Information Of Programmes

INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / İŞLD916 - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (PHD)

Code: İŞLD916

Course Title: DISSERTATION STUDIES VI

Theoretical+Practice: 0+1

ECTS: 24

Year/Semester of Study

4 / Spring Semester

Level of Course

3rd Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Compulsory

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)

METİN KAPLAN,

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to provide students with necessary knowledge to literature review of thesis study and to understand the results of empirical social research; to teach quantitative and qualitative research methods.

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-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-3	Be able to compare 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
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The course is structured to help students to design and carry out a thesis or social research project.
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Creating and writing theoretical framework of thesis	Scan sources
2	Creating and writing theoretical framework of thesis	Performance Project and Presentation to Scan sources
3	Creating and writing theoretical framework of thesis	Scan sources
4	Conducting field survey and questionnairre to the thesis study.	Performance Project and Presentation to Design Questionnairre
5	Conducting field survey and questionnairre to the thesis study.	Design questionnairre
6	Conducting field survey and questionnairre to the thesis study.	Apply questionnairre
7	Conducting field survey and questionnairre to the thesis study.	Apply questionnairre
8	mid-term exam
9	Analyzing data	Performance Project and Presentation to Analyzing Data
10	Analyzing data	Analyze data
11	Writing the study of thesis	Thesis preparation and writing
12	Writing the study of thesis	Thesis preparation and writing
13	Reading the study of thesis with supervisor	Thesis preparation and reading
14	Reading the study of thesis with supervisor	Thesis preparation and reading
15	Accepting and presentation of dissertation	Thesis defense and presentation
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
American Psychological Association-APA (2013). Publication manual (8th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment	Week	Hours	Weight(%)
mid-term exam
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report	16	1	100
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam

Student Work Load
Type of Work	Weekly Hours	Number of Weeks	Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice)	1	14	14
Outside Class
a) Reading	25	14	255
b) Search in internet/Library	25	14	255
c) Performance Project			0
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report			0
e) Term paper/Project			0
Oral Examination			0
Quiz			0
Laboratory exam			0
Own study for mid-term exam			0
mid-term exam			0
Own study for final exam			0
final exam			0
			0
			0
Total work load;			714