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1. ÜRETİM SEKTÖRÜNDE FAALİYET GÖSTEREN KOBİLERDE ISO 9000’NİN ETKİLİ UYGULAMASI İÇİN KRİTİK BAŞARI FAKTÖRLERİ (CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF ISO 9000 IN SME’S OPERATING IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR)

Author

Adnan KALKAN and Özlem Çetinkaya BOZKURT

Subjects
ISO 9000, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Critical Success Factors., Social sciences (General), H1-99
Abstract

ISO 9000 for quality is one of the most applicable strategies by businesses all over the world. ISO 9000 has been one of important issues in many developing countries including Turkey. Up to now less study is published on the successful use of ISO 9000 Quality Management System, critical success factors and application problems in SME’s. The purpose of this study is to investigate the critical success factors for the effective implementation of ISO 9000 standard in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s) operating in the manufacturing sector in Turkey.This empirical study has been carried out with a sample of 246 ISO 9000-certified SME’s selected from enterprises operating in manufacturing sector in Turkey. Data were obtained by a questionnaire survey of the managers responsible for quality in each of the sample SME’s. Critical success factors for the effective implementation of ISO 9000 were assessed for importance by simple descriptive statistics.This study provides practical guidance for SME’s operating in manufacturing sector and seeking to implement the ISO 9000 standard effectively.

Published
2012

2. Strategic Focus in Turkish SMEs: Emergent or Deliberate Strategies?

Author

Özlem Çetinkaya Bozkurt and Adnan Kalkan

Subjects
Focus (computing), Engineering, Unconscious mind, Knowledge management, Deliberate strategy, Turkish, business.industry, Emergent strategy, language.human_language, language, Organizational structures, General Materials Science, Organizational structure, Predictability, business, Small and medium-sized enterprises
Abstract

Traditional deliberate strategies, based on cycles of stability and predictability, are no longer relevant for today's business environments. Emergent strategies have been advocated as the solution. In this research we investigate and propose how interweaving of the deliberate and emergent could be conceived and realized in terms of strategy, organizational structures, firm size and firm age. The aim of this study is to examine the existing strategies of SMEs in Turkish to know if they adopt more of unconscious actions or deliberately planned patterned behavior (PPB) which guides their actions.

Published
2013

3. The Choice and Use of Strategic Planning Tools and Techniques in Turkish SMEs According to Attitudes of Executives

Author

Özlem Çetinkaya Bozkurt and Adnan Kalkan

Subjects
Strategic planning, Knowledge management, Strategic alignment, business.industry, Turkish, Strategic planning tools and techniques, Profit impact of marketing strategy, language.human_language, Strategic sourcing, Strategic leadership, language, General Materials Science, Strategic management, Marketing, business, Small and medium-sized enterprises, Strategic financial management
Abstract

In the field of strategic management, the researches carried out about strategic planning tools and techniques used by business managers in Turkey is almost negligible. However, in the other countries, the researches revealing the similarities and differences in use of strategic tools and techniques in various countries are often carried out. In this research we aim to investigate the tools and techniques used in strategic planning and determine the attitudes of executives towards the use of strategic planning comparatively in Turkish SMEs operating in different firm size and sector. Data were collected from SMEs operating in Antalya Organized Industrial Zone (OIZ). The tools and techniques used in strategic planning in literature and the attitudes of executives towards the strategic planning process have been tested.

Published
2013
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4. ÜRETİM SEKTÖRÜNDE FAALİYET GÖSTEREN KOBİLERDE ISO 9000'NİN ETKİLİ UYGULAMASI İÇİN KRİTİK BAŞARI FAKTÖRLERİ.

Author

KALKAN, Adnan and ÇETİNKAYA BOZKURT, Özlem

Subjects
*ISO 9000 Series Standards, *MANUFACTURING industries, *SMALL business, *BUSINESS success, *EMPIRICAL research, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *QUALITY control
Abstract

ISO 9000 for quality is one of the most applicable strategies by businesses all over the world. ISO 9000 has been one of important issues in many developing countries including Turkey. Up to now less study is published on the successful use of ISO 9000 Quality Management System, critical success factors and application problems in SME's. The purpose of this study is to investigate the critical success factors for the effective implementation of ISO 9000 standard in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's) operating in the manufacturing sector in Turkey. This empirical study has been carried out with a sample of 246 ISO 9000-certified SME's selected from enterprises operating in manufacturing sector in Turkey. Data were obtained by a questionnaire survey of the managers responsible for quality in each of the sample SME's. Critical success factors for the effective implementation of ISO 9000 were assessed for importance by simple descriptive statistics. This study provides practical guidance for SME's operating in manufacturing sector and seeking to implement the ISO 9000 standard effectively [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2012

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