COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE PRACTICES OF TURKISH EMPLOYMENT ORGANIZATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IKD 7057 THE PRACTICES OF TURKISH EMPLOYMENT ORGANIZATION COMPULSORY 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Employment and Career Consultancy Non-thesis (evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TUNÇ DEMIRBILEK

Offered to

Employment and Career Consultancy Non-thesis (evening)

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to introduce organizational and managerial structure of Turkish Employment Organisation (IŞKUR) and also to provide information about activities of the organisation related to the labour market to students.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to explain the functions of IŞKUR
2   Being able to get to know IŞKUR services
3   Being able to analyze IŞKUR publications and research
4   Being able to illustrate the active and passive employment activities of IŞKUR
5   Being able to assess the relationship between activities of IŞKUR and labour market characteristics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Organizational Structure and Duties of IŞKUR
2 Legal Regulations of IŞKUR
3 Active Employment Policy Applications 1: Vocational Training Courses - Labour Force Training, Employment Guaranteed, Aimed at Setting up Own Business, Vocational Enhancement
4 Active Employment Policy Applications 2: Vocational Training Courses - Disabled People, Convicts and Ex-Convicts
5 Active Employment Policy Applications 3: Vocational Training Courses - On-The-Job Trainings, Work for Public Benefits, Entrepreneurship and Training Seminars in Enterprises
6 Job and Occupational Consultancy Services 1: Occupational Consultancy and Job Consultancy
7 Job and Occupational Consultancy Services 2: Vocational Research and Visits
8 Midterm Exam
9 Passive Employment Policy Applications 1: Unemployment Insurance
10 Passive Employment Policy Applications 2: Short-time Working Benefits, Wage Guarantee Fund and Compensation for Job Loss
11 Domestic and Abroad Job Placement Activities
12 External and Internal Funded Projects
13 IŞKUR Promotion and Cooperation Activities
14 IŞKUR Publications and Its Research on Labour Market

Recomended or Required Reading

M. Kemal Biçerli. (2009). Çalışma Ekonomisi. 5. Baskı, Istanbul: Beta Basım.
M. Kemal Biçerli. (2010). IŞKUR'un Istihdam Hizmetleri ve Projeleri, Mercek, Yıl. 15, Sa: 60.
M. Kemal Biçerli. (2010). Istihdam Stratejisi, Türk-Iş Dergisi, Sa: 391.
Iş ve Meslek Danışmanlığı. (2011). (Haz.: Iş ve Meslek Danışmanlığı Derneği), 1. Baskı, Türkiye Iş Kurumu Yayını, Ankara.
Recep Varçın. (2004). Istihdam ve Işgücü Piyasası Politikaları, Ankara: Siyasal Kitapevi.
IŞKUR Istatistik Yıllığı 2008. (2009). Ankara: Türkiye Iş Kurumu Genel Müdürlüğü Yayını.
IŞKUR Istatistik Yıllığı 2009. (2010). Ankara: Türkiye Iş Kurumu Genel Müdürlüğü Yayın No: 355.
IŞKUR Dünden Bugüne (1946-2011) (2011). Ankara: IŞKUR Yayın No: 357.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Assignment, Presentation, Question-Answer, Discussion

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)

+ 90 0.232.3010351
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 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511