MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY NORTHERN CYPRUS CAMPUS

BUS 111 FUNDAMENTALS of BUSINESS

Name: Assoc. Prof. Cagri Yalkin

Required Textbook:
C.L. Bovee, & Thill, J.V. Business in Action, 8th Edition, Pearson, 2016
ISBN-10:1292160632

Chang, Ha-Joon (2011). 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism. London: Penguin.

Reference Material:

Acemoglu, D. & Robinson, J. A. (2012). Why nations fail: The origins of power, prosperity
and poverty. London: Profile.

Nickels, W.G., McHugh J.M. & McHugh S.M., Understanding Business, 9th edition, McGraw-
Hill, 2010. (Call No: HD 31 .N48 2010)

Background Requirements
 An interest in how the world works.
 Accepting that being a university student requires reading and learning by your own
initiative.

Course Objectives:
This course introduces you to the key concepts in business administration. The course
provides a foundation for more advanced courses in business administration by covering the
major areas of business administration such as finance, human resources management,
marketing, and operations management with a specific focus on contemporary issues in
business management such as sustainability, inequality, and ethics.

Learning Outcomes:
Students completing this course will be able to:
¤ understand how the global businesses and marketplaces work
¤ demonstrate an understanding of what a business is and how it is related to the society
around it
¤ understand the importance of ethical behavior and social responsibility
¤ demonstrate an understanding of the different functions of management
¤ demonstrate an understanding of different ways of organization in business

Course Website
The course materials will regularly be uploaded to ODTUClass.
You’ll need to follow and read the links/any uploaded material on odtuclass before you
come to class the following week.

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Exams
There will be one midterm exam and a final exam. All exams will be closed book and closed
notes. They will consist of some classical type (e.g. short-answer and discussion) questions,
true/false questions, and multiple-choice questions.

Quizzes
There will be two quizzes. One will be before the mid-term and one will be after the mid-
term exam.

Group Presentations
You will be required to join a group (no less than 4 people). You will be doing an end of
term presentation with this group. Please see the weekly timetable below for presentation
schedule.

Make up Policy
No make up exam will be given if the student misses an exam, unless the student provides
either a valid medical report confirmed by METU NCC Health Center or a legitimate
document provided by a school official (e.g., if the student represents METU NCC in an
event). There will be no make up for in-class assignments and pop-quizzes.

Class Participation
¤ You are expected to participate actively in class discussions. Regular attendance to the
lectures is very important because you can easily learn the core concepts in the
classroom, especially through group discussions. These tutorial hours are where the
students do the talking, and the lecturer acts as the facilitator of the discussion and
poses key questions/cases.
¤ Students must attend at least 60% of the lectures in order to be able to take the Final
Exam. Note that an attendance less than 60% of the lectures will lead to an NA grade.

Academic Honesty
Students are expected to carefully read and act strictly according to the academic code of
ethics of METU NCC. Any violation of these rules will strictly be penalized.

Grading (percentages)
Project Presentation 25 %
Midterm Exam 25 %
Quiz 1 10 %
Quiz 2 10 %
Final Exam 30 %

The following catalog grading scheme of METU will be used for assigning letter grades:
Points Letter Grade Coefficient
90-100 AA 4.0
85-89 BA 3.5
80-84 BB 3.0
75-79 CB 2.5
70-74 CC 2.0
65-69 DC 1.5
60-64 DD 1.0
50-59 FD 0.5
0-49 FF 0.0

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Course Outline

Wee
k Topic Relevant Reading
Introduction Chapter 1
Chapter 3
What Awaits Me?
04 Chang Chapter 1
Oct
What is Critical Thinking?
Acemoglu & Robinson Chapters 2-3

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Chapter 2
Oct The Global Marketplace
18 Understanding Basic
Oct Economics
Chapter 4
QUIZ 1
25
Functional Areas of Business
Oct Chang Chapters 2-5
01 Business Ethics & Social Chapter 5
Nov Responsibility Chapter 6
08 Management Roles, Functions
Chapter 7
Nov and Skills
15
MIDTERM
Nov
22
Organization and Teamwork Chapter 8
Nov
Employee Motivation
29 Chapter 10
Human Resource
Nov Chapter 11
Management
https://hbr.org/2019/07/the-elusive-green-
Marketing, Markets, and
06 consumer
Consumption
Dec https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/
nov/27/firstchapters.extract
13 QUIZ 2
Chapter 13-15
Dec Finance & Accounting (I)
20 Chapter 17
Finance & Accounting (II)
Dec Chapter 18
27
Dec Project Presentations

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Jan
Revision Class