Health Administration
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: UNI330
Course Name: Turkish Business History
Semester: Fall
Course Credits:
ECTS
5
Language of instruction: Turkish
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: University Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: E-Learning
Course Coordinator: Araş. Gör. ENES KURT
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Enes Kurt
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: Examine the origins and development of Turkish business and its employees in the context of their economic, social, political and legal environment
Course Content: This course will examine the innovations in management, practice and organization that facilitated the emergence of the modern commercial corporation. Beginning with a discussion of traditional forms of production and trade, the course will examine the implications of long-distance trade for the management of commercial operations from the 16th to the 18th century. The development of railroads and other industries in the 19th century will be of central importance. It will then follow the spread of more complex organizations, mass production and mass distribution, and the development of business and employees from the late 19th to the early 20th century.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) To be able to explain the history of business administration
2) Understand the effects of the industrial revolution
3) To comprehend the history and characteristics of the Turkish business system
4) Understanding the local context of Business and Management concepts
5) Knowing local actors, case studies and practices

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction: Researching the history of a business or sector, Turkish Management Tradition (before 1923) - Craftsmanship, artisanship, gedik, ahilik, guild concepts and practices
2) Industrial Revolution and its reflection on the Ottoman Empire: Treaties and their impact on production forms and industries
3) Towards the Republic: National Economy and the birth of Turkish companies and the new working class
4) Industrial Policies and Industrialization in the Republican Era, Turkish Entrepreneurs, Status of Labor Force in Industry
5) 1929 Great Depression, Statism, SEEs
6) Democratic Party and Agriculture-Based Growth Foreign investors in Turkey
7) Import Substitution Policies and SEEs, Turkish investors' investments abroad Working class
8) Midterm
9) January 24 Decisions, Neoliberalism and Its Effects on the Business World
10) Turkish companies and working class in the 90s
11) Transfer of different management techniques and practices to the country: Total Quality Management, Lean Management, Six Sigma, Outsourcing etc.
12) Turkish Entrepreneurs, TUSIAD, MUSIAD and other business associations
13) Long-lived Turkish businesses
14) Business education in Turkey from 1880 to the present
15) Final Exams
16) Final Exams

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Berber A. (2013). Klasik Yönetim Düşüncesi: Geleneksel ve Klasik Paradigmalarla Klasik ve Neo-Klasik Örgüt Teorileri. İstanbul: Alfa Yayınları.
Pamuk, Ş. (2012). Türkiye’nin 200 Yıllık İktisadi Tarihi. İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.
Buğra, A. (2017). Devlet ve İşadamları. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları.
References: Sığrı, Ü., & Ercil, Y. (2007). Türklerde yönetim gelenekleri ve Türk yönetim tarihi. IQ Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık.
Güvemli, O. & Güvemli, B. (2018). Türk İşletme Tarihi Üzerine. Muhasebe ve Finans Tarihi Araştırmaları Dergisi, İşletme Tarihi Özel Sayısı, 5-46.
Üsdiken, B. (2004). The French, the German and the American: Higher Education for Business in Turkey, 1883-2003. New Perspectives on Turkey, 31, 5–38.
Özseven, M., & Yalçınkaya, A. (2021). Bağlam ve Aktörler: Yönetim Uygulamalarının Türk Sanayisinde Yayılımı. İstanbul: Nobel Yayıncılık.
Üsdiken, B., & Erden, Z. (2001). Örnek alma, mecbur tutulma ve geçmişe bağımlılık: Türkiye'deki yönetim yazınında değişim. Amme İdaresi Dergisi, 34(4), 1-31.
Şehitoğlu, Y., & Kurt, E. (2021). Türk Savunma Sanayi Tarihi: Dönemler ve Aktörler: 1834-2020. İstanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes
1) They will have the theoretical and practical knowledge to comprehend, evaluate and direct the operation of the health systems and its subsystems.
2) They will have the knowledge of factors about society-individual health and its development.
3) They will apply the theoretical and practical knowledge of health management in related institutions and organizations.
4) They will analyze, evaluate the developments in health management by using scientfic methods and techniques and develop solutions.
5) They will follow the developments in the field by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1.
6) They will use health terminology and grammar according to the rules in spoken and written communication.
7) They will share their thoughts about health management and solution proposals with internal and external parties written and orally.
8) They will use information and communication technologies with computer software at least at the level of European Computer Driving License required by the field.
9) They will constantly develop professional knowledge and skill; know ways to access information and apply them.
10) They will show mangement philosophy and management functions in health management applications.
11) They will behave sensitve to health problems in the country and around the world with sociak responsibility and sustainability and they will evaluate solution suggestions to maximize social benefits.
12) They will act in accordance with legal regulations in the field of health management and with social, scientific and professional ethical principles.
13) They will show leadership characteristics in health management applications.
14) They will take responsibility individually and as a team member in health management applications.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) They will have the theoretical and practical knowledge to comprehend, evaluate and direct the operation of the health systems and its subsystems.
2) They will have the knowledge of factors about society-individual health and its development.
3) They will apply the theoretical and practical knowledge of health management in related institutions and organizations.
4) They will analyze, evaluate the developments in health management by using scientfic methods and techniques and develop solutions.
5) They will follow the developments in the field by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1.
6) They will use health terminology and grammar according to the rules in spoken and written communication.
7) They will share their thoughts about health management and solution proposals with internal and external parties written and orally.
8) They will use information and communication technologies with computer software at least at the level of European Computer Driving License required by the field.
9) They will constantly develop professional knowledge and skill; know ways to access information and apply them.
10) They will show mangement philosophy and management functions in health management applications.
11) They will behave sensitve to health problems in the country and around the world with sociak responsibility and sustainability and they will evaluate solution suggestions to maximize social benefits.
12) They will act in accordance with legal regulations in the field of health management and with social, scientific and professional ethical principles.
13) They will show leadership characteristics in health management applications.
14) They will take responsibility individually and as a team member in health management applications.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 60
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 16 32
Study Hours Out of Class 16 32
Midterms 1 20
Final 2 30
Total Workload 114