Turizm İşletmeciliği Lisans Diploması

ISCO:08

ISCO:08

• Possessing a comprehensive understanding of the managerial and social aspects of the tourism sector in general and of the players of the sector (such as transportation, travel, tour operators, travel agencies, service and accommodation facilities) and ability to implement this knowledge in at least one of the fields of marketing, production, accounting, finance and management.
• Ability to analyze the tourism sector and tourism facilities based on economic and financial criteria, and possessing relevant knowledge in the fields of economics, finance and accounting-finance in order to provide guidance and generate solutions.
• Possessing knowledge of the information systems and computer applications used in the areas of tourism, economics, management and accounting and an ability to use necessary software.
• Displaying leadership traits for managing tourism facilities and possessing skills for communicating with managers and experts in other fields, creating and implementing strategies and policies for touristic establishments, improving the effectiveness of the decision making processes with an emphasis on internal and external factors that influence touristic establishments.
• Possessing basic knowledge of law in order to be able to comprehend the legal, social and moral responsibilities of the business world and touristic facilities as well as to comprehend social transformation.
• Possessing an awareness of the local, national, international and global dynamics of the tourism industry, and basic marketing knowledge and skills in order to establish a competitive structure that is globally sustainable, and having necessary skills to create and implement new service strategies.
• Having necessary skills in the fields of mathematic, statistics and econometrics and demonstrating an ability to make more effective decisions via statistical and econometrical solutions developed as a result of knowledge of statistical analysis techniques.
• Demonstrating basic accounting and finance knowledge as well as knowledge about the methods for arranging accounting records and financial tables of various types of facilities that operate in Tourism sector.
• Ability to implement accounting and finance knowledge in a manner that can influence managerial decision making processes.
• Possessing a knowledge and implementation of the functions of the human resources management in touristic facilities; human resources planning, business analysis, job descriptions, job designs, candidate pooling, recruitment, education, performance appraisal, compensation management, job evaluation, and discipline.
• Utilization of management information systems in tourism industry and development of new management systems in service industries based on IT concepts and hotel/travel/air travel computer systems.
• Possessing the knowledge and skills about the reservation models of the Hotel IT systems, reservation networks and Hotel Accounting, room management and general management and implementing these knowledge and skills.
• Possessing a knowledge of the organization structures of the accommodation facilities, accommodation types, departments of these facilities, their personnel management and physical layout plans, services they provide and entertainment activities, as well as their personnel selection training and personnel management practices, in order to possess the necessary managerial skill set in the hospitality sector.
• Possessing an expert level knowledge in at least one of the following areas; various subjects in the travel arrangement systems related to tourism and travel types; special interest travel; airport services; domestic tourism; student and youth tourism; company travels; congress organization; yacht tourism; cruise market and management; group travel operations.

-At the undergraduate level of the Department of Tourism it is aimed to educate the students with the qualifications of a manager, a specialist and a researcher needed by both the private and the public sector in order to orient themselves according to the changing circumstances in our country and the world. The department also has an MBA program for the graduates of department of Tourism and other departments as well as for the professionals who would want to improve their career. The Department of Tourism Management aims to raise managers and personnel for the public and the private sector. The Department has a preparatory class where the students can learn English.

In order to enroll this department, a student has to fulfill all legal requirements and pass the exam that is organized by ÖSYM. Any student, who has already started an equivalence degree program in the country or abroad can apply for transferring the department. All transfer requests are considered individually at the beginning of the term.

The graduates of the department may pursue an academic career, as well as applying for alternative occupations which require analytical thinking and creativity.

Qualification is valid indefinetely