COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPARATIVE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CEK 3022 COMPARATIVE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FARUK SAPANCALI

Offered to

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

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to comparative analysis of industrial relations systems in developed and developing countries.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To examine the industrial relations systems in different countries (1,4)
2   To assess the impact of economic development on industrial relations systems. (1,4)
3   To evaluate the problems of industrial relations systems in different countries (1,4)
4   To examine the economic and social issues that affect on trade unionism and collective bargaining practices in developed and developing countries. (1,4)
5   To comparative analysis of industrial relations systems in developed countries and Türkiye. (1, 4, 12)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition and concept of industrial relations
2 Economic development and industrial relations systems
3 Socio-economic structure and industrial relations in the UK
4 Socio-economic structure and industrial relations in Germany.
5 Socio-economic structure and industrial relations in Sweden.
6 Socio-economic structure and industrial relations in France and Italy.
7 Socio-economic structure and industrial relations in other European countries.
8 Midterm exam
9 Midterm exam
10 Socio-economic structure and industrial relations in the United States and Japan
11 European integration and industrial relations
12 Industrial relations in developing countries (Eastern European Countries)
13 Industrial relations in developing countries (East Asia Countries)
14 General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Aysen TOKOL; Avrupa Birliği ne Üye Ülkelerde Sendikal Hareket. Vipaş Yayını, Bursa, 2000.

Ferner, Anthony ve Hyman, Richard (Ed.); Changing Industrial Relations in Europe, Blackwell, Oxford, 1998.

Alpaslan IŞIKLI: Sendikacılık ve Siyaset. Imge Yayınevi, Ankara, 2005.

Aysen TOKOL; Türk Endüstri Ilişkileri Sistemi. Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara, 2005.

Murat DEMIRCIOĞLU; Dünya'da Işçi Sendikaları, Basisen Yayınları No. 14, Istanbul, 1987.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures presented by instructor and students could be question related and participation in the discussions during the course.

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)

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi
Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler Fakültesi
Çalışma Ekonomisi ve Endüstri Ilişkileri Bölümü
Telefon: 412 03 55
faruk.sapancali@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday, Wednesday , Tuesday 16:00/17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
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) 113

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.5111