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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ELECTIVE

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TIJEN ERDUT

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (Evening) Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

This course aims to ensure that students know main social problems and theoretical and political approaches for solutions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to describe the special topics of social politics 2   to discuss social problems in time and place contexts 3   to examine different analytical approaches to social problems 4   to analyse social problems by taking into consideration Turkey and other countries 5   to argue the role of social politics for achieving full employment and social justice

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Trade Unions and Social Policy 2 International Labor Organization and Social Policy 3 Subjects of Social Policy: Employment and Unemployment 4 Employment and Unemployment in the World 5 Structural Adjustment Policies and Unemployment 6 Subjects of Social Policy: Labor Relations 7 Flexibility and Decentralization in Labor Relations 8 Mid Term 9 Industrial Relations and Human Resources Management 10 Subjects of Social Policy: Wages, Income Distribution and Poverty 11 Wages, Income Distribution and Poverty in the World 12 Subjects of Social Policy: Social Security 13 Social Security in the World 14 Emergence of Social Policy in Turkey and Its Stakeholders 15 Issues of Social Policy in Turkey

Recomended or Required Reading

Bağımsız Sosyal Bilimciler; 2008 Kavşağında Türkiye, Siyaset, Iktisat ve Toplum. Yordam Kitap, Istanbul, 2008. Tijen ERDUT; Işgücü Piyasasında Enformelleşme ve Kadın işgücü, Çalışma ve Toplum Dergisi. 2005/3, s. 11 49. Tijen ERDUT: Endüstri Ilişkileri Bakımından Insan Kaynakları Yönetimi, Mercek Dergisi. Temmuz 2001, s. 56 66.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1 3 FIN FINAL EXAM 4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

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)

tijen.erdut@deu.edu.tr 420 20293

Office Hours

Monday: 14.00 17.00 Wednesday : 14.00 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 12 5 60 Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6 Preparation for final exam 1 9 9 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 119

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 LO.1 1 1 LO.2 1 1 LO.3 1 1 1 1 LO.4 1 1 1 LO.5 1 1