GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION/ISLE103
Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Credits 3 ECTS 5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Enver AYDOĞAN
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/aydogan
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  aydogan@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
He/she can be informed on concept of business and its historical progression.
He/she can sophistically analyse principles and elements of business administration.
He/she can analyse relationships between business structures and environmental conditions.
He/she can investigate and understand changes and developments in businesses comperatively.
He/she can evaluate functions of business administration in the context of contemporary issues.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Business and Business Administration
2. Week  Financial Systems
3. Week  Financial Systems
4. Week  Business Environment
5. Week  Types of Business
6. Week  Types of Businesses Regarding Legal Statues
7. Week  Types of Businesses Regarding Legal Statues
8. Week  Midterm Exam
9. Week  Foundation of Firms
10. Week  Deciding the place and size of the firm
11. Week  Business Functions
12. Week  Management Functions
13. Week  Management Functions
14. Week  Finance Functions
15. Week  Finance Functions
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  M.Mithat Üner,"Genel İşletmecilik", Detay Yayıncılık, 2. Baskı, Ankara, 2011 Stephen P. Robbins, David DeCanzo, Mary Coluter, Fundamentals of Management, Pearson, 8th Edititon, 2012.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  None
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
14
2
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
2
28
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
5
5
 Final and Studying for Final
2
10
20
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
123
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
4.92
 ECTS: 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Having the professional expertise and skills on theoretical and practical aspects of econometrics, statistics and operational research.
2Having qualities for professional competence in order to work in career fields such as inspector or assistant specialist or working department of research-development in public institutions and organizations, the private sector and civil society organizations.X
3Having knowledge about other disciplines such as economics, managements, public finance and law related to econometrics.X
4Having appropriate behavior of econometrics in the field of social, scientific, cultural and ethical values, applicability of gained knowledge and skills in accordance with the principle of responsibility to social and working life.
5Having skills about foreign language and information system related to the fields in academic and working life.
6Having skills about selecting, using and evaluating of appropriate statistical, econometric and mathematical programming methods, based on theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the field related to the current problems faced by.
7Having skills to work with the team for reach fruitful results in interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies.X
8Having knowledge of research methods in the field of institutions and organizations planning projects, managing, and to conduct independent researches.X
9Having qualities for analytical thinking, prospecting and bring scientific solutions to problems as a researcher.X
10Having skills to comprehension, application and evaluation about terms and basic theory of econometrics.
11Having skills to comprehension, application and evaluation about terms and basic theory of statistics.
12Having skills to comprehension, application and evaluation about terms and basic theory of statistics.
13Using some of the basic econometric and statistical software programs.