ISTINYE UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| Management Information Systems (English) | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code: | UNI245 | ||||
| Course Name: | Economics of Technology & Innovation | ||||
| Semester: | Fall | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | University Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Doç. Dr. AYFER USTABAŞ | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Doç. Dr. AYFER USTABAŞ |
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Course Objective and Content
| Course Objectives: | The aim of the course is to provide students with a general comprehension about the crucial impacts of technical and technological progresses on economic development. |
| Course Content: | Innovations and inventions in the waves of technical change, Schumpeter’s theories on technical and technological changes, contemporary theories of innovation in relation to firm behaviour. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Comprehend the crucial impacts of technical and technological progresses on economic development. 2) Have a comprehensive knowledge of Schumpeter's theories. 3) Learn the difference between inveentions and inovations. 4) Learn the modern theories on the economics of technology. |
Course Flow Plan
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Schumpeter’s Theories | |
| 2) | Schumpeter’s Theories | |
| 3) | Theories of Entrepreneurship | |
| 4) | Theories of Entrepreneurship | |
| 5) | The Rise of Technology, Industrial Revolution | |
| 6) | The Age of Electricity, Innovations in Oil and Chemicals-Synthetic Materials | |
| 7) | Mass Production and Automobile | |
| 8) | MIDTERM | |
| 9) | Electronics and Computers | |
| 10) | Success and Failure in Industrial Innovation | |
| 11) | Innovation and Firm Strategies | |
| 12) | National Systems of Innovation | |
| 13) | Technology and Economic Growth | |
| 14) | International Trade Performance, Diffusion of Technology |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | The Economics of Industrial Revolution, Chris Freeman and Luc Soete 3rd Ed. Cassel, London, 1997 |
| References: | Yenilik İktisadı, Chris Freeman and Luc Soete, Trans. Ergün Türkcan, Tübitak, Ankara, 2003 |
Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship
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| 1) It has a wide range of interdisciplinary approaches to management information systems, primarily business and computer engineering. | |||||||||||||
| 2) Comprehends the management information systems in terms of technical, organizational and managerial aspects and uses the current programming language by knowing the logic of programming. | |||||||||||||
| 3) Uses different information technologies and systems for understanding and solving various business problems. | |||||||||||||
| 4) Interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of management information systems with scientific and technological methods. | |||||||||||||
| 5) Analyze the needs for an information system and analyze the processes of analysis, design and implementation of the database. | |||||||||||||
| 6) Gains technical and managerial contributions to IT projects and takes responsibility. | |||||||||||||
| 7) Solve complex business and informatics problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and make analyzes 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) Has universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and sufficient legal 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) It uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. | |||||||||||||
Course - Learning Outcome Relationship
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | It has a wide range of interdisciplinary approaches to management information systems, primarily business and computer engineering. | 3 |
| 2) | Comprehends the management information systems in terms of technical, organizational and managerial aspects and uses the current programming language by knowing the logic of programming. | 3 |
| 3) | Uses different information technologies and systems for understanding and solving various business problems. | 2 |
| 4) | Interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of management information systems with scientific and technological methods. | 3 |
| 5) | Analyze the needs for an information system and analyze the processes of analysis, design and implementation of the database. | 3 |
| 6) | Gains technical and managerial contributions to IT projects and takes responsibility. | 2 |
| 7) | Solve complex business and informatics problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and make analyzes using statistical programs effectively. | 3 |
| 8) | Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. | 3 |
| 9) | Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills. | 3 |
| 10) | Has universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and sufficient legal knowledge. | 3 |
| 11) | Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them. | 2 |
| 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. | 3 |
| 13) | It uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. | 3 |
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 | Preparation for the Activity | Spent for the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | Workload | ||
| Course Hours | 14 | 1 | 3 | 56 | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 0 | 2 | 28 | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 15 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Final | 1 | 25 | 1 | 26 | |||
| Total Workload | 126 | ||||||