Course Detail
Course Description
| Course | Code | Semester | T+P (Hour) | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECONOMY, BUSINESS and DIPLOMACY | - | Fall Semester | 3+0 | 3 | 6 |
| Course Program |
| Prerequisites Courses | |
| Recommended Elective Courses |
| Language of Course | English |
| Course Level | First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
| Course Type | Elective |
| Course Coordinator | Prof.Dr. Ali Resül USUL |
| Name of Lecturer(s) | Prof.Dr. Ali Resül USUL |
| Assistant(s) | |
| Aim | This course is designed to introduce to students increasingly close relationship between the areas of economy, the world of business and the studies of diplomacy. The increasingly complex global political and economic relations have already rendered more integrated methods and approaches to the spheres of business, commerce and diplomacy more noteworthy. Therefore, the students will be exposed to the discussions, facts, issues and approaches in terms of diplomacy, business and commerce. One of the different characters of this course is that, in addition to the classical academic methods in the class hours, some prominent businesspeople from the world of business will be invited to the classes to talk on his/her experiences with doing business in Turkey and abroad in terms of the overlapping areas of diplomacy and business. |
| Course Content | This course contains; Introduction,Understanding different faces of diplomacy,,Origin and Evolution of Diplomacy,The Law of Diplomacy and Consular Diplomacy,Bureaucracy, Diplomacy and Diplomats: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diplomatic System,Bilateral and Multilateral Diplomatic Practices,Public Diplomacy,Midterm Exam,Economic Diplomacy,Commercial Diplomacy,Practical issues in Commercial Diplomacy,International Business Diplomacy,Trade Diplomacy,General Evolution of the Course. |
| Dersin Öğrenme Kazanımları | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| -Understood the basic characters and different types of diplomacy -Understood the history and law of diplomacy -learnt what economic, commercial, trade and business diplomacies are -learnt the formal and informal actors and factors that have potentials to shape the relationship between business and diplomacy |
| Teaching Methods: | |
| Assessment Methods: |
Course Outline
| Order | Subjects | Preliminary Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Understanding different faces of diplomacy, | Spies, Chp.2 |
| 3 | Origin and Evolution of Diplomacy | Spies, Chpt 3 |
| 4 | The Law of Diplomacy and Consular Diplomacy | Spies, chpt. 4 |
| 5 | Bureaucracy, Diplomacy and Diplomats: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diplomatic System | Spies, chpt. 5 Kerr and Wiseman, chpt. 7 |
| 6 | Bilateral and Multilateral Diplomatic Practices | Kerr and Wiseman, chpt. 10 |
| 7 | Public Diplomacy | Kerr and Wiseman, chpt. 11 Oxford Handbook, chpt. 24 |
| 8 | Midterm Exam | |
| 9 | Economic Diplomacy | Kerr and Wiseman, chpt. 12 Oxford Handbook, chpt. 21 and 49 |
| 10 | Commercial Diplomacy | Kostecki and Naray, 2007 Oxford handbook, chpt. 8 |
| 11 | Practical issues in Commercial Diplomacy | |
| 12 | International Business Diplomacy | Rue and Suren, 2018. Oxford handbook, chpt. 10 |
| 13 | Trade Diplomacy | Oxford Handbook, chpt. 22 and 34. |
| 14 | General Evolution of the Course |
| Resources |
| 1. Yolanda Kemp Spies, Global Diplomacy and International Society, Palgrave, 2019. 2. Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy, ed. by Andrew F. Cooper, Jorge Heine, and Ramesh Thakur, Oxford University Press, 2013. 3. Diplomacy in a Globalizing World, ed. by Pauline Kerr and Geoffrey Wiseman, Oxford University Press, 2013 4. A Guide to Commercial Diplomacy, International Trade Centre, 2019 5. M. Kostecki and O. Naray, “Commercial Diplomacy and International Business”, Netherland Institute of International Relations, 2007. 6. Huub Rue and Luisa Suren “International Business Diplomacy: A Strategy for Improving MNCs’ Performance? A Review of the Concept and New Insights from Five European MNCs”, International Business Diplomacy: How Can Multinational Corporations Deal with Global Challenges? Advanced Series in Management, Volume 18, 331, Emerald, 2018. |
Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
| Course Contribution to Program Qualifications | |||||||
| No | Program Qualification | Contribution Level | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | PC1. Students know the fundamental concepts, theories, research methods and analysis techniques used in the fields and sub-fields of Political Science and International relations. | ||||||
| 2 | PC2. Students understand the political, economic, social, and cultural relations among political systems, international actors, states and non-state actors; analyzes the reasons for the issues and problems in these fields, develop skills for systematic and critical thinking for alternative solutions. | ||||||
| 3 | PC3. Students of the program will be able to work at public and private institutions, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations. They will be able to involve in the foreign policy making, analysis, and implementation processes; manage project implementations, and shoulder responsibilities at different positions of decision-making processes. The multi-disciplinary perspective they have developed in the program facilitates following solution-oriented perspective at times of crisis, evaluating existing resolutions and developing new alternatives. | ||||||
| 4 | PC4. Students will be able to conduct scientific research in the fields and sub-fields of political science and international relations, analyze the results and report the findings to stakeholders. | ||||||
| 5 | PC5. Students will be able to conduct scientific research in the fields and sub-fields of political science and international relations, analyze the results and make scientific publications. | ||||||
| 6 | PC6. Students will be able to work as group leader in public and private institutions, plan and administer events and activities. | ||||||
| 7 | PC7. As a result of development of critical thinking, students stay open to change and development; adopt never-ending learning principle to their life. | ||||||
| 8 | PC8. Students use the appropriate oral and written language skills and adopt professional ethics in their communication while sharing results, analyses, and solution suggestions with colleagues and stakeholders | ||||||
| 9 | PC9. Students use English language skills in research and fields of expertise; easily follow international developments and communicates with international stakeholders. | ||||||
| 10 | PC10. Students use fundamental computer skills in communication with colleagues and stakeholders. | ||||||
| 11 | PC11. Students will be able to lead decision-making mechanisms, involve in policy making and analysis processes, and manage negotiation processes in public and private institutions. | ||||||
| 12 | PC12. Students will be able to develop original and scientific solutions and knowledge in their fields of expertise, create projects and act as a consultant to decision-making mechanisms. | ||||||
Assessment Methods
| Contribution Level | Absolute Evaluation | |
| Rate of Midterm Exam to Success | 40 | |
| Rate of Final Exam to Success | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |
| ECTS / Workload Table | ||||||
| Activities | Number of | Duration(Hour) | Total Workload(Hour) | |||
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | |||
| Guided Problem Solving | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Resolution of Homework Problems and Submission as a Report | 1 | 10 | 10 | |||
| Term Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Presentation of Project / Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Midterm Exam | 1 | 55 | 55 | |||
| General Exam | 1 | 65 | 65 | |||
| Performance Task, Maintenance Plan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total Workload(Hour) | 172 | |||||
| Dersin AKTS Kredisi = Toplam İş Yükü (Saat)/30*=(172/30) | 6 | |||||
| ECTS of the course: 30 hours of work is counted as 1 ECTS credit. | ||||||
Detail Informations of the Course
Course Description
| Course | Code | Semester | T+P (Hour) | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECONOMY, BUSINESS and DIPLOMACY | - | Fall Semester | 3+0 | 3 | 6 |
| Course Program |
| Prerequisites Courses | |
| Recommended Elective Courses |
| Language of Course | English |
| Course Level | First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
| Course Type | Elective |
| Course Coordinator | Prof.Dr. Ali Resül USUL |
| Name of Lecturer(s) | Prof.Dr. Ali Resül USUL |
| Assistant(s) | |
| Aim | This course is designed to introduce to students increasingly close relationship between the areas of economy, the world of business and the studies of diplomacy. The increasingly complex global political and economic relations have already rendered more integrated methods and approaches to the spheres of business, commerce and diplomacy more noteworthy. Therefore, the students will be exposed to the discussions, facts, issues and approaches in terms of diplomacy, business and commerce. One of the different characters of this course is that, in addition to the classical academic methods in the class hours, some prominent businesspeople from the world of business will be invited to the classes to talk on his/her experiences with doing business in Turkey and abroad in terms of the overlapping areas of diplomacy and business. |
| Course Content | This course contains; Introduction,Understanding different faces of diplomacy,,Origin and Evolution of Diplomacy,The Law of Diplomacy and Consular Diplomacy,Bureaucracy, Diplomacy and Diplomats: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diplomatic System,Bilateral and Multilateral Diplomatic Practices,Public Diplomacy,Midterm Exam,Economic Diplomacy,Commercial Diplomacy,Practical issues in Commercial Diplomacy,International Business Diplomacy,Trade Diplomacy,General Evolution of the Course. |
| Dersin Öğrenme Kazanımları | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| -Understood the basic characters and different types of diplomacy -Understood the history and law of diplomacy -learnt what economic, commercial, trade and business diplomacies are -learnt the formal and informal actors and factors that have potentials to shape the relationship between business and diplomacy |
| Teaching Methods: | |
| Assessment Methods: |
Course Outline
| Order | Subjects | Preliminary Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Understanding different faces of diplomacy, | Spies, Chp.2 |
| 3 | Origin and Evolution of Diplomacy | Spies, Chpt 3 |
| 4 | The Law of Diplomacy and Consular Diplomacy | Spies, chpt. 4 |
| 5 | Bureaucracy, Diplomacy and Diplomats: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diplomatic System | Spies, chpt. 5 Kerr and Wiseman, chpt. 7 |
| 6 | Bilateral and Multilateral Diplomatic Practices | Kerr and Wiseman, chpt. 10 |
| 7 | Public Diplomacy | Kerr and Wiseman, chpt. 11 Oxford Handbook, chpt. 24 |
| 8 | Midterm Exam | |
| 9 | Economic Diplomacy | Kerr and Wiseman, chpt. 12 Oxford Handbook, chpt. 21 and 49 |
| 10 | Commercial Diplomacy | Kostecki and Naray, 2007 Oxford handbook, chpt. 8 |
| 11 | Practical issues in Commercial Diplomacy | |
| 12 | International Business Diplomacy | Rue and Suren, 2018. Oxford handbook, chpt. 10 |
| 13 | Trade Diplomacy | Oxford Handbook, chpt. 22 and 34. |
| 14 | General Evolution of the Course |
| Resources |
| 1. Yolanda Kemp Spies, Global Diplomacy and International Society, Palgrave, 2019. 2. Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy, ed. by Andrew F. Cooper, Jorge Heine, and Ramesh Thakur, Oxford University Press, 2013. 3. Diplomacy in a Globalizing World, ed. by Pauline Kerr and Geoffrey Wiseman, Oxford University Press, 2013 4. A Guide to Commercial Diplomacy, International Trade Centre, 2019 5. M. Kostecki and O. Naray, “Commercial Diplomacy and International Business”, Netherland Institute of International Relations, 2007. 6. Huub Rue and Luisa Suren “International Business Diplomacy: A Strategy for Improving MNCs’ Performance? A Review of the Concept and New Insights from Five European MNCs”, International Business Diplomacy: How Can Multinational Corporations Deal with Global Challenges? Advanced Series in Management, Volume 18, 331, Emerald, 2018. |
Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
| Course Contribution to Program Qualifications | |||||||
| No | Program Qualification | Contribution Level | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | PC1. Students know the fundamental concepts, theories, research methods and analysis techniques used in the fields and sub-fields of Political Science and International relations. | ||||||
| 2 | PC2. Students understand the political, economic, social, and cultural relations among political systems, international actors, states and non-state actors; analyzes the reasons for the issues and problems in these fields, develop skills for systematic and critical thinking for alternative solutions. | ||||||
| 3 | PC3. Students of the program will be able to work at public and private institutions, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations. They will be able to involve in the foreign policy making, analysis, and implementation processes; manage project implementations, and shoulder responsibilities at different positions of decision-making processes. The multi-disciplinary perspective they have developed in the program facilitates following solution-oriented perspective at times of crisis, evaluating existing resolutions and developing new alternatives. | ||||||
| 4 | PC4. Students will be able to conduct scientific research in the fields and sub-fields of political science and international relations, analyze the results and report the findings to stakeholders. | ||||||
| 5 | PC5. Students will be able to conduct scientific research in the fields and sub-fields of political science and international relations, analyze the results and make scientific publications. | ||||||
| 6 | PC6. Students will be able to work as group leader in public and private institutions, plan and administer events and activities. | ||||||
| 7 | PC7. As a result of development of critical thinking, students stay open to change and development; adopt never-ending learning principle to their life. | ||||||
| 8 | PC8. Students use the appropriate oral and written language skills and adopt professional ethics in their communication while sharing results, analyses, and solution suggestions with colleagues and stakeholders | ||||||
| 9 | PC9. Students use English language skills in research and fields of expertise; easily follow international developments and communicates with international stakeholders. | ||||||
| 10 | PC10. Students use fundamental computer skills in communication with colleagues and stakeholders. | ||||||
| 11 | PC11. Students will be able to lead decision-making mechanisms, involve in policy making and analysis processes, and manage negotiation processes in public and private institutions. | ||||||
| 12 | PC12. Students will be able to develop original and scientific solutions and knowledge in their fields of expertise, create projects and act as a consultant to decision-making mechanisms. | ||||||
Assessment Methods
| Contribution Level | Absolute Evaluation | |
| Rate of Midterm Exam to Success | 40 | |
| Rate of Final Exam to Success | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |