COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF UNIONISM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 5033 SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF UNIONISM COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FARUK SAPANCALI

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

Evaluation to characteristic of unions and integration with the socio-economic structure in the member state of EU and Türkiye.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To recognate industrial relations system, basic concepts and union rights
2   To learn industrial relations system in the EU countries and Türkiye
3   To analyze trade unionism perspective of the social and economic.
4   To compare changing of trade unionism in context of time and space in EU contries and Türkiye
5   To discuss social and economic crisis and transformations in terms of industrial relations on the basis of a global and EU scale and to recognate its effect to Türkiye which is in the process of full membership

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course Introduction and Basic Concepts
2 Syndicalism and Unionization
3 Economic Development and Syndicalism
4 Democracy and Syndicalism
5 Development of Syndicalism in Türkiye: The Period Before 1980
6 Socio-Economic Structure and Syndicalism in Türkiye in the Post-1980 Period
7 Basic Features and Problems of Syndicalism Today
8 Midterm Exam
9 The Relationship Between Syndicalism and Politics
10 Trade Union Rights and Organization in the Public Sector
11 New Union Strategies
12 Socio-Economic Structure and Syndicalism in Developing Countries: Country Examples
13 Socio-Economic Structure and Syndicalism in Developed Countries: Country Examples
14 Social Dialogue in the EU and Türkiye
15 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

BEARDWELL, Ian J.- STIRLING, John: Contemparary Industrial Relations. Oxford University Press, New York, 1996.
ÇETIK, Mete- AKKAYA, Yüksel : Türkiye de Endüstri Ilişkileri. Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı. Istanbul, 1999.
DEMIRCIOĞLU, Murat: Dünyada Işçi Sendikaları. Basısen Yayını. Istanbul,1987.
EATON, Jack : Comparative Employment Relations. Polity Press, Cambridge, 2000.
EKIN, Nusret: Endüstri Ilişkileri.6. Bası, Beta Basım Yayım, Istanbul, 1994.
ERDUT, Yijen: Insan Kaynakları Yönetimi ve Endüstri Ilişkilerinde Değişim. Tühis Yayını, Izmir, 2002.
ERDUR, Zeki: Avrupa Topluluğu na Tam Üyelik Bakımından Türk Endüstri Ilişkileri. Kamu-Iş Yayını, Ankara,1992.
FERNER, Antony - HYMAN, Richard; Industrial Relations in the New Europe. Blackwell Publishers, Oxford,1992.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, weekly readings, class discussions, student assignments and presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + PRS * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PRS * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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)

faruk.sapancali@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 104

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.1535
LO.2535
LO.3535
LO.4535
LO.5535