COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DBA 6152 INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

Business Administration (English)

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ÖMÜR NECZAN ÖZMEN

Offered to

Business Administration (English)

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to make the learners familiar with the major concepts of industrial organizations. The aim is to help the business doctoral degree pursuing students to have a solid backgrund on industrial economics. The course aims to study the causes and effects of different market structures.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Build knowledge on different market structures
2   Demonstrate understanding of strategic interactios across market agents
3   Build an understanding of the choices that the firms make in imperfectly competitive markets
4   Demonstrate ability to analyze case studies on industrial economics
5   Understand how firms gain market power

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 The economics of market power
3 Theory of the firm
4 Monopoly
5 Monopoly
6 Oligopoly
7 Oligopoly
8 Product differentation
9 Measuring of market power
10 Strategic Behavior
11 Issues in antitrust economy
12 Reglation

Recomended or Required Reading

Various textbooks and journal articles on the topic.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures
Case analysis

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 * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Criteria:
1. Midterm and Final Exam
Students will be assessed on their knowledge of concepts and theories through an essay-type written exam semester

2. Class Discussions and Case Analysis
Students will be given case studies and will be asked to analyse the cases.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. Students are expected to participate actively in class discussions.
4. Students are expected to attend to classes on time.
5. Students are expected to prepare ahead of time for class.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Sedef Akgüngör
akgungor.sedef @gmail.com

Office Hours

TBD

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Case study 4 1 4
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparing assignments 4 2 8
Preparation for quiz etc. 2 5 10
Web Search and Library Research 12 3 36
Reading 12 3 36
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
Quiz etc. 2 1 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 218

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7
LO.13
LO.224
LO.34
LO.454
LO.54