Information Package / Course Catalogue
Labour and Society
Course Code: İKYL526
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To provide Turkey's social structure and analyze the impact on the working life of social change.

Course Content

in terms of employees, individuals, group, organization, community relations, current issues and problems of working life, working people's business environment, environmental factors, management practices and organizational behavior, economics of working life, social, and legal issues related to the study of psychology, Turkey's social structure and the effects of social change on working life,

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Fuat MAN
Learning Outcomes
1.Discuss current issues and problems of working life
2. Making analysis of micro and macro economic balance in the world and Turkey
3.To analyze the impact on Turkey's social structure and social change for working life
4.To be able to synthesize the problems related to the economic, social, legal and work psychology of the working life within the cause relation
5.
6.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Keser, A. 2005. Çalışma yaşamında dönüşümler. Nobel Akademi Yayıncılık.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Sociological view to working life
Week 2 - Theoretical
Current issues and problems of working life
Week 3 - Theoretical
Legal fundamental rights and obligations arising from working relationships
Week 4 - Theoretical
The working environment of the working individual is affected by environmental factors, managerial practices
Week 5 - Theoretical
Economic, social, legal and working psychology of working life
Week 6 - Theoretical
Working life and social structure of Turkey
Week 7 - Theoretical
Trade union rights and social policies in Turkey and the world
Week 8 - Theoretical
Industrial society and working life
Week 9 - Theoretical
Post-industrial society and working life
Week 10 - Theoretical
Labor process and labor control
Week 11 - Theoretical
Working, time and identity
Week 12 - Theoretical
Unemployment and its effects
Week 13 - Theoretical
Working life and labor in the 21st century
Week 14 - Theoretical
End-of-semester evaluation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory112315
Assignment1121224
Individual Work216134
Midterm Examination118119
Final Examination132133
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
3
4
OÇ-2
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
OÇ-5
OÇ-6
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026