| Course Name | Turkish Business Structural Analysis |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| ISL 584 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | Turkish | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | Second Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Objectives | The aim of the course is to help students understand Turkish business environment from a comparative and historical perspective. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The course deals with the Turkish Business System in historical comparative perspective. It specifically involves an analysis of historical changes in Turkish business system characteristics such state-business relations, organizational structures and strategies, and managerial elites. Furthermore, it examines the economic, political, and institutional conditions that shape entrepreneurial behavior and organizations of business activities in Turkey. |
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| Major Area Courses | X | |
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction to the course | |
| 2 | Comparative Perspective: National Business Systems Approach | Whitley, R. 2000. Divergent capitalisms: The social structuring and change of business systems. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (pp. 31-64). Selekler-Gökşen, N. 2015. Makrokurumsal Bakış Açısı: Bir Değerlendirme. A. S. Sargut ve Ş. Özen. Örgüt Kuramları. Ankara: İmge Yayınevi. (sayfa 331-378) |
| 3 | An Introduction to Turkish Business Context | Dirlik, O. 2016. Türk iş sisteminin evrimi: Makro kurumsal bir inceleme. Yönetim ve Organizasyon Araştırmaları Dergisi, 1 (2) 5-30. Berkman, Ümit, and Özen, Şükrü. 2007. Turkish Business System and Managerial Culture: State-Dependency and Paternalism in Transition. Eduardo Davel, Jean-Pierre Dupuis, et Jean-François Chanlat (Der.), Gestion en contexte interculturel : approches, problématiques, pratiques et plongées. (Chapter VI.4) Québec, Presse de l’Université Laval et TÉLUQ/UQAM. |
| 4 | Private Business in Turkey: Past and Present | Buğra, A. 1994. Devlet ve İşadamları. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları (pp. 11-239) |
| 5 | Business Groups and Corporate Governance in Turkey | Çolpan, A., and Hikino, T. 2008. Türkiye’de büyük şirketler kesiminde işletme gruplarının iktisadi rolü ve çeşitlendirme stratejileri. Yönetim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 8 (1-2): 23-58. Üsdiken, B. and Yıldırım-Öktem, Ö. 2008, Kurumsal ortamda degişim ve büyük aile holdingleri bünyesindeki şirketlerin yönetim kurullarında ‘icrada görevli olmayan’ ve ‘bağımsız’ üyeler,” Amme İdaresi Dergisi, 41 (1): 43-71 |
| 6 | Diversification Strategy in Turkish Business Groups | Karaevli, A. 2008. Türkiye’deki İşletme Gruplarında Çeşitlendirme Stratejilerinin Evrimi. Yönetim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 8 (1-2): 85-107. Gökşen, N. S. and Üsdiken, B. 2001. Uniformity and diversity in Turkish business groups: Effects of scale and time of founding. British Journal of Management, 12(4): 325-340. |
| 7 | Changing State-Business Relations | Buğra, A. and Savaşkan, O. 2010. Yerel sanayi ve bugünün Türkiye’sinde iş dünyası. Toplum ve Bilim, 117, 92-122. Buğra, A. ve Savaşkan, O. 2014. Türkiye’de Yeni Kapitalizm: Siyaset, Din ve İş Dünyası. İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul. |
| 8 | State-Business Relations and Firm Performance | Özcan G. B., and Gündüz, U. 2014. “Political connectedness and business performance: evidence from Turkish industry rankings”. Business and Politics, 17:1, 41-73. Özen, Şükrü, and Önder, Çetin. 2019. Adaptation of Corporate Political Ties to Radical Political Change and its Performance Implications: The Case of Turkish Industrial Enterprises, 1999-2010. 10. Örgüt Kuramı Sempozyumu Bildiriler Kitabı, s. 150-157, 8-9 February, 2019, Izmir University of Economics. |
| 9 | Market and Social Structure in Turkey | Buğra, A. 2000. Piyasa oluşturmanın piyasa dışı mekanizmaları: Türkiye’de dayanıklı tüketim malları sektörünün gelişimi. Devlet piyasa karşıtlığının ötesinde: İhtiyaçlar ve tüketim üzerine yazılar. 63-96. İstanbul: İletişim. Özen, Ş., and Aslan, Z. 2006. İçsel ve Dışsal Sosyal Sermaye Yaklaşımları Açısından Türk Toplumunun Sosyal Sermaye Potansiyeli: Ortadoğu Sanayi ve Ticaret Merkezi (OSTİM) Örneği. Akdeniz Üniversitesi İİBF Dergisi, 12 (2) 130-161. |
| 10 | Business Elites in Turkey | Üsdiken, B., Yıldırım-Öktem, Ö., Şenol, F. N. 2015. İç Halkaya Dahil Olmak: Türkiye’deki Büyük Aile Holdinglerinde Profesyonel Yöneticiler. ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi, 42: 521-551. Yamak, S. 1998. Seksenlerden Doksanlara Türkiye’deki Yönetici Elitler: Eğitim Durumlarında Neler Değişti. Amme İdaresi Dergisi, 31 (4) 65-77. |
| 11 | Management and Leadership in Turkey | Nichols, T., ve Suğur, N. 2005. Global işletme, yerel emek: Türkiye’de işçiler ve modern fabrika. İstanbul: İletişim (pp. 107-182). Paşa, S.F. 2000. Türkiye ortamında liderlik özellikleri. Editör Zeynep Aycan. Türkiye’de Yönetim, Liderlik ve İnsan Kaynakları Uygulamaları, pp.225-241. Türk Psikologları Derneği Yayınları, Ankara. |
| 12 | Project Presentations | |
| 13 | Project Presentations | |
| 14 | Project Presentations | |
| 15 | Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Books and articles listed in required materials. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Books and articles listed in required materials. |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 8 | 30 |
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 10 |
| Project | 1 | 40 |
| Seminar / Workshop | 1 | 20 |
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 11 | 100 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 8 | 3 | |
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 10 | |
| Project | 1 | 40 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | 1 | 20 | |
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 190 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to demonstrate general business knowledge and skills. | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to demonstrate business communication skills effectively. | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to deliver creative and innovative solutions to the business-related problems. | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to evaluate the performance of business organizations through a holistic approach. | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to lead their peers and companies for the achievement of business goals. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to perform well in teamwork projects and business tasks. | X | ||||
| 7 | To be able to exhibit an ethical and socially responsible behavior in conducting research and making business decisions. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to solve business related problems using analytical and technological tools and techniques. | X | ||||
| 9 | To develop a solution to business problems through systematic research. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to use a foreign language to follow information about the field of finance and participate in discussions in academic environments. | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
