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
GEP0809	Strategic Roadmaps and Innovation	Spring	3	0	3	4

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:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AHMET NACİ ÜNAL
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AHMET NACİ ÜNAL
Recommended Optional Program Components:	N/A
Course Objectives:	This course is an introduction of the concepts of strategy, strategic management, strategic roadmaps, innovation, technology management, technology foresight, and technology forecast. The definitions and the techniques of strategy, innovation, strategic management, strategic roadmaps, technology management, technology forecast, and technology foresight will be discussed with simple applications.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
•Understanding the Concepts of Strategy, Innovation, Strategic Management and Strategic Roadmaps
•Learning the Steps of Strategic Management;
•Recognizing The Types of Strategic Thinking
•Preparing and Presenting Strategic Roadmaps
• Learning about the Technology management, technology forecast, and technology foresight.

Course Content

Strategy, Strategic Management, Innovation, Strategic Roadmaps, Technology Management, Technology Forecast, and Technology Foresight.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction	Lecturer Notes.
2)	Strategy, Strategic Management, Innovation and General Concepts	YARMAN B.S.B., ÜNAL A.N., “Stratejik Karar Verme Boyutunda Bilgi Toplama/İşleme Amaçlı Karar Destek Sitemleri”, Nobel Yayıncılık, 2015.
3)	Strategic Management	T. Çiftçi, Stratejik Yönetim Cep Kitabı, İSO Yayınları, 2011.
4)	Intelligence Science and Strategy	YARMAN B.S.B., ÜNAL A.N., “Stratejik Karar Verme Boyutunda Bilgi Toplama/İşleme Amaçlı Karar Destek Sitemleri”, Nobel Yayıncılık, 2015.
5)	Management and Management Functions	Lecturer Notes
6)	Decision Making and Decision Theory	YARMAN B.S.B., ÜNAL A.N., “Stratejik Karar Verme Boyutunda Bilgi Toplama/İşleme Amaçlı Karar Destek Sitemleri”, Nobel Yayıncılık, 2015.
7)	Decision Making and Decision Theory	YARMAN B.S.B., ÜNAL A.N., “Stratejik Karar Verme Boyutunda Bilgi Toplama/İşleme Amaçlı Karar Destek Sitemleri”, Nobel Yayıncılık, 2015.
8)	Decision Making and Decision Theory	YARMAN B.S.B., ÜNAL A.N., “Stratejik Karar Verme Boyutunda Bilgi Toplama/İşleme Amaçlı Karar Destek Sitemleri”, Nobel Yayıncılık, 2015.
9)	Case Study	Lecturer Notes
10)	Technology Management	Lecturer Notes
11)	Technology Forecast and Technology Foresight	Lecturer Notes
12)	Strategy Development Tools	Lecturer Notes
13)	Strategy Development Process	Lecturer Notes
14)	Cyberspace, Strategy and Innovation	ÜNAL A.N., “Siber Güvenlik ve Elektronik Bileşenleri”, Nobel Yayıncılık, 2015.
15)	Final Exam
16)	Final Exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

YARMAN B.S.B., ÜNAL A.N., “Stratejik Karar Verme Boyutunda Bilgi Toplama/İşleme Amaçlı Karar Destek Sitemleri”, Nobel Yayıncılık, 2015.
T. Çiftçi, Stratejik Yönetim Cep Kitabı, İSO Yayınları, 2011.
T. Çiftçi, Stratejik Yönetim Cep Kitabı, İSO Yayınları, 2011.
ÜNAL A.N., “Siber Güvenlik ve Elektronik Bileşenleri”, Nobel Yayıncılık, 2015.

References:

T. Çiftçi vd. Yeni İş Geliştirme, İSO Yayınları, 2004.

T. Çiftçi, Üç Adımda Stratejik Yönetim, İSO Yayınları, 2010.

A. Sungur vd. Sanayide Özdeğerlendirme, İSO Yayınları, 2011.

U. Tiryakioğlu vd. Yeni Ürün ve Tesis Yatırımlarında Fizibilite, İSO Yayınları, 2011.

M.Porter, Rekabet Stratejisi, Sistem Yayıncılık, 2000.

P.Schwarts, The Art of Long View, Doubleday Currency 1996.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	1	% 15
Homework Assignments	1	% 10
Midterms	1	% 15
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	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	14	1	14
Presentations / Seminar	1	10	10
Homework Assignments	14	1	14
Midterms	1	10	10
Final	1	10	10
Total Workload			100

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