Salih Güney Behavioral Sciences is a book that will benefit anyone who wants to know themselves, understand the reasons for the attitudes and behaviors exhibited, and complete their personal development in the field of human relations. The book consists of 19 units. In units 1 and 2, the development and basic concepts of behavioral sciences, and in units 3, 4, 5 and 6, culture, cultural change, social influence and conformity behavior, social structure, social relations and social institutions are emphasized. Learning and perception in units 7 and 8, social groups in unit 9, emotional intelligence, personality and self in units 10 and 11 are explained in detail.
Attitude and prejudice in the 12th unit, individual communication, adaptation problems and defense mechanisms, behavioral disorders in the 13th, 14th and 15th units, methods of coping with stress in the 16th, 17th and 18th units, motivation and leadership, and time management in the 19th unit. has been elaborated upon in detail.
In the units enriched with up-to-date examples, a plain language that can be easily understood by anyone who reads it is used.

Lütfi Sunar What is social change?
How do societies change?
What are the main theories explaining change?
What are the main dynamics of change in Turkey?

Social change is a fundamental field that concerns all subjects, concepts and theories of sociology. From the beginning to the present, many explanations about change have emerged in the sociology literature. Understanding the accumulation of these explanations is very important for a sociology student. Understanding change is essential for analyzing the workings of society.
Turkey's social structure is in a rapid and permanent change. Comprehensive and sustained research and new perspectives are needed to understand and explain this change. However, social change has not attracted much attention from sociology in Turkey. The number of theoretical studies, conceptual studies and empirical researches in the field is very few. This work in your hand was written within the scope of Social Structure Research Program to fill such a gap.
This book, which consists of 16 chapters, examines the concepts, theories and approaches related to change in sociology. The topics covered in this book, which is also designed as a textbook, are handled simply and expanded with examples. With the concept explanations, biographies and reading passages added to the chapters, the flow of the book is tried to be relaxed and different windows are opened in the mind of the reader.

Ahmet Cevizci Introduction to Philosophy is written for those seeking an introduction to philosophy as a discipline and intellectual activity. The work aims to make this introduction by introducing philosophy itself, its basic concepts, trends and subjects, and ways of thinking and reasoning specific to philosophy. In the work, which consists of eight chapters, after a first chapter that aims to establish an acquaintance with philosophy, issues related to epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of being, ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of religion and philosophy of art are included.
Introduction to Philosophy appeals to all those who want to meet philosophy and want to include philosophy, which we can define as "thinking on big questions in an argumentative and questioning way", into their lives in some way. Written for future teacher candidates. The most important feature of the work is that it deals with the subjects of philosophy with a constructivist approach, that is, the book, Introduction to Philosophy, has been created by using diagrams and visual materials in a way that will enable the student to think about philosophical questions and problems and make the necessary inquiries, instead of conveying ready-made information about the subjects and problems of philosophy.

Cantürk Kayahan The demand for education in the health sector is increasing day by day. As a former health worker, my main purpose in preparing such a book is to show how people in managerial or managerial positions other than doctors and allied health personnel, or candidates, as well as medical service managers, can make a better contribution to hospital performance. Because financial performance management provides an overview of hospital management and imposes responsibility on all managers, not just finance managers. In addition to these, the harmonious work of more than one professional staff within the organizational structures of hospitals is also of great importance in terms of patient health, hospital performance and country interests.
The general acceptance of hospital administrators by hospital personnel is possible with their analytical intelligence and solution-oriented approach as well as their abilities and merits. Managers should put themselves in the shoes of patients if they want to run a good and successful hospital, and should make it their life philosophy to treat patients and their subordinates the same way they would like to be treated. Thus, the corporate hospital management approach can be assimilated at every level from the bottom to the top. As a result, it is necessary to see the need for the subject in order to write and write a book. You must know what the student needs and why he or she should learn. In this study, the “Data Envelopment Model”, which is frequently used in the financial performance analysis of hospitals, was applied step by step and a road map was created in the Appendix so that students could make applications more easily. For a better future, we expect practical and theoretical studies from our students and academicians that will contribute to the field...

Salih Güney The indispensable element for all businesses is people. For this reason, businesses that attach importance to the selection, placement, training, promotion, evaluation and retirement of their employees have always been successful in business life.
The human resources management book is a resource that people or institutions that want to be successful in the processes from the recruitment of the personnel to their retirement can apply.

Muammer Doğan The latest information and principles, which have gained an international character in the field of contemporary business, are prepared in the book, which has been prepared by carefully evaluating both the developments in the literature and the new practices in the business world in the 2000s, on all subjects within the scope of business administration, from its establishment to its operation, and especially on business economics and management. techniques and strategies have been systematically studied. In particular, the basic subjects and concepts of business, the establishment of the business, management, production, marketing and finance functions are discussed in detail.
This book is suitable for the students of Faculties of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Faculties of Business and Engineering and Vocational Schools, which include courses such as business administration, business economics, business management, management and organization, production, marketing and finance, as well as Engineering faculties who have felt the weight and importance of business in recent years. It is a reference source for students.

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.

Aylin Göztaş, Banu Küçüksaraç, Dilek Esen, Duygu Hıdıroğlu, Elif Tunalı Çalışkan, Eylin Aktaş, Hüseyin Gül, Kenan Demirel, Mehmet Akif Çakırer, Mehmet Mecek, Murat Esen, Nihat Aytürk, Özge Kocakula, Sevim Koçer Career planning refers to the strategy one uses to set career goals and the ways to reach those goals. Having a career plan is critical for candidates who want to be successful not only in business but in all areas of life. Career planning is a multi-stage process in which career stages must be comprehensively addressed and executed in order for the candidate to achieve the success they want to achieve. With career planning, the candidate will have the chance to think in advance about alternative ways and routes for his future professional life, so that he will be able to construct his career journey on a “scenario-based” basis. A thoughtful career plan will both shape social life and provide a roadmap for the professional future. Thus, it will be possible to make informed choices about current job opportunities and potential future career opportunities. This book has been prepared with the contributions of expert academics, aimed at candidates, academics and professionals in business life who are looking for a guide both to see the current opportunities in their career journey and to explore potential career opportunities in the future. In each section, besides theoretical information, success stories of real people in their career journeys, advisory opinions given by experts in the field to candidates related to the subject, and additional reading suggestions for readers who want to deepen in the relevant section, as well as movie recommendations are given. We wish you a pleasant reading, hoping that it will be a useful guide for all readers.

Adeviye Çopur, Arda Borlu, Cumali Karatutlu, Elçin Balcı, Emrah Gökkaya, Galip Usta, Gamze Yüksel, Gülcan Demir Özdenk, İnci Bahar Çınar, İsmet Çelebi, Nursel Üstündağ Öcal, Ömer Demirbilek, Selma Durmuş Sarıkahya, Sema Çifçi, Şemsinnur Göçer, Tuncay Polat, Vasfiye Bayram Değer, Yavuzalp Solak Extraordinary Circumstances (ODD) cause loss of life and property by creating extraordinary results in daily life if preparation is not made. For this reason, it is vital to be prepared for ODDs both before and after. It is imperative to produce solutions with a multidisciplinary approach to developing and dynamic ODDs. For this reason, a systematic approach is important before, during and after ODDs from a Public Health Specialist perspective. The leading ODDs that remain up to date in Türkiye are refugees and migrants who are victims of floods, earthquakes and wars in our country due to our geographical location. In addition to these, many natural and human-induced ODDs such as landslides, transportation accidents and fires are experienced. There is also an absolute need for adequate knowledge for successful intervention in ODDs. Our insufficient level of theoretical knowledge makes things difficult in the already complex disaster area, and even drags the whole operation into chaos.

Halit Keskin, Ali Ekber Akgün, İpek Koçoğlu The book Organization Theory has been written to introduce the discipline of organization theory to the reader, to convey different perspectives, topics and theories in this field, and to create an infrastructure that can evaluate them. In the book, from the 19th century, when modernism, which emerged with the positivist approach in social sciences, shed light on the theory of organization, how the theory of organization developed until the 21st century, when the postmodernist approach was dominant in organization theory, which approaches were dominated by the theory of organization at different times, between approaches. It is aimed to systematically convey to the reader how conflicts are reflected in organizational theory and what difficulties they create in understanding organizations. While explaining how the theory of organization emerged and developed from a historical perspective, the book also aims to illuminate how social change overlaps with developments in other fields of science and its philosophical development as well as chronologically.
For effective learning of organizational theory, the diversity and complex nature of the field must first be acknowledged. Rather than trying to reduce the theory of organization to a single point of view, it is necessary to examine and enrich it within the framework of different perspectives of many paradigms. In this book, the complexity of organizational theory and its relevance to management practices as well as to social life are revealed by critical and distinctive assessments of different approaches, beyond the coherent and complementary explanations brought by the isomorphic approaches in many books to this field. It is aimed to break stereotypes in organizational theory, to prevent analysis based on a single paradigm, to prepare a suitable ground for reflexive thinking that is open to discussion and criticism, and to encourage a supra-paradigmatic understanding. Ultimately, the reader is expected to be able to understand the organization from different perspectives, think critically, move organizational theory beyond existing thought patterns, and develop enriching theoretical dialogues.

Ayşegül Bayramoğlu, Ayşegül Savci, Ayşegül Unutkan, Bahar Çelik, Burcu Yüksel, Büşra Arık, Çiğdem Ökten, Deniz Akkaya, Derya Şayır, Didem Çevik, Dilek Doruk Kondakcı, Emel Cihan, Emel Elem, Emel Sezici, Emine Güdek Seferoğlu, Esra Karabulut, Figen Vural, Güller Şahin, Halime Uğur, Havva Gezgin Yazıcı, İmran Boylu Gülek, Kevser Karacabay, Lütfiye Akkurt, Melike Ertem, Mustafa Karataş, Nalan Bostan Akmeşe, Nigar Çelik, Sercan Mansuroğlu, Sevinç Tüysüz, Sultan Güçlü, Veli Şahnalı Communication is an indispensable part of life, which is at the heart of any human relationship. Every individual deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. Based on this fact, therapeutic communication is an effective and empathetic communication method, where personal space, privacy, confidentiality and trust are provided, information meets compassion, which can be used to increase the delivery/quality of health services and to increase patient/client satisfaction. Health professionals should know how to communicate with patients/clients and their relatives while evaluating patients/clients; It is very important for the individuals with whom they communicate to realize that they are also human beings with their own values and feelings. This book will be a guide for healthcare professionals and students, who are future healthcare professionals, to develop their therapeutic communication skills by approaching their patients/clients with a holistic perspective.

Dilaver Tengilimoğlu, Oğuz Işık, Mahmut Akbolat Healthcare businesses that offer labor- and technology-intensive services have a complex structure. This field, which requires a large number of professionals to work in harmony as well as intensive technology, also consumes a large part of the country's resources. For this reason, the importance of the management of health institutions is increasing day by day in our country as well as in the whole world. In parallel with this, it is of great importance to equip health managers with special knowledge and skills in health services as well as basic business information. For this purpose, this book has been prepared to meet the needs of both the increasing health management programs and the managers and other professionals who provide services in the sector.

Zafer Cirhinlioğlu At first glance, the issue of health is perceived as a purely medical issue by large segments. Those who can take a closer look at the subject can see immediately that medicine is actually involved in the last stage of any health problem. The health of individuals goes through many stages until it becomes a medical issue and can be the subject of many other scientific fields. This is because it was well understood by the universities in the West, especially in the USA, that in these countries there are many branches and innumerable researchers outside of medicine dealing with health problems.
After the first publication of this book, social science researchers began to focus on health problems in our country. Some books and researches on the subject are made and published every year. The way to be healthy is actually not to lose our health. The creation of such a ground will only be possible if the social sciences are more actively involved in the solution of the country's problems.
Approaching "health" through social sciences is also important in terms of protecting the resources of our country, which is not very developed economically. Our investments are mostly in how sick individuals can be brought back to life, for example, we continue to build new hospitals. On the contrary, modern societies focus on how individuals can not get sick and develop their health policies at this point. The development of this understanding can be done much better by the social sciences. In order to be more effective in solving the health problems of our country, social science information should be discovered especially by the administrators. This book in your hand will help our people to understand their health problems from a better and broader perspective.

Ahmet Alkan, Aynur Toraman, Betül Sarı, Dilruba İzgüden, Elif Kaya, Emin Kaya, Feyzanur Alkan, Gaye Atilla, Hakan Değerli, Havvana Değerli, Hilal Akman Dömbekci, İpek Camuz Berber, İzzet Erdem, Kevser Sezer Korucu, Mahfure Pirol, Merve Kişi, Muazez Demir, Müjdat Yeşildal, Necla Yılmaz, Nezihe Tüfekci, Nuray Bağırsakcı, Özgür Yeşilyurt, Pınar Öke Karakaya, Rabia Fettahoğlu, Ramazan Erdem, Ramazan Kıraç, Ramazan Rüçhan Kaya, Rukiye Yorulmaz, Selin Kalender, Selma Doğanalp Çoban, Sümeyye Özmen, Yunus Emre Öztürk, Zuhal Kayar Considering scientific studies, the approaches put forward are not independent of the subjective situations of those who produce them. All theories and conceptualizations bear traces of the special experiences of their owners. In this respect, it is valuable to examine the thinkers and thoughts that look at a subject from different perspectives. Based on such a justification, this book brings together thinkers with sociological perspectives on illness and health. For this purpose, 49 names from different fields, but thought to be related to health and disease, were studied. thinkers; short life stories, basic thoughts, views on health and disease have been systematically examined, and a different, rich and valuable information has emerged about the sociology of health and illness.

Gönül Budak Competence-Based Human Resource Management was first used in developed countries, especially in recent years. Although the concept of competence was introduced in the world in the 1960s, the implementation of Competency-Based Human Resources Management is very recent. Especially in our developing country, thanks to foreign investments and companies with foreign partners, domestic companies have had the opportunity to get to know this new approach and system and to see its benefits and apply it.
On the one hand, our businesses' desire to make a difference while seeking competitive advantage, on the other hand, the pressures of the legislation regulating business life and adopted in the European Union harmonization process, humanistic approaches to the employees and the pursuit of peace in the workplace and thus increasing efficiency and productivity are very important in the spread of the competence-oriented approach to human resources. played a role.
In this book, after examining the historical development of human resources, basic approaches, strategic management of human resources, behavioral, technical and legal dimensions of this function are also included. In addition, the classic human resources management functions in the book have been enriched by adding a competence-based management vision.