s. 13-24.

Evangelista, Rinaldo, Guerrieri, Paolo & Meliciani, Valentina; The economic impact of digital technologies in Europe, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Vol. 23, No. 8, 2014, s. 802-824.

Freddi, Daniela; Digitalisation and employment in manufacturing, AI&Soc, No. 33, 2018, s. 393 403.

Gilbert, Neil; Transformation of the Welfare State. Oxford University Press, 2002.
ILO; World Employment and Social Outlook 2018: Greening with jobs International Labour Office, Geneva, 2018.

Kroh, Michael; A Socio-Economic Context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution EDUCATION and SCIENCE without borders, Vol. 7, No. 14, 2017, s. 10-14.

Neumayer, Eric; Globalization and the right to free association and collective bargaining: An empirical analysis, World Development. Vol. 34, No. 1, 2006, s. 31 49.

Niland, John Russel, Lansbury, D. and Verevis, Chrissie; The Future of Industrial Relations, Global Change and Challenges. Sage Publications, London, 1994.

UNICTAD; The World Investment Report 2017: Investment and the Digital Economy. United Nations Publication, Geneva, 2018.

Valenduc, Gérard, Vendramin, Patricia; Work in the digital economy: sorting the old from the new. Working Paper 2016.03, European Trade Union Institute, Brussels, 2016.

Vandaele, Kurt; Will trade unions survive in the platform economy Working Paper 2018.05, ETUI, Brussels, 2018.

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

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Çolak
m.colak@deu.edu.tr

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 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 135

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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