GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS/1920007
Course Title: MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Doç.Dr. Afşin Şahin
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/afsinsahin
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  afsinsahin@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learning the basic economic terms
Defining the production factors
Understanding the price mechanism
Learning the effects of economic techniques on the managerial decision making process
Increasing the awareness on the managerial economics subjects
Finding solutions to questions on applied economics
Integrating the theory and practical issues
Obtaining working disipline
Obtaining interpretation ability about financial issues
Developing managerial abilities
 -- 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  Introduction
2. Week  The theory of the firm
3. Week  Demand theory
4. Week  Demand estimation
5. Week  Production theory
6. Week  Cost theory
7. Week  Cost estimation
8. Week  Market structure and pricing
9. Week  Game theory
10. Week  Game theory
11. Week  Pricing strategy
12. Week  Pricing strategy
13. Week  Investment analysis
14. Week  Investment analysis
15. Week  Investment analysis
16. Week  Government and managerial policy
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Nick Wilkinson (2005). Managerial Economics: A Problem-Solving Approach, Cambridge University Press.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- 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
14
3
42
 Reading
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
0
 Designing and Applying Materials
14
0
 Preparing Reports
14
0
 Preparing Presentation
14
0
 Presentation
14
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
14
2
28
 Final and Studying for Final
14
3
42
 Other
14
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
196
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.84
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Acquisition of essential knowledge in insurance sector at a high levelX
2Ability to apply theoritical knowledge in insurance in modern daily lifeX
3Ability to follow national and international advances in insurance and financial sectorsX
4Ability to realize the interaction between insurance and other disciplines along with an ability to utilize those disciplinesX
5Ability to foresee risks in insurance sector, measuring them and lowering their effectsX
6Ability to point out problems in Turkish social security system and to analyze the current situtationX
7To have knowledge on insurance legistlation and to gain the ability to interpret itX
8To point out possible solutions to improve insurance sectorX
9To find and develop financial instruments which would answer social needsX
10Ability to provide original and supportive ideas about insuranceX
11To be responsible both in ethics and in a professional wayX
12Ability to transfer the knowledge in sectors related to insurance using every possible communcational mediumX
13Ability to research independently in insurance topicsX
14Ability to work as a team when required in insurance sectorX