BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| ECONOMICS AND FINANCE | |||||
| 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 |
| LOG4743 | Information Systems for Logistics Management | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
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 : | Prof. Dr. YAVUZ GÜNALAY |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi LEVENT AKSOY Prof. Dr. İPEK ALTINBAŞAK FARİNA |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | online text material |
| Course Objectives: | This course provides an introduction to fundamental concepts of Management Information Systems in the modern business environment. New trends and innovations in the information and communication technologies are also discussed. Students are expected to create a new e-commerce business plan/idea during this course. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; I. Be familiar of basic terminology for Information Systems and Technology (IS/IT). II. Importance of Information systems in logistics systems. III. Show the relation between ethics, privacy, security and information systems. IV. Define data, knowledge, information and data management systems. V. Able to create a working database using a DBMS. VI. Define telecommunication technology. VII. Define e-commerce, e-business and new businesses. VIII. Relate logistics processes with e-business processes. |
Course Content
| What is an information system, components of information system, current information technologies, importance of IS/IT in logistics. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Be familiar of basic terminology for Information Systems and Technology (IS/IT). | Pre-reading and internet search |
| 2) | Importance of Information systems in modern businesses | Internet search |
| 3) | Define data, knowledge, information and data management systems. | |
| 4) | Database Management System (DBMS) implementation | Lab hour |
| 5) | Networks, and telecommunication. | |
| 6) | Internet and Internet Protocol | |
| 7) | E-commerce and e-business. | Internet search |
| 8) | Mobility and new business models. | |
| 9) | Review | |
| 10) | Information systems in logistics. | |
| 11) | Information systems, management and decision making. | |
| 12) | Show the relation between ethics, privacy, security and information systems. | |
| 13) | Project presentations | |
| 14) | Project presentations |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Haag, S. and Cummings, M., Information System Essentials, 3rd Ed. McGraw-Hill, 2009. |
| References: | Introduction to Information Systems, by R. K. Rainer and C. G. Cegielski, Wiley, 2011. |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Application | 1 | % 10 |
| Quizzes | 6 | % 10 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | % 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | % 10 |
| Project | 1 | % 20 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
| Final | 1 | % 20 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 1 | 1 |
| Application | 2 | 8 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 91 |
| Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 1 |
| Project | 7 | 22 |
| Midterms | 1 | 2 |
| Jury | 1 | 2 |
| Total Workload | 169 | |
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) | Build up a body of knowledge in mathematics and statistics, to use them, to understand how the mechanism of economy –both at micro and macro levels – works. | 3 |
| 2) | Understand the common as well as distinctive characters of the markets, industries, market regulations and policies. | 2 |
| 3) | Develop an awareness of different approaches to the economic events and why and how those approaches have been formed through the Economic History and understand the differences among those approaches by noticing at what extent they could explain the economic events. | 1 |
| 4) | Analyze the interventions of politics to the economics and vice versa. | 3 |
| 5) | Apply the economic analysis to everyday economic problems and evaluate the policy proposals for those problems by comparing opposite approaches. | 2 |
| 6) | Understand current and new economic events and how the new approaches to the economics are formed and evaluating. | 2 |
| 7) | Develop the communicative skills in order to explain the specific economic issues/events written, spoken and graphical form. | 3 |
| 8) | Know how to formulate the economics problems and issues and define the solutions in a well-formed written form, which includes the hypothesis, literature, methodology and results / empirical evidence. | 2 |
| 9) | Demonstrate the quantitative and qualitative capabilities and provide evidence for the hypotheses and economic arguments. | 2 |
| 10) | Understand the information and changes related to the economy by using a foreign language and communicate with colleagues. | 3 |