Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
202201301101GENERAL BUSINESS INFORMATION Compulsory116
Level of Course Unit
Short Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the general business course is to introduce the students of business education to the basic concepts of business and management, to enable them to look at business science and business from a broad and holistic perspective. In addition, it is aimed to examine the stages until the establishment of the enterprise and to examine the business functions that must be fulfilled in order to survive after the enterprise starts operating.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Öğr. Gör. Aysun ALTAY
Learning Outcomes
1To classify business types together with basic business concepts. To comprehend the establishment studies of the enterprise and to distinguish the size of the enterprise. To be able to analyze the environmental conditions of the enterprise. To recognize the functions in the business and to understand the relationship between them.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Basic concepts of business. Goals and responsibilities of businesses. Classification of businesses. Basic concepts of entrepreneurship, Making a Business Plan and finding a business idea, Economic systems and business administration, Studies on the establishment of businesses. Business and its environment. Functions of businesses: management, production, marketing, human resources, finance, accounting, research and development and public relations functions. Functions of Management: directing, planning, decision making, organizing, coordinating, controlling.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1BASIC CONCEPTS
2ESTABLISHMENT OF BUSINESSES
3BUSINESS SIZE AND CAPACITY
4CLASSIFICATION OF BUSINESSES
5ECONOMIC STRUCTURE IN BUSINESS
6BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESS IN BUSINESS
7FUNCTIONS OF THE BUSINESS
8MIDTERM EXAM
9PRODUCTION FUNCTION
10MARKETING FUNCTION
11FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING FUNCTION
12MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES FUNCTION
13R&D AND RIGHTS RELATIONS FUNCTION
14FINAL EXAMINATION
Recommended or Required Reading
Lecture notes of the lecturer giving the course.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Individual Study for Mid term Examination5525
Individual Study for Final Examination1212144
Homework339
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)180
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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6
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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