Business Administration (Turkish with Thesis)

About the Department

The objective of the Master of Science in Business Administration Program is to educate graduates who will be the leader managers that businesses and corporations need. By considering the importance of human resources for businesses and teaching the skills and capabilities required for managers and leaders in today’s globalized business life, it is aimed that implementations will be applied in the business arena.

Thesis Master’s Programme in Business Administration of the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Department of Business Administration offers a higher education with its qualified academic staff. The Programme is for individuals who can work efficiently at the administrative departments of production and service businesses in the public or private sector and aims to enable students to acquire the skills of analytical, fast, and multi-dimensional thinking, and the competencies of making strategic decisions, and tackling issues with a global view.

Goal & Objectives

1. Have knowledge of the theories regarding the field of Business Administration.

2. Approach the Business Administration with a strategic perspective, and have knowledge of the concept of planning-oriented philosophy of administration.

3. Have the theoretical knowledge to make quick and optimal decisions in parallel with the changing environmental conditions.

4. Evaluate the business activities on a global scale and make the business organization global.

5. Make organizational analyses and designs with a modern perspective on administration, and comprehend and have skills in explaining and practicing the Business Administration’s functions of planning, organizing, managing, and controlling.

6. Gain a perspective to put the teachings into practice specific to the fields under the major of Business Administration such as Human Resources Management, Organisational Behaviour, Change, and Information Management.

7. Acquire competence in detecting and solving the problems occurred in the general or functional order of a business organization.

8. Have the skills of expert managing both in theory and practice enabling them to identify problems, put forward arguments, and improve visions on academic and sectoral platforms.

9. Have knowledge of market research, information systems, consumer behaviors, strategic marketing, global markets, product and service strategies, product life cycle, pricing, and supply chain to maintain the business in the process of globalization.

10. Gain a perspective enabling them to set forth the vision, mission, and organizational design of a business organization in parallel with the business organization’s mission, vision, and sources.

11. Make designs of business processes with high efficiency in parallel with the opportunities the business organization has.

12. Make the required changes to the organizational structure pursuant to the changing environmental conditions.

13. Establish channels of communication within and outside of a business organization to create an effective and coherent organizational structure.

14. Comprehend the scientific status of Business Administration, and gain a perspective enabling them to carry out interdisciplinary academic studies.

Career Opportunities

The graduates of the Programme can work at various levels of administrative departments of a business organization in the public or private sector. Stakeholders in interaction with the Department of Business Administration can be summarised as follows: private institutions and organizations, various public institutions and organizations affiliated with various ministries, universities, research institutions, and institutes.