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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ÇEK 5048 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN TURKEY AND THE EUROPEAN UNION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BARIŞ SEÇER

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to understand actors, context, ideology and rules of the systems of industrial relations in the EU member countries and Türkiye. This course is important and necessary for the students to scrutinize the emerging changes related to the economic and social policies in Türkiye in context of the discipline of industrial relations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand coordination, authority, responsibility and functions of employment policies of EU and industrial relations in EU and member states. 2   To learn the features and purposes of the EU's Employment Strategy and, employment policies and practices. 3   To analyze effects of free movement of labour on the EU in terms of industrial relations. 4   To compare the change in the labor market in the member states and in Türkiye in terms of time and space and to analyze the impact of this change on the systems of industrial relations. 5   To discuss social and economic crisis and transformations in the global scale in the context of the labor market and to evaluate their effects on Türkiye.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Course Introduction 2 Economic Integration inthe EU and Türkiye 3 Social Rules of Economic Integration in the EU 4 Basic Characteristics of Social Rules in the EU 5 Need for Creation Industrial Relations System at the EU Level 6 Risk of Social Dumping in the EU and the European Charter of Fundamental Rights 7 Customs Union and Accession of Türkiye to European Union 8 Midterm Exam 9 Social Effects of the Customs Union between Türkiye and the EU 10 Freedom of Movement and Freedom of Movement for Turkish Workers in the EU 11 Social Security Norms in the EU and the Turkish Social Security System 12 Social Partners in the EU Member States and Türkiye 13 Collective Bargaining in the EU Member States and Türkiye 14 Collective Labour Disputes in the EU Member States and Türkiye 15 EU Membership and the Turkish Industrial Relations System

Recomended or Required Reading

Lee Adler, Otto Jacobi, Lowell Turner, Anti-union ideology or something more: the attack on collective bargaining in the USA, Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research Vol. 17, No. 3, 2011, p. 403-407.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, weekly readings, paper and others.

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 * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 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)

baris.secer@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 3 39 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26 Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6 Preparation for final exam 1 6 6 Preparing assignments 1 10 10 Preparing presentations 1 3 3 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 94

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 LO.1 5 3 3 LO.2 5 3 3 LO.3 5 3 3 LO.4 5 3 3 LO.5 5 3 3