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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
TDS2017 Introduction to Business Fall 2 0 2 3
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: Turkish
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Instructor FIRAT KARA
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İLKAY TURAN
Recommended Optional Program Components: Archive
Course Objectives: To bring up graduate persons who have the knowledge and abilities of fundamental business.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Students who pass this lesson successfully;

1- Describe the fundamental concepts of business and management.
2- Explain aims of business.
3- Indicate the differences between entrepreneurs and managers.
4- Sort and explain the functions of business.

Course Content

In this lesson; the students will be taught the fundamental concepts of management and business, classification of business, and functions of business.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Fundamental Concepts of Business and Management
2) Aims of Business
3) The place of Business in Economic Structure
4) Differences Between Managers and Entrepreneurs
5) Classification of Business
6) Foundation Works, Capacities of Business
7) Magnitude of Business
8) Functions of Business
9) Planning and Orientation
10) Coordination and Control
11) Production and Production Planning, Stock Control
12) Finance and Research and Development
13) Human Resources Management
14) Public Relations

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Ders Notları Haftalık Verilecektir. / Course Notes Will Be Delivered Weakly.
References: Anadolu Üniversitesi Açıköğretim Fakültesi Yayınları, İşletme Yönetimi Ders Kitabı

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Quizzes 1 % 10
Homework Assignments 1 % 10
Midterms 1 % 20
Final 1 % 60
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 2 28
Study Hours Out of Class 14 2 28
Homework Assignments 3 5 15
Quizzes 1 1 1
Midterms 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 75

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