Compulsory Courses

IBM 502 - Global Accounting and Financial Management (3+0)3, 7,5

The aim of this course is to understand the role of accounting and financial management in decision-making processes and to recognize the usage areas of accounting and financial management in businesses. The course aims to understand the importance of the basic concepts of accounting and financial management in the business world and to understand how businesses use accounting and financial management.​

IBM 503 - Global Leadership and Financial Management (3+0)3, 7.5

This course provides the principles of marketing mnagement toward a marketing-oriented view of business; explaining the “marketing concept” and related with marketing mix, regard to consumer needs, marketing research, B2B marketing, positioning, branding, pricing, distribution, selling, advertising, promotions, digital marketing and CRM. The course will focus on the human side of leadership and management in a global context, exploring how successful leaders have built effective organizations and companies through essential competences, relationships, visions and interaction within and across businesses. The course will focus on the development of the students’ ability to think critically about the complexity of the direct, indirect, and interactive impact of these factors on leading within multinational organizations that operate worldwide. 

IBM 524 -Academic Research Methods and Ethics (3+0)3, 7.5

This course will emphasize topics such as: Basic concepts and principles of research methods; research process (recognizing the problem, identifying the problem and sample, collecting and analyzing data, interpreting results); general features of data collection tools; analysis and evaluation of data; access to articles, theses and databases; research models and types; basic paradigms in scientific research; quantitative, qualitative and mixed research designs; sampling, data collection, analysis of data in qualitative research; validity and reliability in qualitative research; article or thesis review, evaluation and presentation; preparing a research report in accordance with research principles and ethics.

IBM 526 - Seminar (3+0)3, 7,5  

This course involves practical applications related to thesis writing, including developing a research question, conducting a literature review, determining the research method, defining the theoretical framework, reporting findings, and conducting practical applications. The aim is to prepare students for academic research and the thesis-writing process. 

SBE 599  - Entrepreneurship & Social Impact (3+0)3, 7,5

The aim of the course is; to encourage students to participate in various activities during the semester, to raise awareness about entrepreneurship and to contribute to students' entrepreneurial abilities. In addition, within the scope of the course, it is aimed that students will be able to analyze entrepreneurial business idea development and implementation deficiencies in their subject areas. Another aim of the course is to contribute to the students' entrepreneurship project proposals and new business ideas at the end of the semester. 

Elective Courses

Track-1: Entrepreneurship

Track-2: Accounting and Finance

Track-3: Data Sciences and Decision Making

Track-4: Leadership and Management

IBM 501 International Business Economics (3+0)3, 7,5

The course examines firm behavior and market structures at a global scale through micro‑ and macro‑economic lenses. Students learn to interpret how exchange rates, trade policies, and MNC strategies shape performance. 

IBM 503 Marketing in International and Cultural Contexts (3+0)3, 7,5

The course explores cross‑cultural consumer behavior and the adaptation of the international marketing mix. Students apply market‑entry strategies and localization decisions via case analyses.

IBM 505 Contemporary Marketing (3+0)3, 7,5

The course addresses how digitalization and data‑driven approaches reshape marketing strategy. Students practice segmentation‑positioning, customer experience design, and omnichannel execution.

IBM 506 Technology and Innovation Management (3+0)3, 7,5

The course covers managing innovation processes, technology strategy, and ecosystem dynamics. Students develop roadmaps and portfolio decisions for product and business model innovation. 

IBM 507 Developing Technological Capabilities in Organizations (3+0)3, 7,5

The course focuses on capability maturity, learning mechanisms, and R&D/engineering management. Students use practical toolkits for technology acquisition, internalization, and institutionalization. 

IBM 508 Contemporary Production Systems and Management(3+0)3, 7,5

The course examines lean production, TQM, and designing lean‑agile systems. Students evaluate capacity planning, process improvement, and Industry 4.0 applications. 

IBM 509 Project Management (3+0)3, 7,5

The course covers integrated scope‑time‑cost‑risk management and stakeholder communication. Students build plans, schedules, and controls using PMI/Agile frameworks. 

IBM 510 Brand Creation (3+0)3, 7,5

The course covers brand identity, positioning, storytelling, and experience design. Students craft strategies and communication playbooks for new or repositioned brands.

IBM 511 Modern Supply Chain Management (3+0)3, 7,5

The course examines demand planning, network design, logistics, and supplier relationship management. Students develop supply chain strategies with risk, resilience, and sustainability criteria.

IBM 512 Sustainable Entrepreneurship (3+0)3, 7,5

The course focuses on designing business models that create environmental and social value. Students build venture plans using impact measurement and sustainable finance tools. 

IBM 513 Innovation Management Techniques (3+0)3, 7,5

The course introduces methods like design thinking, TRIZ, open innovation, and portfolio management. Students select and apply suitable techniques to real‑world problems.

IBM 514 International Accounting Standards (3+0)3, 7,5

The course covers financial reporting principles and practices under IFRS/IAS. Students analyze the impact of standards on consolidation and complex transactions through examples.

IBM 515 Cost Accounting and Modern Costing Systems (3+0)3, 7,5

The course addresses costing methods (ABC, process, job) and strategic cost management. Students use cost information effectively for decision‑making and performance evaluation.

IBM 516 Capital Markets and Investment (3+0)3, 7,5

The course examines securities, portfolio theory, and the functioning of market institutions. Students make investment decisions using valuation and risk‑return analysis.

IBM 517 Behavioral Finance (3+0)3, 7,5

The course explores how cognitive biases and emotions shape investor behavior. Students examine market anomalies and heuristic errors in investment decisions through cases.

IBM 518 Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies (3+0)3, 7,5 

The course introduces distributed ledgers, smart contracts, and token economies. Students analyze risks and opportunities across use cases and regulatory contexts.

IBM 519 Investment Projects and Analysis (3+0)3, 7,5

The course covers cash‑flow forecasting, NPV/IRR, and sensitivity‑scenario analyses. Students apply uncertainty and risk management techniques in capital budgeting.

IBM 520 Industrial Economics (3+0)3, 7,5

The course studies market power, competitive strategies, and regulation policies. Students evaluate the structure‑conduct‑performance paradigm with empirical examples.

IBM 521 Insurance and Risk Management (3+0)3, 7,5

The course covers insurance economics, risk‑transfer instruments, and enterprise risk strategies. Students compare policy design and risk‑financing options.

IBM 522 Auditing in Modern Enterprises(3+0)3, 7,5

The course focuses on auditing standards, internal control, and evidence collection. Students design risk‑based audit plans and learn to report findings.

IBM 523 Financial Statement Analysis (3+0)3, 7,5

The course covers financial literacy, ratio analysis, and cash‑flow assessment. Students apply analytical frameworks in valuation and credit analysis.

IBM 525 Decision Processes and Analysis (3+0)3, 7,5

The course introduces decision‑making under uncertainty, utility theory, and multi‑criteria methods. Students improve decision quality using decision trees and MCDM techniques.

IBM 527 Problem‑Solving Techniques (3+0)3, 7,5

The course includes root‑cause analysis, creative thinking, and structured solution sets. Students generate sustainable solutions using frameworks such as A3/8D.

IBM 528 AI Management and Applications in Business (3+0)3, 7,5

The course covers AI strategy, data governance, and business use cases. Students design roadmaps for AI initiatives while addressing ethical and legal dimensions.

IBM 529 Statistical Analysis and Business Applications (3+0)3, 7,5

The course puts descriptive statistics, inference, and regression techniques into practice. Students model business problems with data and interpret the results.

IBM 530 Scenario Planning (3+0)3, 7,5 

The course examines constructing alternative futures under uncertainty and stress‑testing strategy. Students build resilient roadmaps through driver analysis and scenario crafting.

IBM 531 Systems Thinking and Business Dynamics (3+0)3, 7,5

The course introduces feedback loops, stock‑flow diagrams, and system archetypes. Students model dynamic problems and simulate policy scenarios.

IBM 532 Big Data Analytics and Management (3+0)3, 7,5

The course covers data architectures, processing, and analytics pipelines. Students apply analytics and governance practices to derive insights from big data.

IBM 533 Applied Business Simulation (3+0)3, 7,5

The course integrates strategy, finance, and operations decisions within business sims. Students optimize performance indicators in competitive settings.

IBM 534 Management Theories and Contemporary Leadership (3+0)3, 7,5

The course examines classical and contemporary theories alongside transformational, servant, and authentic leadership. Students build contextual leadership and ethical decision skills.

IBM 535 Behavior Analysis in Organizations (3+0)3, 7,5

The course studies how motivation, communication, and group processes affect performance. Students learn behavioral diagnosis and intervention design.

IBM 536 Strategic Management and Business Policies (3+0)3, 7,5

The course covers competitive analysis, corporate strategy, and execution roadmaps. Students evaluate strategy formulation and execution risks through cases.

IBM 537 SME and Family Business Management (3+0)3, 7,5

The course addresses institutionalization, governance, and succession in family firms. Students plan SME growth strategies and professionalization steps.

IBM 538 Strategic Human Resource Management (3+0)3, 7,5

The course examines aligning talent acquisition‑development, performance, and rewards with strategy. Students make evidence‑based HR decisions using workforce analytics.

IBM 539 Organization Development (3+0)3, 7,5

The course focuses on change management, diagnosis, and intervention techniques. Students design data‑driven OD projects and conduct impact assessments.

IBM 540 Negotiation Management Process (3+0)3, 7,5

The course systematizes preparation, value creation‑claiming, and closing agreements. Students apply tactics and ethics in multi‑party and cross‑cultural negotiations.

IBM 541 Case Analysis Applications in Business (3+0)3, 7,5

The course solves curated cases from various business functions using structured frameworks. Students craft evidence‑based recommendations with written and oral presentations.

IBM 542 Turkish Management Culture (3+0)3, 7,5

The course examines managerial values, organizational practices, and historical context in Türkiye. Students learn to balance local and global expectations in multicultural settings.

IBM 543 Business Intelligence and Talent Management (3+0)3, 7,5

The course integrates HR analytics with BI tools to support talent discovery and development. Students design reporting dashboards and skills‑inventory models.

IBM 544 Management of Strategic Partnerships (3+0)3, 7,5

The course covers partner selection, governance, and performance measurement. Students analyze alliance risks and value‑creation mechanisms through cases.

IBM 546 Business Analytics (3+0)3, 7,5

The course provides a comprehensive view of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics. Students integrate data preparation, modeling, and decision support applications.

IBM 547 Optimization Methods in Finance (3+0)3, 7,5

The course studies optimization in portfolio construction, risk constraints, and derivative pricing. Students build solutions using linear, non‑linear, and evolutionary methods.

IBM 557 Management Information Systems (3+0)3, 7,5

The course addresses aligning information systems with business strategy and processes. Students assess IS architecture, process automation, and digital transformation cases.

IBM 558 International Public Relations (3+0)3, 7,5

The course examines stakeholder communication, reputation, and crisis management in global contexts. Students design multicultural PR campaigns and media strategies.

IBM 559 International Disaster Management (3+0)3, 7,5

The course covers the disaster cycle, humanitarian logistics, and international coordination. Students implement risk‑reduction and preparedness plans in multi‑stakeholder scenarios.

IBM 560 Data Analytics with Python (3+0)3, 7,5

The course teaches data cleaning, visualization, and modeling using the Python ecosystem. Students build end‑to‑end analytics projects on real datasets.

IBM 561 Energy Entrepreneurship (3+0)3, 7,5

The course explores opportunities across energy technologies, business models, and regulatory settings. Students prepare feasibility and impact plans for clean‑energy ventures.

IBM 562 Company Design and Building (3+0)3, 7,5

The course applies problem‑market fit, value proposition design, and lean startup tools. Students design a scalable venture through MVP development and growth metrics.

IBM 563 Cognition and Resilience in Decision Making (3+0)3, 7,5

The course analyzes how cognition, stress, and uncertainty affect decision quality. Students apply resilience techniques and debiasing tools.

IBM 564 Recruitment Management (3+0)3, 7,5

The course covers workforce planning, sourcing, assessment, and offer processes. Students use metrics and tools to design fair, data‑driven recruitment.

IBM 565 Advanced Organizational Behavior with Case Studies (3+0)3, 7,5

The course deepens topics such as power‑politics, conflict, and culture via advanced OB theories. Students design interventions through cases and role‑plays.

IBM 566 Global Followership (3+0)3, 7,5

The course examines followership within leader‑follower dynamics and cross‑cultural contexts. Students develop effective followership behaviors in distributed teams.

IBM 567 Qualitative Research Methods (3+0)3, 7,5

The course introduces interviews, focus groups, ethnography, and content analysis. Students design qualitative studies while ensuring reliability and validity.

IBM 568 Family Business Management (3+0)3, 7,5

The course focuses on the family‑firm system, socioemotional wealth, and professionalization. Students draft a family constitution and a succession plan.

IBM 569 Management and Organization Theories (3+0)3, 7,5

The course compares classical, neo‑classical, and critical approaches to organization. Students apply theoretical frameworks to contemporary organizational issues.

IBM 573 Business Process Management (3+0)3, 7,5

The course addresses process discovery, modeling, improvement, and automation. Students design process transformations using BPMN and performance indicators.

IBM 574 Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Control (3+0)3, 7,5

The course examines risk appetite, controls, and monitoring within COSO/ISO frameworks. Students develop ERM programs and internal control matrices.

IBM 575 Cyber Policy (3+0)3, 7,5

The course addresses cybersecurity governance, data sovereignty, and regulation. Students craft actionable recommendations through policy design and stakeholder analysis.

IBM 576 Sustainability Communication and Management (3+0)3, 7,5

The course covers communicating sustainability strategies and reporting. Students prepare communication and impact‑management plans aligned with ESG indicators.

IBM 577 Multivariate Data Analysis and Business Applications (3+0)3, 7,5

The course focuses on multivariate techniques (PCA, factor analysis, clustering, discriminant). Students model and interpret business problems using these methods.

IBM 578 Mergers & Acquisitions Negotiations (3+0)3, 7,5

The course covers valuation, due diligence, and deal structuring from a negotiation perspective. Students develop strategies across multi‑stage M&A scenarios.

IBM 579 Social Issues in a Globalizing World (3+0)3, 7,5

The course discusses how inequality, migration, climate, and ethics affect business. Students craft responsible business solutions from a stakeholder perspective.

IBM 582 Prompt Engineering (3+0)3, 7,5

The course teaches effective prompt design for generative AI systems. Students optimize output quality while respecting accuracy, safety, and ethical principles.

IBM 585 Visual Analytics (3+0)3, 7,5

The course covers information visualization principles and interactive dashboard design. Students develop visual applications for storytelling and decision support.

IBM 597 Workplace Experience (Internship) (3+0)3, 7,5

The course aligns workplace learning with academic objectives. Students prepare a goal‑ and outcome‑oriented internship plan and a reflective report.

IBM 555 Globalization and the European Union (3+0)3, 7,5

The course examines the EU’s role in global economic governance and trade order. Students analyze policy instruments and their implications for firm strategy.

IBM 556 Energy Economics and Policies (3+0)3, 7,5

The course addresses energy markets, pricing, and how public policies shape sector dynamics. Students conduct policy analyses around energy transition and security.

IBM 570 Climate Change: Science, Policy and Society (3+0)3, 7,5

The course integrates climate science basics with policy tools and societal impacts. Students develop adaptation and mitigation strategies for businesses.

IBM 571 Risk Management (3+0)3, 7,5

The course covers risk identification, assessment, and response planning in corporate and project settings. Students design risk matrices and early warning indicators.

IBM 583 Management Science (3+0)3, 7,5

The course applies decision models, optimization, and simulation to managerial problems. Students communicate modeling insights effectively to decision makers.

IBM 584 Current Issues in International Trade (3+0)3, 7,5

The course discusses global trade trends, regional agreements, and supply‑chain reconfiguration. Students translate current developments into strategic recommendations.

IBM 586 International Business and Institutions (3+0)3, 7,5

The course analyzes how international institutions (WTO, IMF, World Bank, etc.) affect business. Students study institution‑policy‑firm interactions through cases.