POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
IB2522 | Import and Export Management | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
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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 : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AYLA ESEN |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | The course is designed to prepare students for the ever-changing environment of international trade. Topics include company policies towards exports, investigating and choosing export markets, international trade terminology, import-export risks, pricing and payment methods, export-import organization, logistics and financing. Topics are covered in class and within a company environment assigned by the department. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; I. Defines the characteristics of doing business in a cross-cultural environment. II. Develops managerial and policy-making aspects associated with trading internationally. Formulate procedures for international trade and ultimately manage this function on behalf of a company. III. Helps understand and develop professional working skills in investigating and choosing export markets. IV. Develops professional working skills in export - import organization. V. Develops practices in foreign trade pricing. VI. Helps understand the procedures related to payment methods and financing. VII. Helps understand the nature of foreign trade logistics. VIII. Develops familiarity with the details of export-import documentation and steps IX. Makes knowledgeable of the basics of containerization and leasing practices. X. Develops the basic skills for successful negotiations in importing and exporting. |
1st Week: Introduction/Changing environment of international trade / The growing importance of international marketing / Reasons for the rapid growth in international business / The nature and practice of international marketing / Internationalization and the global marketer 2nd Week: International marketing management / Company policies towards exports export marketing planning and strategy / The impact of technology / Entrepreneurial approaches to international marketing 3rd Week: Investigating and Choosing Export Markets/Culture and the socio-cultural environment / Managing cultural differences Economic forces / Political-legal environment / Competition / Export Market Selection: Definitions and Strategies / Export Market definition and segmentation, expansion-selection process, procedure and strategy. 4th Week: Export - Import Organization Entry as Strategy. Export Entry Modes, Direct export / Home-country-based department / Foreign sales branch / Storage or warehousing facilities / Foreign sales subsidiary / Traveling salespersons / Foreign-based distributors and agents/representatives 5th Week: Pricing/Pricing Decisions / Determinants of an export price / The price quotation / Comparison of terms / INCOTERMS / Selection of trade terms 6th Week: Payment Methods and Financing Financing and Methods of Payment / Export financing methods / Terms of payment / Payment and Financing procedures / Letter of Credit and other main Methods of Foreign Trade Payment 7th Week: Logistics Handling Export Orders and Supply Chain Management / Physical distribution / Logistics and the systems concept / Characteristics of Shipping Industry / Structure of international physical distribution / Modes of transportation 8th Week: Midterm 9th Week: Export-Import Documentation and Steps/The Export-Import Procedures and Documents / Reasoning, Timing, Preparation, Submission and Importance of Documentation in Foreign Trade 10th Week: Containerization and Leasing Practices / Introduction to (and Features of) containerization / Major container trades / Container types and bases / Container Intermodal Transport Practice / Container Marks / Selection and Examination of Containers 11th Week: Successful Negotiations for Importing and Exporting / What makes Global Negotiations Different? Cross cultural Negotiations / Cultural influences and cross-cultural negotiation behaviors / Cultural Responsive Negotiation Strategies / Negotiation styles and differences in decision making / Do's and don'ts in cross-cultural negotiations |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | 1st Week: Introduction/Changing environment of international trade / The growing importance of international marketing / Reasons for the rapid growth in international business / The nature and practice of international marketing / Internationalization and the global marketer | |
2) | 2nd Week: International marketing management / Company policies towards exports export marketing planning and strategy / The impact of technology / Entrepreneurial approaches to international marketing | |
3) | 3rd Week: Investigating and Choosing Export Markets/Culture and the socio-cultural environment / Managing cultural differences Economic forces / Political-legal environment / Competition / Export Market Selection: Definitions and Strategies / Export Market definition and segmentation, expansion-selection process, procedure and strategy. | |
4) | 4th Week: Export - Import Organization Entry as Strategy. Export Entry Modes, Direct export / Home-country-based department / Foreign sales branch / Storage or warehousing facilities / Foreign sales subsidiary / Traveling salespersons / Foreign-based distributors and agents/representatives | |
5) | 5th Week: Pricing/Pricing Decisions / Determinants of an export price / The price quotation / Comparison of terms / INCOTERMS / Selection of trade terms | |
6) | 6th Week: Payment Methods and Financing Financing and Methods of Payment / Export financing methods / Terms of payment / Payment and Financing procedures / Letter of Credit and other main Methods of Foreign Trade Payment | |
7) | 7th Week: Logistics Handling Export Orders and Supply Chain Management / Physical distribution / Logistics and the systems concept / Characteristics of Shipping Industry / Structure of international physical distribution / Modes of transportation | |
8) | 8th Week: Review | |
9) | 9th Week: Export-Import Documentation and Steps/The Export-Import Procedures and Documents / Reasoning, Timing, Preparation, Submission and Importance of Documentation in Foreign Trade | |
10) | 10th Week: Containerization and Leasing Practices / Introduction to (and Features of) containerization / Major container trades / Container types and bases / Container Intermodal Transport Practice / Container Marks / Selection and Examination of Containers | |
11) | 11th Week: Successful Negotiations for Importing and Exporting / What makes Global Negotiations Different? Cross cultural Negotiations / Cultural influences and cross-cultural negotiation behaviors / Cultural Responsive Negotiation Strategies / Negotiation styles and differences in decision making / Do's and don'ts in cross-cultural negotiations |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | International Marketing and Export Management, 6th Ed. Gerald Albaum & Edwin Duerr Prentice Hall, 2008 |
References: | none |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Quizzes | 3 | % 30 |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 15 | 43 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 39 |
Final | 16 | 61 |
Total Workload | 143 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice. | |
2) | Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies. | |
3) | Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences. | |
4) | Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments. | |
5) | Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy. | |
6) | Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member. | |
7) | Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development. | |
8) | Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies. | |
9) | Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives. | |
10) | Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments. | |
11) | Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era. | |
12) | Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics. |