At the end of this course, the students; 1) Understand the basic principles of business problems. 2) Gain an ability to select the appropriate techniques for analyzing and problem solving. 3) Gain an ability to identify, formulate and solve business problems. 4) Gain an ability to function on multidisiplinary teams. 5) Gain an ability to interrelate the business problems and engineering process.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
None
COURSE DEFINITION
General business concept, objectives and types of businesses, business system, establishment, law-related subjects, foreign capital and multi-national businesses, management and functions, organization, direction, control and decision-making processes, manufacturing, marketing, finance, and personnel management.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
General concepts
2nd Week
Business goals and types
3rd Week
Business system
4th Week
Systems and contingency approaches
5th Week
Construction of business and legal constructions
6th Week
Planning and Organization
7th Week
Leading
8th Week
Midterm Exam
9th Week
Controlling
10th Week
Operations management
11th Week
Marketing management
12th Week
Financing
13th Week
Human resource management
14th Week
General assessment
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Mucuk, İ. (2001) Temel İşletme Bilgileri/1E, Türkmen Kitabevi; Can, H., Tuncer, D. and Ayhan, D.Y. (2002) Genel İşletmecilik Bilgileri/13E, Siyasal Kitabevi; Ferrel, O.C. and Hirt,G.(2003) Business- A Changing World/4E, McGraw-Hill IE
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
35
Assignment
3
10
Quiz
5
10
Total(%)
55
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
55
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
45
Total(%)
100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
