Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / KMY 423 - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Code: KMY 423 Course Title: PUBLIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SERDAR VURAL UYGUN (serdarvuraluygun@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 teach theoric and legal aspects of personnel administration in public organizations.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can describe personnel administration systems and personnel administration functions. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models;
Examination
LO-2 Can analyse the basic principles and properties of Turkish public personnel administration system. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models;
PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems;
Examination
LO-3 Can evaluate the main legal regulations and the legal status of public employees. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization;
PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems;
Examination
LO-4 Will gain leadership, motivation and conflict resolution skills. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization;
PO-4 Gain ability to adaptate oneself to technologic innovations and use the maximum level of information technologies in order to make managerial decision-making and implementation process more efficient in terms of time and resources;
PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems;
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Definition of personnel administration; functions of personnel units; properties of Turkish public personnel administration system; public sector employees (hiring, rights and responsibilities, evaluation, wages)
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Definition and development of personnel administration Lecture
2 Functions of personnel units Lecture
3 Personnel Administration Systems Lecture
4 Personnel administration in Public and Private Sectors Lecture
5 The role of the administrator in personnel administration Lecture
6 New Approaches in Public Personnel Administration Lecture
7 Properties of Turkish Public Personnel Administration Lecture
8 mid-term exam
9 Properties and classification of Public sector employees Lecture
10 Classification of public officers Lecture
11 Hiring public employees Lecture
12 Responsibilities of public employees Lecture
13 Restrictions and Rights Lecture
14 Disciplinary Offences and Punishment Lecture
15 Employment record and performance evaluation Lecture
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Güler Birgül Ayman, Kamu Personeli: Sistem ve Yönetim, İmge Yayını, Ankara, 2005.
2 Eryılmaz, Bilal, Kamu Yönetimi, Okutman Yayıncılık, 2010.
3 Öztekin Ali, Yönetim Bilimi, Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara, 2010.
4 Nuri Tortop, Burhan Aykaç, Hüseyin Yayman, Akif Özer (2013) İnsan Kaynakları Yönetimi, Nobel,
Required Course instruments and materials
Projection, relevant documents

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 14 42
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 14 42
       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 12 1 12
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 12 1 12
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 152