COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS SCIENCE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUR 1003 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS SCIENCE COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Tourism and Hotel Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR OSMAN AVŞAR KURGUN

Offered to

Tourism and Hotel Management

Course Objective

This course aims to teach the basic concepts of management,
development process of business administration, business organization to cover the activities carried out in stages starting from the operation and to gain competence in analyzing business interaction with environmental factors.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the basic concepts and principles to Business
2   Classification of the types and characteristics of business
3   To explain the process from the operational phase starting from the phase of businesses
4   Be able to analyze business objectives, taking into account the elements of internal and external environment of business
5   Interpret the recent advances in business administration

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts of business administration
2 Development of business administration
3 Types of business and legal structures
4 Business size and capacity
5 Foundation studies, selection of location and investment decisions
6 Feasibility Study
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Elements of the Company's internal and external environment
10 Basic business functions
11 Relations between basic business functions
12 Business agreements and mergers
13 Social responsibility and ethics in business
14 Recent developments in Business
15 Final Exam
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Işletme Yönetimi I-II, Erdal Ünsalan, Bülent Şimşeker, Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2011,
Supplementary Book(s)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and case study

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.40+FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.40+RST * 0.60


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)

e-mail: avsar.kurgun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 13 13
Quiz etc. 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 99

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55