TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	1
SEMESTER	First Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Will be able to have knowledge about fundamental concepts of businesses and their role in economic system 2) Will be able to know and analyze types of businesses and explain internal and external environmental factors and their influences on business enterprises. 3) Will be able to explain set up process of a new business entity, various merger, integration and collaboration strategies applied by the business entities. 4) Will be able to define the functions of business, describe the relationships between each function and explain the process of those functions as a whole. 5) Will be able to describe management functions, know organizational structure and managerial process.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	This course is designed to educate and prepare students for the business world by focusing on business concepts and environments, business social responsibility, business investment, fundamentals of business management, production management, marketing, managing employees and financial management.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Economic life and businesses 2nd Week Goals, revenues and expenditures of businesses 3rd Week Types of businesses 4th Week Business environment and environmental factors 5th Week Business environment and environmental factors 6th Week Set-up process of businesses 7th Week Set-up process of businesses 8th Week Mid-term 9th Week Feasibility studies 10th Week Mergers, integration and collaboration 11th Week Mergers, integration and collaboration 12th Week Management and organization 13th Week Management and organization 14th Week Evaluation 15th Week
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Genel İşletmecilik Bilgileri, Doğan TUNCER, Doğan Yaşar AYHAN, Demet VAROĞLU,Siyasal Kitapevi, 3. Baskı, Ankara 2009 Understanding Business, William G. Nickels,James M. McHugh, Susan M. McHugh, McGraw-Hill, Sixth Ed, 2002 Business Essentials, Ronald J. Ebert, Ricky W. Griffin,Prentice Hall, Sixth Ed., 2002 İşletme Yöneticiliği, Tamer Koçel, Beta Yayınları, 2001
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture, Questions/Answers, Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 25 Quiz 2 10 Presentation of Case Study 4 10 Total(%) 45 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 45 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 55 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No