ECTS - - PhD in Business Administration (Turkish)

ISL600 - Seminar (0 + 0) 5

Definition of the topic, data collection and analysis, report writing and presenting.

ISL601 - Research Methods (3 + 0) 5

Advanced methodolgy in research designs, probability theories, hypothesis tests, reliability and validity of measurement, model construction, multiple regression, multivariate variance analyses, correlation, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and econometric models.

ISL606 - New Approaches in Production Management (3 + 0) 5

Production systems, production strategies, production management decisions, product design and development.

ISL690 - Qualification (0 + 0) 30

Individual study to be succesful in proficiency exam. 

ISL697 - Thesis Proposal (0 + 0) 20

Identifying a research subject and preparing the general outline and core references of the research subject

ISL699 - Thesis (0 + 0) 150

Determination of a research topic in the field of business administration, literature survey, setting of hyphotesis, analysis, interpretation and reporting of the results in an orderly fashion appropriate to scientific guidelines.

SBE-ISL-DR-AE1FA1 - Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

SBE-ISL-DR-AE1FA2 - Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

SBE-ISL-DR-AE1FA3 - Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

SBE-ISL-DR-AE1FA4 - Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

SBE-ISL-DR-AE1FA5 - Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

FNCE504 - Financial Management (3 + 0) 5

Methods for optimal decisions on the main issues of finance namely, investments, capital structure and working capital management, firm value maximization.

FNCE505 - Securities and Portfolio Management (3 + 0) 5

Trade-off between risk and return, optimal portfolio selection, portfolio management, asset pricing models, derivative instruments, construction and management of optimal portfolios.

FNCE507 - International Finance (3 + 0) 5

Investment, financing and risk management, international investment and financing techniques, management of exchange rate risk and interest rate risk and the instruments.

FNCE508 - Financial Analysis (3 + 0) 5

Analysis and interpretation of financial statements and financial analysis techniques such as comparative analysis, vertical analysis, trend analysis and ratio analysis.

FNCE510 - Investment Project Analysis (3 + 0) 5

Conceptual basics of investment projects, main analysis in project development, project evaluation, risk analysis in project evaluation, other profitability and economic analysis.

FNCE511 - The Law of Finance (3 + 0) 5

The effects of legislative regulations on financial institutions and on the operations of those financial institutions, banking finance, banking act, debt contracts, share issues, individual finance, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions.

FNCE512 - Tax Law for Businesses (3 + 0) 5

General rules of tax law, taxation process, tax evasion and penal provisions, income tax, corporate tax, value added tax.

FNCE513 - Risk Management (3 + 0) 5

Financial risk and the sources of risk, calculation and management of portfolio risk, exchange rate, interest rate and credit risk, traditional risk management methods, risk management instruments.

FNCE514 - Accounting Theories and Standards (3 + 0) 5

The appropriate accounting system, book keeping systems, the contents and the format of the financial statements, the valuation problems, comparison of various accounting standards.

FNCE515 - Managerial Accounting (3 + 0) 5

Collection, analysis and interpretation of financial information, planning and controlling functions, cost-volume-profit analysis, incremental analysis and budgeting.

FNCE516 - New Financial Instruments and Accounting Applications (3 + 0) 5

Accounting of derivative instruments suchs as swaps, options, futures and forwards in light of the the legislative regulation that should be followed during the accounting process.

FNCE517 - Financial Markets (3 + 0) 5

Financial markets, institutions, bond markets, exchange markets, money markets and derivative markets.

FNCE518 - Financial Econometrics (3 + 0) 5

The use of statistical techniques and econometric theory in the solution of financial problems, building financial models, estimation of volatility, capital asset pricing, portfolio allocation, risk adjusted returns.

ISL501 - Contemporary Management (3 + 0) 5

Business start-up strategies, process of business foundation from both the practical and theoretical aspects of contemporary management theory.

ISL502 - Marketing Management (3 + 0) 5

Strategic planning and marketing process, marketing strategy; defining targeting audience and target growth in marketing mix, macro and micro environments of marketing, market segmentation, consumer and industrial markets and different aspects of those markets, consumer behavior, product, price, promotion and distribution.

ISL503 - Accounting (3 + 0) 5

General accounting, recording of the accounts within basic terms of accounting and unified accounting system by analysing the balance sheet and the income statement of a firm and preparing basic financial statements that measure the financial position of a firm.

ISL505 - Quantitative Methods (3 + 0) 5

Operational research, structure and solution of decision problems, linear programming, mathematical structure of linear programming, solution techniques of linear programming, graphical method, Simplex method, transportation problems, mathematical structure of transportation problems, solution of transportation problems, MODI test.

ISL506 - Organization Theory (3 + 0) 5

Fundamental concepts of organization structure and design, the evolution of organization theory, organizational effectiveness and organizational structure and environment.

ISL508 - Psychology and Business Ethics (3 + 0) 5

Business ethics, alternative theoretical approaches, ethical dilemmas, attitudes and behaviors, psychology.

ISL509 - Operations Management (3 + 0) 5

Demand forecasting, project management, quality management, supply chain management, planning and scheduling, and inventory management, materials resource planning (MRP), enterprise resource planning (ERP) as well as modern production techniques such as lean production, just-in-time production.

ISL510 - Supply Chain Analysis for Managers (3 + 0) 5

Supply chain management purposes and processes; supply chain design, evaluation and measurement models; and trends in strategic operations, procurement, and logistics within the supply chain

ISL511 - Human Resources Management (3 + 0) 5

Strategic human resource management, certain ethical, legal and social considerations, staffing, human resource development, compensation and benefits, safety and health, employee and labor relations.

ISL519 - Digital Finance (3 + 0) 5

Digital Finance, digital literacy, the functioning of Bitcoin and crypto money, its importance, its effects on financial and economic structure, legal regulations, blockchain technology.

ISL521 - Responsible Leadership and Sustainability (3 + 0) 5

What is sustainability; sustainability and related polices; climate and global change; environmental and resource economics; sustainable business practices; sustainability: ethics, culture, and history; sustainable development; sustainability indicators. definition and characteristics of management style, leader-manager comparison, traditional and contemporary applications of leadership models and theories, the role of managers in the decisionmaking process

ISL522 - Digital Marketing (3 + 0) 5

The content of this course includes digital marketing strategy, search engine optimization, social media marketing and mobile marketing

ISL604 - Advanced Research Methods (3 + 0) 5

Identifying problem areas using general knowledge about research methods, designing research, collecting data, conducting qualitative and quantitative advanced analysis, and writing a research report.

ISL607 - Strategic Human Resources Management (3 + 0) 5

The theoretical developments in the field of Human Resources Management with a strategic perspective and the processes related to the identification and analysis of Human Resources Management functions and the development of appropriate human resources strategies in line with business strategies.

ISL608 - Advanced Organizational Behavior (3 + 0) 5

The theoretical developments in the field of organizational behaviour; different theories related to self, individual, teams, groups and organizational systems.

ISL617 - Investment Project Analysis and Firm Valuation (3 + 0) 5

Investment projects evaluation, risk analysis in project evaluation, other profitability and economic anaysis, the applications of valuation methods.

ISL620 - International Marketing Strategies (3 + 0) 5

International markets, international marketing strategies and penetration methods, planning, organization, application and control of international product, pricing, place and promotion operations.

SBE-MAN-DR-AE1FA1 - Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

SBE-MAN-DR-AE1FA2 - Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

SBE-MAN-DR-AE1FA3 - Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

SBE-MAN-DR-AE1FA4 - Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

SBE-MAN-DR-AE1FA5 - Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

ISL602 - Strategic Marketing Management (3 + 0) 5

Functional development of marketing in business and the evolution of the marketing concept, its relation with other sciences, the contribution of marketing science to strategic competition, new approaches on marketing components on basis of varying perspectives on marketing science.

ISL603 - Advanced Financial Accounting (3 + 0) 5

Accounting theory and its development, research methods in accounting, assessment function of accounting, current value accounting, accounting systems in literature, the development of accounting standards in Turkey and international accounting standards and the potential scope of accounting.

ISL605 - Financial Management  (3 + 0) 5

Agency theory, capital strucure theories, dividend theories, modern portfolio theory, capital assets pricing model, arbitrage pricing model, effective markets hypotheses, asymmetry problem in finance markets, choice under risk and uncertainty, capital cost.

ISL609 - Financial Econometrics (3 + 0) 5

The use of statistical techniques and econometric theory in the solution of financial problems, building financial models, estimation of volatility, capital asset pricing, portfolio allocation, risk adjusted returns.

ISL610 - Selective Topics in Cost and Managerial Accounting (3 + 0) 5

Cost distribution methods, process costing and job-order costing methods, activity-based costing, cost behavior analysis, decision process using financial data, operations budget.

ISL611 - Services Marketing (3 + 0) 5

Properties of services, service design, demand forecasting and capacity planning in service businesses and measurement of service quality.

ISL612 - Marketing Models (3 + 0) 5

Development of marketing theory, consumer behavior models, industrial buying models, new product expansion models, international marketing strategies, decision support systems in marketing.

ISL613 - Supply Chain Management (3 + 0) 5

Network design in supply chain, performance criteria, supply and demand forecasting, stock determination and security stock, pricing strategies.

ISL614 - Financial Institutions and Instruments (3 + 0) 5

Classification of financial institutions, types of financial markets, money and capital markets instruments, central banking, commercial banking, banking regulation and audition institutions, stock exchanges and BİST, Capital Markets Board (SPK), social security institutions, financial renting and factoring, futures, options.

ISL615 - Marketing Information Systems and Marketing Research (3 + 0) 5

Utilization of information systems in functions of a business: production, finance, marketing for analysis and coordination.

ISL616 - Strategy and Business Policy (3 + 0) 5

Strategic planning of the business, scope, organization, coordination, application and control of activities of the business.

ISL618 - Auditing (3 + 0) 5

The verification of correct and reliable data in financial statements of businesses, audition of the correctness of period entries, audition types, standards and legal regulations on auditing, interior control systems, reporting.

ISL619 - International Finance (3 + 0) 5

Basic principles of international finance, international financial markets and foreign exchange markets` risk.

ISL621 - Consumer Behavior (3 + 0) 5

Decision making process, organizational context, micro-macro range, neuroscience, psychology, cultural studies.

ISL622 - Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (3 + 0) 5

The theory and the applications related with optimal portfolio selection, portfolio management, asset pricing models, investment analysis techniques and derivative instruments.

ISL623 - Contemporary Organization Theory (3 + 0) 5

Evolution of organization theories and contemporary organization theories, resource dependence theory, social network theory, institutional theory, agency theory.

ISL624 - Financial Analysis (3 + 0) 5

Fundamental and additional financial statements, comparative analysis of financial statements, trend percentages analysis, vertical percentage analysis and ratio analysis, interpretation of the analyses.

ISL625 - Corporate Governance, Risks and Internal Control (3 + 0) 5

The risks that threat the sustainability of the businesses, precautionary measures and the components of the internal control system.

ISL627 - Strategic Brand Management (3 + 0) 5

The definition and concepts of brand, planning of strategic brand management process and brand communication

ISL628 - Sales Management (3 + 0) 5

the role of personal selling in the marketing function, introduction of the sales management functions, sales forecasts and quotas, communication styles of sales people and customers, sales and ethics