EMBA Program

1st Semester
		Crdts	ECTS
ADEX 501	Financial Accounting Basic concepts and principles of accounting. Preparation and interpretation of principal financial statements such as financial position, financial performance, statement of changes in shareholders’ equity, cash flow statement, and disclosure integrated with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Detailed analysis of basic accounts in the Turkish system.	2	3
ADEX 525	Managerial Statistics Basic statistical concepts and tools for business applications. Descriptive statistics and plots to summarize data. Random variables and expectations. Modeling and inference. Population and sample quantities, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing and p-values. Linear regression. Use of statistical software such as Microsoft Excel.	2	3
ADEX 522	Marketing Management An exploration and application of the fundamental marketing tools. The role of marketing managers including, creating, delivering, and capturing customer value on a sustainable basis. Application of the analytical concepts and tools of marketing to such decisions as segmentation, target market selection, and competitive positioning.	2	3
ADEX 502	Macroeconomics for Global Economy Basics of monetary policy and fiscal policy. Macroeconomic models and indicators. The new global macroeconomic environment. How macroeconomics explains recurrent financial crises and new systemic risks. How globalization may change the performance of specific markets and thus the associated risks and opportunities for individuals and organizations. Development of the analytical capability and perspectives to manage a firm’s interaction with the new international environment. The basic structure of the Turkish economy and its important institutions.	2	3
ADEX 591	Business Case Writting Seminar Term projects and writing assignments on current trends and issues in business administration. Supervised case studies on topics of student’s special interest.	NC	1
ADEX 580	Orientation Boğaziçi University environment and legacy. University policies and procedures, library and IT systems; Meeting with faculty members and Alumni. Team building activities, and executive coaching sessions.	NC	1
ADEX 538	Managing Organisations Examination of organizational structure, design, culture, power, and politics in order to understand organizational effectiveness. Innovation, and managing change. An interdisciplinary approach to the examination of the fundamental concepts underlying human behavior in organizations at multiple levels – the individual, group, inter-group, and organizational.	2	3
ADEX 503	Corporate Finance I Concept of corporation and goal of financial management. Financial arithmetic, valuation of bonds and common stocks. Measures and models of risk and return. Capital budgeting, cost of capital and financing decisions. Access to financial markets.	2	3
ADEX 549	Operations Management Translation of product and service requirements into facilities, procedures, and operating organizations. Product design, production alternatives, facilities location and layout, capacity planning, resource requirements planning, inventory control and quality control.	2	3
ADEX 523	Marketing Strategy Role of marketing mix: product, price, promotion in line with company strategy. Marketing strategy development. The evaluation of opportunities in competitive market. Critical thinking skills in marketing. The use of key frameworks to create marketing plans.	2	3
ADEX 592	Directed Readings I	1	2
ADEX 596	Term Project I	NC	2
		Total: 17	Total: 30

2nd Semester
		Crdts	ECTS
ADEX 557	Digital Strategy Role of information systems in creating competitive advantage and new business models. Enabling role of information technology in transforming industries and organizations. IS/IT strategy, governance and business value. Use of information systems to create adaptive and digital organizations through increased competitive intelligence, stakeholder communications, and innovative capabilities	2	3
ADEX 504	Corporate Finance II Types of corporate financing. Models of optimal capital structure. Dividend policy, corporate risk management, corporate control and governance. Financial strategy formulation and its impact on corporate performance. Financial strategy and long-term value. Case studies based on the Turkish business environment.	2	3
ADEX 524	Corporate Social Responsibility & Ethics The concepts, theories, and methods related to business ethics, ethical behavior in organizations, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability. Local and global economic, ecological, and social issues: privacy, discrimination, harassment, whistle-blowing, bribery, trade secrets, unfair competition, unethical marketing practices, greenwashing, cyberethics, green marketing, stakeholder relationships, corporate governance, development of ethical system in an organization. Sustainable balanced interests of “people, planet, profits” and implications for managerial decision making. Analyses of real cases, interactive studies with guest speakers and practitioners, workshops and projects.	2	3
ADEX 537	Strategic Management The success of the total enterprise from the perspective of senior management. The issues involved in the management. The determination of competition in a given business landscape, as well as exploring options to shape that landscape. The understanding of complex business situations characterized by uncertainty. The formulation of effective strategies and its implementation. Case studies of the strategy business formulation in a challenging business landscape	2	3
ADEX 597	Term Project II	NC	1
ADEX 593	Directed Readings II	1	2
ADEX xxx	Elective	2	3
ADEX xxx	Elective	2	3
ADEX xxx	Elective	2	3
ADEX xxx	Elective	2	3
ADEX 594	Directed Readings III	1	2
ADEX 598	Term Project III	NC	2
		Total: 18	Total: 31

3rd Semester
		Crdts	ECTS
ADEX xxx	Elective	2	3
ADEX xxx	Elective	2	3
ADEX xxx	Elective	2	3
ADEX xxx	Elective	2	3
ADEX 595	Directed Readings IV	1	2
ADEX 599	Term Project IV	NC	4
		Total: 9	Total: 18