INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS

AŞL163

Course Code: AŞL163
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Associate Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Gain general information about a business.
Gain knowledge about management structure and business establishment.
Evaluate location decisions.
Evaluate the size and capacity of a business.
Gain information about management and managerial process.
Recognize managerial implementations.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

The course contains the subjects like basic concepts of management and historical development process, relations between organization and its environment, basic functions, classifications, structural and functional analysis, basic principles, establishing operations, size and capacity analysis.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	The basic concepts of business administration and its historical process.
2^nd Week	The basic concepts about business economics.
3^rd Week	Environment of businesses, and classification of businesses.
4^th Week	The goals of businesses.
5^th Week	Forming of investment decisioin about a business establish.
6^th Week	Determination of the business establish place.
7^th Week	The law structure of businesses
8^th Week	Midterm Exam
9^th Week	The size and capacity at businesses
10^th Week	Integration and collobration at businesses
11^th Week	History of management
12^th Week	Managers as decision makers
13^th Week	Foundations of planning
14^th Week	Motivating employees and managers as leaders

Recommended or Required Reading

- Management (Robbins, S.P.; Coulter, M.)
- Management (Hitt, M.A.)
- Genel İşletmecilik Bilgileri (Tuncer, D.)
- Genel İşletmecilik Bilgisi (Mucuk, İ.)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Quiz	1	20
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	3	42
Preparation for Final exam	1	30	30
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	20	20
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1	1
Homework	1	20	20
Total Work Load			156
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.2
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5	LO6
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12