The aim of this course is to teach students the basic ideas of business finance by introducing them to the financial environment, financial instruments and the financial decision-making process. On successful completion of this course, students will be able to utilize financial statements in analyzing the firm's financial performance, employ the necessary tools in understanding the management of working capital and apply a variety of financial planning and controlling techniques.

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The aim of this course is to familiarize students with the operations of global financial markets and the analysis of financial decisions of multinational firms. By the end of this course, the student will have gained knowledge about special financial problems of corporations operating in more than one country, including decisions to invest abroad, forecasting exchange rates, measuring and managing exchange risk, international capital movements and portfolio diversification, the management of international working capital and the tools used in multinational fixed asset decisions.

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The objective of the course is to introduce the basic concepts and principles of accounting for preparing the financial statements including the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statements. The course focuses not only on the role of accounting, but also on detailed understanding of the basic accounts within the main financial statements and their underlying principles, in order to enable students to prepare financial statements for analysis, to assess the statements according to various analysis techniques and to interpret the results. Case studies are also used with the purpose of observing the practical side of the theoretical knowledge obtained.

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This course is designed to prepare students for the technically sophisticated international trade practices. The fundamentals of international trade in macro setting will be introduced along with topics like globalization, growth of world trade, free trade vs. trade barriers, and trade policies for industrial and developing countries. Major institutions and the principal players of international trade will be discussed with special reference to their roles in world economy. This course aims not only to introduce the students to the basic concepts and tools in international trade necessary in current applications but also to provide the background essential for their following international trade and business courses.

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Innovations and improvements in transportation, manufacturing, communications and technology along with the commercialization and expansion of the Internet have resulted in globalization and a need for business people to understand different dimensions of the international business environment. Designed for the future executives engaged in international enterprise, this course covers different macro environmental factors and how these factors may affect executive decisions.

The aim of the course is to enable students to conceptualize and analyze various dimensions of strategic management in global industries. Some of the main topics that will be covered during the course are: Global strategy, global market opportunity assessment, and market entry strategies. Additional topics such as procurement and logistics management will be introduced via case studies.

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The primary objective of this course is to inform students about customer relationships, retail ownerships, retail types, spatial analysis, and the exciting new developments in the retail industry.

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Environmental Protection and rescue practices on workplace level in Turkey, Environmental Law, Environmental Management, Environmental Management Systems, Missions of OHS Experts on the subject of Environmental Management.

In the course, occupational health and safety processes, as well as the creation of the management system, team work, stress, management science, such as staff development issues are handled.

To give the knowledge about the probable hazards and risks in mine area and taking the precautions against these risks with discussing the legislation and regulations.

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Environmental protection and rescue practices on workplace level in Turkey, environmental law, environmental management, environmental and OHSAS 18001 management systems, missions of occupational health and safety experts on the subject of environmental management.

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The aim of the course is to give a general information about business and business administration. the main aim of this course is to tell about contributions to economy business science.

This course examines key elements in managing resources that are required to produce goods or services. Through analysis and presentation of case studies, students will gain practical experience of operations management problems. Basic techniques of the decision-making process will be introduced. By the end of the course, students will be able to formulate and build basic models of management and business problems and use associated software in the solution of problems.

The objective of the course is to introduce contemporary approaches to diagnose and define the business and management problems and decision making process . Similar to many areas, business, economic and social environment needs to be questioned continuously to make accurate decisions especially when the change is fast and unavoidable. Questioning is the basic step which leads to diagnose the real problem. Diagnosing the real problem is the vital step to bring the right solution. All these phases in decision making process can be achieved either by common sense or by conducting a scientific research. In this course the contemporary approaches to analyse the business world is overviewed and the steps of conducting a scientific research is explained. Provide the background knowledge for planning the steps of scientific research process starting from literature survey and problem definition up to the derivations of conclusions from the statistical analysis results. Designing how the steps of the research will be conducted like choosing among the alternative types of the investigation, data collection and analysis methods and then conducting the research according to the selected methods. Developing the theoretical framework to demonstrate the research model, formulating and testing the hpothesis of the model. Making the operational definition of variables stated in hypothesis, preparation of the questionnaire or by using the selected data collection methodology collecting the data. Analysing the collected data by using Excel and SPSS software and conducting the tests of the hypothesis formulated to a answer the researh question.Choosing the appropriate statistical tools to analyse the data collected. Applying contemporary analytical tools, descriptive and inferential statistical tools and performing multivariate data analysis.

Strategic management is designed to help students to guide an organization effectively toward a profitable and dynamic future. This course provides students with a formal method of defining the organization's purpose and aligning the entire business to achieve corporate goals. It also examines emerging technologies in information processing as an important element of strategic management.

Just like the monarchies that faded away at the turn of the last century, uni-block large enterprises are giving way to `shamrock` organizations based on loosely bound, self-sufficient yet strongly integrated network units, each acting like a small business. Your professional ambitions might lead you towards a corporate career in those new economy establishments or you might choose to satisfy the material and/or cognitive needs of your `free soul` by a private venture: in either case you must master one essential art: entrepreneurship. The above vision delineates the conceptual framework of this course, which we call `businessing`. Based on the motto, `every person is a business person`, this course is intended to help the attendees develop an entrepreneurial approach to a series of steps extending from idea generation to planning, fund raising and management

Information and communication technologies (ICT) is everywhere and for everyone. Internet has become part of individuals, companies, institutions and governments around the world. Naturally e-commerce and all the derivative applications of “e” in commercial and business life are more seriously considered in recent years. The impact of Internet and ICT on the economic, political and social environment necessitates approaching the issue from a legal perspective. E-business rules and e-commerce dynamics differ from the traditional rules. The objective of this course is to provide an understanding of e-business and e-commerce facts to enable the participants of the program to evaluate the new ways of doing business more accurately. Various kinds of interaction and transactions occur over the Internet. Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 and the potential new versions of the Web introduced the Social Media and Semantic Web. The importance of privacy issues increased with all these new applications. Understanding the basics of e-commerce rules and applications is a prerequisite to elaborate the juristic cases stemming from all these masses of transactions, interactions and sharing over the Internet. The content of the course is planned to cover the key managerial issues of e-business and e-commerce rather than the technical issues. To accomplish the above course objective, the following topics will be addressed: e-business models, Web site features, e-business strategies, opportunities in e-business, online marketing in relation to customer relationship management, interactive marketing and permission marketing. General concepts of data warehousing, data mining, and payment and security systems on the Internet.

Within the scope of this course, the most common e-commerce models in Turkey and in the World will be discussed: These models, its legal framework, operational needs and varieties, marketing tools and their effects on e-commerce, positive and negative effects of developments in Internet and Telecommunication sectors on e-commerce will be evaluated. The targeted audience of this course is those are interested in e-commerce or professionals working at related sectors.

In this course, fundamental notions and general provisions of Law of Business Firms and Negotiable Instruments will be covered, including the concepts of a business firm, business transaction, commercial cause, merchant, commercial registry, commercial books, commercial name and unfair competition. Further, the concept of negotiable instrument, its different types such as policy, check and bill of debt and their formal conditions, defrayals and the legal consequences of nonpayment will be covered. As to partnership law, concepts of partnership, ordinary share, general provision of corporate law, types of corporations such as general partnership, partnership in commendam, incorporated companies and limited partnership along with their foundations, organs, alterations among partners, rights and obligations of partners and termination of the partnership will be dealt with.

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This course will cover the basics of labour law, such as concepts of employee, employer, employer representative, subcontractor, workplace and undertaking. Regulation of employment contracts, rights and obligations of employees and employers, working hours, vacation days, and ending of employment contract will be discussed in more detail.

.In this course, the concept of entrepreneurship and its features will be discussed, including the history of entrepreneurship and its importance, and its social mission. We will study different entrepreneurial types, state entrepreneurship, factors contributing to the success of entrepreneurs, causes of failure, process and objectives of business incorporation, legal structures and types of enterprises, as well as small business management, research, planning, and other organizational issues.

The aim of this course is to provide students with detailed knowledge of the general provisions of the Turkish Code of Obligations. Particular attention is given to the performance, non-performance and discharge of obligations which arise from contracts, torts, unjust enrichment and other legal reasons. Other subjects to be examined are obligations of a special nature (such as solidarity, conditional obligations and penalty clauses for non-performance) and the assignment of claims and assumption of obligation.

Turkish Commercial Code takes "commercial enterprise" as its centerpiece and attributed a special importance to it. In this course, fundemental concepts around the commercial enterpise will be explained to students of Joint Program on Turkish-German Business Law. It must be noted that students wishing to focus on company law is advised to take course KLN Law 342.

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Accounting, also known as the language of business, is one of the most important information sources about business. The aim of this course is to show the role and use of accounting information in the legal context. In the first part of the course, a brief introduction to the accounting system and financial statements will be given. This parts aims to discuss the purpose of accounting and provide students with a basic understanding of the application of concepts and conventions, the procedures for recording business events, and compiling the financial database to develop financial statements. The second part constructs a bridge between Turkish Tax Legislation and accounting applications in the business environment. Determination of the tax base of a business is one of the most important reasons why a business is required to prepare its financial statements. Requirements demanded by Tax Legislation and consequent sanctions and penalties in case of failure of compliance with these requirements are discussed. Other than tax base determination, financial statements have critical functions for professionals in the business environment. Financial statements help one to understand the activities and performance of each business, which is crucial for professionals in the business environment such as regulators, managers, investors, and all other stakeholders. The third part of the course discusses the analysis of financial statements to assess business activities and make necessary financial decisions based on these assessments. This part also investigates the ways to manipulate financial statements to defraud investors and other people who have interests in the business by discussing a contemporary example, namely the Enron Case. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the accounting system, tax applications, financial analysis and management, which will be useful in different types of legal cases, including tax filing, bankruptcy, merger and acquisition and fraudulence in capital markets.

The Act No. 6356 on the Trade Unions and Collective Agreements has been adopted by the Parliament. To bring Turkish legislation in conformity with the ILO Conventions and acquis communautaire is the undamental aim of the legislative change. The main problem has been arisen from the approach of abrogated Acts Nos. 2821 and 2822 to freedom of association and collective bargaining. Nevertheless, Act No. 6356 developed a similar approach. The aim of this course is to examine current issues, which may be summarized as follows: principles of unionization and freedom of association, trade unions and democracy, suspension of union activities and dissolution of unions, the nature and characteristics of collective agreement, relations between collective agreement and the contract of employment, collective labor disputes, strikes and lock-outs.

This course is designed to give students a theoretical and practical understanding regarding the second part of the general provisions of Turkish Law of obligations. After having studied contracts as the major source of obligations in the first term, the second term will focus on the two other sources: torts and unjust enrichment. The theory of tort liability, limitation of liability, fault and strict liability as well as the different types of unjust enrichment and restitution will be dealt with. Beside these two major subjects students will be taught on different ways of discharging obligations, the effects of obligations on third parties, joint and several liability for an obligation, obligations on condition and the assignment of claims and assumption of obligations.

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The aim of this course is to give the student detailed knowledge of the law relating to incorporation and the constitution of companies. On completion of this course, the student should be in a position to understand the advantages and disadvantages of incorporation, how companies are created and classified and how a company is regulated by law. This course also enables students to understand the differences between a personal company and a capital company and between ordinary partnership and commercial associations.

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The Turkish Commercial Code assembles its general system on commercial enterprises. Commercial matters are covered by the Code, which describes as commercial any issue that is related to a commercial enterprise. The subject of the course includes commercial provisions and activities, commercial enterprises, commercial disputes and merchants and the status of the persons assisting merchants, namely commercial representatives, brokers, commercial middleman and agents.

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The aim of this course is to introduce students to the essential concepts of financial markets, particularly capital markets in the light of securities regulations. This course will deal with publicly held corporations, instruments and institutions of the capital market, capital market transactions such as portfolio management, underwriting, investments consultation, auditing of corporations, tender offer and takeover, stock exchanges, disclosure and capital market crimes such as insider trading and manipulation.

It is easy to observe the increasing significance of sports and sports events in our daily lives. The legal aspect of sports is becoming more important every day. This is due largely to growing professionalization, side effects such as hooliganism and violence which spread beyond playing fields, and the nationwide and international effects of sports events. Also, the enlarging sports economy, taking the peculiarities of sports law into account, makes the expertise on this field substantial in transactions of a sporting nature. This course will initially provide the participants with information on the economical and sociological dimensions of sports. The characteristics of sports business and the role of the media will be described. Following this introduction, the law of sports, the regulations on or related to sports, and the resolution of disputes arising from sports shall be discussed.