COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PRODUCTIVITY MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CEK 4039 PRODUCTIVITY MANAGEMENT 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 BARIŞ SEÇER

Offered to

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

Course Objective

To comprehend productivity concept and firm-level productivity analysis, to explain programs and methods of productivity improvement strategy, to provide the ability to manage effectively human resources for productivity improvement.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to identify the types of productivity
2   Being able to describe internal and external factors that effect productivity
3   Being able to evaluate firm-level productivity analyses
4   Being able to develop strategic approach to improve productivity
5   Being able to resolve productivity improvement programs
6   Being able to explain organizational development process and techniques for productivity growth
7   Being able to explain how to manage human resources in an effective way for productivity growth
8   Being able to explain restructing the job and working time

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of Productivity, Productivity Types, Its Relation with Other Concepts and Its Importance
2 Internal and External Factors that Effect Productivity of Enterprises, National-Level and Firm-Level Productivity Analysis, Applied Approaches Used For The Measurement of Productivity in Enterprises
3 Technical and Organizational Problems of Firm-Level Productivity Analysis
4 Productivity Growth and Organizational Effectiveness in Enterprises, Strategic Approaches to Improve Productivity
5 Productivity Improvement Plan, Basic Responsibilities of Management for Productivity Improvement and Organizational Approaches
6 Behavioral Techniques in Productivity Management and Increasing Productivity Through Quality
7 Effective Human Resource Management to Increase Productivity 1: The Relationships between Productivity and Creativity, Work Attitude, Productive Behavior.
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Mid-Term Exam
10 Effective Human Resource Management to Increase Productivity 2: The Relationships between Productivity and Productivity Culture, Work Value
11 The Role of Management in Effective Human Resource Management: Relationship between Productivity and Organizational Culture
12 Motivation in Effective Human Resource Management: Relationship between Productivity and Rewarding
13 Participatory Management in Effective Human Resource Management: Relationships between Productivity, Employee Empowerment and the Trade Union
14 Training, Work Organization and Working Conditions in Effective Human Resource Management

Recomended or Required Reading

Özdevecioğlu, Mahmut ve Karadal, Himmet. (Edt.). (2008). Örgütsel Davranışta Seçme Konular: Organizasyonların Karanlık Yönleri ve Verimlilik Azaltıcı Davranışlar, Ankara: Ilke Yayınevi.
Prokopenko, Joseph. (1992). Verimlilik Yönetimi: Uygulamalı Elkitabı, (Çev.: Olcay Baykal, Nevda Atalay ve Erdemir Fidan), Ankara: Milli Produktivite Merkezi Yayınları, Yayın No: 476.
Sıbson, E. B. (1991). Işletmelerde Işgücü Verimliliğinin Artırılması, (Çev.: Sinan Artan ve Inci Artan), Istanbul: Bilim Teknik Yayınevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion

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)

+90.232.3010351
t.demirbilek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 04.00 pm-05.00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 9 9
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Reading 1 4 4
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 114

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.511
LO.611
LO.711
LO.811

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