HKU120 Introduction to Management and Leadership for Lawyers

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Course Goal / Objective

Law plays an important role in business and the idea of management helps to understand legal processes and regulations. Law covers many areas from the establishment of businesses to their activities, from contracting to intellectual property rights. The general idea of management helps lawyers understand the operations of businesses and provide legally appropriate solutions. Throughout this course, the discussion about what management and leadership understanding encompasses aims to explore the legal aspects, taking into account the equally discussed concept of leadership.

Course Content

This course provides law students with the opportunity to understand the relationship between law, management, and leadership concepts. It equips them with a fundamental perspective on managerial and organizational processes they may encounter in the business world while helping them develop leadership, team management, and ethical decision-making skills in their professional careers. The course also covers key topics that modern legal professionals face, such as globalization, sustainability, digitalization, and corporate governance.

Course Precondition

There is no prerequisite for this course.

Resources

• Boddy, David, Management: Using Practice and Theory to Develop Skill, (4th Edition, 2019, Pearson).

Notes

• Atıgan, Fatma, Yönetim ve Organizasyon, (5. Basım, 2023, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık). • Boddy, David, Management: Using Practice and Theory to Develop Skill, (4th Edition, 2019, Pearson). • Boyle, Fiona; Capps, Deveral (Eds.), A Practical Guide to Lawyering Skills, (2020, Routledge). • Brooks, Ian; Weatherston, Jamie; Wilkinson, Graham, International Business Environment, (2004, Prentice Hall). • Çımat, Ali; Erdal, Adnan, Sürdürülebilir Gelecek İçin Kurumsal Sosyal Sorumluluk, (1. Baskı, Aralık 2021, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık). • Genç, Nurullah; Tutar, Hasan, Yönetim ve Organizasyon: Çağdaş Sistemler – Yaklaşımlar – Kuramlar, (6. Baskı, Eylül 2024, Seçkin Yayıncılık). • Güney, Salih, Liderlik, (3. Baskı, 2020, Nobel Kitabevi). • Hakyemez, Yusuf Şevki; Akad, Mehmet; Bulut, Nihat; Okutan, Cevat, Küreselleşme ve Türkiye: Türkiye'de Devlet'in Gelişimi, (Seçkin Yayıncılık). • Kadıoğlu, Eyüp (Ed.), Kurumsal Yönetim: Gelişimi, Teorileri ve Uygulamaları, (1. Baskı, 24 Haziran 2021, Gazi Kitabevi). • Marangoz, Mehmet (Ed.); Özkoç, Hatice Hicret (Ed.), Endüstri 4.0 ve İşletme Yönetimi, (1. Baskı, Haziran 2022, Beta Yayınları). • Sezgin, Funda H.; Yüksel Acı, Esra (Eds.), Avrupa Yeşil Mutabakatı Kapsamında Yeşil Ekonomi, (2. Baskı, Ocak 2023, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık). • Ünal, Ömer; Temiz, Hasan Ejder, Gig Ekonomisi Bağlamında İş İlişkisinin Değişen Yüzü: Uber Örneği, (Çalışma ve Toplum, 2022/1). DOI: 10.54752/ct.1060793.

Course Learning Outcomes

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Week Plan

Student Workload - ECTS