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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS IÜE 5011 RESEARCH METHODS IN PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Production Management and Industrial Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HILMI YÜKSEL

Offered to

Production Management and Industrial Business Administration

Course Objective

To explain the scientific method followed in research about production management and to explain the most common quantitative and qualitative methods used in production management researches with examples

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Understanding the research in production management and methods used in researches 2   2. To use data collection, analysis and evaluation techniques in production management 3   3. To have knowledge about basic statistical information for researches in production management 4   4. To have the ability to prepare a research report in production management 5   5. To use statistical package programs in researches in production management

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction and Course Description 2 General information about the researches made in production management and followed process in a research 3 Scientific method and basic concepts, research proposal in production management, problem identification and expression 4 To establish hypotheses in production researches, data collection methods 5 Measurement 6 Experiment, survey, observation methods 7 Sampling methods and sample size determination 8 Report preparation, descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing 9 Parametric and non-parametric tests 10 SPSS, Minitab statistical package programs 11 SPSS, Minitab statistical package programs 12 Evaluate the term researches in the field of production management 13 Evaluate the term researches in the field of production management 14 Conclusion and Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Karasar N,2012, Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemi, Nobel Yayıncılık Şenol Ş.,2012, Araştırma ve Örnekleme Yöntemleri,Nobel Yayıncılık Islamoğlu H.,2009,Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma Yöntemleri, Beta Yayıncılık

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Interactive classroom environment, case studies, term homework exercises

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER) 3 FIN FINAL EXAM 4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Tutorials 2 3 6 Lectures 14 3 42 Preparation for final exam 1 15 15 Preparing presentations 1 3 3 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparing assignments 1 20 20 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 LO.1 1 LO.2 1 LO.3 1 LO.4 1 LO.5 1