Course Descriptions

 

MAN 601 Management in Theory and Practice (3+0+0) 3
(Kuram ve Uygulamada Yönetim)

Theory of the organization; principal concepts of organizational behavior; strategy formulation; strategic management; human resources management; change management. Ethics in business.

MAN 602 Advanced Issues in Research Design and Methodology (3+0+0) 3
(Araştırma Tasarımı ve Metodolojisinde İleri Konular)

Philosophy of science; developing critical knowledge in understanding the methodological approaches in social sciences research; Theory construction and theory testing; designing the research questions and hypotheses; data collection and analysis.

MAN 603 Contemporary Marketing (3+0+0) 3
(Çağdaş Pazarlama)

Evolution of marketing concepts from a historical perspective; designing the marketing decision process; marketing strategies; innovation management; value-creation based customer and supplier management; distribution; personal selling; advertising; pricing; effective development of integrated marketing models.

MAN 605 Managerial Finance (3+0+0) 3 (Finansal Yönetim )
(Politics and Government in the Middle East)

Budgeting; financial projections; credit management; analysis of funding choices by objectives.

MAN 611 Operations Research (3+0+0) 3
(Yöneylem Araştırması)

Introduction to operations research; formulation of linear programming problems; simplex methods; duality theory; sensitivity analysis; network models; mixed-integer linear programming.

MAN 612 Current Issues in Labor Relations (3+0+0) 3
(İşçi-İşveren İlişkilerinde Güncel Konular)

Analysis of employee-employer relations from the ILO and EU perspectives; labor unions and collective bargaining processes, strikes, lock-outs; employee involvement programs.

ECO 613 History of Economic Thought (3+0+0) 3
(İktisadi Düşünceler Tarihi)

Social and political history and the evolution of political economics from an historical point of view; analysis and fundamentals of economics theory; pre-classical, classical and neoclassical economic thought; contemporary economic theories and approaches.

MAN 614 Business Project Management (3+0+0) 3
(İşletme Proje Yönetimi)

Practical project management techniques applicable to business projects in the private and public sectors; concepts and techniques for project specification; work break down structures; scheduling; network analysis; resource management and budgeting; risk analysis; reporting tools such as Gantt and PERT network charts.

MAN 621 New Product Development and Innovation Management (3+0+0) 3
(Yeni Ürün Geliştirme ve Yenilik Yönetimi)

The concepts of creativity and new product; managing innovations; a detailed analysis of alternative new product strategies; managing and implementing feasible new product development and innovation processes; enhancing competitive advantage through developing appropriate innovation models, costs and qualities of innovation.

MAN 622 Supply Chain Management (3+0+0) 3
(Tedarik Zinciri Yönetimi)

Designing value based supply chains; effective integration of manufacturing units; inventories and supplies; enhancing competitive advantage through effective logistics applications.

MAN 623 Qualitative Research Methods (3+0+0) 3
(Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri)

Introducing qualitative research methods; comparing and contrasting qualitative research tools with the traditional experimental and statistical research methods; content analysis; ethnographic analysis; interviewing techniques.

MAN 624 Consumer Behaviors (3+0+0) 3
(Tüketici Davranışları)

Examining the evolution of the concept of consumer; understanding the sociological and psychological variables that shape the consumer decision process; analyzing the impact of changing attitudes on purchasing decisions; establishing the connection between consumer satisfaction and long term consumer retention.

MAN 631 Corporate Finance Theory (3+0+0) 3
(Kurumsal Finans Kuramı)

Capital structure and the Modigliani-Miller theorem; optimal allocation of control rights; corporate financing and information; design of optimal contracts; design of debt contracts; auctions.

MAN 632 Financial Econometrics (3+0+0) 3
(Finansal Ekonometri)

Classical linear regression model; univariate time-series analysis; MA, AR, ARMA, and ARIMA models; multivariate analysis; long-term dependence; unit root tests and cointegration, modeling stochastic volatility; ARCH and GARCH models; simulation.

MAN 633 Computational Finance (3+0+0) 3
(Hesaplamalı Finans)

Volatility and correlation; principal component analysis; factor models; value-at-risk; non-normality of asset returns; time-series models; high-frequency data.

MAN 634 Real Options (3+0+0) 3
(Reel Opsiyonlar)

Comparison of net present value and real options; valuing flexibility; decision trees; numerical methods; compound and switching options; volatility estimation.

MAN 680 Ph.D. Seminar (0+2+0) Non-credit
(Doktora Semineri)

Guided reading seminar, coordinated by a faculty member, providing Ph. D. candidates with in-depth knowledge on major scientific papers and articles in their respective fields of specialization; guidance of doctoral students towards the preparation and presentation of a research proposal.

MAN 681-689 Special Studies in Management (3+0+0) 3
(İşletme Yönetiminde Özel Çalışmalar)

Study of current research topics in management by Ph.D. students under the guidance of a faculty member and presentation of the chosen topic.

MAN 690 Ph.D.Thesis Non-credit
(Doktora Tezi)

Preperation of a Ph.D. thesis under the guidance of an academic advisor.