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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
CEK 3027	WAGE SYSTEMS	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	4

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM ÇAKIR

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

To examine wage phenomenon in working life with conceptual varieties and with different perspectives; to analyse wage formation, its periodic change and systems, respecting economic and social needs; to explain and discuss wage systems in practice.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To be able to identify wage, its components and related concepts
2	To be able to interpret the relationship between wage and inflation, productivity, competitive power, economic and social development
3	To be able to explain minimum wage and the method of its determination, to discuss comparative information
4	To be able to analyse wage justice and issues
5	To be able to introduce job evaluation and wage systems based on job evaluation
6	To be able to identify performance evaluation systems and relate it with wages
7	To be able to explain common and contemporary wage systems
8	To be able to study and discuss wage determination systems and samples within the country

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Concept of wage, its importance in terms of economic and social development perspectives, its position in human resource management processes
2	Wage in labour law
3	Components, attachments, level and formation of wage
4	Wage supplements, their relationship with inflation and other variables
5	Minimum wage, its necessity, determination and international comparisons
6	Concept of wage justice, its theories, problems and solutions
7	Job evaluation and its methods, its contribution to developing a wage system
8	Midterm Exam
9	Midterm Exam
10	Developing a wage system dependent on job evaluation
11	Performance evaluation and its role in wages
12	Wage systems in practice
13	Wage calculation and payrolling
14	Contemporary wage systems

Recomended or Required Reading

Özlem IŞIĞIÇOK : Ücret; Teori-Politikası-Yönetimi-Sistemleri, Marmara Kitabevi, Bursa 2007
Özlem ÇAKIR : Ücret Adaletinin Iş Davranışları Üzerindeki Etkileri, Kamu Işverenleri Sendikası - Kamu-Iş Yayınları, Ankara 2006
Serap BENLIGIRAY : Ücret Yönetimi, Beta Yayınları, Istanbul 2007
Kurtuluş KAYMAZ : Ücret Yönetimi, Dora Yayıncılık, Bursa 2010
Cevat ACAR : Işletmelerde Ücret yapısının Oluşturulması, Literatür Yayıncılık, Istanbul 2007

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Interactive lecturing with visual support
Group-work presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	STT	TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
3	MTEG	MIDTERM GRADE	STT * 0.50 +MTE * 0.50
4	FIN	FINAL EXAM
5	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
6	RST	RESIT
7	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

*** 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)

yasar.tinar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesdays 15.30-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Case study	1	3	3
Lectures	12	3	36
Preparation for midterm exam	1	8	8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	3	36
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparing assignments	1	8	8
Preparing presentations	1	6	6
Midterm	1	1	1
Final	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			109

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.6	PO.10
LO.1	1		1			1
LO.2	1	1	1		1
LO.3	1	1	1	1		1
LO.4	1	1	1		1
LO.5	1		1
LO.6	1		1		1
LO.7	1		1
LO.8	1		1

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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