Information Package / Course Catalogue
Introduction to Cooperation
Course Code: KPO105
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

General information and create a cooperative basis, to teach today's global and national importance, to evaluate the objectives of cooperatives, cooperative movement, to examine the social and economic causes of

Course Content

Identify and explain the principles of cooperatives. Learn why cooperatives exist and how cooperatives are managed. Understand the management and the legal framework of cooperatives. Be able to explain how the cooperative business model differs from other business models.

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Learning Outcomes
1.To identify the problems in cooperative area in accordance with social needs and the ability to develop the solutions.
2.The ability to build the relationship between cooperatives and other social and administrative disciplines
3.The ability and habit of following up global and local cooperatives movements and developments
4.The ability to see cooperative problems at the base of legal, socio-economic and management
5.You can understand the problems of cooperatives in Turkey
Recommended or Required Reading
1.GÖKALP Z.G., Kooperatifçilik,Yetkin Yayınları, Ankara, 2006
2.KOÇ H., Kooperatifçilik Bilgileri, Nobel Yayınları, Ankara, 2001
3.ERÇİN F., Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ve Türk Kooperatifçiliği, Derin Yayınları, İstanbul, 2004
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Scope and importance of cooperatives. The origin and development of cooperatives in the World and in Turkey
Week 1 - Preparation Work
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Week 2 - Theoretical
The principles of cooperatives.
Week 2 - Preparation Work
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Week 3 - Theoretical
The comparative structure between cooperatives and other business organizations.
Week 3 - Preparation Work
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Week 4 - Theoretical
State and cooperative relations. Cooperative legislation in Turkey
Week 4 - Preparation Work
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Week 5 - Theoretical
Federative structure of cooperatives
Week 5 - Preparation Work
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Week 6 - Theoretical
Agricultural cooperatives in Turkey. Managerial board of Cooperatives and their functions.
Week 6 - Preparation Work
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Week 7 - Theoretical
Agricultural Purchasing and Agricultural Processing cooperatives.
Week 7 - Preparation Work
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Week 8 - Theoretical
Classification of agricultural cooperatives
Week 8 - Preparation Work
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Week 9 - Preparation Work
Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Intermediate Exam
midterm exam
Week 10 - Theoretical
Agricultural Sales and Agricultural Credit cooperatives.
Week 10 - Preparation Work
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Week 11 - Theoretical
Agricultural Services and Agricultural Insurance cooperatives
Week 11 - Preparation Work
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Week 12 - Theoretical
Non-agricultural cooperatives
Week 12 - Preparation Work
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Week 13 - Theoretical
Cooperatives in the World and the EU.
Week 13 - Preparation Work
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Week 14 - Theoretical
Problems faced by the Cooperatives in Turkey, and suggestions.
Week 14 - Preparation Work
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Week 15 - Preparation Work
Final exam
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory151245
Midterm Examination112012
Final Examination116117
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)74
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes