Introduction to Business

Course Code:

BBA 101

Course Period:

Autumn

Course Type:

Core

P:

3

Application:

0

Credits:

3

ECTS:

7

Course Language:

İngilizce

Course Objectives:

Primary goals of the course are: 1. To give information about the building blocks of management and basic managerial functions for organizatons under domestic and international settings. 2. To understand and criticize overall organizational performance by focusing on organizational level issues and problems such as how an organization should be designed (e.g., centralized or decentralized), what strategy it should follow (e.g., integrated or diversified). 3. To learn about how to enhance individual and group effectiveness.

Course Content:

This course is an introduction to basic managerial functions, concepts and approaches for organizations operating in domestic or international settings. The course is designed to give information about basic managerial functions and issues including planning, organizing, leading, controlling and strategic management.

Course Methodology:

1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 4: Simulation, 5: Case Study

Course Evaluation Methods:

A: Testing, B: Presentation, C: Homework, D: Project, E: Laboratory

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes	Program Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
1.To introduce the central management theories and frameworks	1,2,4,7	1,2,3,5	A,C
2.To apply of those theories and frameworks to analyze and address real life managerial problems	1,2,3,4,7,10,15	1,2,3,5	A,C
3.To provide a better basis for understanding and evaluating organizations and their management	1,2,3,4,7,10,15	1,2,3,5	A,C
4.To analyze management problems and develop appropriate solutions	1,2,3,4,7,10,15	1,2,3,5	A,C
5.To provide an understanding of strategies and structures for hypercompetitive conditions	1,2,3,4,7,10,15	1,2,3,5	A,C
6.To provide an understanding of managing complex global enterprises, shaping corporate culture, motivating employees who are more mobile than ever, designing attractive incentive systems	1,2,3,4,6,7,10,15	1,2,3,5	A,C

Course Flow

Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Introduction	Basics of management
2	The Historical Roots of Current International Management Practice	Basics of management
3	Planning and Decision Making	Goal setting and planning
4	Strategic International Management	Developing strategies
5	Strategic International Management	Execution of strategies
6	Technology and the Design of Work Processes: Organization Design	Basics of organizing
7	Using Structural Design to Achieve Strategic Goals	Contingency approach
8	MIDTERM EXAM
9	Social Responsibility and Business Ethics	Corporate governance, values, morality, ethics
10	International Managing Change	Planned and emergent
11	Multinational Organizations	Trans/multi/international strategies
12	Motivating	Contemporary approaches
13	Leading	Current issues
14	Organizational Culture	Different values
15	Final Exam	Real life applications

Recommended Sources

Lecture Book	Management (3rd. edition). Hitt, Black & Porter. Prentice Hall.
Other Resources	Management (any edition). Richard Daft. Dryden Press.

Material Sharing

Documents	Course slides, cases, additional reading material
Duties	Homework, quizzes, term project, presentations
Exam	Midterm Exam, Final Exam

Assessment

WORKS IN SEMESTER	TIME	CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms	1	40
Quizzes	1	20
Assignment	1	40
Total		100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE	1	40
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		60
Total		100

Course’s Contribution to Program

No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution Level
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Gaining knowledge of business terms and applying these to institutions and business administrations. With this knowledge being able to analyze problems, and come up with creative solutions.					x
2	Commenting on the effects of social behaviour, personality and organizational culture at the global level.				x
3	Applying knowledge acquired in the field.				x
4	Review of the economic and legal problems of organizations, and application of creative solutions.			x
5	Being able to correctly investigate and interpret government policy effects on foreign trade.	x
6	Analyzing global order economically and politically, in addition being able to analyze the geographical affects of this perspective.			x
7	In organizational analysis being able to see unethical situations in advance and prevent them from occurring, also gaining the ability to apply these traits in functional areas.					x
8	Analyzing the great economies of the world and apprehending in what dimension added value for multi- national and financial firms is created.
9	Presenting international marketing bases and gaining the necessary traits to become a brand and develop better communication strategies.
10	To provide management, control and decision-making abilities and to use these in social and professional relationships.					x
11	Assessment of countries’ international economical policies on the bases of regional and foreign polices.		x

ECTS

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 15x Total course hours)	15	5	75
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	5	3	15
Mid-terms	1	10	10
Homework	6	6	36
Final examination	1	12	12
Total Work Load			148
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			5.92
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

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