Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 1 / Fall Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 2nd Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Optional | ||||
| Department | ECONOMICS (MA-WITH THESIS) | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | SELİN ZENGİN TAŞDEMİR (szengin@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | SERAP ÇOBAN, | ||||
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| The aim of this course is to define new work opportunities, prepare work plans with reference to these opportunities and investigate entrepreneurship as a process of building work plans. In addition, this course enables students to analyze innovation management along with strategic and operational viewpoints which leads to thinking at the specialist level in organizational contexts. Students are encouraged to create new ideas that cause entrepreneurial work to become commercially useful. In order to convert creative ideas into entrepreneurial work, one has to understand work environment and market, plan strategically and develop risk management skills. This course introduces entrepreneurial work, entrepreneurial thinking, creative mindsets, seizing the opportunities, feasibility and market investigations, market and financial plans, area and capacity plans, regulative issues and risk analysis, innovation process and strategic tools. By that, students will be able to develop skills to gain analytic thinking while exploring the organizational growth and inter-personal relationship management. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | can work in multi-disciplinary teams, applying critical thinking and problem solving skills to business dilemmas, negotiating, communicating and contributing to the development of a substantial shared project. |
PO-3 have information about the reasons and results of transition that take place in economics. PO-6 have ability on examining and analyzing the effects of economic policies. PO-13 tell his/her information or ability by using written, spoken or visual tools. PO-14 can respect different religions, life styles and question the information in the view of scholar idea. |
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| LO-2 | can be able to use innovative and creative approach for real-life business situations. |
PO-15 can work, take initiative and lead within the teams which consisted different disciplines. |
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| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| 1 Introduction to Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship and business ventures in Turkey and planning in entrepreneurship 2 Legal structures and Legal issues in entrepreneurship and innovation 3 Product and service development and market research 4 Entrepreneurship skills 5 Organizational Innovation: Potentials, needs and process 6 Competitive advantage, innovation and entrepreneurship relationship 7 Midterm 8 Strategies for innovation 9 Case-study: Organizational innovation process 10 Case-study: Simulation of basic steps of new venture businesses 11 Integrating the potentials for innovation and entrepreneurship 12 Realworld examples and discussion 13 Teamwork presentations 14 Final Exa | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship and business ventures in Turkey and planning in entrepreneurship | Team-work |
| 2 | Legal structures and Legal issues in entrepreneurship and innovation | Team-work |
| 3 | Product and service development and market research | Team-work |
| 4 | Entrepreneurship skills | Team-work |
| 5 | Organizational Innovation: Potentials, needs and process | Team-work |
| 6 | Competitive advantage, innovation and entrepreneurship relationship | Team-work |
| 7 | Overview | Team-work |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Strategies for innovation | Team-work |
| 10 | Case-study: Organizational innovation process | Team-work |
| 11 | Case-study: Simulation of basic steps of new venture businesses | Team-work |
| 12 | Integrating the potentials for innovation and entrepreneurship | Team-work |
| 13 | Realworld examples and discussion | Team-work |
| 14 | Teamwork presentations | Team-work |
| 15 | Teamwork presentations | Team-work |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Foss, N. J., Pedersen, T., Pyndt, J. & Schultz, M. (2012). Innovating Organization and Management: New Sources of Competitive Advantage. Cambridge University Press. | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Recomended or Required Reading | ||
| 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| c) Performance Project | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 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 | 6 | 12 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| final exam | 0 | ||
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 153 | ||