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This study explores and analyzes the course contents in the curricula of Ticaret Mektebi between 1883-1916, which was the first higher education institution of commerce education in Turkey. In Turkey, business education at the higher education level started with Hamidiye Ticaret Mekteb-i Âlisi, which was founded in 1883. The aim of this school was to develop “commerce experts”, who should be proficient in terms of business acumen. In order to expand our knowledge about the history of Turkish business education, it is crucial to analyze how the curricula and the course contents of Ticaret Mektebi were designed. Hence, this study focuses on the teaching structure, curricula and historical information about the administrative processes of Ticaret Mektebi. The study is a historical research based on primary sources. According to the findings of this study, a solid French influence on the curricula and course contents of Ticaret Mektebi was noted, which similarly marked most of Turkish higher education institutions in this period. Besides, evidence showed that the courses thought in Ticaret Mektebi contained predominantly commerce and accounting methods. In this context, the commerce education offered in Ticaret Mektebi between 1883 and 1916 can be labeled as “usul-i ticaret period”.

Keywords: History of commerce education, commerce education in Turkey, commerce education in higher education, Hamidiye Ticaret Mekteb-i Âlisi, Ticaret Mekteb-i Âlisi

DOI : 10.15659/yoad.2.2.001 [PDF]

Leader biographies, as life stories, provide first-hand data for leader’s competencies and they convey key information for leadership studies. Leadership biographies might be helpful in two ways: To explain or to test the validity of a leadership theory and to support individual development as increasing the self- awareness through the selected life stories. Authentic leaders are; aware of their own values and behaviors, consistent with their values and behaviors, known as honest and therefore respected individuals. The auto-biography of Turgut Uzer’s Olymp and Mortals is considered as the major narrative to analyze and understand how authentic leadership exists in different situations and cultures. Findings indicate genuine examples of authentic leadership dimensions, especially awareness, transparency in relationships and openness.

Keywords: Authentic leadership, Turgut Uzer, biography, narrative turn

DOI : 10.15659/yoad.2.2.002 [PDF]

This study aims to find out how the (in)compatibility between the substances of field and the institutional logics plays a role in the evolution of organizational fields. The study especially focuses on the effect of health substance in the implementation of the practices in the Turkish health care field. The document examinations done in the field indicate that health substance displays compatibility with the public utility and altruism substances; however it doesn’t show compatibility with the self-interest substance. Research results show that in the health care field; state and professional institutional logics bring forth orthodoxy, while market logic creates heterodoxy.

Keywords: Substance of field, institutional logics, health substance, Turkish health care field

DOI : 10.15659/yoad.2.2.003 [PDF]