Information Package / Course Catalogue
Competitive Economy and Politics
Course Code: İKT177
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to provide the student with comprehensive information about the measurement of competitiveness of companies, countries and international countries, especially to teach the importance and comparison of competitiveness for countries and to provide information about competitiveness policy practices in our country.

Course Content

To analyze that competition as a central element of market system and the process of competition with firm strategies and competition policy

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to analyze that the functioning of the market order into the economic system.
2.To be able to explain the importance and functions of competition with the framework of economic system and market order
3.To be able to explain the development of competition in the framework of the theory of industrial society and information society.
4.To be able to analyze the global innovation competition and competitive strategies in the information society within the framework of the new competitive approaches
5.To be able to explain industrial structure and competition and competitive strategies of firms .
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Erkan H., Sosyal Piyasa Ekonomisi, Konrad Adenauer Vakfı, İzmir, 1987.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Market order in the functioning of the economic system, the importance of market within the framework of the economic system and the competition
Week 2 - Theoretical
Functions and the effects of competition
Week 3 - Theoretical
Development of competition in the framework of the theory of industrial society and information society
Week 4 - Theoretical
New competitive approaches in the information society
Week 5 - Theoretical
Global innovation competition and competitive strategies
Week 6 - Theoretical
Industrial structure and competition
Week 7 - Theoretical
Competitive strategies of firms
Week 8 - Theoretical
Competitive strategies of firms
Week 9 - Theoretical
Competitive strategies of firms
Week 10 - Theoretical
Restrict to compititionand the policy of competition in the position of market system
Week 11 - Theoretical
Objectives of competition policy, tools, and functions
Week 12 - Theoretical
Conditions of committed competition and competition culture
Week 13 - Theoretical
Development of competitive process within the framework of the economic system in Turkey and competition policy necessary for the efficient market system.
Week 14 - Theoretical
general evaluation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Individual Work72228
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination115116
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
OÇ-1
3
4
3
3
5
3
3
3
3
OÇ-2
3
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
OÇ-3
3
5
3
3
5
3
3
3
3
OÇ-4
3
3
3
5
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-5
3
5
3
3
5
4
5
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026