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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 (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CANSU YILDIRIM

Offered to

Logistics Management (English)

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 Introduction to the course Science and Research 2 Fundamentals of Scientific Research and Scientific Research Methods 3 Developing an Approach to the Problem: Literature Review 4 Developing an Approach to the Problem: Research problem, forming hypotheses, and project proposal 5 Research Design: Exploratory, Descriptive, Causal 6 Qualitative Data collection 7 Qualitative Data Analysis 8 Quantitative Data Collection Methods 9 Scales of Measurement: Comparative and non-comparative scaling 10 Sampling and Sampling Methods 11 Data Preparation and Analysis 12 Data Preparation and Analysis (cont'd) 13 The Research Report: Example, Citing sources, references& Ethics in Research 14 Project Presentations 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 ASSIGNMENT 3 FINS FINAL EXAM 4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)

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)

cansu.yildirim@deu.edu.tr

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

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 LO.1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 LO.2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 LO.3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 LO.4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5