COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LGM 3023 RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMPULSORY 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Logistics Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR VOLKAN ÇETINKAYA

Offered to

Logistics Management

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to provide process of research and Project Management.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the types of research methods.
2   To understand the research process.
3   To apply a research project
4   To learn writing and presenting a research project

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Stages in the research process and Project Management
2 Types of researches : quantitative and qualitative designs.
3 Defining the research problem and research design
4 Scales and measurement types.
5 Scales and measurement types.
6 Data collection and sampling.
7 Hypothesis Tests
8 Introduction to Project Concept
9 Introduction to Project Concept
10 Project Stages
11 Project Management
12 SPSS: Data Entry and Coding
13 SPSS:Descriptive Statistics
14 SPSS: Variability Tests
15 Presentation
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Research Methods for Business (2010) Uma Sekaran, Roger Bougie
Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling,
Harold Kerzner Wiley; 10 edition (March 23, 2009)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review, case studies, problem solving.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG 1 ASSIGNMENT 1
3 ASG 2 ASSIGNMENT 2
4 ASG 3 ASSIGNMENT 3
5 FINS FINAL EXAM
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG 1 + ASG 2 + ASG 3 / 3 * 0.15 +FINS * 0.60
7 RST RESIT
8 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG 1 + ASG 2 + ASG 3 / 3 * 0.15 +FINS * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Oral and written competencies regarding the use of knowledge, abilities and skills in the field of Research Methodologies and Project Management in terms of research, investigation and evaluation will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

English

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)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 0 6 0
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 0 2 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 119

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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