International Trade and Business (English)
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: MNG405
Course Name: Business Game
Semester: Fall
Course Credits:
ECTS
5
Language of instruction: English
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üy. FATİH KİRAZ
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üy. FATİH KİRAZ
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: This course is designed to enable students to experience real business and executive positions.
Course Content: In this course, students form teams of at least four people. Each team is a company that rivals the others. Each student plays a senior executive role in one of these companies. The weekly decisions they make in the computer environment, the market values of these virtual companies, market shares, balance sheets and so on. effects. Each company has a meeting of the board of directors in the predetermined weeks and at the end of the period to discuss the results so far and take new strategic decisions, if any. The Board of Directors consists of experts and experienced real persons, mostly active senior executives.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) They will acquire strategic decision-making skills.
2) Teamwork skills will increase.
3) They will be more successful in predicting the future

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction and Basic Concepts
2) Simulation introduction
3) Decisions and Evaluations
4) First Decision Period, Results and Feedback
5) Second Decision Period, Results and Feedback
6) Third Decision Period, Results and Feedback
7) Fourth Decision Period, Results and Feedback
8) Fifth Decision Period, Results and Feedback
9) Board Meeting
10) Sixth Decision Period, Results and Feedback
11) Seventh Decision Period, Results and Feedback
12) Eighth Decision Period, Results and Feedback
13) Ninth Decision Period, Results and Feedback
14) Tenth Decision Period, Results and Feedback
15) Last Board Meeting
16) Final Exam

Sources

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Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes
1) Has a broad and interdisciplinary perspective on international business and trade by the use of social sciences and mathematics,
2) Possess the knowledge and skills related to different functions and interactions of international business and trade.
3) Possess the knowledge and skills to interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of international business and trade with scientific and technological methods.
4) Use different theoretical approaches to understanding and solving various business and trade problems.
5) Explains the competitiveness of the countries with the requirements of international competition and interprets the functioning of the actors and regulatory structures in the international environment.
6) Understands the value of developing new trade projects and generating strategies within international market needs.
7) Solves complex business and global trade problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and makes analyzes by using statistical programs effectively.
8) Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education.
9) Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills.
10) Possess the knowledge of universal ethical values, social responsibility and sufficient legal and regulatory knowledge.
11) Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them.
12) Students will be able to communicate their ideas and solutions both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms.
13) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Using License required by the field.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Has a broad and interdisciplinary perspective on international business and trade by the use of social sciences and mathematics,
2) Possess the knowledge and skills related to different functions and interactions of international business and trade.
3) Possess the knowledge and skills to interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of international business and trade with scientific and technological methods.
4) Use different theoretical approaches to understanding and solving various business and trade problems.
5) Explains the competitiveness of the countries with the requirements of international competition and interprets the functioning of the actors and regulatory structures in the international environment.
6) Understands the value of developing new trade projects and generating strategies within international market needs.
7) Solves complex business and global trade problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and makes analyzes by using statistical programs effectively.
8) Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education.
9) Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills.
10) Possess the knowledge of universal ethical values, social responsibility and sufficient legal and regulatory knowledge.
11) Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them.
12) Students will be able to communicate their ideas and solutions both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms.
13) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Using License required by the field.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments 1 % 50
Final 1 % 50
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Preparation for the Activity Spent for the Activity Itself Completing the Activity Requirements Workload
Course Hours 14 0 3 42
Application 14 0 4 56
Final 1 25 25
Total Workload 123