UNI188 Building Managerial SkillsIstinye UniversityDegree Programs English Translation and InterpretationGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational Qualifications
English Translation and Interpretation

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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) He / She acquires the professional skills theorical and practical translation and interpretation can use those skills for didactic and research purposes.
1) He / She uses modern teaching methods and techniques of teaching English as a foreign language.
1) He / She knows modern language and linguistics theories in a comprehensive way.
1) He / She knows the historical developmental process of translation and interpretation and develops an independent attitude on the role of translators and interpreters for modern research and applications.
1) He / She uses the academic language skills effectively and efficiently as by mastering the functional and structural form of English language.
2) He / She uses a second foreign language at least at B1 General Level according to European Language Portfolio criterion.
2) He / She knows the impact of fundamental and modern works in the translation and interpretation field, presents evaluations relying on them.
2) He / She knows the periods of English Literature, important genres and major works in detail with its cultural and historical features.
2) He / She uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at least at the fundamental level of European Computer Driving License.
2) He / She can evaluate the English language teaching materials and develop original teaching materials.
3) He / She takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups.
3) He / She develops practical and theoretical solutions for interpreting and translatological problems.
3) He / She takes ethical and practical training from beginning to advanced levels to develop consecutive and simultaneous interpreting skills in various fields such as health, media and law etc. Thanks to this training, he / she practices his/her profession in accordance with the standards of conference interpreting in various legal, health and media-communication fields nationally and internationally.
3) He / She acquires the ability to understand multicultural approaches in the field of translation and interpretation and reflects the efficient bilingual and bi-cultural practices on his/her works.
4) He / She knows and applies professional ethics, professional standards and practices in the field of translation and interpretation.
5) He / She applies basic research methods and theories in social sciences.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) He / She acquires the professional skills theorical and practical translation and interpretation can use those skills for didactic and research purposes.
1) He / She uses modern teaching methods and techniques of teaching English as a foreign language.
1) He / She knows modern language and linguistics theories in a comprehensive way.
1) He / She knows the historical developmental process of translation and interpretation and develops an independent attitude on the role of translators and interpreters for modern research and applications.
1) He / She uses the academic language skills effectively and efficiently as by mastering the functional and structural form of English language.
2) He / She uses a second foreign language at least at B1 General Level according to European Language Portfolio criterion.
2) He / She knows the impact of fundamental and modern works in the translation and interpretation field, presents evaluations relying on them.
2) He / She knows the periods of English Literature, important genres and major works in detail with its cultural and historical features.
2) He / She uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at least at the fundamental level of European Computer Driving License.
2) He / She can evaluate the English language teaching materials and develop original teaching materials.
3) He / She takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups.
3) He / She develops practical and theoretical solutions for interpreting and translatological problems.
3) He / She takes ethical and practical training from beginning to advanced levels to develop consecutive and simultaneous interpreting skills in various fields such as health, media and law etc. Thanks to this training, he / she practices his/her profession in accordance with the standards of conference interpreting in various legal, health and media-communication fields nationally and internationally.
3) He / She acquires the ability to understand multicultural approaches in the field of translation and interpretation and reflects the efficient bilingual and bi-cultural practices on his/her works.
4) He / She knows and applies professional ethics, professional standards and practices in the field of translation and interpretation.
5) He / She applies basic research methods and theories in social sciences.

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