COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GLOBALIZATION,COMPETITION AND LABOUR RELATIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 5024 GLOBALIZATION,COMPETITION AND LABOUR RELATIONS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ZEKI ERDUT

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to understand the structure, function, process and results of industrial relations systems in terms of the creation and distribution of income in the process of globalization. This course is important and necessary for the students to examine the change in the context of economic and social policies in our country in the field of science discipline of industrial relations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the effects of industrial relations on the competitiveness of the national economies in the era of globalization.
2   To learn the structure, function, process and results of industrial relations systems in terms of the creation and distribution of income in the process of globalization.
3   To analyze cross relations between competition and industrial relations in terms of the social and economic aspects
4   To compare the changes of industrial relations systems on global scale and in Turkey in terms of time and space.
5   To deal on a global scale social and economic crisis and transformations in the context of competition and industrial relations and to evaluate the effects of Turkey.

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 Globalization
2 The Concept of Competition
3 The Concept of Industrial Relations System
4 Business Structure
5 Relations of Production
6 Business Organization
7 Midterm Exam
8 Labour Market
9 The Parties of Industrial Relations System
10 Collective Barganing
11 Collective Labour Disputes
12 Crisis and Industrial Relations
13 Flexicurity
14 Social Protection

Recomended or Required Reading

ADAMS, Roy J.; Küreselleşme ve Endüstri Ilişkileri Sistemlerinin Dönüşümü, (Çev: Toker DERELI) 75. Yıldönümünde Uluslararası Çalışma Örgütü, Küreselleşme ve Türk Endüstri Ilişkileri. Türk Endüstri Ilişkileri Derneği, IV. Ulusal Endüstri Ilişkileri Kongresi, 24-25 Kasım 1994, Dedeman Oteli, Istanbul, s. 61-68.
ADELANTADO, José; Eduardo CALDERÓN; Globalization and the welfare state: the same strategies for similar problems Journal of European Social Policy. Vol. 16, No. 4, 2006, p. 374 386.
ANKER, Richard; Seuils de pauvrete: une nouvelle methode de calcul au service des comparaisons internationales, Revue internationale du Travail. Vol. 145, No. 4, 2006, p. 317-346.
ANSAL, Hacer; Esneklik: Fordizmden Post-Fordizme Dönüşümün Anahtarı, Petrol-Iş 1995-1996 Yıllığı. Türkiye Petrol, Kimya ve Lastik Işçileri Sendikası, Yayın No. 44, Istanbul, 1997, s. 647-660.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, weekly readings, paper and others.

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


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

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)

zeki.erdut@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 122

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.1354
LO.2354
LO.3354
LO.4354
LO.5354

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