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Program Type: 
Thesis
Course Code: 
DBA 651
Course Type: 
Core
P: 
0
Lab: 
0
Credits: 
0
ECTS: 
160
Course Language: 
English
Course Objectives: 

The objective of this final course is to let the students harmonize all the knowledge accumulated during the PhD program and to write a dissertation thesis on one of the topics selected by both the student and the advisor and to be approved by the Department Head. The main goal is to develop both the skills and abilities of students to conduct independent and original research with the objective of contributing to the theory.  

Course Content: 

Depending on the topic of the thesis, students will prepare proposals, carry out the research and submit their dissertation work to an academic jury for approval.

Teaching Methods: 
2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion
Assessment Methods: 
B: Presentation, C: Homework

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
  1. Student will have an opportunity to organize what they have learned at the PhD program regarding particular fields like Management- Organization, Marketing and/or Finance and to conduct a research on their favorite field of Management.
2,3 C
  1. Students will enjoy the experience of searching for data and to report their findings in a scientifically acceptable format
2,3 C

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT
Week Topics Study Materials

Recommended Sources

RECOMMENDED SOURCES
Textbook Articles and textbooks related to thesis topic
Additional Resources  

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES NUMBER PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms 1 100
Project   100
Total   -
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE   100
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE   100
Total   100

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
No Program Learning Outcomes Contribution
1 2 3 4 5  
1 Ph.D. candidates gain knowledge and skills to interpret and criticize many theories, models, and paradigms related to different perspectives that developed in the fields of business (organization and administration, organization behavior, marketing, finance, human resources, production technology, etc.)  and social sciences and evaluation of scientific studies and research presented at scientific meetings       X    
2 Ph.D. candidates learn to track and interpret the changes, innovations and developments in business administration or in other fields of social sciences, and as practitioners determine the organizational and managerial problems, create innovative solutions in the light of this information.     X      
3 Ph.D. candidates gain knowledge, ability, and responsibility to carry out unique scientific and academic researches independently or in partnership with other researchers in the field of social sciences, and to publish the research results in forms of book, article, report and to present for discussing in scientific areas.       X    
4 Ph.D. candidates become managers based on ethical issues, leaders, or academicians who have consciousness of a sustainable environment, social responsibility and active citizenship in the scientific environment in the university, in the close relationship with outstanding faculty members, selected guest speakers and the teammates who they are educated together.       X    
5  Ph.D. candidates learn that the employees of the national and international organizations they manage come from different backgrounds and culture, cultural conflicts occur in mergers and cross-country mobility of the labor force, in a scientific environment and evolve as successful managers and leaders  who can manage cultural differences.     X      
6 Ph.D. candidates gain leadership qualifications to make rational decision-making for long-term strategic planning and application of plans in the organizations they work.   X        
7 Ph.D. candidates learn that strategic management is teamwork and results can be achieved only by working as teams.     X      
8 Ph.D. candidates learn that information developed in different fields of social sciences complete each other and in scientific studies, having multidisciplinary approach and viewpoint is inevitable.       X    
9 In long-term doctoral studies, Ph.D. candidates prepare papers and presentations in English and they criticized for improvement of their studies, they gain effective communication skills in both their native language and in English.       X    
10 Ph.D. Candidates experiences how rapid is production and development of information in social sciences and in business administration and learn that life-long learning is inevitable.     X      

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities Quantity Duration
(Hour)
Total
Workload
(Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) 16 0 0
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) 100 38 3800
Thesis Presentation 1 200 200
Total Work Load     4000
Total Work Load / 25 (h)     160
ECTS Credit of the Course     160