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Kahraman Çatı There is no doubt that education is the most fundamental factor in the development of entrepreneurship and innovation. In our country, the importance given to entrepreneurship education in both secondary and higher education is increasing. Some universities even plan to offer entrepreneurship courses in all their departments. Some of our universities offer entrepreneurship graduate programs. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the necessary materials for entrepreneurship education.
In this book titled Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, basic topics such as the concept of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship culture, ethics in entrepreneurship, business modeling and innovation management are explained in detail. In addition, the book covers the types of entrepreneurship and the management, marketing and finance issues that an entrepreneur must know.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management book will be of great benefit to people who will start new businesses, business people who need an innovative perspective to develop their business, and people who want to think innovatively at every stage of life.
Gülay Budak, Gönül Budak Regardless of the field of activity and scale (size), the management phenomenon has a universal character for all businesses and institutions. The importance of the management phenomenon comes from the fact that it covers the issues that will enable organizations to achieve their goals. Undoubtedly, the effectiveness of the manager increases as he continues to have scientific knowledge and experience in subjects with a scientific content. Thus, managers use the scarce resources of the organization in an effective and efficient way to reach the goals of the organization.
The most difficult aspect of the management profession is "managing people". People, whose expectations, needs and competencies are constantly changing, lead managers to seek different management as an increasingly complex resource.
Management is a rapidly changing and developing field of science. On the one hand, while new concepts, techniques, models and theories are brought to the field of management, on the other hand, many theories whose accuracy and validity were defended for a period of time can be disabled or transformed by being criticized.
Our Business Management book covers many current topics that will contribute to the knowledge of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students studying in the field of business administration, as well as managers and manager candidates working at different levels of the business world.
Ali Konak, Ali Kömürcü, Armağan Ercan, Aysun Devrim Yemenici, Beste Nisa Orhun, Emel Faiz, Engin Çavuş, Erdoğan Kaygın, Hümeyra Taşçıoğlu, İlhan Bozkurt, İrfan Yurt, M. Kadir Torun, Murat Göral, Onur Kavak, Özkan Şahin, Özlem Balaban, Öznur Bozkurt, Sağbetullah Meriç It is possible to hear from almost everyone who works in this field that many reference books referenced while doing research on entrepreneurship are not different from general business books. There are very few academic books that deal with the concept of entrepreneurship, which differentiates with the change in technology, and evaluate the issues with a current approach without moving away from the main field of entrepreneurship. This book is a candidate to be a bedside book for entrepreneurs, entrepreneur candidates, academics, students, researchers and all parties interested in this subject, showing how entrepreneurs in the digital age can produce successful results and supporting all the issues they cover with current examples. In this book, the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, entry of entrepreneurs to national or international markets, creating competitiveness, virtual entrepreneurship, the effect of industry 4.0 and society 5.0 on entrepreneurship, current areas of entrepreneurship, issues that entrepreneurs should consider in obtaining effective financial resources, social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship. The importance of ethics, the impact of universities on entrepreneurship, the concept of startup, the innovation strategies of entrepreneurs and creating a business model, which is the most important building block in the success of an enterprise, are discussed.
Diler Aslan Organizations with well-defined processes and clearly identified relationships between these
processes are managed more effectively and efficiently. It is also proven that well-defined
and detailed process management in an organization contributes to success in digital
transformation. Quality, risk, and change management should be applied in every process.
This book is written from this perspective and consists of thirteen chapters:
1. Basic principles and knowledge for process management
2. Establishing a business process management system in an organization
3. Basic knowledge required for a business process management system
4. Alignment of the business processes’ objectives to the organization strategic goals
(Balanced Scorecard and Hoshin Kanri)
5. Assessment of business process management system (maturity models)
6. Change initiative based on continuous process improvement
7. Basic knowledge required for change initiative based on continuous process improvement
8. Establishment, implementation, monitoring and continuous improvement of risk
management process
9. Basic knowledge required for risk management process
10. Establishment of quality management system
11. Basic knowledge required for quality management system
12. Maturity assessment checklists and forms for quality management system (QMS)
13. Basic concepts and processes in the project management
Özlem Çetinkaya Bozkurt - Adnan Kalkan - Ecir Uğur Küçüksille - Gönül İpek Alkan - Ali Apalı - Alper Aytekin - Onur Doğan - Melike Şişeci Çeşmeli - Nil Esra Dal - İhsan Pençe - Hakan Tunç The aim of this book, which has been prepared by many young people with different specializations and academicians working at different universities, to raise awareness in the field of Management Information Systems, at least with conceptual and applied examples, is to provide the target audience with information about the concepts, systems, functions and applications related to management information systems.
This book consists of three main parts. The first main chapter has been prepared on the basics and concepts of management information system and is a general introduction. The second main part; focuses on in-house information systems under the sub-titles of marketing, production, accounting, finance and human resources information systems. Third part; It includes data mining, big data, business intelligence and international trade information systems under the title of applications. We would like to thank all the readers who will improve this work with their constructive criticisms and hope it will be useful to those who are interested in the subject.