COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARITIME BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ETHICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTE 1139 MARITIME BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ETHICS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Marine Transportation Engineering (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DURMUŞ ALI DEVECI

Offered to

Marine Transportation Engineering (English)

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to provide an overview of maritime business administration and ethics in the context of global logistics and supply chain management.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain what business is and how it is operated within different economic systems including competition factors affecting the production.
2   To clarify the importance of international business.
3   To explain the concepts of social responsibility and maritime business ethics
4   Identify the basic forms of business ownership.
5   Identify the skills required for management success, outline the functions of management objectives and list the functions of management.
6   To clarify the business functions of production, marketing, organization and finance.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to maritime business management, ethics and social responsibility
2 Economic challenges facing business, global dimensions of business, competing in global markets
3 Ethics and business, morality, utility, moral duty, rights
4 Forms of business ownership; entrepreneurship, small business and franchising
5 Justice, moral responsibility, virtue, moral reasoning, justice and economic systems, corporations, safety, risk, environmental protection
6 Management, leadership, internal organization
7 Human resource management, teamwork, communication, labor-management relations
8 Midterm
9 Production and operations management
10 Marketing management and customer satisfaction, product, pricing, distribution and promotion strategies
11 International business sytem, corruption, cultural diversity, famine
12 Natural resources, international obligations, code of ethics
13 Accounting, financial management and institutions
14 Presentation of term papers

Recomended or Required Reading

Contemporary Business, L.E. Boone & D.L. Kurtz, Ninth Edition, Fort Worth, The Dryden Press, 1999
Business Ethics, Richard T. De George, Seventh Edition, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review, case studies, presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + FCGR * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Knowledge about maritime business management and ethics at undergraduate level, having skills and competencies, research, analysis, interpretation, verbal and written expression skills and competencies will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Durmuş Ali DEVECI
adeveci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday, 15:00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 53

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.23353355
LO.333533355
LO.43535
LO.53535
LO.6353

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