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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / İŞL623 - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING (DOCTORATE DEGREE)

Code: İŞL623 Course Title: CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND CONSUMPTION CULTURE Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING (DOCTORATE DEGREE)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer MUSTAFA ÜNSALAN (mustafaunsalan@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) MUSTAFA ÜNSALAN,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
It is aimed to examine the changes and trends in consumer behavior with scientific methods, to analyze the consumption culture and to understand the effect on consumer decision making process and purchasing tendencies.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Understanding consumer behavior. PO-2 Have command on the current issues in the science of marketing, learn new marketing methods such as green marketing, social marketing, post-modern marketing, sustainable marketing, data-driven marketing, relationship marketing and so on
PO-5 Learn the subject of consumer behavior, handle the issues related to consumer behavior particularly with marketing discipline, and generally with various disciplines such as psychology, sociology and economics, have good knowledge to improve the existing models of consumer behavior or develop new ones.
PO-7 Understand the interaction of marketing with other branches of business management and different disciplines, examine the various marketing issues with new perspectives, gain abilities to produce original information through analysis and synthesis technics.
PO-11 Have knowledge which is up to date, follow national and international literature closely and develop themselves not only in the marketing field, but also in the other social issues
PO-18 Identify social, scientific, managerial and ethical problems that are encountered in the field of marketing and business life, analyse and solve them, and contribute to the development of values related to such issues.
LO-2 Understanding models that explain consumer behavior PO-2 Have command on the current issues in the science of marketing, learn new marketing methods such as green marketing, social marketing, post-modern marketing, sustainable marketing, data-driven marketing, relationship marketing and so on
PO-5 Learn the subject of consumer behavior, handle the issues related to consumer behavior particularly with marketing discipline, and generally with various disciplines such as psychology, sociology and economics, have good knowledge to improve the existing models of consumer behavior or develop new ones.
PO-7 Understand the interaction of marketing with other branches of business management and different disciplines, examine the various marketing issues with new perspectives, gain abilities to produce original information through analysis and synthesis technics.
PO-10 Can understand new, different and/or complex issues, design an original studies and investigate them.
PO-19 Write an original doctoral thesis in marketing field which can be both nationally and internationally recognized, and become a successful marketing doctor and a strong candidate of marketing academics.
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Consumer behavior models, consumer decision making process, consumer purchasing process, consumer psychology, consumer sociology.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 mid-term exam
2 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
Required Course instruments and materials
Projection, textbook, articles in the literature.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 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 1 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 10 40
       b) Search in internet/Library 4 14 56
       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 4 5 20
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 5 20
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 180