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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / İŞLD903 - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (PHD)

Code: İŞLD903 Course Title: DISSERTATION STUDIES I Theoretical+Practice: 0+1 ECTS: 24
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 3rd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (PHD)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer HAKAN VAHİT ERKUTLU (erkutlu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) NURİ ÖZGÜR DOĞAN, METİN KAPLAN,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Encouraging thinking with using analytic approach and models, to gaining ability of preparing the Scientific Works and writing thesis.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can identify appropriate research design and methodologies. PO-13 The candidate can identify social, scientific, managerial and ethical problems that are encountered in the field of academic and professional business life, and can analyze and solve them, and contribute to the development of values related to such issues.
PO-14 The candidate will write an original doctoral thesis in business administration field which can be both nationally and internationally recognized, and gain "PhD" title in Business Administration.
Examination
LO-2 Can illustrate the process of conducting a research project. PO-13 The candidate can identify social, scientific, managerial and ethical problems that are encountered in the field of academic and professional business life, and can analyze and solve them, and contribute to the development of values related to such issues.
PO-14 The candidate will write an original doctoral thesis in business administration field which can be both nationally and internationally recognized, and gain "PhD" title in Business Administration.
Examination
Presentation
LO-3 Be able to differentiate the analyses of the qualitative and quantitative data in social researches. PO-14 The candidate will write an original doctoral thesis in business administration field which can be both nationally and internationally recognized, and gain "PhD" title in Business Administration.
Examination
Performance Project
LO-4 Can prepare a thesis in the field of business administration. PO-14 The candidate will write an original doctoral thesis in business administration field which can be both nationally and internationally recognized, and gain "PhD" title in Business Administration.
Examination
Practice Exam
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course has been lay out for getting the candidates designing and conducting the research Project.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Determining the subject of thesis Scan source and lecturing
2 Accepting research proposal Performance Project and Presentation to Research Proposal
3 Footnote and references in thesis studies Scan source and Lecturing
4 Ethics in social research Learn reference and footnote
5 Reviewing the scholarly literature and planning a thesis study Learn reference and footnote
6 Investigating qualitative and quantitative measurement techniques Performance Project and Presentation to Learn computer aided analysis techniques
7 Determining data collecting techniques and sampling Performance Project and Presentation to Calculate sampling
8 mid-term exam
9 Literature review Scan sources
10 Literature review Scan sources
11 Literature review Analyze article
12 Literature review Analyze article
13 Literature review Analyze article
14 Literature review Analyze article
15 Literature review Analyze article
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 American Psychological Association-APA (2013). Publication manual (8th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
2 Hair, J. F, Black, W. C , Babin, B., Anderson, R. E., Tatham, R. L. (2010). Multivariate data analysis. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Required Course instruments and materials
The Research Books that They can find at libraries and from the other resources.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam Yok
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report 10 1 40
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project 16 1 60
final exam

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 10 14 140
       b) Search in internet/Library 10 14 140
       c) Performance Project 10 10 100
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 14 10 140
       e) Term paper/Project 14 10 140
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 3 6
mid-term exam 3 2 6
Own study for final exam 3 2 6
final exam 3 2 6
Succesfull 0
Fail 0
Total work load; 726