Information Package / Course Catalogue
Customer Relationship Management in Foreign Trade
Course Code: DTS156
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

This course aims to enable students to understand the fundamental concepts, principles, and application processes of customer relationship management; to learn about customer satisfaction, fulfillment, and loyalty programs, as well as customer complaint management processes; and to gain the skills to establish effective communication, manage relationships, and develop solutions to problems encountered with customers and stakeholders (suppliers, logistics companies, banks, and related institutions) in the foreign trade process.

Course Content

Customer relationship management (CRM) process, customer requests and needs, customer types and behaviors, CRM components, customer value management, customer satisfaction, satisfaction and loyalty programs, customer complaint management, CRM and information technology, critical approach to CRM, customer and stakeholder relations in the foreign trade process (suppliers, logistics companies, banks and related institutions).

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Ability to explain the fundamental concepts, processes, and components of customer relationship management.
2.Ability to analyze customer wants and needs and evaluate customer types and behaviors.
3.Ability to interpret and implement customer satisfaction, fulfillment, and loyalty processes.
4.Ability to integrate customer complaint management with the use of CRM information technologies and systems.
5.Developing effective relationship management skills with customers and stakeholders (suppliers, logistics companies, banks, and related institutions) in the foreign trade process.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Customer Relationship Management, Mutlu Yüksel Avcılar, Akademisyen Kitabevi, Ankara, 2024.
2.Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in Sales and Marketing, Prof. Dr. Yavuz Odabaşı, Aura Publishing House, 2015
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Customer Relationship Management: Definition, Scope, Importance
Week 2 - Theoretical
Communication with Customers and its Dimensions
Week 3 - Theoretical
Communication with Customers and its Dimensions (continued)
Week 4 - Theoretical
The Concept of the Customer and Customer Wants and Needs
Week 5 - Theoretical
Customer Loyalty and Quality in Services
Week 6 - Theoretical
Customer Loyalty and Quality in Services
Week 7 - Theoretical
Types of Relationships and Ways to Build Customer Relationships
Week 8 - Theoretical
Organizational Culture and Customer Relations
Week 9 - Theoretical
Customer Relationship and Stakeholder Relationship (Suppliers, Logistics Companies, Banks, etc.) Management Practices
Week 10 - Theoretical
Customer Relationship and Stakeholder Relationship Management Applications Case Studies
Week 11 - Theoretical
Problems and Solutions Encountered in Customer Relationship Management
Week 12 - Theoretical
Problems and Solutions Encountered in Customer Relationship Management (Example applications continue)
Week 13 - Theoretical
Evaluation of CRM Technologies and Systems
Week 14 - Theoretical
Reasons for MIY failure and case analyses.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Presentation1%5
Assignment1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141128
Assignment110111
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination1516
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)51
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
4
4
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4
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5
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5
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4
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4
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026