PSYCHOLOGY
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
BA4311	Strategic Management	Spring	3	0	3	7

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Basic information

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 :	Prof. Dr. AHMET ERKUŞ
Course Lecturer(s):	Assoc. Prof. HAVVA PINAR İMER Prof. Dr. AHMET ERKUŞ
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	Over the years, the field of strategic management has had a major influence on corporate behavior. Terms such as cash cow, sustainable competitive advantage and core competence are frequently raised in day-to-day business conversations. In fact, the ability to apply strategic analysis to practical business problems has become a valuable skill in many occupations, including management consultancy, stock broking, merchant banking and corporate finance. The aim of this course is to give you the tools needed to analyze situations and think strategically.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Students who successfully complete this course;
1. Knows the importance and necessity of strategic management in terms of institutions.
2. Can understand the strategic decisions taken by institutions and have the ability to make strategic planning.
3. To be able to analyze internal and external environment in order to create strategies.
4. Will be able to explain the basic concepts, principles and practices related to strategy formulation and implementation.
5. Strategies can be created with different perspectives and can use information about their implementation.
6. Analyze and evaluate real-life companies and develop creative solutions from a strategic management perspective.

Course Content

1st Week: Introduction.
2nd Week: Basic concepts of strategic management.
3rd Week: Developing a strategic vision, setting objectives and crafting a strategy.
4th Week: Environmental scanning: Analyzing the macro-environment.
5th Week: Environmental scanning: Analyzing the competitive environment.
6th Week: Internal scanning: Organizational analysis.
7th Week: Strategy formulation: Situational analysis (SWOT).
8th Week: Midterm
9th Week: Generating alternative strategies using a SWOT matrix.
10th Week: The generic competitive strategies and cooperative strategies.
11th Week: Corporate strategy and directional strategy.
12th Week: International entry, stability and retrenchment strategies.
13th Week: Portfolio analysis.
14th Week: General wrap-up.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	1st Week: Introduction.
2)	2nd Week: Basic concepts of strategic management.
3)	3rd Week: Developing a strategic vision, setting objectives and crafting a strategy.
4)	4th Week: Environmental scanning: Analyzing the macro-environment:
5)	5th Week: Environmental scanning: Analyzing the competitive environment.
6)	6th Week: Internal scanning: Organizational analysis.
7)	7th Week: Strategy formulation: Situational analysis (SWOT).
8)	8th Week: Review
9)	9th Week: Generating alternative strategies using a SWOT matrix.
10)	10th Week: The generic competitive strategies and cooperative strategies
11)	11th Week: Corporate strategy and directional strategy
12)	12th Week: International entry, stability and retrenchment strategies.
13)	13th Week: Portfolio analysis.
14)	14th Week: General wrap-up.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Required Texts:

Crafting & Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage (2011, 18th edition) Arthur A. Thompson, J.E. Gamble ve A.J. Strictland, McGraw-Hill.

Strategic Management and Business Policy (2008, 11th edition) by Thomas L. Wheelen and J. David Hunger, Prentice Hall.

References:

İşletmelerde Stratejik Yönetim (2004) by Hayri Ülgen and S. Kadri Mirze, Literatür Yayıncılık, İstanbul.

Stratejik Yönetim ve İşletme Politikası (2003, 6. Baskı) by Ömer Dinçer, Beta Yayıncılık.

Financial Times, Fortune, Bloomberg Business Week, The Economist, Harvard Business Review, Business Strategy Review dergilerinin son sayıları ile Capital ve Infomag gibi Türkçe dergiler ile günlük gazetelerin ekonomi ve iş dünyası ile ilgili kısımları.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 10
Quizzes	5	% 15
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 45
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 55
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 45
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	40
Study Hours Out of Class	15	108
Quizzes	5	10
Midterms	1	2
Final	1	2
Total Workload		162

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)	To develop an interest in the human mind and behavior, to be able to evaluate theories using empirical findings, to understand that psychology is an evidence-based science by acquiring critical thinking skills.
2)	To gain a biopsychosocial perspective on human behavior. To understand the biological, psychological, and social variables of behavior.
3)	To learn the basic concepts in psychology and the theoretical and practical approaches used to study them (e.g. basic observation and interview techniques).
4)	To acquire the methods and skills to access and write information using English as the dominant language in the psychological literature, to recognize and apply scientific research and data evaluation techniques (e.g. correlational, experimental, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, case studies).
5)	To be against discrimination and prejudice; to have ethical concerns while working in research and practice areas.
6)	To recognize the main subfields of psychology (experimental, developmental, clinical, cognitive, social and industrial/organizational psychology) and their related fields of study and specialization.
7)	To acquire the skills necessary for analyzing, interpreting and presenting the findings as well as problem posing, hypothesizing and data collection, which are the basic elements of scientific studies.
8)	To gain the basic knowledge and skills necessary for psychological assessment and evaluation.
9)	To acquire basic knowledge of other disciplines (medicine, genetics, biology, economics, sociology, political science, communication, philosophy, anthropology, literature, law, art, etc.) that will contribute to psychology and to use this knowledge in the understanding and interpretation of psychological processes.
10)	To develop sensitivity towards social problems; to take responsibility in activities that benefit the field of psychology and society.
11)	To have problem solving skills and to be able to develop the necessary analytical approaches for this.
12)	To be able to criticize any subject in business and academic life and to be able to express their thoughts.