The Risk Management at Turkish Universities within the Scope of the European Union Negotiations Chapter on Financial Control and in the Context of Strategic Planning


Şahin M. E., Cengiz Ç.

Turkey - Europe Relations with its Economic, Political and Social Dimensions (TESAM 5th International Congress of Social Sciences), İstanbul, Türkiye, 27 - 29 Kasım 2021, ss.41-42

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Özet Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İstanbul
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.41-42
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Negotiations are carried out within the framework of various chapters in Turkey's membership process to the European Union. Among these chapters, 32nd chapter on Financial Control, is of vital importance for the public sector. In this study, the risk management experience at universities in Turkey is examined within the framework of the internal control system area, as one of the main component of the chapter on financial control.

The main logic of internal control is to identify the risks and to reveal what needs to be done to manage the risks on the way to reach the targets. Therefore, setting goals and targets is a pre-condition for internal control. Strategic planning, which represents a managerial cycle that starts with planning and is supported by control processes, constitutes a reference point in this direction. So, how do risk management processes, as one of the main provisional components of strategic planning, work at Turkish universities? With an overview, what is the current level of progress? What are the obstacles and shortcomings in practice, and what should be done to eliminate them?

In order to answer these questions, the path taken by the public universities, able to embody corporate risk management processes with guides, directives and similar regulations, - in other words, the public universities that have achieved a certain stage in their administrative processes - regarding corporate risk are examined; and, problems encountered in practice and suggested solutions are discussed in addition to good practices.

Keywords: European Union, Financial Control, Public Internal Control Standards, Risk Management, Strategic Plan, Public Universities