COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPETITION THEORIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IKT 5071 COMPETITION THEORIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TIMUÇIN YALÇINKAYA

Offered to

Economics

Course Objective

To enable the students to learn and evaluate the theoretical approaches to competition and the competition process on the basis of the market system s development.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to learn and assess the historical development of economic systems.
2   To be able to understand and evaluate the place and significance of competition in the development of market system
3   To be able to learn and explain the competition theories and types
4   To be able to assess the development of competition in theory and application in respect of informational economics and globalization
5   To be able to assess the competition process s impacts on firm strategies and consumers

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Analysis of Economic Systems
2 Economic Systems and Competition
3 Preconditions, Features and Types of Competition
4 Functions of Competition
5 Classical Approaches to Competition
6 Contemporary Approaches to Competition
7 Restrictions on Competition and Conditions Destructing Competition
8 Industrial Structure and Competition
9 MIDTERM EXAM
10 Information Economy and Competition
11 Global Economy and Competition
12 Firms' Competition Strategies
13 Business Management and Competition
14 Competition and Consumption
15 Competition and Technology

Recomended or Required Reading

Main reference:
Hüsnü ERKAN, Sosyal Piyasa Ekonomisi
Secondary references:
* Michael E. PORTER, Rekabet Stratejisi
* Erdal TÜRKKAN, Rekabet Teorisi ve Endüstri Iktisadı

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To explain the theoretical approaches for assessing competition understandings and process within its all dimensions in accordance with the basic references and articles, and to enable the students to undertake researches on the cases and institutions and to discuss them.

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 * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Giving the Lecture 14 3 42
Preperation of presentation 1 15 15
Before/After Lecture Preperation Process (Weekly) 14 2 28
Preperation for the mid exam 1 15 15
Preperation of essay 1 25 25
Preparation for the final exam 1 20 20
Final Exam 1 3 3
Mid Exam 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 151

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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