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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / MUD-506 - ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING (MASTER'S DEGREE WITHOUT THESIS)

Code: MUD-506 Course Title: DECISION MAKING Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING (MASTER'S DEGREE WITHOUT THESIS)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SERKAN DERİCİ (serkanderici@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Individuals constantly make decisions in their daily lives. In professional business areas, simple decision-making leads to erroneous results. For this reason, individuals need to carry out their decision processes professionally by having the science of decision making. In this direction, the aim of the course is to gain knowledge about how to make decisions and which methods to use in business processes professionally and to enable them to perform decision-making professionally in different sectors.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can use basic level analytical thinking skills in the face of problems. PO-16 Students will be able to develop solutions for complex problems encountered and/or unforeseen in practice, report and present these proposals in accordance with academic publication rules.
 		Examination
LO-2 Can solve problems using classical decision-making techniques. PO-12 To be able to access information by conducting scientific research in social sciences, to have the ability to evaluate, interpret and apply information.
 		Examination
LO-3 Can demonstrate a professional approach in decision-making processes related to business processes. PO-8 Develops himself/herself in interdisciplinary fields that add value to personal change and development within the framework of interest, ability, social sensitivity and volunteerism.
 		Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course covers decision making, historical development of decision making, decision making process, decision types, decision trees and game theory.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introductory information about the science of decision making) Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving
2 Historical development of decision making Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving
3 Decision making process and process design Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving
4 Decision making methods under uncertainty Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving
5 Decision making methods under uncertainty Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving
6 Decision making methods under risk Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving
7 Introduction to decision tree analysis Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving
8 mid-term exam
9 Multidimensional decision tree analysis Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving
10 Decision tree analysis based on market research Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving
11 Comparative analysis of decision making methods Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving
12 Utility theory Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving
13 Game theory Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving
14 Current decision-making examples from sectors Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving
15 Current decision-making examples from sectors Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Yaralıoğlu, K. (2010). Karar verme yöntemleri. Detay Yayıncılık. (Ana kaynak)
2 Aladağ, Z. (2011). Karar teorisi. Umuttepe Yayınları. (Ana kaynak)
3 Lezki, Ş., Sönmez, H., Şıklar, E., Özdemir, A., & Alptekin, N. (2016). İşletmelerde karar verme teknikleri. Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları. (Yardımcı kaynak)
Required Course instruments and materials
Course Tools and Materials Textbooks, Notebook, Blackboard

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 3 7 21
mid-term exam 2 2 4
Own study for final exam 4 7 28
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 181