GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION I/SS425
Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION I
Credits 3 ECTS 3
Semester 7 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Asst.Prof. Aykut EKIYOR
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/aykutekiyor
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  aykutekiyor@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
To define and emphasize the place of business in the economics and social life.
To explain businesses in terms of input, output, processes, environment, systems and subsystems.
To describe the interaction of business with the environment, to define systems, subsystems, open/closed systems.
To define main functions of business like marketing, finance, human resources, logistics, to contact them with business as the main system.
To introduce students the basic business literature.
To define business as the main component of economic life and with the environmental actors.
To describe business with all stakeholders.
To prepare the students to future lessons (marketing, finance, accounting, human resources, logistics, behavioral sciences), to explain the importance
Classify and compare different types of business.
To gain critical perspective about businesses.
 -- 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 recommend optional programme component for this course
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Basic Concepts: Introduction and course presentation.
2. Week  Economic Life Cycle; the relation of business with individual and social life; What is Business?
3. Week  The topics of Business science and their relation with other sciences.
4. Week  Production factors, entrepreneurship.
5. Week  Production factors, entrepreneurship.
6. Week  Business as a system, systems and their features, concept of flow.
7. Week  Business as a system, systems and their features, concept of flow.
8. Week  Midterm Exam
9. Week  Classification of businesses.
10. Week  Classification of businesses.
11. Week  The structure of enterprises: legal, economic, technical, social, and human structure.
12. Week  Establishment of a business.
13. Week  Establishment of a business.
14. Week  Size of businesses, SME’s.
15. Week  Size of businesses, SME’s.
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Assoc. Prof. M.Mithat UNER-General Business
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question&Answer,Demonstration
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
60
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
60
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
16
3
48
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
8
1
8
 Searching in Internet and Library
8
1
8
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
10
10
 Final and Studying for Final
1
10
10
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
84
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3.36
 ECTS: 
3
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Engineering graduates with sufficient theoretical and practical background for a successful profession and with application skills of fundamental scientific knowledge in the engineering practice.X
2Engineering graduates with skills and professional background in describing, formulating, modeling and analyzing the engineering problem, with a consideration for appropriate analytical solutions in all necessary situationsX
3Engineering graduates with the necessary technical, academic and practical knowledge and application confidence in the design and assessment of machines or mechanical systems or industrial processes with considerations of productivity, feasibility and environmental and social aspects.X
4Engineering graduates with the practice of selecting and using appropriate technical and engineering tools in engineering problems, and ability of effective usage of information science technologiesX
5Ability of designing and conducting experiments, conduction data acquisition and analysis and making conclusionsX
6Ability of identifying the potential resources for information or knowledge regarding a given engineering issueX
7The abilities and performance to participate multi-disciplinary groups together with the effective oral and official communication skills and personal confidenceX
8Ability for effective oral and official communication skills in Turkish Language and, at minimum, one foreign languageX
9Engineering graduates with motivation to life-long learning and having known significance of continuous education beyond undergraduate studies for science and technologyX
10Engineering graduates with well-structured responsibilities in profession and ethicsX
11Engineering graduates who are aware of the importance of safety and healthiness in the project management, workshop environment as well as related legal issuesX
12Consciousness for the results and effects of engineering solutions on the society and universe, awareness for the developmental considerations with contemporary problems of humanityX