The aim of Special Topics in Construction Management course is to have knowledge to the new graduate students about program, advisors and professions. In the next stages of education, to be helpful to the decisions about selection of advisor, courses and subject of thesis in the process of being known the general framework of the program and meeting with the advisors.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
Course Code Course Name…
Special Requisite(s)
The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Instructor(s)
PROF.DR.ESİN KASAPOĞLU, PROF.DR.ESRA BOSTANCIOĞLU, Assist. Prof. Dr. GAMZE ALPTEKİN
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Tuesdaty; 14:00-16.45; Ataköy 4. Floor B Cor. Classroom 8-10
Office Hour(s)
Esin Kasapoğlu, Esra Bostancıoğlu; Gamze Alptekin; determined by prior appointment
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Oral presentation, discussion
Principle Sources
-All sources related with construction management
- Eren, E. (1991) Yönetim ve Organizasyon, 1. Bsk. İstanbul Üniversitesi İşletme Fakültesi Yayınları, İstanbul.
- Koçel, T. (1989) İşletme Yöneticiliği, Yönetici Geliştirme, Organizasyon ve Davranış, 3. Bsk. İstanbul Üniversitesi İşletme Fakültesi Yayınları, İstanbul.
- Güney, S., (2001) Yönetim ve Organizasyon, Yönetim ve Organizasyon, 1. Bsk. Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.
- Ataman, G., (2002) İşletme Yönetimi, Temel Kavramlar ve Yeni Yaklaşımlar, 2. Bsk. Türkmen Kitabevi, İstanbul.
- ASCE Construction Engineering and Management Journal - all issues
- Construction Management and Economics Journal - all issues
1. -Bostancioglu, E. (2021). “Double skin façade assessment by fuzzy AHP and comparison with AHP”, Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 17(1-2), 110-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2020.1735292
- Bostancioglu, E., Onder, N.P. (2019), “Applying Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to the Evaluation of Double Skin Façades”, Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 15-1, 66-82. -
-1. Bostancioglu, E., (2015), “Maliyeti Etkileyen Faktörlere Dayalı Bir Maliyet Tahmin Modeli Önerisi”, Türkiye Alim Kitapları, OmniScriptum GmbH & Co. KG, Deutschland, ISBN: 978-3-639-67416-3.
Other Sources
- Ivancevich, J. M., Konopaske, R., Matteson, M. T., (2005) Organizational Behavior and Management, 7th Ed. McGraw-Hill Companies, New York.
- Bennett, F. L., (2003) The Management of Construction, A Project Life Cycle Approach, 1st Ed. Butterworth-Heinemann Publishing, Oxford.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction, discussion
Oral presentation
2. Week
Concepts of Management and Organization
Oral presentation, discussion
3. Week
Post-modern contemporary concepts and approaches
Oral presentation, discussion
4. Week
Functions of management
Oral presentation, discussion
5. Week
Introduction to Quality Management
Oral presentation, discussion
6. Week
Quality Management in Building Production Process
Oral presentation, discussion
7. Week
Scope management in Architectural Management and Architectural Programming
Oral presentation, discussion
8. Week
Change Management in Building Production Process
Oral presentation, discussion
9. Week
Project delivery systems
Oral presentation, discussion
10. Week
Contracts
Oral presentation, discussion
11. Week
Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) Method and Its Use in Architectural Problems
Oral presentation, discussion
12. Week
Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) Method and Its Use in Architectural Problems
Oral presentation, discussion
13. Week
Construction Projects Contracts
Oral presentation, discussion
14. Week
Preliminary Design Phase Cost Estimation Models and Model Development
Oral presentation, discussion
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Final Exam
Assessment
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
35
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
30
Final Exam
1
35
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Understanding the principles of environmental systems’ design such as day lighting and artificial illumination, acoustics, active and passive heating and cooling, indoor air quality, and embodied energy; including the use of appropriate performance assessment tools.
PO-2
Understanding time management and control, cost planning and control, risk management, approaches, models and techniques to improve organizational / management effectiveness in project and construction management.
PO-3
Understanding classic and contemporary management theories and human relationship in management to improve management effectiveness in beginning, design and construction processes of a project.
PO-4
Understanding the basic principles of building materials and components’ design and utilized in the appropriate selection of construction technology in building production process and ability to be aware of their relationships.
PO-5
Ability to direct the experience gained from construction management and technology to new fields and ability to generate strategies.
PO-6
Ability to transfer and apply knowledge according to construction management and technology to the beginning of project, design and construction processes.
PO-7
Ability to use the theoretical and practical knowledge of the field related, referring to undergraduate competence.
PO-8
Ability to conduct research, examination, interpretation; to use adequate techniques and produce original results in the field of construction management and technology.
PO-9
Competence for analyzing, interpreting and establish relations within the framework of construction management and technology with the project and construction process.
PO-10
Competence for conducting an original academic/scientific study.
PO-11
Competence for making strategic decisions of architectural design projects, in the field of construction management and technology, and generating original solutions.
PO-12
Competence for presenting a work – made individually or within a group – systematically, in a foreign language, using the required computer programs, oral written and visual.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To have knowledge about project and construction management
LO-2
To have knowledge about management and human relations
LO-3
To have ability of using the new knowledge integrated with extending the gained experience at the undergraduate level
LO-4
To have knowledge about cost planning and control
LO-5
To have knowledge about the methods and techniques to enhance the effectiveness of management / Organizational
