Prof. Dr. Aysen TOKOL Uludağ Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Çalışma Ekonomisi ve Endüstri İlişkileri
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Objective of the Course:
*Understand the skills that are demanded and supplied in the labour market. *Discuss policy recommendations for the individual and national skill development strategies.
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Contribution of the Course to Professional Development
Help students reviewing their labour market skills and developing skill strategies for themselves.
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Learning Outcomes:
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Understand skills that are supplied and demanded in the labour market.;
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Analyse skill accumulation and the return to the skills using the human capital theory.;
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Understand skill mismatch in the labour market.;
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Discuss the skill mismatch among the university graduates in Turkey and in other countries.;
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Assess skills that are currently highly demanded in the labour market.;
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Understand how the skills are measured using the surveys.;
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Discuss returns to the foreign language skills in the labour market.;
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Evaluate the national skill policies in Turkey.;
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Evaluate the national skill policies in the world.;
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Analyse the skills that are highly demanded in the labour market using the job adverts.;
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Course Content:
Week
Theoretical
Practical
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Introduction to the labour market skills
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Human capital theory: Investing in skills
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Human capital theory and its application: The return to skills
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Human capital theory: New evidence
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Demand and supply of skills in the labour market
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Skill mismatch: Conceptual and theoretical framework
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Skill mismatch: Observations from Turkey and the world
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Factors affecting the use and development of skills in the 21st century
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Measuring the skills: PIAAC (Survey of Adult Skills)
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Foreign language skills and its returns in the labour market
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Skill strategies in the world
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Skill development policy of Turkey
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Highly demanded skills in the labour market
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Summary and Review
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Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:
-Gary S. Becker, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, 3rd Edition, University of Chicago Press -Peter Sloane, Paul Latreille, Nigel O'Leary, Modern Labour Economics, 1st Edition, Routledge -OECD Skills Outlook
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Assesment
TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES
NUMBER
PERCENT
Midterm Exam
1
40
Quiz
0
0
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
Final Exam
1
60
Total
2
100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade
40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade
60
Total
100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Students are evaluated by written and multiple choice test exams.
Information
Relative evaluation system is used in this course.
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE
Activites
NUMBER
TIME [Hour]
Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical
14
3
42
Practicals/Labs
0
0
0
Self Study and Preparation
14
3
42
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
0
Projects
0
0
0
Field Studies
0
0
0
Midtermexams
1
26
26
Others
0
0
0
Final Exams
1
40
40
Total WorkLoad
176
Total workload/ 30 hr
5
ECTS Credit of the Course
5
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CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
