Practical Thoughts on Human Resources Management

About the Book

Many books have been written about human resources. These books usually explain theory or focus on a certain topic. Human resources is a working field, and I believe it is very hard to put theory into practice. External factors, as well as administrative understanding and perspective, generally move human resources applications away from theory. Companies often define human resources under their corporate structure as “secondary or other” management. Although this situation is different in some of companies, the common approach in the sector takes this direction. Any manager who deals with humans should understand human resources to manage performance better. In this book, I try to show how to achieve that from a human resources and management perspective.

About the Author

I graduated from Ankara University in 1980 with a BA degree in economics and commerce. I received my MBA from the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, in 1982. I started my work life as an auditor in Arthur Andersen, Istanbul, where I worked until 1985. I later joined Interbank, Istanbul, as fund director in treasury, where I worked for five years. In 1989, I joined Coca Cola Co as financial controller and later as bottling HR director. Then I worked for Colgate Palmolive Company as an HR and logistics director. Since 2004, I have been working in banking as a human resources SEVP—first with Yapı Kredi Bank for eleven years before being assigned to Unicredit Bank in Milan for the HR COO position, responsible for operations and projects.