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INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
ECF229 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS 3 3 3 6

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 Week 1 Management by objectives, SMART, SWOT, Ansoff’s matrix -
2 Week 2 Business ethic, code of conducts, moral dilemma, cost of morality in institutions, long term benefits of being moral for institutions -
3 Week 3 Shareholder and sharer approaches, which approach is advantageous in terms of sustainability, how to balance adverse interests of shareholders -
4 Week 4 Corporate social responsibility, its advantageous and cost in short term and long term, scale economy and the appropriate scale/size for the company -
5 Week 5 Marketing strategies, 4P, business expanding strategies, internal growth, external growth, purchase and mergers -
6 Week 6 Human sources planning, employment, training, evaluating employers, 360-degree evaluation, numerical objectives Organization structures, horizontal organization and problems, vertical organization and its benefits -
7 Week 7 Delegation, accountability, functional organization structure, production-based organization structure, matrix organization. -
8 Week 8 Leadership types, motivation and effect of nonfinancial awards in motivation -
9 Week 9 Financial sources, choosing the appropriate financial source -
10 - MID-TERM EXAM -
11 Week 11 Cost and income, fixed cost, variable cost, semi variable cost -
12 Week 12 At par break even analysis, K/Z statement, balance sheet, cash flow table, ratio analysis -
13 Week 13 Ratio analysis case study -
14 Week 14 Cash flow table and prediction, investment analysis -
15 Week 15 Budget -
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -