SOCIOLOGY
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
IB4632	International Business	Fall	3	0	3	7

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:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AYLA ESEN
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AYLA ESEN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	The main objective of this course is to provide relevant theoretical and practical insights to management students so that the real world of global business is better understood.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Explores these challenges with a discussion of the strategic motivations that drive firms to invest abroad.
II. Discusses the environmental forces shaping the firms’ decisions of going abroad.
III. Focuses on international business strategies to create value from international operations, including opportunities created from recent technological breakthroughs in areas such as bandwidth and digitization.
IV. Examines the organizational challenges involved in implementing such strategies internationally.
V. Discusses the strategies of multinational enterprises that are willing to access triad markets as well as emerging economies of Asia, Latin America and Africa.

Course Content

1st Week: Introduction.
2nd Week: Globalization
3rd Week: National Differences in Political Economy
4th Week: Differences in Culture
5th Week: Political Economy of International Trade
6th Week: Foreign Direct Investment
7th Week: Regional Economic Integration
8th Week: Midterm
9th Week: The Strategy of International Business
10th Week: Entering Foreign Markets
11th Week: Global Production, Outsourcing and Logistics
12th Week: Global Marketing and R&D
13th Week: Global Human Resource Management
14th Week: General review and wrap-up.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	1st Week: Introduction
2)	2nd Week: Globalization
3)	3rd Week: National Differences in Political Economy
4)	4th Week: Differences in Culture
5)	5th Week: Political Economy of International Trade
6)	6th Week: Foreign Direct Investment
7)	7th Week: Regional Economic Integration
8)	8th Week: Review
9)	9th Week: The Strategy of International Business
10)	10th Week: Entering Foreign Markets
11)	11th Week: Global Production, Outsourcing and Logistics
12)	12th Week: Global Marketing and R&D
13)	13th Week: Global Human Resource Management
14)	14th Week: General review and wrap-up.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Global Business Today (2011) Charles W. L. Hill, 8th ed., McGraw-Hill.

References:

Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy (2008) John H. Dunning and Sarianna M. Lundan, 2nd. Edition, Edward Elgar, Cheltanham.

International Business (2004) Griffin and Pustay, Prentice Hall, International Edition.

International Management (2000) Paul W. Beamish, Allen J. Morrison, Philiph M. Rosenzweig and Andrew C. Inkpen, Mc-Graw Hill.

Transnational Management (1995) Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal, 2nd edition, Mc-Graw Hill.

Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution (1998) Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal, 2nd edition, Harvard Business School Press.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Quizzes	3	% 15
Midterms	1	% 35
Final	1	% 50
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	40
Study Hours Out of Class	15	120
Quizzes	3	3
Midterms	1	2
Final	1	2
Total Workload		167

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 learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions.
2)	To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels
3)	To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences.
4)	To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes
5)	To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills
6)	To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields.
7)	To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime.
8)	To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective
9)	To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge
10)	To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects
11)	To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member.
12)	To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school.