INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
BA1011 | Introduction to Business | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
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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 : | Assoc. Prof. HAVVA PINAR İMER |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AYLA ESEN Assoc. Prof. HAVVA PINAR İMER Prof. Dr. AHMET ERKUŞ Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÜLBERK GÜLTEKİN SALMAN |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | The objective of this course is to develop an understanding of the roles, responsibilities, and skills required of individuals (managers and non-managers) in today’s changing organizations by analyzing the characteristics of successful managers and organizations. This process will also develop an awareness of the environmental conditions and pressures facing today’s managers and organizations. Specifically, students will become acquainted with the language of business management and the application of key concepts and theories to the “real world.” |
The students who have succeeded in this course; Upon the completion of the course, students will learn: 1. the basic business terminology 2. the dynamics in the environment within which a business operates 3. social and ethical responsibility of businesses 4. the ownership of businesses and business structures 5. the role of management in a business setting and its functions 6. the major business functions including operations, marketing and finance |
The course will be carried out by examining the relationships between the businesses (including their management and structures) and their owners, employees, customers, as well as the global economic environment, the governments and the community. In this sense, in addition to reviewing the general business concepts, and economic environment; we will be focusing on the main functional areas of businesses and make the students understand how business dynamics interact. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to the course | |
2) | The Business Environment | Ebert & Griffin, Ch.1 |
3) | Business Ethics and Social Responsibility | Ebert & Griffin, Ch.2 |
4) | Entrepreneurship, New Ventures and Business Ownership | Ebert & Griffin Ch.3 |
5) | The Global Context of Business | Ebert & Griffin, Ch.4 |
6) | Business Management | Ebert & Griffin, Ch.5 |
7) | Organizing the Business | Ebert & Griffin, Ch.6 |
8) | Midterm Exam | |
9) | Operations Management and Quality | Ebert & Griffin, Ch.7 |
10) | Employee Behavior and Motivation | Ebert & Griffin, Ch.8 |
11) | Leadership and Decision Making | Ebert & Griffin, Ch.9 |
12) | Marketing Processes and Consumer Behavior | Ebert & Griffin, Ch.11 |
13) | Marketing, Distributing and Promoting Products | Ebert & Griffin, Chs.12 & 13 |
14) | Finance and Businesses | Ebert & Griffin, Chs. 16 & 17 |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Business Essentials (2017, 11th Global Edition) by Ebert, R. & Griffin, R., Pearson Education. |
References: | Contemporary Management (2019, 11th Edition) by Gareth R. Jones & Jennifer M. George, McGraw-Hill Education. İşletme Yöneticiliği (2018), Tamer Koçel, 17. Baskı, Beta Yayıncılık. The Financial Times, New York Times, Fortune, Business Week, The Economist, Harvard Business Review, Business Strategy Review and other business periodicals. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Homework Assignments | 2 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 50 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 40 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 48 |
Homework Assignments | 14 | 29 |
Final | 14 | 63 |
Total Workload | 180 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Having the theoretical and practical knowledge proficiency in the discipline of industrial product design | |
2) | Applying professional knowledge to the fields of product, service and experience design development | |
3) | Understanding, using, interpreting and evaluating the design concepts, knowledge and language | |
4) | Knowing the research methods in the discipline of industrial product design, collecting information with these methods, interpreting and applying the collected knowledge | |
5) | Identifying the problems of industrial product design, evaluating the conditions and requirements of problems, producing proposals of solutions to them | |
6) | Developing the solutions with the consideration of social, cultural, environmental, economic and humanistic values; being sensitive to personal differences and ability levels | |
7) | Having the ability of communicating the knowledge about design concepts and solutions through written, oral and visual methods | |
8) | To identify and apply the relation among material, form giving, detailing, maintenance and manufacturing methods of design solutions | |
9) | Using the computer aided information and communication technologies for the expression of industrial product design solutions and applications | |
10) | Having the knowledge and methods in disciplines like management, engineering, psychology, ergonomics, visual communication which support the solutions of industrial product design; having the ability of searching, acquiring and using the knowledge that belong these disciplines when necessary. | |
11) | Using a foreign language to command the jargon of industrial product design and communicate with the colleagues from different cultures | |
12) | Following and evaluating the new topics and trends that industrial product design needs to integrate according to technological and scientific developments |