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CEK5820Flexibility İn Labor Markets3+0+0ECTS:7.5
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseSecond Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of LABOR ECONOMICS and INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerProf. Dr. Güven MURAT
Co-Lecturer
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
In this course aims information to students about theoretical framework of flexibility, new developments caused by the flexibility in the labor market, the types of flexible working time and atypical employment, and the effects of flexibility on labour and social security laws. Also, it is analysed flexibility approach in terms of Turkish labor market.
 
Programme OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
PO - 1 : see the structure and functioning of the flexibility of the labor market.2,3
PO - 2 : have information about new types of production and employment.2,3
PO - 3 : evaluate legal and institutional effects of flexibility on industrial relations actors 2,3
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Flexibility in the labor market, flexible working hours, flexible (atypical) employment types, the labor and social security law changes that caused by flexibility and flexibility in Turkish labor market.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Globalisation and Labor Markets
 Week 2Factors Causing Transition to Labor Market Felexibility
 Week 3Definition and Types of Flexibility
 Week 4Theoretical Foundations of flexibility Approach (I)
 Week 5Theoretical Foundations of flexibility Approach (II)
 Week 6Flexible Working Hours
 Week 7Atypical Employment
 Week 8Midterm Exam
 Week 9Effects of Flexibility on Industrial Relations Actors
 Week 10Economic Crisis and Flexibility
 Week 11Labor Market Flexibility in Turkey
 Week 12Flexibility Impacts on Labor Laws
 Week 13Flexibility Impacts on Social Security Laws
 Week 14Student Presentations
 Week 15Student Presentations
 Week 16Final Exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Şen, Sabahattin, 2004, Esnek Üretim–Esnek Çalışma ve Endüstri İlişkilerine Etkileri, Seçkin Yayınları, Ankara
2Avrupa Birliği Bakanlığı, 2005, Türk İşgücü Piyasasının Esnekleştirilmesi ve Modernleştirilmesi (Ed.: Frans Pennings ve Nurhan Süral), Ankara.
 
Recommended Reading
1Ders Notları
2Konu ile ilgili Türkçe, İngilizce makaleler, İLO dökümanları
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 8 1 30
Presentation 12 1 20
End-of-term exam 16 1 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 14 42
Sınıf dışı çalışma 4 14 56
Arasınav için hazırlık 3 8 24
Arasınav 1 1 1
Ödev 5 10 50
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 3 15 45
Dönem sonu sınavı 1 1 1
Total work load219