UTIC405 Foreign Trade and CorporationsIstanbul Okan UniversityDegree Programs Geomatic EngineeringGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational Qualifications
Geomatic Engineering
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

General course introduction information

Course Code: UTIC405
Course Name: Foreign Trade and Corporations
Course Semester: Spring
Course Credits:
Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
3 0 3 6
Language of instruction: TR-EN
Course Requisites:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: University Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr.Öğr.Üyesi MUSTAFA TURHAN
Course Lecturer(s): Öğr.Gör. B.Öğretim Elemanı
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: Economic view; Today and future of world economy; expectations from industry and trade life; developed and emerging country trades; foreign trade indicators of turkey; managing institutions in foreign trade and functions; markets in foreign trade and effects of agreements to the companies management; power of international competition to the management of companies in international trade; structural relations of companies; HR in foreign trade companies; behaviors of employee and managers in foreign trade companies; developing understanding levels of employees according to international norms; application of starting a business to international trade.
Course Content: • Interpretation of necessary economic indicators for companies engaged in foreign trade management,
• Making predictions about the future (budget, investment, profit sharing, etc.).
• Domestic and foreign trade practices against the company in favor of relations abroad,
• Identification of related administrative activities with market research and selection of goods or services for export,
• Coordination in foreign trade companies, organizational communication,
• Regulation and control of resources in foreign trade companies,
• Collective wisdom and motivation in foreign trade companies,
• Changes in foreign trade management company
• Ethics in foreign trade companies,
• Market dynamics and contracts in foreign trade,
• What to learn that it is necessary to monitor economic data for companies engaged in foreign trade

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Learning Outcomes
1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
1) Interpret the macroeconomic indicators required for the management of foreign trade.
2) • Dış ticaret uygulamalarında yurtiçi ve yurtdışı ilişkilerin şirket lehine yöneltilmesini değerlendirir
3) • Describes managerial activities related to market research and selection for export of goods or services
4) • Analyzes coordination, organization, resource regulation and control, exchange management, business ethics, market dynamics and contracts in foreign trade companies.
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Lesson Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) • Explain basic information about the Faculty. • Present the scope and content of the course. • Describe the methodology of teaching practices. • Syllabus. • Define basics of course content. Assessing the scope and objectives of the course. Courses manage my views. Introducing Resource. Homework: Giving the reading lis
2) • Understand the outlooks of economics (macro indicators). • Describe Turkey's foreign trade data. • Learn GDP components and development. • Explain the distribution of investments and priorities. • Define trade effects of internal and external debt. • Learn the impact on the export-import of domestic and foreign savings. • Interpret the macroeconomic indicators. Homework: Situation in which the future course of the world economy with the Undersecretariat of Treasury issues and learn to benefit from World Bank data.
3) • Discuss economic outlook in the world export market. • Describe the data for the world economy. • Learn the structure of the real output. • List the effects of trade and investment savings. • Analyze the impact of borrowing foreign trade operations. • Estimate for the future of the world economy. Project: A comparison of the Istanbul Chamber of Industry and Istanbul Chamber of Commerce report on economic expectations.
4) • List the trade rules. • Classify foreign trade and foreign trade components to introduce the national and international rules. • Determine the components of culture and its impact on international business description. • Analyze how their impact on the company cultural change. • Explain the effect of exchange trade in environmental impacts. • Describe the life expectancy of industry and commerce. Homework: Giving the reading list.
5) Identify international trade volume. • Classify the output of goods and services to the world's countries. • Determine the general business forms. • Explain new trade and national competitive advantage theory. • Describe causality. • Explain world trade of developed and developing countries. Homework: Giving the reading list.
6) • Learn the effects of trade conditions. • Determine the quality of goods and services. • Define standards for products and services that are subject to trade at national and international level. • Explain the issues specified in the format of international agreements. • Describe managerial contribution to market efficiency. • Define Turkey's foreign trade indicators, companies and decision-making. Homework: Giving the reading list.
7) • Describe the procedure of foreign companies do business. • Discuss where to provide the entrepreneurial dimension. • Learn companies with finance, accounting, management, be informed on the basic functions such as human resources. • Define the role of strategy in the business strategy level and at the level of division of the company. • Explain various ways of financing export and import activities. • Learn markets in foreign trade and the effects of the company's management contract. Giving Project.
8) • Describe Turkey's foreign trade indicators and companies. • Classify management of international trade organizations and functions. • Learn foreign trade in the market and companies. • MIDTERM EXAM. Homework: None.
9) • Explain funding of foreign trade companies for the production of goods and services. • Analyze the importance of foreign trade and the location of known risk factors. • List the elements of international competition. • Identify the role of government in dealing with the competition. • Define foreign trade information adopted by the governments of to employees. • Illustrate structural relations of the company. Homework: About the behavior of managers in enterprises "Study of Organizational Behavior" section on books related to the proposed.
10) • Define function of producing goods and services. • Define the effects of the marketing manager. • Describe product knowledge of the managerial evaluation of pricing. • Explain price factors and the role of employees in the implementation. • Describe trade. • Identify human relations companies in conducting foreign trade. Homework: Giving the reading list.
11) • Discuss business, economics, accounting, finance, human resources in the field of marketing information. • Explain how to use the experience and knowledge of employees. • Analyze the social and cultural ethics. • Identify the contribution of business ethical behavior of managers. • Analyze the movement for hiring employees. • Manage employee behavior and business ethics in the foreign trade company. Homework: Giving the reading list.
12) • Define decision-making process to identify creative solutions. • Analyze problems using a systematic theoretical and practical knowledge of the work. • Describe the effects of foreign trade company to export structure. • Describe the effects of capital structure of the export sector company. • Determine the difference between companies. • Identify decision making process in case analysis. Assignment: examine the website to find three companies for the management of international companies.
13) • List the effects of the foreign trade manager of economic behavior. • Describe professional behavior and its effects on international companies with national. • Define ethics in the practice of international companies to include national companies. • Classify the factors of production manager. • Describe the importance of company managers to evaluate the future of international trade. • Identify the environmental degradation and opportunities. • Explain change theory and practice. • Explain project and change policies on foreign trade company. • Discuss change management in an international trading company. Making ready for presentation and examination of Graduation Project.
14) • Identify the knowledge taught by the project implementation period. • Analyze harmonization of real resources and human resources. • Define foreign trade component. • Discuss knowledge and experience of implementing the essential management functions. • Identify regulation of human resources oriented towards foreign trade. • Graduation project presentation Homework: None
15) • Define change management in an international trading company. • Describe decision making strategies in case analysis. • Analyze employee behavior and business ethics in foreign trade companies. • Classify companies in conducting foreign trade to have human relations information. • Explain corporate information on foreign trade. • FINAL Homework: None

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Feridun Kaya
Dış Ticaret İşlemlerinin Yönetimi,
Beta Puplication, 3. Edition, İstanbul 2013.
ISBN 978 - 605 - 333 - 006 – 6
References: Dış Ticaret, İşlemler ve Uygulamalar,
Prof. Dr. Çağatay Ünüsan, Doç. Dr. Murat Canıtez,
Gazi Yayınları, 9. baskı, 2011.
ISBN 9756009468

Değişim Yönetimi,
Azmi yalçın,
Nobel Yayınevi, 2012
ISBN : 2880000019626

Dış Ticaret İşlemleri Yönetimi,
Yaser Gürsoy,
Kida Yayınları, 2012.
ISBN : 9786055187873

Course-Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes
1) Awareness of professional and ethical responsibility.
2) Adequate knowledge in mathematics, science and engineering subjects pertaining to the relevant discipline; ability to use theoretical and applied information in these areas to model and solve engineering problems.
3) Ability to communicate effectively i Turkish, both orally and in writing; knowledge of a minimum of one foreign language.
4) Information about business life practices such as project management, risk management, and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development.
5) Ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions, in such a way so as to meet the desired result; ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose. (Realistic constraints and conditions may include factors such as economic and environmental issues, sustainability, manufacturability, ethics, health, safety isuues, and social and political issues according to the nature of the design.)
6) Ability to work efficiently in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability to work individually.
7) Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for engineering practice; ability to employ information technologies effectively.
8) Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; ability to select and apply proper analysis and modelling methods for this purpose.
9) Knowledge about contemporary issues and the global and societal effects of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions.
10) Recognition of the need for lifelong learning; ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology, and to continue to educate him/herself.
11) Ability to design and conduct experiments, gather data, analyse and interpret results for investigating engineering problems.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Awareness of professional and ethical responsibility.
2) Adequate knowledge in mathematics, science and engineering subjects pertaining to the relevant discipline; ability to use theoretical and applied information in these areas to model and solve engineering problems.
3) Ability to communicate effectively i Turkish, both orally and in writing; knowledge of a minimum of one foreign language.
4) Information about business life practices such as project management, risk management, and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development.
5) Ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions, in such a way so as to meet the desired result; ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose. (Realistic constraints and conditions may include factors such as economic and environmental issues, sustainability, manufacturability, ethics, health, safety isuues, and social and political issues according to the nature of the design.)
6) Ability to work efficiently in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability to work individually.
7) Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for engineering practice; ability to employ information technologies effectively.
8) Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; ability to select and apply proper analysis and modelling methods for this purpose.
9) Knowledge about contemporary issues and the global and societal effects of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions.
10) Recognition of the need for lifelong learning; ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology, and to continue to educate him/herself.
11) Ability to design and conduct experiments, gather data, analyse and interpret results for investigating engineering problems.

Learning Activity and Teaching Methods

Expression
Brainstorming/ Six tihnking hats
Individual study and homework
Lesson
Group study and homework

Assessment & Grading Methods and Criteria

Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing)
Homework
Application
Observation
Individual Project
Presentation

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 1 % 10
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 60
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Grading

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 15 45
Study Hours Out of Class 15 90
Project 1 8
Homework Assignments 6 12
Midterms 1 10
Final 1 12
Total Workload 177