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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / İŞL-552 - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Code: İŞL-552 Course Title: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND LAW Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer BUKET ÇATAKOĞLU (buketcatakoglu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to teach the purpose, scope and basic principles and concepts of environmental problems, environmental management, environmental law, basic knowledge about the current environmental legislation. Special attention will be given to establishment of environmental management systems in organizations.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can describe basic concepts and issues about environmental law and environmental management. PO-1 Have advanced knowledge about the basic concepts of business administration, the basic functions of the business management science, the historical development of it, its relationships with other disciplines, businesses and the environment, business objectives, feasibility studies, business functions, cooperation between firms and entrepreneurship, and apply them and make administrative decisions on these issues.
PO-2 Analyze and design at the organizational level, understand the functions of business management that are planning, organizing, execution, coordination and control, describe and apply them, and be acknowledged with modern management perspectives.
Examination
LO-2 Can evaluate the basic principles, scope and aims of environmental law, and environmental management. PO-1 Have advanced knowledge about the basic concepts of business administration, the basic functions of the business management science, the historical development of it, its relationships with other disciplines, businesses and the environment, business objectives, feasibility studies, business functions, cooperation between firms and entrepreneurship, and apply them and make administrative decisions on these issues.
PO-2 Analyze and design at the organizational level, understand the functions of business management that are planning, organizing, execution, coordination and control, describe and apply them, and be acknowledged with modern management perspectives.
PO-16 Have the ability to work with disciplinary and interdisciplinary teams; to be open to change and innovation, to be entrepreneur, to gain life-long learning; to have leadership qualities and to make analytical communication with managers and specialists in other fields.
Examination
LO-3 Can explain the function of environmental law and environmental management. PO-1 Have advanced knowledge about the basic concepts of business administration, the basic functions of the business management science, the historical development of it, its relationships with other disciplines, businesses and the environment, business objectives, feasibility studies, business functions, cooperation between firms and entrepreneurship, and apply them and make administrative decisions on these issues.
PO-8 Have knowledge and skills intended for theoric and practice on ethics, legislative framework, auditing standards and deception by having information about basic audit principles and techniques and reporting the audits issues.
Examination
LO-4 Can make a critical evaluation the legal processes about environmental problems. PO-18 Use research methods and techniques for writing a thesis or doing scientific research.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The activities of the organizations takes place inside an environment which includes environmental values such as water, earth, air, and other living things. Environmental management is building planning, coordination and auditing systems to ensure a healthy environment where natural values are protected and developed. The corporations should understand and respect the limitations of the nature both due to legal requirements and social responsibilities. Thus the course involves two main areas of interest: managerial and legal. The students will enhance their studies with case studies and empiric research.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Environmental Problems: Basic concepts and Issues Lecture
2 The Scope of Environmental Management Lecture
3 Theoretical Basis and Main Principles of Environmental Management. Lecture
4 Tools of Environmental Management 1: Controlling, Economic and Fiscal Measures Lecture
5 Tools of Environmental Management 2: Social Instruments, Regulatory Instruments Lecture
6 Phases of environmental management 1: Determination of environmental policy, Planning environmental management, Monitoring, B/C analysis Lecture
7 Phases of environmental management 2:Organization, Coordination, Motivation, Control, Environmental Impact Assessment Lecture
8 mid-term exam
9 Environmental Management in Turkey: Central, Local and non profit organizations Lecture
10 Environmental management and globalization Lecture
11 Environmental education and ethics. Lecture
12 The environmental law Lecture
13 Basic principles of environmental law Lecture
14 Polluting Environment: Legal and criminal responsibility. Lecture
15 Examples of Judicial Decisions Lecture
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Firuz Demir Yaşamış, Çevre Yönetiminin Temel Araçları, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara, 1995.
2 Zerrin Toprak Karaman, Çevre Yönetimi ve Politikası, İzmir, 1998.
3 Ruşen Keleş, Birol Ertan, Çevre Hukukuna Giriş, İmge Yayınevi, Ankara, 2002.
4 Christian N., Environmental Planning and Management, Imperial College Press, 2007.
5 Nükhet Yılmaz Turgut, Çevre Politikası ve Hukuku, İmaj Yayınevi, Ankara, 2009.
6 Yusuf Güneş, Aynur Aydın Coşkun, Çevre Hukuku, Kazancı Kitap, İstanbul, 2004.
7 Çevre Hukuku, Handan Yokuş Sevük, 2. Baskı, Ankara, 2017.
8 Çevre Hukuku, Ahmet M. Güneş, İstanbul, 2015.
9 Çevre ve Çevre İdare Hukuku, Emin Memiş, 2. Baskı, İstanbul, 2015.
10 Çevre Hukuku, H. Güzin Üçışık, İstanbul, 2013.
Required Course instruments and materials
Projection, essays, verdicts and case studies

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 3 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 3 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 4 14 56
       b) Search in internet/Library 4 13 52
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 12 1 12
mid-term exam 3 1 3
Own study for final exam 12 1 12
final exam 3 1 3
0
0
Total work load; 180