Course Name:  Introduction to Business

Degree: UGr

Code

Year/Semester

Local Credits

ECTS Credits

Course Implementation, Hours/Week

Course

Tutorial

Laboratory

UİT 113

½ (Fall)

3

6

3

0

0

Department

Management Information Systems

Instructors

Asst. Prof. Aykut Arslan

Contact Information

aarslan@pirireis.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 13:30-15:30

Web page

PRU Online

Course Type

 Compulsory

Course Language

English

Course Prerequisites

  None

Course Description

The changing face of business, business ethics and social responsibility, competing in world markets, forms of business ownership and organization, starting your own business: the entrepreneurship alternative, management, leadership, and the internal organization, human resource management; human resource management: from recruitment to labor relations, top performance through empowerment, teamwork, and communication, production and operations management, customer-driven marketing, product and distribution strategies, promotion and pricing strategies, financial system.

Course Objectives

1. Examine basic business science methods and how these interact with other disciplines
2. Introduce general knowledge of basic business functions (finance, marketing, etc.) which also include lectures, ethics and professional standards.

Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course the student will be able to

1. Define the position and importance of businesses within economic and social life
2. Explain businesses with their inputs, outputs, processes, environment, systems, and sub-systems dimensions and their interactions with each other as well as with other businesses.
3. Meet the basic literature regarding business and management, and remember the terms such as competition, entrepreneurship, business size, etc.
4. Define the businesses as the basic component of economic life and relate them to environmental actors such as state, politics, education, labor unions, customers, etc.
5. Conceptualize businesses with all their shareholders
6. Get prepared for their coming lectures such as marketing, finance, accounting, HR, logistics, behavioral sciences, etc. and grasp the relation and importance of these lectures with businesses
7. Categorize different business types and compare them

Instructional Methods and Techniques

Lectures, discussions and case analyses.

Tutorial Place

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Textbook

Contemporary Business, 14th Edition Authors : Louis E.

Boone, David L. Kurtz Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,

2011. ISBN: # 978-0-470-53129-7

Other References

Bulut gelir Söke’ye çek eşeği köşeye, Arman KIRIM, Sistem

Yayıncılık

İşletme Yönetimine Giriş, Prof.Dr.Ömer Dinçer/Doç.Dr.Yahya

Fidan, Alfa Yayıncılık

İşletme, S.Kadri Mirze, Literatür Yayıncılık

Homework & Projects

Students should prepare 3 take home exams each of which requires field work and reporting of analyses.

Laboratory Work

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Computer Use

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Other Activities

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Assessment Criteria NAVIGATIONAL TERMS AND DEFINITIONS AND TERRESTRIAL COORDINATE SYSTEM

Activities

Quantity

Effects on Grading, %

Attendance

Midterm

1

35

Quiz

3

15

Homework/Assignment

Term Paper/Project

Laboratory Work

Practices

Tutorial

Seminar

Presentation

Field Study

Final Exam

1

50

TOTAL

100

Effects of Midterm on Grading, %

50

Effects of Final on Grading, %

50

TOTAL

100

Week

Topics

Course Out

comes

1

The Changing Face of Business

I, III, IV

2

Business Ethics and Social Responsibility

I, IV, V

3

Competing in World Markets

II, III

4

Forms of Business Ownership and Organization

IV, V, VII

5

Starting Your Own Business: The Entrepreneurship Alternative

V, VII

6

Management, Leadership, and the Internal Organization

I, II

7

Mid-terms

8

Human Resource Management: From Recruitment to Labor Relations

I, II, IV, V

9

Top Performance through Empowerment, Teamwork, and Communication

I, II, IV, V

10

Production and Operations Management

I, II, IV, V

11

Customer-Driven Marketing

I, II, IV, V

12

Product and Distribution Strategies

I, II, IV, V

13

Promotion and Pricing Strategies

I, II, IV, V

14

The Financial System

III, IV

Program Outcomes

Level of Contribution

1

2

3

a

To use concepts and theories related to different basic functions of business, to analyze and solve related process problems.

b

As managers of the business, making decisions using appropriate analytical and quantitative techniques.

c

Having research skills on how to obtain the necessary resources to evaluate and solve business problems.

d

When adapting information technology applications, be aware of relevant environmental, social and ethical rules

e

Using a foreign language and communicating verbally and in writing with colleagues from all over the world to follow new developments in business, management and information.

f

To demonstrate teamwork and leadership skills required in business environment and project management.

g

For information technology applications - for interdisciplinary work that can combine social and technical areas - to produce and analyze strategies that will improve operational efficiency, improve creativity and innovation.

h

Identify software, hardware, infrastructure, database and communication requirements according to business requirements, design the necessary components, make the selection, manage the system.

i

To create a project plan for an information system project, to analyze and document the necessary needs, to dominate the systematic database analysis, design and implementation stages, to give technical and managerial contributions, to take responsibility and to manage effectively.

j

To know programming and database logic and to use a modern programming language.

k

To have mastery of administrative / functional applications of enterprise information systems. To have knowledge about types of enterprise software, software selection and purchase decision, to plan and manage software development processes.

Prepared by

Asst. Prof. Aykut Arslan

Date

.06.2017

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