CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL Name, surname : Aykut Polatoğlu Birth : Malatya, 1942 e-mail : aykut.polatoglu@neu.edu.tr EDUCATION Undergraduate Graduate M.A. Ph.D. : Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences 1964. : New York University Graduate School of Public Administration, 1969. : New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science, 1973. ACADEMIC DEGREES AND EMPLOYMENT 1. Teaching and Research Assistant : Public Administration Institute for Turkey and the Middle East, 1974 1979. 2. Assistant Professor: Middle East Technical University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration 1979-1985. 3. Associate Professor : Middle East Technical University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration 1985 2003. 4. Professor : Yıldız Technical University, Department of Political Science and International Relations 2003-2006 5. Professor : Near East University October 2006- SCHOLARSHIPS 1
1. Ministry of Interior : 1959-1964. 2. Ministry of National Education : 1965-1972. 3. Japan International Cooperation Agency : 1978. RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Provincial Administration in Turkey, (Ph.D. thesis), New York University, 1973. The Turkish Province as an Administrative Division of Central Government, Turkish Public Administration Annual, Cilt : 2, 1975. Örgütlerde Ast ve Üst Arasında İletişim Davranışı (Communication Behavior Among Superiors and Subordinates in Organizations), Yönetim Psikolojisi, Ankara: TODAİE Yayınları, 1979. Kamu Yönetimine Giriş (Introduction to Public Administration), (Turgay Ergun co-author), Ankara: TODAİE Yayınları, 1978. Ast ve Üst Arasındaki İletişim Sürecine Davranışsal Bir Yaklaşım (A Behavioral Approach to the Process of Communication between Superior and Subordinates ), (Thesis for Associate Professorship), Ankara, 1983. Örgüt Kuramları ve İletişim (Organization Theories and Communication), Amme İdaresi Dergisi, Cilt : 17, No : 4, Aralık 1984. Kamu Yönetimine Giriş (Introduction to Public Administration), Revised Second Edition, Ankara : TODAİE Yayınları, 1984. İl Yönetiminde Eşgüdüm Sorunu ve Yeni Bir Yönetim Modeli (Coordination Problem in Province Administration and a New Model for Administration), Amme İdaresi Dergisi, Cilt : 18, No : 4, Aralık 1985. Bölge Valiliği Üzerine Düşünceler (Thoughts on Regional Governorship), Mülkiyeliler Birliği Dergisi, Şubat 1988. Türk Kamu Örgütlerinde Ast ve Üst Arasında İletişim (Superior Subordinate Communication in Turkish Public Organizations), Amme İdaresi Dergisi, Cilt : 21, No : 2, Haziran 1988. Personelin Başarısında Psikolojik Etkenler (Psychological Factors in the Success of Personnel), Kamu Yönetimi ve Personeli Sorunları Simpozyumu 11-12 Nisan 1988 Ankara. Kamu Yönetimine Giriş (Introduction to Public Administration), Revised Third Edition, Ankara : TODAİE Yayınları, 2
1988. Bölge Planlaması ve Yönetsel Yapı (Regional Planning and Administrative Structure), İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, 2. Ulusal Bölge Planlaması Kongresi 27-28 Ekim 1989, İstanbul Kent Yönetiminde Sorun Alanları ve Örgütlenme (The Problems of City Administration and Organization ), Şehircilik, Hukuk ve Yönetim İlişkileri (12. Dünya Şehircilik Günü Kollogyumu na sunulan tebliğler), Ankara : A.Ü.Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi ve Basın Yayın Yüksekokulu Basımevi, 1990. GAP: Kalkınma ve Örgütlenmeye Yönelik Politikalar (Southeastern Anatolia Project:Policies for Development and Organization), Türkiye Sosyal Ekonomik Siyasal Araştırmalar Vakfı (TÜSES) için hazırlanan rapor. (Prof.Dr.Duran Taraklı, Doç.Dr.Ayda Eraydın ve Dr.Çağlar Keyder den oluşan proje grubu ile birlikte.) Ankara, 1991. Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi Organizasyon ve Yönetim Sistemi Organizasyon Metod ve Sistem Analizi Projesi (The Project for the Reorganization of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality) (Doç.Dr.Canan Çilingir, Doç.Dr.Erol Sayın, Y. Doc.Dr.Sibel Güven ve Öğr.Gör.Yılmaz Üstüner den oluşan proje grubu ile birlikte.) Ankara, 1991. Decentralisation and the Strengthening of Local Self Government (Şinasi Aksoy ile birlikte), Council of Europe Local and Regional Authorities in Europe, Publication No : 48, 1992. Kamu Yönetimine Giriş (Introduction to Public Administration), Revised Fourth Edition, Ankara: TODAİE Yayınları, 1992. Özelleştirme Tartışmaları (Debates on Privatization) ( Editör), İstanbul: Bağlam Yayıncılık, 1994 Türk Kamu Yönetiminde Bilgisayar Kullanma Alanları ve Sorunlar (Computer Usage and its Problems in Turkish Public Administration), Amme İdaresi Dergisi, Cilt : 27, No: 4 Aralık 1994. Southeastern Anatolia Project and Administrative Organization METU Studies in Development, 22 (2) 1995. Mahalli İdarelerin Yeniden Yapılandırılmasına İlişkin Yasa Tasarısı Üzerinde Bir Değerlendirme (An Evaluation of the Proposed Law for Reorganizing the Local Governments), Çağdaş Yerel Yönetimler, Cilt 5, Sayı 3, Mayıs 1996. Administrative Structure: Regional considerations paper presented to the Workshop on Local Government 3
Restructuring, organized by Center for Public Policy and Urban Research with the participation of Birmingham and Manchester Universities, Ankara, October 13, 1997. Yerel Yönetim Reformu Üzerine Düşünceler (Thoughts on Local Government Reform), Çağdaş Yerel Yönetimler, Cilt: 9, Sayı: 1, Ocak 2000. Introduction to Public Administration: The Case of Turkey, Ankara: Middle East Technical University, 2000. Turkish Local Government: The Need for Reform, Middle Eastern Studies, Volume 36, Number 4, October 2000 Yenimahalle Belediyesinde Yapılan Gözlem ve Mülakatlar Sonucunda Tesbit Edilen Önemli Sorun Alanları ve Çözüm Önerileri (Şinasi Aksoy ile birlikte). Yenimahalle Belediyesi Yeniden Örgütlenme Projesi. Ankara: Kasım 1999- Mart 2000. KAMU YÖNETİMİ Genel İlkeler ve Türkiye Uygulaması, ( Public Administration: General Principles and Turkish Practice), Ankara: METU Press, 2001. İller Bankası Genel Müdürlüğü Norm Kadro Çalışması (Şinasi Aksoy ve Canan Sümer ile birlikte). Ankara, Eylül 2001-Eylül 2002. Türkiye Gübre Sanayii A.Ş.Genel Müdürlüğü Norm Kadro Çalışması (Şinasi Aksoy ve Canan Sümer ile birlikte) Ankara, Temmuz 2002-Mart 2003. The Turkish Administrative System: Concepts and Issues, Comparative Bureaucratic Systems (Krishna K. Tummala, Ed.). New York: Lexington Books, 2003. A Critical Look at the Field Units of Turkish Central Government, Middle Eastern Studies, Vol.39, No.4 October 2003. KAMU YÖNETİMİ: Genel İlkeler ve Türkiye Uygulaması, (Public Administration: General Principles and Turkish Practice),Revised Second Edition, Ankara: METU Press, 2003. Türk Kamu Yönetim Sisteminin Yeniden Örgütlenmesi Üzerine Düşünceler (Thoughts on the Reorganization of Turkish Public Administration System), Amme İdaresi Dergisi, Cilt.36, No.4, Aralık 2003. Yerel Yönetimlerde Kurumsal Performans ve Vatandaş Memnuniyeti (Institutional Performance in Local Governments and the Satisfaction of the Citizens) 6.Kamu Kalite Sempozyumu, 8-9 June 2005, METU,Ankara. Kamu Yönetiminde Reform Ciddi Bir Etkinliktir Gelişigüzel (Çalakalem) Yapılmaz (Reform in Public 4
Administration is a Serious Activity and is not Done Haphazardly Hastily and without Deliberation), NEU Journal of Social Sciences, Volume.I, Number 1, April 2008 TÜRK KAMU YÖNETİMİ: Güncel ve Eleştirel Bir Yaklaşım (Turkish Public Administration: A Contemporary and Critical Approach), Lefkoşa: Near East University Publications, 2009.. Başkanlık Sistemi ve Türkiye de Uygulanabilirliği Üzerine Düşünceler (Thoughts on the Applicability of Presidential System in Turkey ) YDÜ Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt VI, Sayı 1, Nisan 2013 Büyükşehir Belediye Modeli ve Türkiye de Uygulanması Üzerine Düşünceler (Thoughts on the Metropoitan Municipal Administration and Its Application in Turkey)YDÜ Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt VIII, Sayı 1, Nisan 2015 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Courses conducted: Introduction to Public Administration Local Government Organizational Psychology Theories of Organization Turkish Administrative System Problems in Development Administration Current Issues in Turkish Public Administration Turkish Administrative System and Administrative Law Organizational Communication Behavioral Approach in Public Administration Comparative Public Administration Training Seminars: Contemporary Techniques in Administration Human Relations in Organizations Time Management Organization, Administration and Group Dynamics Ph.D. Thesises Administered 5
Yılmaz Üstüner, In Search of an Identity: Considerations on the Theory and the Discipline of Public Administration (June 1992) Riad Al-Khatib, Job Satisfaction Among Public Employees in Jordan (Jan. 1994) Master Thesises Administered Saide Cop, The Promotional Problems of Women in a Commercial Bank in Turkey (1981) Göktuğ Morçöl, Classic and Neo-classic Theories of Organization (January 1982) Tacettin Karaer, Reorganization of Turkish Public Administration After September 12, 1980: The Reasons for the Unification of the Ministries (March 1987) Mohamad Taamneh, Administrative Control upon Local Authorities in Jordan (April 1988) Filiz Demirci, Reorganization Attempts in Turkish Public Administration After September 12,1980 ( October 1988) Joseph Duke Okeze, Superior-Subordinate Communication in Public Offices in the Nigerian Ports Authority (February 1988) Tarık Şengül, The Privatization of Municipal Services in Turkey: The Adana Case ( 1989 ) Dogan Nadi Leblebici, Academic Manpower Problems of Higher Education in Turkey (September 1989) Ugur Ömürgönülşen, The Evolution of Security of Tenure in Turkish Civil Service (July 1989) Noman Ahmed, An Insight into Metropolitan Administration Case Study of Karachi Pakistan ( October 1992, Co-superviser) Esra Karademir, Educational Administration in Turkey ( January 1996) Marat Gazizov, System of Local Government in the Republic of Bashkortostan (June 1996) Fatime Çömlekçi, Alternative Ways Used in the Provision and Production of Local Goods and Services (January 1997) Özden Akın, Advisers to Ministers in Turkish Public Administration: A Descriptive Study ( January 1997) Müge Akkar, The Question of Local Autonomy in Turkey with Reference to Party Politics Throughout the Republican Period (August 1997) Yasemin Meriç, Restructuring Turkish Local Governments Within the Period of Integration to the European Union. (January 2001) 6
Z. Aslı Gürel Üçer, Local Government Unions, (June 2002) Murat Ulaç, Turkish Local Government and the Problem of Scale, (Eylül 2002) Güven Güngör, Administration of Nature Conservation in Turkey: A Comparative Analysis, (Eylül 2002) Gökhan Çoban, E-Devlet ve İstanbul Valiliği Uygulaması (Eylül 2006) YTÜ ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS HELD Chairman: 6 July 1988-26 January 1990 (Middle East Technical University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration) Assistant Chairman: 29 January 1990-21 January 1991 (Middle East Technical University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration) Member of the Faculty Administrative Board : 1989 1992 (Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences) Project Manager, MED-CAMPUS Studies in Local Government,1993-1995 (Middle East Technical University) Member of the Administrative Board: 1994 2000. (Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Social Sciences) Member of the Academic Evaluation Committee : 2003-2005 (Yıldız Technical University) Acting Chairman: October 2003-April 2004 (Yıldız Technical University, Department of Political Science and International Relations) Chairman: April 2004-March 2005 (Yıldız Technical University, Department of Political Science and International Relations) Member of the Administrative Board:2004-2006 (Yıldız Technical University, Graduate School for Social Sciences) Dean, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences March 2005-September 2006 Yıldız Technical University Editor, NEU Journal of Social Sciences, December 2006- Near East University Director, Graduate School of Social Sciences, January 2007- October 2013 Near East University Dean, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, October 2007-October 2013 Near East University SYMPOSUIMS AND CONFERENCES ORGANIZED 7
Dünya da ve Türkiye de Özelleştirme (Privatization in the World and Turkey), Ankara, Middle East Technical University, 14-16 Kasım 1990. Public Administration, Local Government & Economic Rationality, An International Summer School, Villa Chigi Farnese Siena-ITALY, September 18-22, 1995. Regional/Rural Development Conference, Ankara, Middle East Technical University, November 27-28, 2000. 8