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Turkish and World Economies: Indicators and Developments
The training is intended to help make a more accurate
prediction of the future conjuncture of the Turkish and world
economies. Within this frame, projections are made in an
interactive fashion with respect to key macroeconomic and
financial figures including growth, inflation, interest rates,
parity ratios, gold and commodity prices and the like. The
program was attended by a total of 21 people.
Trainer: Prof. Erhan Aslanoğlu
General Rules for International Factoring - GRIF
The program is designed to familiarize the participants
with the operation of guaranteed factoring service, rules of
international factoring (FCI), the reflection of the rules on day-
to-day business life, and precautions that will safeguard their
companies and clients from technical errors. The training was
attended by a total of 21 people.
Trainer: Azra Deniz Kızılkaya, İş Factoring International
Factoring and Correspondent Relations Manager
Creative Problem Solving
“Creativity is seeing what everyone else has seen, and thinking
what no one else has thought.”
The training is intended to encourage participants to break
the boundaries and think differently, to learn the techniques
and theories necessary to allow them to think creatively in the
case of problems and to focus on the solution. The training is
designed in simulation format, where four different groups
work to come up with the most creative solutions for four
different problem scenarios. The program was attended by a
total of 30 people.
Trainer: Elif Tokman
Responsibility of Board of Directors Members
Based on the definitions of administration and representation
as set out in the Turkish Commercial Code, the scope of
the responsibility, delegation of authority and its effect on
responsibility, and cases where responsibility does not arise are
established, using practical examples. Information has been
provided on the responsibilities of board of directors members
in AFI-member companies, and of board of directors members
and independent members, executive and non-executive
directors in publicly held companies. The program was attended
by a total of 20 people.
Trainer: Assistant Prof. Fatih Aydoğan
Time and Stress Management
The program defines the steps to be taken to attain the targets,
touching upon the following topics along the way: accurate
goal setting, effective communication, time management,
stress management, career planning and active development,
prioritization, personal motivation and goal setting, and
creation of career development vision. The training was
attended by a total of 9 people.
Trainer: Aytül Vatansever
Managing Tough Situations and Tough People
It is impossible to totally avoid tough situations in business life!
As a requisite of our jobs, we must overcome tough situations
and we must secure cooperation with tough people/tough
clients.
In this program, participants experience establishment of
cooperation between the parties, while maintaining their
confident stances thanks to the conflict management model,
and providing win/win solutions for each case. The aim is to
get the participants to determine the tactics and methods to
manage the conflict instead of ignoring conflict and objection.
The programs were attended by a total of 27 people.
Trainers: Ayşegül Ekmekçioğlu, Hasan Şimşek
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