Mathematics (English)
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: UNI188
Course Name: Building Managerial Skills
Semester: Spring
Fall
Course Credits:
ECTS
5
Language of instruction: English
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: Dr. Öğr. Üy. GÜLSÜM GÖKGÖZ
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üy. Gülsüm Gökgöz
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: The aim of the course is to give participants the knowledge and skills of leading managerial positions within the framework of modern management approaches. The students are taught the necessary skills and practices in order to take successful steps in the process of change and teach good results, focuses on the employee-manager relationship in the changing business world.
Course Content: This course encompasses basic management concepts / management with goals, development of executive personality, development of managerial skills through decision making and problem solving, team building and management, leadership and motivation, time management and conflict management.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Explains the relationship between manager and related concepts.
2) Understand and link the evolutionary process of manager and leadership theories.
3) Interpret the effects of the manager inside and outside the business.
4) Understands the manager's decision-making process and employee relations.
5) Explains the changing roles of the managers.
6) Understands the causes of conflicts in the workplace and knows conflict management strategies.
7) Can apply the principles of time management.

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the Course Best Choice: Being a Manager or a Leader?(1)
2) Best Choice: Being a Manager or a Leader?(2)
3) Conceptual Ability: Decision Making and Problem Solving
4) Foreseeing the Future: Planning
5) Leading Your Teams
6) A Way of Persuasion and Rapport: Communication
7) Midterm1 ( a session will be organized other than class hour) Willingness to Work: Motivation1
8) Willngness to Work: Motivation 2
9) Never Ending Need: Employee Education, Performance Evaluation and Feedback
10) Understanding the Inner Environment: Organizational Values, Culture and Climate
11) Disagreements are Normal: Conflict Management
12) Midterm2 (a session will be organized other than class hour) A Scarce Resource: Time Management and Handling Meetings
13) Student Presentations (Due to Eid Mubarek, a make up class will be organized)
14) Student Presentations
15) Final Exams

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Timothy A. Judge, Stephen P. Robbins, Organizational Behavior, 17th ed., Pearson Ltd, 2017 (pdf version is available)
Stephen P. Robbins, Mary Coulter, Management, 14th ed., Pearson Ltd, 2019 (pdf version will be shared online)
References: Lecturer’s notes

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

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Program Outcomes
1) Have the knowledge of the scope, history, applications, problems, methods of mathematics and knowledge that will be beneficial to humanity as both scientific and intellectual discipline.
2) Have the ability to establish a relationship between mathematics and other disciplines and develop mathematical models for interdisciplinary problems.
3) Have the ability to define, formulate and analyze real life problems with statistical and mathematical techniques.
4) Have the ability to think analytically and use the time effectively in the process of deduction.
5) Have the ability to search the literature, understand and interpret scientific articles.
6) Have the knowledge of basic software to be able to work in the related fields of computer science and have the ability to use information technologies at an advanced level of the European Computer Driving License.
7) Have the ability to work efficiently in interdisciplinary teams.
8) Have the ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form, write effective reports and comprehend the written reports, make effective presentations.
9) Have the consciousness of professional and ethical responsibility and acting ethically; have the knowledge about academic standards.
10) Have the ability to use a foreign language at least at B1 level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria.
11) Are aware of the necessity of lifelong learning; have the ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology and to constantly renew themselves.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

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Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Have the knowledge of the scope, history, applications, problems, methods of mathematics and knowledge that will be beneficial to humanity as both scientific and intellectual discipline.
2) Have the ability to establish a relationship between mathematics and other disciplines and develop mathematical models for interdisciplinary problems.
3) Have the ability to define, formulate and analyze real life problems with statistical and mathematical techniques.
4) Have the ability to think analytically and use the time effectively in the process of deduction.
5) Have the ability to search the literature, understand and interpret scientific articles.
6) Have the knowledge of basic software to be able to work in the related fields of computer science and have the ability to use information technologies at an advanced level of the European Computer Driving License.
7) Have the ability to work efficiently in interdisciplinary teams.
8) Have the ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form, write effective reports and comprehend the written reports, make effective presentations.
9) Have the consciousness of professional and ethical responsibility and acting ethically; have the knowledge about academic standards.
10) Have the ability to use a foreign language at least at B1 level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria.
11) Are aware of the necessity of lifelong learning; have the ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology and to constantly renew themselves.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Presentation 1 % 10
Project 1 % 10
Midterms 2 % 50
Final 1 % 30
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 70
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 30
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 15 60
Presentations / Seminar 2 6
Project 6 16
Midterms 2 22
Final 3 16
Total Workload 120