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| CEK4003 | Wage Theories and Policies | 3+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of LABOR ECONOMICS and INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Güven MURAT | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of the course is to provide students with information about wages, minimum wage, time-based, performance-based wage systems and wage theories and the general course of wages in the world and in Turkey. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | will have knowledge about wage and wage-related concepts. | 1,2 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | learn the importance and effects of minimum wage for workers, employers and the state. | 1,2 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | will learn the wage systems applied in enterprises through both theoretical knowledge and application examples. | 1,2 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | will be informed about the wage policies applied in the world and in Turkey and the general course of wages. | 1,2 | 1, | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Wage and wage-related concepts, wage systems, wage theories and wage policies |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Basic Concepts of Wage I | | | Week 2 | Basic Concepts of Wage I | | | Week 3 | Minimum Wage | | | Week 4 | Time and Quantity Based Wage Systems | | | Week 5 | Performance-Based Wage Systems | | | Week 6 | Wage Systems Based on Individual and Job Evaluation | | | Week 7 | Factors Affecting Wage Formation | | | Week 8 | Midterm Exam | | | Week 9 | Traditional Wage Theories | | | Week 10 | Modern Wage Theories | | | Week 11 | Wage Policies I | | | Week 12 | Wage Policies II | | | Week 13 | Wage Policies in the World | | | Week 14 | Wage Policies in Turkey | | | Week 15 | General Evaluation | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Topalhan, Türker. 2020; Ücret Teorileri ve Politikaları, Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 2 | 12 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 11 | 2 | 22 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 120 |
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