GEEC 201 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Department of Physics

Course Name

Introduction to Business

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
GEEC 201	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	4

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Service Course
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Discussion Group Work Lecture / Presentation
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	Dr.Öğretim Üyesi Ünsal Doğan BAŞKIR
Course Lecturer(s)	Prof. Dr. Öznur YURT
Assistant(s)	Araş. Gör. Zeynep Göksu Beşkaya

Course Objectives	The course examines the roles businesses play in the community, and their aims by focusing on the free market system and competition. It provides knowledge about what should a company do to provide its services or manufacture its products for the customers. The course aims to inform the students about fundamental issues of business like, managerial functions, marketing, finance, accounting and international business.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Identify the basic functions of an enterprise like management, marketing, finance, manufacturing, accounting. Explain the fundamental ethical isssues and corporate responsibility dimensions of a business Explain the alternative organizational structures, team work and communication styles which can improve the competitive power of a business. Learn the principals of international business and the importance of innovation abd creativity in interational competition. Conceptualize the importance of organizational growth Follow the rule that all academic work necessitates academic honesty
Course Description	This course has been designed to teach the students the types of business, basic functions of business and all the issues related to running a business.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Welcome & Introduction to the Course	Course site in Blackboard
2	Business and Its Environment Part I (Macroenvironment Analysis)	Ebert, R.J. and Griffin, R.W., 2018. Introduction to Business. Pearson. 13th Edition (Part 1-Chp1) & Bovee, C.L. and Thill, J.V., 2023. Business in action. Pearson Higher Ed.10th Edition (Part 1)
3	Business and Its Environment Part II (Microenvironment Analysis)	Ebert, R.J. and Griffin, R.W., 2018. Introduction to Business. Pearson. 13th Edition (Part 1-Chp1) & Bovee, C.L. and Thill, J.V., 2023. Business in action. Pearson Higher Ed.10th Edition (Part 1)
4	Organizational Structure & Functions	Ebert, R.J. and Griffin, R.W., 2018. Introduction to Business. Pearson. 13th Edition (Part 2-Chp 5 & 6) & Bovee, C.L. and Thill, J.V., 2023. Business in action. Pearson Higher Ed.10th Edition (Part 3-Chp 7)
5	Managing the Business Processes (Part I)	Ebert, R.J. and Griffin, R.W., 2018. Introduction to Business. Pearson. 13th Edition (Part 2)
6	Management of Processes (Part II)	Ebert, R.J. and Griffin, R.W., 2018. Introduction to Business. Pearson. 13th Edition (Part 2)
7	Marketing Management (I) (Strategy Development & SWOT Analysis)	Ebert, R.J. and Griffin, R.W., 2018. Introduction to Business. Pearson. 13th Edition (Part 4) & Bovee, C.L. and Thill, J.V., 2023. Business in action. Pearson Higher Ed.10th Edition (Part 5)
8	Marketing Management (II)	Ebert, R.J. and Griffin, R.W., 2018. Introduction to Business. Pearson. 13th Edition (Part 4) & Bovee, C.L. and Thill, J.V., 2023. Business in action. Pearson Higher Ed.10th Edition (Part 5)
9	Midterm Exam
10	Human Resources Management	Ebert, R.J. and Griffin, R.W., 2018. Introduction to Business. Pearson. 13th Edition (Part 3-Chp 10) & Bovee, C.L. and Thill, J.V., 2023. Business in action. Pearson Higher Ed.10th Edition (Part 4-Chp 11)
11	Leadership	Ebert, R.J. and Griffin, R.W., 2018. Introduction to Business. Pearson. 13th Edition (Part 3-Chp 8&9) & Bovee, C.L. and Thill, J.V., 2023. Business in action. Pearson Higher Ed.10th Edition (Part 4-Chp 10)
12	Social Responsibility, Ethics, and Business Law	Ebert, R.J. and Griffin, R.W., 2018. Introduction to Business. Pearson. 13th Edition (Part 1-Chp 2) & Bovee, C.L. and Thill, J.V., 2023. Business in action. Pearson Higher Ed.10th Edition (Part 1-Chp 4)
13	Accounting and Finance	Ebert, R.J. and Griffin, R.W., 2018. Introduction to Business. Pearson. 13th Edition (Part 6)
14	Entrepreneurship Asynchronous recording will be shared (Taylan Demirkaya will join us, as a guest lecturer, for a talk on Entrepreneurship)	Ebert, R.J. and Griffin, R.W., 2018. Introduction to Business. Pearson. 13th Edition (Part 1-Chp 3) & Bovee, C.L. and Thill, J.V., 2023. Business in action. Pearson Higher Ed.10th Edition (Part 2)
15	Wrap up & review of the semester
16	Final Exam

Course Notes/Textbooks

Readings provided by the instructor

Suggested Readings/Materials

Bovee, C.L. and Thill, J.V., 2023. Business in action. Pearson Higher Ed.10th Edition

Ebert, R.J. and Griffin, R.W., 2018. Introduction to Business. Pearson. 13th Edition

Mirze, S. Kadri (2013). Introduction To Business. Literatür Yayıncılık

https://www.nytimes.com/section/business

https://www.ft.com/

https://www.bloomberg.com/businessweek

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	30
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	1	30
Final Exam	1	40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	2	60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	40
Total

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	14	2	28
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments			0
Presentation / Jury			0
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	1	20	20
Final Exam	1	23	23
		Total	119

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able master and use fundamental phenomenological and applied physical laws and applications,	-	-	-	-	-
2	To be able to identify the problems, analyze them and produce solutions based on scientific method,	-	-	-	-	-
3	To be able to collect necessary knowledge, able to model and self-improve in almost any area where physics is applicable and able to criticize and reestablish his/her developed models and solutions,	-	-	-	-	-
4	To be able to communicate his/her theoretical and technical knowledge both in detail to the experts and in a simple and understandable manner to the non-experts comfortably,	-	-	-	-	-
5	To be familiar with software used in area of physics extensively and able to actively use at least one of the advanced level programs in European Computer Usage License,	-	-	-	-	-
6	To be able to develop and apply projects in accordance with sensitivities of society and behave according to societies, scientific and ethical values in every stage of the project that he/she is part in,	-	-	-	-	-
7	To be able to evaluate every all stages effectively bestowed with universal knowledge and consciousness and has the necessary consciousness in the subject of quality governance,	-	-	-	-	-
8	To be able to master abstract ideas, to be able to connect with concreate events and carry out solutions, devising experiments and collecting data, to be able to analyze and comment the results,	-	-	-	-	-
9	To be able to refresh his/her gained knowledge and capabilities lifelong, have the consciousness to learn in his/her whole life,	-	-	-	-	-
10	To be able to conduct a study both solo and in a group, to be effective actively in every all stages of independent study, join in decision making stage, able to plan and conduct using time effectively.	-	-	-	-	-
11	To be able to collect data in the areas of Physics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).	-	-	-	-	-
12	To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently	-	-	-	-	-
13	To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.	-	-	-	-	-