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- BildiriAçık Erişim2017THE EFFECT OF THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT TOOLS ON SMES' FIRM PERFORMANCE
Bingöl, Dursun; Filizöz, Berrin; Koparan, Emrah; Okan, Tarhan; Çapkulaç, Onur; Ozsahin, M
Growing importance of notions of productivity and efficiency which generates basic focus and domain of firms the attention for strategic management have been increasing. This increasing attention is also resulting in increasing competition and changes in its formation. Markets have switched into regional or international rather than local and national. Firms need to have a strategic point of view and use strategic management tools. The above-mentioned concepts are generally used in big firms. However, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) have an important role in countries' economies thanks to their contribution to social development and employment. In Turkey, 99% of firms are SME. Regarding the importance of SMEs in the country's economy, this study aims to reveal if owners/managers of SMEs know about strategic management tools, if they know which tools they use, levels of satisfaction with these tools and which tools they plan to use in the future. Additionally, the study seeks priorities of owners/managers when choosing a strategic management tool and effect of level of using these tools on firm performance. (c) 2017 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.uk
- BildiriAçık Erişim2014The Soft Element of Strategic Human Resource Management: The Employee's Perception of Diversity Climate
Sezerel, Hakan; Tonus, H. Zumrut; Ozsahin, M
Workforce diversity imposes itself as an imperative for organizations. Hence, today's organizations distinguish the diversified workforce as a tool to leverage business opportunities. In order to acquire a competitive advantage from human resources, diversity management comes to the front for all organizations. Managing diversity successfully requires a proper diversity climate for employees in all levels of organizations. This study reports the findings of a research study on the diversity climate among employees of a hotel chain. Both the t-test and one way ANOVA tests predict the perception of employees. The results show that diversity perceptions of employees predominantly depend on managerial status. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
- BildiriAçık Erişim2013The link between unemployment rate and real output in Eurozone: A panel error correction approach
Dogru, Bulent; Ozsahin, M
In this paper we investigate the relationship between economic growth andunemployment in Eurozone through the implementation of Okun's Law using annual panel dataset covering the time period 2000-2012. Panel error correction and panel co-integration methods are used to test the linkage between unemployment and growth rate. We also investigate unemployment hysteresis using several non-stationary panel unit root techniques for unemployment hysteresis in all Euroregions. Findings suggest that Okun's Law is valid but coefficients are less thanOkun's coefficient for USA and other empirical studies on developed countries. Also we find that the relationship between economic growth rate and unemployment rate vary between countries.
- BildiriAçık Erişim2012Strategic Diversity Management Initiatives: A Descriptive Study
Besler, Senem; Sezerel, Hakan; Ozsahin, M; Zehir, C
The study presents a brief literature on diversity management, affirmative action, and equal employment opportunity concepts perspectives, and explores how diversity management takes place in the hotel industry via websites of the biggest hotel groups in Turkey. Recent strategic human resources strategies have reoriented from addressing the average employee stereotype to the employee with diversified skills, backgrounds, cultural competencies and the effects of globalization identities, organization are confronted with the challenge of recognizing and managing diversity. In the study, diversity related human resource management statements and diversity management statements within the given literature are taken into account and interpreted. Data suggests that regarding preceding studies, the biggest hotels groups in Turkey generally do not communicate with the internal and external shareholders about diversity-related issues. Out of 15 entities, only one organization with domestic-based capital has mentioned statements and all the foreign capital organizations have in their websites, but not in Turkish.
- BildiriAçık Erişim2011Core competences in non-governmental organizations: A case study
Besler, Senem; Sezerel, Hakan; Ozsahin, M
The aim of this study is to suggest the importance of core competences in the success of nongovernmental organizations. Accordingly, an answer is searched regarding with which activities successful non-governmental organizations can sustain their lives, and whether the core competencies are influential in this success. Çaǧdas. Drama Derneǧi (Contemporary Drama Association), a nongovernmental organization which has continued its activities by competing with profit organizations in the field of creative drama in Turkey for twenty years has been examined in depth with the sample case method. The examination has been conducted through interviews, archive scanning and participant observation. The works of the association have been observed on-site and by participating in the activities, the obtained data have been evaluated within the scope of the research. Its core competence, decision making groups of the society in the domain of education and arts, its other nongovernmental organizations, led by higher education institutions have come forth as establishing result-oriented relationships and relationship management. It is considered that the core competency of the organization, as differentiating competitive ability and competitive power, has provided a competitive edge over its competitors.