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Conductors As A Metaphor Of “Leadership”
Get PDFConductors are evolving from “super-maestro” to full participation in the activities of the orchestral organization, including visioning, strategic direction, audience development and fundraising. To be effective, the musical leader of the orchestra must possess a combination of skills; the most significant of which appear to be artistic and musical skills, organizational skills and charismatic leadership.The main purpose of this research is to obtain data about the relationship between personality characteristics and leadership styles of orchestra conductors. As a next step, we also want to show that the polyphony can be conducted in an harmonious way in the organizations.In the analysis section of the research, the answers given by five conductors are classified and presented within a certain systematic method. As a conclusion, when the answers are examined it was clear that there are some common traits of personality and leadership for our small sample group of conductors. We accept this research as a predecessor of another future research which may cover a larger sample from different cultures so that we can clarify the common traits or differentiators
On the Path to Social Change: Dickens and Victorian Conflict
Get PDFThis article aims to provide an insight to one of the major social conflicts in the history of the world in relation with its reflections in some of Charles Dickens’ major works. The approach is multidisciplinary in that the main principles of social conflict theory are analyzed in terms of their occurrence and function both in real world and the world of fiction. Victorian conflict, along with the role of Dickens as the voice of change and reform during the period, is examined in detail as one of the major cases demonstrating the interrelationship between social conflict and social change.  
Stakeholder Approach Stakeholders Mental Model a Visualization Test with Cognitive Mapping Technique
Get PDFThe idea of this paper is to determine the mental models of actors in the firm with respect to the stakeholder approach of corporate governance. The use of the cognitive map to view these diagrams to show the ways of thinking and conceptualization of the stakeholder approach.The paper takes a corporate governance perspective, discusses stakeholder model. It takes also a cognitive mapping technique
Economic Aspects of Defence in Kyrgyzstan
Get PDFThis paper provides a country survey of the Kyrgyz defence economy. Kyrgyzstan is small landlocked country situated in Eastern Central Asia. It borders Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China, with a population of nearly five million people. Although The Kyrgyz Republic introduced the most liberal reforms in Central Asia, its economy remains unstable with low level of economic growth. Moreover, Kyrgyzstan has a weak state structure, a history of ethnic tension, inequality and poverty. Defence burden of economy is 1.3 in 2006. Because of lack of capacity of Kyrgyz armed forces, the country faces Uzbek government military activities in the outside and political instability inside the country. The first part of the paper presents a brief economic background of Kyrgyzstan, its armed forces and its structure. The remains of the paper focus on the macroeconomic impacts of the defence spending in Kyrgyzstan. The study concludes that defence expenditure of Kyrgyzstan is less than optimal and it retards the development of the economy
WEB SITES AS A TOOL OF CREATING VALUE AND GREEN IMAGE: THE CASE OF ISTANBUL STOCK EXCHANGE
Get PDFDuring the past few years, new concepts like Green Management, Green Products, Green Company, Green Government, Green University, Green Image have been introduced in management literature as a result of the increase in interest regarding social responsibility issue. Taking into account the ever-increasing prominence of environmental management in world, firms are facing growing pressure from stakeholders to become responsible and greener. In fact, social responsibility in general and green management in particular, is becoming an integral part of firm activities. In this regard, firms are enforced to communicate their environmental activities and interests to society, which leads to image of a “green company”. Thus, green image provides a defendable competitive advantage that cannot be imitated and maintains valuable relationships with critical stakeholders. In the modern world, internet is widely used as a tool for communicating with stakeholders in relation to company’s social responsibility and green activities. From this point of view, we designed our research as an exploratory study to gain an insight into green image communication through web sites in Turkey. The main reason to conduct such a study is that there is limited research devoted to web sites as a communication medium for developing a green image. In our study, we focused on the web sites of 100 companies from various sectors, which are quoted on the Istanbul Stock Exchange. We focused on related key words that lead a customer to content that might indicate the company is a “green” one. After conducting the content analysis, sixteen dimensions regarding green company were determined and activities related to these dimensions were discussed thoroughly.  
Preparation of Non-listed Companies for External Auditing: Policy Recommendations for Turkish SMEs towards New Turkish Commercial Code
Get PDFThrough recent developments, including the new Turkish Commercial Code, Basel II and IFRS for SMEs; External Auditing is quickly becoming a current issue that is expected to add value to all non-listed companies. Turkish Commercial Code requires all companies whether listed or non-listed to comply with Turkish Accounting Standards (TAS) and Turkish Financial Reporting Standards (TFRS) and requires all companies to be audited by an independent external auditor. The first section of the current study goes over the external auditing concept and its potential benefits. Following sections deal with country specific factors and developments that highlight external auditing. The fifth section, in line with current study, makes suggestions towards the preparation process of non-listed companies for external auditing. The first aim of this paper is to examine what kind of costs that companies may face in the case of non-compliance to the OHS regulations on the overall dimensions. Another aim is to show how OHS regulations work in a packaging company named Amcor which operates in 43 countries around the world, and looking to OHS with the employees’ point of view by applying a survey research