POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
ENM3004 | Human Capital and Leadership | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi CİHANGİR GÜMÜŞTAŞ |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | N/A |
Course Objectives: | This course will provide general information about HRM functions and their importance on organization’s overall performance. Leadership is also important for managing human capital in organizations. During the course features of leadership and basic leadership theories will be explained. By focusing on strategic, operational and administrative roles of human resource management, students will acquire critical knowledge of the changing nature of issues facing their most important organizational asset: human capital. Theories of leadership, power and leadership and different leadership styles will be also discussed during the ccourse. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; The students who have succeeded in this course; -Explain the effect of effective human resources management on organizational strategies and performance. -Understand human resource planning, recruitment, selection and placement functions. -Gain awareness about the importance of lifelong learning skills and the importance of learning and development activities in organizations. -Explain the importance of performance evaluation methods and performance management and understand the importance of individual and team performance. -Explain the factors affecting compensation management and rewarding, and different compensation management systems. - Understands the importance of career management for employees and organizations, explains the impact of entrepreneurship, change and innovation on their career. - Understand differences among the concept of leadership, management, ethics and power, and the relationship between each other. - Understand and compares different leadership approaches and styles. |
During the course firstly new researches about human capital and leadership will be discussed. Human capital management process and its effect on strategic goals of organization will be explained. The course will address all the functions of Human Resource Management that are; planning, recruitment, selection, training and development, performance management, career and talent management and compensation systems. Leadership and power, important theories about the leadership will be also discussed during the course |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction -Global Human Capital Trends | N/A |
2) | Introduction to Human Resource Management | Textbooks and presentations |
3) | Human Resource Planning | Textbooks and presentations |
4) | Selection and Placement | Textbooks and presentations |
5) | Training and Development Management | Textbooks and presentations |
6) | Performance Management | Textbooks and presentations |
7) | Rewarding and Compensation Management | Textbooks and presentations |
8) | Rewarding and Compensation Management | Textbooks and presentations |
9) | Career and Talent Management | Textbooks and presentations |
10) | Career and talent management | Textbooks and presentations |
11) | Introduction to Leadership | Textbooks and presentations |
12) | Leadership Theories 1 | Textbooks and presentations |
13) | Leadership Theories 2 | Textbooks and presentations |
14) | Leadership Theories and General Review | Textbooks and presentations |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | 1. Gary Dessler, Human Resource Management, Prentice Hall, 13th edition, 2013. 2. Peter G. Northouse, Leadership: Theory and Practice, 6th edition, 2013 |
References: | Yok - N/A |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Project | 1 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 50 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 30 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 70 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 70 |
Project | 11 | 33 |
Midterms | 6 | 18 |
Paper Submission | 1 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 3 |
Total Workload | 168 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice. | |
2) | Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies. | |
3) | Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences. | |
4) | Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments. | |
5) | Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy. | |
6) | Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member. | |
7) | Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development. | |
8) | Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies. | |
9) | Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives. | |
10) | Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments. | |
11) | Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era. | |
12) | Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics. |