School of Economics and Administrative Sciences \ Business Administration
Course Credit
ECTS Credit
Course Type
Instructional Language
Programs that can take the course
The production and consumption of goods and services lie at the core of the sustainability problems faced by today's economies and societies. In our country, there is a very important resource efficiency potential in all sectors, especially in the manufacturing industry. This course covers the concepts of efficiency and sustainable production in all their dimensions and introduces relevant tools and techniques that can be applied at the business level. Within the scope of the course, EU, ILO, UN, OECD, World Bank etc. The approach of international organizations to the issue is tried to be conveyed through various strategy documents.
Textbook and / or References
1. STB (2016), “Verimlilik Yönetimi: Uygulamalı El Kitabı (ILO Yayınları)”, Çeviri, Yayın No: 476, Ankara.
2. Akal, Z. (2011), “İşletmelerde Performans Ölçümü ve Denetimi”, MPM Yayın No: 473, Ankara.
3. AB Komisyonu (2013), “Eco-Innovate! A Guide to Eco-Innovation for SMEs and Business Coaches”. Brüksel.
4. Asya Verimlilik Teşkilatı (2022). "Green Productivity and the Circular Economy: A Convergence for a Better, Greener World”. Productivity Insights Vol. 2-4, Tokyo.
5. OECD (2015), “The Future of Productivity”, Paris.
6. STB (2014), “KOBİ’ler için Eko-Verimlilik Kılavuzu”, Yayın No: 727, Ankara.
7. Durmuş, Ö. (2008), “Yeşil Verimlilik”, MPM Yayın No: 700, Ankara.
8. OECD (2011), “Sustainable Manufacturing Toolkit”, Paris.
This course enables students to internalize the concepts of efficiency and sustainability and reveals business-wide efficiency problems and their solutions. Another aim of the course is to motivate students to tackle the issue of sustainability in their future careers, providing comprehensive knowledge of related topics and providing them as a knowledge base. The course also aims to introduce cleaner production tools and techniques, which are becoming increasingly widespread in the world, and to convey how they are used in the production processes of enterprises with good practice examples.
1. Can explain the basic concepts related to productivity.
2. Understand the dimensions of performance at the business level.
3. Describe the factors affecting productivity at the business level.
4. Can diagnose basic productivity problems.
5. Can define efficiency and sustainable production problems that arise in businesses and business life.
6. Can introduce productivity improvement techniques at the business level.
7. Can explain the concepts of sustainability and clean production.
8. Can create plans to solve sustainability problems.
9. Can introduce sustainable production tools and techniques.
10. Develops the ability to participate effectively in team work.
11. Can make an effective presentation.
Week 1: Productivity: Conceptual Framework
Week 2: Dimensions of Business Level Performance
Week 3: Factors Affecting Productivity
Week 4: Productivity Indicator Types and Productivity Measurement Methods
Week 5: Diagnosing Productivity Problems in Businesses
Week 6: Productivity Management
Week 7: Productivity Increasing Techniques
Week 8: Project-1: Presentations
Week 9: Sustainable Production: Conceptual Framework
Week 10: Sustainable Production Tools and Techniques
Week 11: Sustainable Production in Businesses: Application Examples from Around the World
Week 12: Project-2: Presentations
Tentative Assesment Methods
• Project 1 30 %
• Project 2 30 %
• Final 40 %
• Bonus Assignments 10 %
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