COURSE UNIT TITLE

: STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT POLICIES AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 6005 STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT POLICIES AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR TIJEN ERDUT

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

Structural adjustment policies which are developed for adaptation to globalization process effect not only economic, but also social sphere and result in critical consequences for industrial relations. This course aims to ensure that students know the effects of structural adjustment policies on industrial relations systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identify the concept of structural adjustment and the theoretical bases of structural adjustment policies
2   Associate structural adjustment policies to global economic context
3   Show the change of wage policies which structural adjustment policies caused to
4   Analyse the effects of structural adjustment policies on industrial relations systems
5   Revise Turkish industrial relations system with regards to the effects of structural adjustment policies on it
6   Evaluate the effects of structural adjustment policies on employment, wage and industrial relations with regards to the protection of workers

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Concept of Structural Adjustment
2 The Theoretical Basis of Structural Adjustment Policies
3 Structural Adjustment and International Trade
4 Structural Adjustment and Foreign Direct Investments
5 Structural Adjustment and Employment Policies
6 Structural Adjustment and Wages Policies
7 Structural Adjustment Policies and Industrial Relations Systems
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Structural Adjustment and Turkey
10 Turkey and International Trade
11 Turkey and Foreign Direct Investments
12 Employment Policies in Turkey
13 Wage Policies in Turkey
14 Structural Adjustment Policies and Turkish Industrial Relations System

Recomended or Required Reading

Tijen ERDUT; Yeni Teknolojilerin Iş Ilişkileri Üzerindeki Etkisi. Türk Ağır Sanayii ve Hizmet Sektörü Kamu Işverenleri Sendikası (TÜHIS), Yayın No. 28, Izmir, 1998.
Tijen ERDUT; Çalışma Yaşamında Esneklik ve Kuralsızlaştırma, TÜHIS Dergisi. Cilt. 18, Sa. 4, Kasım 2003, s. 8 35.
Tijen ERDUT; Yeni Teknolojilerin Iş Ilişkilerinin Yapısı Üzerindeki Etkisi, Çimento Işveren Dergisi. C. 11, Sa: 5, Eylül 1997, s. 13-28.
Tijen ERDUT; Işgücü Piyasasında Enformelleşme ve Kadın Işgücü, Çalışma ve Toplum Dergisi. 2005/3, s. 11-49.
John TOYE; Structural Adjustment and Employment Policy. International Labour Office, Geneva, 1995.
Diana ALARCON-GONZALES, Terry McKINLEY; The adverse effects of structural adjustment on working women in Mexico, Latin American Perspectives. May 99, Vol. 26, Issue 3, s. 103 109.
James N. BEARDWELL; Contemporary Industrial Relations: A Critical Analysis. Oxford University Press, London, 1996.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Review essays
Class participation
Examinations

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 * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + 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)

Adres: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi
Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler Fakültesi
Çalışma Ekonomisi ve Endüstri Ilişkileri Bölümü
35 160 Buca/IZMIR
e-mail: tijen.erdut@deu.edu.tr
Tlf. : (232) 41 10 293

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 10 140
Preparing presentations 1 13 13
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 252

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511
LO.611

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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