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Foreword ..................................................................................................... x
Chapter One
Business Economics and Management
Chapter Two
Linguistics and Literature
The Search for “The Other Kingdom” in the Novel by I.A. Bunin
“Arseniev’s Life”: Book One .................................................................. 174
Marianna Andreevna Dudareva
Chapter Three
Education
An Analysis on Graduate Studies in Turkey on Computer-assisted
Instruction from Different Variables ....................................................... 192
Oğuzhan Sevim
Reading and a Method of Reading: The Socratic Seminar Technique .... 219
Yasemin Kurtlu
Chapter Four
History and Geography
Editors
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
The world is experiencing a rapid change in economic and technological
circles. Everyone is influenced by this change; however, the rapid change
that has taken place undoubtedly also significantly affects production
technologies. As a result of this situation, new approaches and techniques
have emerged in business managements. For example, classical
approaches to the calculation of costs have begun to give place to modern
cost approaches (Bekçi & Özal, 2010: p.78). Many of the companies in
developed countries use advanced cost management systems for effective
cost management. After the 1980s, the extreme diversity in customer
demand and the need for more creative and diverse products have been a
guide for the change in the production systems of enterprises. Businesses
close to each other in terms of quality, price and technology levels can find
a place in the market. Businesses are looking for new ways to reduce costs
in order to maintain or increase their market share. And with the change of
production systems, they also needed to change existing cost systems
(Alkan, 2001: p.177). Along with the increase of global competition,
production systems have changed and therefore businesses have had to
change the cost of the system. As a result of this change, traditional cost
systems were inadequate for businesses (Altınbay, 2006a: p.141) and more
modern strategic cost management approaches were required. Strategic
cost management is a modern cost management approach consisting of
changing cost and management accounting systems, depending on the
change of production systems in a highly competitive environment. These
approaches, which are expressed as modern cost approaches in the
strategic management decisions to be taken, are composed of instruments
such as Activity Based Costing, Target Costing, Kaizen Costing, Lifetime
Costing, Full Time Production and Full Time Costing, Total Quality
Management, Balanced Scorecard, Theory of Constraints, and Value
Engineering.
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- Strategic management,
- Planning and decision making,
- Management and activity control,
- Preparation of financial statements.
review, evaluation and selection efforts are necessary for the planning of
strategies; (2) in order for the planned strategies to be implemented, all
kinds of internal measures in the business are taken and put into effect;
and (3) it covers activities related to the evaluation of the efforts shown
(Dinçer, 1992: p.22).
The strategic cost management approach has evolved parallel to the
heightened importance of the strategy concept. One of the important roles
of accounting information is to facilitate the development and
implementation of business strategies (Bekçi & Özal, 2010: p.82). The
company that wants to be successful and grow in the long term has to
adapt to ever-changing market conditions without deviation from its aims,
to develop its capabilities and resources in a stable manner and to protect
its competitive advantage in this direction. In order to be able to identify
and develop such strategies that will provide a continuous competitive
advantage, it is necessary to develop and use strategic information on
various financial and non-financial factors. Discipline, which provides this
information within the company and enables management to make the
right decisions within the framework of long-term plans, is called strategic
cost management (Basık, 2012: p.19).
Strategic cost management is the preparation and analysis of
management-related cost accounting information in terms of the overuse
of all resources of the enterprise and the relative level of cash flow, market
shares, quantities, prices and actual costs (Yüzbaşıoğlu, 2004: p.401).
Target costing
At the most basic level, the target cost is a long-run cost estimate that will
ensure that a product or service is profitable when it is sold (Horngren et
al., 1994: p.454). According to another definition, the target cost is a
market-based cost calculated by using the target sales price to reach a
predetermined market share (Drury, 1992: p.305). Target costing is a
product development strategy focusing on customer expectations and
market opportunities and is defined as a strategic profit and cost
management process (Yükçü, 1999: p.923). Target costing initiates cost
management during the product development and design phase and
continues throughout the product lifecycle by actively participating in the
entire value chain (Yükçü, 2014: p.382). The target costing process, which
focuses on the design and development of products and services by
addressing customer needs, has a very simple nature and application
process, although it is complex and versatile (Hacırüstemoğlu & Şakrak,
2002: p.118).
Kaizen costing
Kaizen costing is called continuous improvement in terms of costs, i.e.
cost reduction approach. Kaizen cost is the planned cost to be reduced
(Civelek & Özkan, 2004: p.276). Kaizen costing is a kind of kaizen or
continuous improvement application that is used specifically to reduce
costs. The cost reduction objective is addressed specifically for the
manufacturing process, and value engineering / analysis is used to achieve
this aim (Cooper, 1996: p.24). Achieving Kaizen costing goals focuses on
continuous reductions in activities and costs that do not add value to the
product, elimination of waste, and continuous improvement in the
production process (Yükçü, 2014: p.504).
Lifetime costing
Another dimension that comprehensive cost management brings to
business success is the acceptance of a life-cycle phenomenon related to
the product. The success of the product depends on its success in the
design phase. While the traditional management approach deals with the
products in the stages of maturity and decline, today's technology costs
reveal that the life cycle must also be focused on the first steps (Basık &
Türker, 2005: p.55). Lifetime cost is the total cost of planning, designing,
obtaining and maintaining costs that arise during the life course of a
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product and other costs that can be directly related to the product to obtain
or use the product (Otlu & Karaca, 2005: p.249). So, this is all costs
involved from product design to production; purchase and use of the
product by the customer; and the time it takes to dispose of it (disposal)
(Basık, 2012: p.391-392).
Balanced scorecard
The balanced performance card is a dynamic performance measurement
system or management technique that aims to improve and optimize in-
house activities within the framework of customer focus, customer and
shareholder expectations within the framework of future customer
satisfaction, as well as physical (financial) values based on past experience
and aims at implementing strategic approach and strategy, which provides
strategic feedback to ensure balance and integration between dimensions,
based on non-physical values (dimensions) such as learning and development
on the basis of in-house methods in order to adapt to change (Can, 2002:
p.238). A balanced scorecard is a strategic approach involving the
measurement, documentation and control of its activities in terms of the
vision and strategy of a company or institution (Kaplan and Norton, 2009:
p.1). The balanced scorecard allows a business' mission and strategy to be
expressed in terms of understandable performance metrics, thus creating
the framework for a strategic measurement and management system
(Ölçer, 2005: p.89). The balanced scorecard method is a measurement-
based strategic performance management system that creates a framework
for strategic performance measurement and management, transforming the
organization's mission and strategies into a comprehensive set of
performance indicators (Kaplan & Norton, 1996: p.2).
Theory of constraints
The Theory of Constraints is a management philosophy developed by
Eliyahu Goldratt in the early 1980s as a series of books and articles aimed at
managing constraints and continuously developing through synchronized
production, which can be defined as the cooperation and harmonization of
production processes to achieve the objectives of the operator (Büyükyılmaz
& Gürkan, 2009: p.178). The theory of constraints focuses on system
development. The system is defined as running processes as interdependent.
These processes, which are linked to each other in the theory of constraints
and which aim to achieve the goal, are defined as a chain. The constraint
in this process is the weak link of the chain (Nave, 2002: p.75).
Value engineering
This concept, which was originally expressed as value analysis, was later
expressed as value management, value improvement, function analysis,
and value control, but eventually it changed to the name value engineering
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and started to be used in this way (Yükçü, 2014: p.414). Value engineering
is an interdisciplinary and intensive problem-solving activity focused on
improving the value of the functions required to achieve the goal of an
organization, service, process or product (Wixson, 2004: p.60). Value
engineering is a technique for producing cost-cutting ideas without
lengthening the product development process and without compromising
the desired characteristics of the product (Yükçü, 2014: p.414).
Conclusion
As a result, with the change and development of information and
communication technologies, there has also been a change in the field of
management, and they have begun to look for alternatives to be able to
calculate their operating costs more accurately or to the nearest extent.
Within the scope of strategic cost management, some approaches have
emerged in line with the needs of enterprise. These cost approaches should
be able to renew themselves or maintain an update to provide alternatives
to decision makers and information users. For this purpose, approaches
such as Activity Based Costing, Target Costing, Kaizen Costing, Lifetime
Costing, Just in Time Production System and Costing, Total Quality
Management, Balanced Scorecard, Theory of Constraint, and Value
Engineering approaches have been examined from strategic cost
management approaches. In the strategies to be followed within the
framework of sustainable competitive approach, adoption of strategic cost
management approaches in complementary integrity may provide cost
leadership advantage to businesses. The application of strategic cost
management approaches in a highly interactive way, rather than a stand-
alone implementation for businesses, will be able to respond more to needs
and help management to make healthier decisions based on costs.
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