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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ÇEK 5042 COMPARATIVE WORKING LIFE STUDIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MUSTAFA YAŞAR TINAR

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

Teaching and discussion of research on working conditions in different countries, comparisons, particularly with regard to the impact of specific conditions on the workers and on the success of businesses and the country.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to know the concept and meaning of working conditions for workers and working life 2   To be able to research and comprehend the working conditions in different countries 3   To be able to compare and analyze the particular conditions 4   To be able to assess the condition factors for their impact on workers, enterprises and economies 5   To be able to develop proposals on effective organization of working conditions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Working conditions, the factors and analysis 2 Methods of international working conditions comparisons 3 Physical environment 4 Health at work 5 Working hours 6 Loads, stress and mobbing 7 Work environment, social relations 8 Midterm exam 9 Labor income, minimum wages 10 Occupational safety 11 Employment, unionism 12 Development opportunities, career opportunities 13 Unemployment 14 Work-life balance

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Mediation of the knowledge base Preparation and presentation of the acquired issues of students Joint discussion of issues

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 *** 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)

To be announced.

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 13 2 26 Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6 Preparation for final exam 1 6 6 Preparing assignments 1 10 10 Preparing presentations 1 10 10 Final 1 3 3 Midterm 1 3 3 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 103

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 LO.1 5 5 5 5 5 LO.2 5 5 5 5 5 LO.3 5 5 5 5 5 LO.4 5 5 5 5 5 LO.5 5 5 5 5 5