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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ULT118 Second Term (Spring) 3 + 0 4

TYPE OF COURSE UNITCompulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY1
SEMESTERSecond Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Assistant Professor Merve Öksüz
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) To enable students to acquire basic concepts and knowledge about business management course subjects.
2) To increase the ability of students to use the knowledge they have obtained in other social and numerical courses within the business.
3) To enable them to adapt better by introducing the businesses and similar institutions they will work with in their future professional life.
4) To teach the business functions and their relations with each other and the operation as a whole.
5) To explain management functions, to teach organizational structure and managerial process.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNone
COURSE DEFINITIONThe following information about businesses, which are considered as the basic elements of the economic system is given in this course: the objectives of the enterprises, the income and expenses of the enterprises, the types of enterprises, the establishment and work of the enterprises, the organizational structures and management functions of the enterprises, the role and relations of the enterprises in the economic system, current developments in business administration.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Introduction/Purpose of the Course and Resources
2nd Week Basic Concepts (Economic life and business)
3rd Week Basic Concepts (Business objectives, income and expenses)
4th Week Basic Concepts (Types of Businesses)
5th Week Basic Concepts (Environment of businesses and environmental factors)
6th Week Establishment of Businesses (Idea and results of establishing a business)
7th Week MIDTERM WEEK
8th Week Business Establishment (Organizational studies)
9th Week Business Growth
10th Week Management and Organization
11th Week Management and Organization
12th Week Management Functions (Planning-Organizing-Managing-Controlling)
13th Week Management Functions (Planning-Organizing-Managing-Controlling)
14th Week Repetition and Evaluation of End of Term Topics
15th Week FINAL EXAM WEEK
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGGenel İşletmecilik Bilgileri (2020) Doğan TUNCER, Doğan Yaşar AYHAN, Demet VAROĞLU, Siyasal Kitapevi, 10.Baskı, Ankara.
Business in Action (2008) Courtland L. Bovee and John V. Thill, Pearson Education International, Fourth Edition.
Exploring Business (2008) Karen Collins, Pearson Education International.
İşletme Yöneticiliği (2001) Tamer Koçel, Beta Yayınları.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term140
Total(%)40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)60
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam111
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam14040
Course hours13339
Preparation for Midterm exam13030
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam111
Homework
Total Workload111
Total Workload / 303,7
ECTS Credits of the Course4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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