ECONOMICS AND FINANCE | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP0621 | Internal Communication and Innovation Management | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | GE-Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ŞAFAK ŞAHİN |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Prof. Dr. İDİL KARADEMİRLİDAĞ SUHER |
Course Objectives: | Upon completion of the course, students will, have information about content and functions of internal communication, relationship between organizational culture and communication, techniques used for internal communication, innovation and organizational innovation. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; The students who have succeeded in this course students will be able to; 1) Define the communication process and learn dynamics of communication. 2) Recognize internal communication and its concepts. 3) Identify the relationship between organizational culture and internal communication. 4)Comprehend the importance of interğersonal communication for internal communication. 5) Manage the process of data collection, management and finding innovative solutions. 6) Develop a competence to develop innovative projects in accordance with organizational identity. 7)Notice the obstacles for innovative thinking. 8)Present an innovative idea to the organizational management efficiently. 9) Recognize when an idea is precious and innovative. 10)Learn about the differences between innovative and traditional organizational cultures 11)Present innovative solutions for organizations towards internal communication. |
Communication process, internal communication, organizational culture and its elements, types of internal communication, interpersonal communication and its characteristics,innovation and related concepts, innovation models, innovative organizational culture and protection of innovations. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction of the course | |
2) | Definition of the communication process and its elements | |
3) | Concepts of internal and external communication | |
4) | Organizational culture and related concepts | |
5) | The relationship between organizational culture and internal communication | |
6) | Types of internal communication | |
7) | Interpersonal communication and its characteristics | |
8) | Interpersonal communication and its characteristics 2 - Midterm | |
9) | Innovation and related concepts | |
10) | Models of innovation | |
11) | Management of innovation | |
12) | Innovative organizational culture | |
13) | Protection of innovation | |
14) | Presentations |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | The Interpersonal Communication Book. Joseph A. Devito. Strategy and Communication for Innovation. Pfeffermann & Nicole. |
References: |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 1 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | % 10 |
Presentation | 2 | % 10 |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Application | 13 | 3 | 39 |
Presentations / Seminar | 2 | 10 | 20 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Midterms | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Final | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Total Workload | 126 |
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 |