The Institute of Business Economy, which is
affiliated to the Faculty of Business Management,
is one of the oldest schools of business in Turkey.
This Institute was established in the nineteen fifties
as a contemporary and participatory educational
institution. The Institute traces its past to 1954
when the academics of business administration and
American academics from Harvard Business School
came together with some of the most prominent
Turkish businessmen like Vehbi Koc and Nejat
Eczacibasi to form a contemporary and independent
business educational institution that truly represents
the cooperation between the university and industry.
Here are the aims of the Institute:
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· To contribute to the advancement of education
in business; for this end, organizing long and
short term educational programmes, seminars, and
conferences by employing contemporary and
effective teaching
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techniques and tools like
computer generated simulations, video presentations,
business games, based on case study methods.
· To offer consultancy to the businesses that face
problems.
· To gather documents and data about Turkish
and foreign business problems and to conduct
research in these fields.
· To help with the education of new academics
and business executives and to invest in new
methods of education.
· Master of Business Administration
· Master of International Business Administration
· Master of Finance Administration
· Managerial Education
· Human Resources Administration
· Tourism and Hotel Management
· Tour Operations and Travel Management
· English Preparatory School (for business
administrators)
· Master of Business Administration (evening
education, without a thesis).
Other than these programmes, the institute has
been cooperating with a number of private and
public institutions. This cooperation involves
evaluation of performance, on-job training,
reorganization, education of the managerial staff
and so on. The following are some of the
institutions the institute cooperates with: Turkish
State Monopolies, the Social Security Office, the
Ministry of Transportation, Turkish Airlines, the
Ministry of ForestryForestry Department, Ziraat
Bank, Akbank, Turkish Collieries, Karabük
Steelworks, and the Post Office.
The Institute organizes faculty and student
exchange programmes with Ball State University
(USA), Ohio State University (USA), and Salzburg
University (Austria).
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