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 |
| GEP0610 | Innovative Leadership | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 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: | GE-Elective |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | |
| Course Coordinator : | Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
| Course Objectives: | This course is organized as an intensive seminar. Student participation and idea generation is central to the success of the semester. By the end of this semester, I expect the students to be able to: -Understand key theoretical concepts on decision theory and behavioral economics, -Identify social and psychological factors that shape leadership, and -Develop an understanding of social networks for leadership development. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; |
Course Content
| This course explores the interplay between social networks&leadership. This course begins with an exploration of the meaning of leadership& then examines the ways in which the social networksshape it. Particular attention is paid to the role that knowledge economy of the 21st century play in shaping new definitions of leadership. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introductions | |
| 2) | Decision Theory | Kahneman (Chapter 1-2) |
| 3) | Decision Theory | Kahneman (Chapter 3-4) |
| 4) | Behavioral Economics | Thaler&SunsteinChapter 1 and Chapter 2 Project Goal: Specify your leadership goal. |
| 5) | Behavioral Economics | Thaler&SunsteinChapter 3 and Chapter 4 Step 1 Due. |
| 6) | Leadership Development | Gladwell Chapter 1-2 |
| 7) | Leadership Development | Gladwell Chapter 3-4 |
| 8) | Leadershıp Development | Gladwell Chapter 5-6 |
| 9) | Leadership Development | Gladwell Chapter 7-9 |
| 10) | Social Networks | Gardner & Davis Chapters 1-2 |
| 11) | Social Networks | Gardner & Davis Chapters 3-4 |
| 12) | Social Networks | Gardner & Davis Chapter 5-6 |
| 13) | Presentations | 6 (10 min each) 10 min presentation |
| 14) | Presentations | 6 (10 min each) 10 min presentation |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Thinking Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman 2011-B00BR9XU96 Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness Thaler&Sunstein-2009-014311526X Outliers: The Story of Success-Malcom Gladwell-2008-0141036257 The App Generation-Gardner & Davis 2013-0300196210 |
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Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
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| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 0 | |
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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. | 2 |
| 2) | Understand the common as well as distinctive characters of the markets, industries, market regulations and policies. | 1 |
| 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. | 1 |
| 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 |