LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
ENM3004	Human Capital and Leadership	Spring Fall	3	0	3	7

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Basic information

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.

Learning Outcomes

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.

Course Content

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

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

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

Sources

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

Evaluation System

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

ECTS / Workload Table

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

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To correctly identify the problems and to be able to ask the correct questions
2)	To have the ability for problem solving and to utilize analytical approach in dealing with the problems
3)	To be able to identify business processes and use them to increase the productivity in logistics system.
4)	To be fully prepared for a graduate study	2
5)	Awareness of the new advancements in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and to be able to use them in logistics management effectively. internet and the electronic world
6)	To understand the components of logistics as well as the importance of the coordination among these components.
7)	To know the necessary ingredients for improving the productivity in business life
8)	To think innovatively and creatively in complex situations	4
9)	To act and think both regionally and internationally
10)	To understand the demands and particular questions of globalization
11)	Aware of the two way interaction between globalization and logistics; as well as to use this interaction for increasing the productivity.
12)	To be able to use at least one foreign language both for communication and academic purposes	2
13)	To acquire leadership qualities but also to know how to be a team member
14)	To understand the importance of business ethics and to apply business ethics as a principal guide in both business and academic environment