Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / İŞL420 - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Code: İŞL420 Course Title: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer MUSTAFA ARSLAN (m.arslan@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to introduce the institutional structures in which the students are expected to be employed after graduation, and to enable students to produce analytical solutions by teaching the theoric aspects of the discipline of public administration and the Turkish public administration system.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can describe the fundamental concepts in management and public administration. PO-3 have information about the basic concepts of strategic management, strategic management process and strategic analysis and strategy selection, implementation and control strategies.
PO-4 have advanced level of knowledge on topics such as job analysis, provision and assigning of human resources, career, performance evaluation and performance-based pricing which are within the scope of human resources management applications that are encountered in both public and private sector.
Examination
LO-2 Can follow contemporary developments in public administration discipline. PO-18 Have the ability to work with disciplinary and interdisciplinary teams; to be open to change and innovation, to be entrepreneur, to gain life-long learning; to have leadership qualities and to make analytical communication with managers and specialists in other fields.
Examination
LO-3 Can explain the basic principles of Turkish public administration system. PO-18 Have the ability to work with disciplinary and interdisciplinary teams; to be open to change and innovation, to be entrepreneur, to gain life-long learning; to have leadership qualities and to make analytical communication with managers and specialists in other fields.
Examination
LO-4 Be able to analyze the problems in public administration. PO-4 have advanced level of knowledge on topics such as job analysis, provision and assigning of human resources, career, performance evaluation and performance-based pricing which are within the scope of human resources management applications that are encountered in both public and private sector.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The definition and the development of administrative science; basic administration functions; basic concepts in public administration; differences between private and public sectors; classical and contemporary public administration theories; the structure of Turkish public administration; the central government; province and district administration; public administration reform.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 The definition and the development of administrative science, basic administrative functions Lecture
2 Basic administrative approaches Lecture
3 Development of public adminstration Lecture
4 Basic concepts in public administration Lecture
5 Diffrences between private and public sector Lecture
6 Differences between central and local administration Lecture
7 Classical Public Administration Theories Lecture
8 mid-term exam
9 New Public Management Approach Lecture
10 Main Principles and the structure of Turkish Public Administration Lecture
11 Capital and Provincial Organization of the central government-1 Lecture
12 Capital and Provincial Organization of the central government-2 Lecture
13 Local governments-1 Lecture
14 Local governments-2 Lecture
15 Public Administration Reform Lecture
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Eryılmaz, Bilal, Kamu Yönetimi, Okutman Yayıncılık, 2010.
2 Güler Birgül Ayman, Türkiye’nin Yönetimi-Yapı, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2009.
3 Öztekin Ali, Yönetim Bilimi, Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara, 2010.
Required Course instruments and materials
Projection, Maps

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 7 21
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 8 24
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 4 8
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 3 12
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 109