| International Trade and Business (English) | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code: | MNG039 | ||||
| Course Name: | Sustainable Business | ||||
| Semester: | Fall | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Dr. Öğr. Üy. MELEK YURDAKUL | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üy. MELEK YURDAKUL Öğr. Gör. STAFF 1 |
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| Course Objectives: | The aim of this course is to enable students to fully understand the sustainability concept which has a direct impact on the efficiency of a company, and to fully understand the opportunities and threats in terms of environmental sustainability. |
| Course Content: | Sustainable Business is a system-based and multi-disciplinary approach that tries to understand the relationship between the company and human / nature. Nowadays, it is accepted that the sustainability approach of the business world has an impact on productivity rather than external social impact activities. In Sustainable Business, while sustainability will be discussed in a coherent way, a special focus will be given to business related environmental sustainability. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Understands the concept of sustainability. 2) Knows the important criteria for sustainability of firms. 3) Understand the existing declarations, certificates and standards related to sustainability 4) Analyze the critical points of a company's value chain in terms of water, raw materials, energy and waste. 5) To be able to analyze relevant concepts which are known today. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Sustainable development indicators, goals and global efforts | To be given in class |
| 2) | Concept and drivers for sustainability for business | To be given in class |
| 3) | Performance management, value chain definition | To be given in class |
| 4) | Declarations, international certificates and standards, introduction to relevant legislation | To be given in class |
| 5) | Raw materials and Waste Management 1 | To be given in class |
| 6) | Raw materials and Waste Management 2 | To be given in class |
| 7) | Water and wastewater management | To be given in class |
| 8) | Energy and Emissions | To be given in class |
| 9) | Climate Change | To be given in class |
| 10) | Tools of sustainable business: Carbon and water footprints, life cycle analysis, life cost analysis | To be given in class |
| 11) | Tools of sustainable business: Greenhouse Gas Management | To be given in class |
| 12) | Tools of sustainable business: Environmental and social impact, environmental accounting, natural capital, green value chain management | To be given in class |
| 13) | Tools of sustainable business: industrial symbiosis, eco-industrial parks, clustering, etc. | To be given in class |
| 14) | Tools of sustainable business: industrial symbiosis, eco-industrial parks, clustering, etc. | To be given in class |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | dersde verilecektir / to be given in class |
| References: | dersde verilecektir / to be given in class |
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| 1) Has a broad and interdisciplinary perspective on international business and trade by the use of social sciences and mathematics, | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2) Possess the knowledge and skills related to different functions and interactions of international business and trade. | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 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. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4) Use different theoretical approaches to understanding and solving various business and trade problems. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 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. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 6) Understands the value of developing new trade projects and generating strategies within international market needs. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 7) Solves complex business and global trade problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and makes analyzes by using statistical programs effectively. | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 8) Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 9) Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills. | |||||||||||||
| 10) Possess the knowledge of universal ethical values, social responsibility and sufficient legal and regulatory knowledge. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 11) Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 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. | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 13) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Using License required by the field. | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 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. |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Project | 1 | % 80 |
| Final | 1 | % 20 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 80 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 20 | |
| total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 56 |
| Project | 14 | 70 |
| Total Workload | 126 | |