SOCIOLOGY
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	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 learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions.
2)	To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels
3)	To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences.
4)	To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes
5)	To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills
6)	To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields.
7)	To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime.
8)	To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective
9)	To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge
10)	To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects
11)	To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member.
12)	To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school.