....Does your institution have a valid tenure or promotion system that recognises interdisciplinary research within valid disciplines?
Appointment and Promotion Procedures in Interdisciplinary Academic Units
Boğaziçi University has Institutes, Departments affiliated to Faculties and Application and Research Centres where interdisciplinary research is carried out. The appointment and promotion procedures of the academic staff working in these academic units are carried out by the Academic Personnel Branch Directorate under the Personnel Department as in other academic units.
The academic organisation chart of our university clearly reveals the place of interdisciplinary institutes and departments within the administrative structure and shows that these units are in an equivalent position with other academic units in terms of institutional functioning.
Legislation: https://personel.bogazici.edu.tr/yok-kararlari
Boğaziçi University Principles of Appointment and Promotion of Faculty Members:
https://www.yok.gov.tr/Documents/Akademik/AtanmaKriterleri/bogazici-kriter-13022024.pdf
Boğaziçi University Academic Organisation Chart:
Boğaziçi University Department of Personnel
Pursuant to Article 29 of the Decree Law on the Administrative Organisation of Higher Education Institutions and Higher Education Institutions (Decree Law), Boğaziçi University Personnel Department is responsible for manpower planning of the university, developing personnel policies , making recommendations on the personnel system and carrying out the appointment, personnel and retirement procedures of university personnel. Within the framework of the relevant legislation, the Personnel Department continues to work on human resources, the most valuable element of our university, and carries out activities that will contribute to the mission and vision of our university.
Department of Personnel: https://personel.bogazici.edu.tr/
Mission
To make human resources planning within the framework of legal obligations, to develop policies, to determine the training needs of the personnel with scientific methods and to organise training programmes in accordance with the aspects that need to be developed, to employ academic and administrative personnel, to follow the changes in legislation and to inform the personnel when necessary, to develop projects to strengthen the sense of belonging of the personnel and to have qualified human resources by supporting the personnel at all levels to perform their duties in the best way.
Vision
In order to contribute to the development of our country and the world beyond; to create a strong human resources profile that is human-oriented, innovative, open to change, able to adapt to technological developments, committed to universal ethical principles, willing to improve itself and to keep the Boğaziçi brand always at the top in the field of human resources as in many fields.
The objectives and targets prepared in accordance with the mission and vision of the Personnel Department are given below.
Strategic Objectives | Strategic Objectives |
Strategic Objective 1: To train human resources prioritising merit, career and performance. | Objective 1: To make manpower planning more effective. Objective 2: Organising in-service training programmes based on knowledge and skill-based performance management in order to ensure the sustainability of a qualified personnel management system, Objective 3: Determining the needs of the units and bringing the number of personnel to an adequate level. |
Strategic Objective 2: Within the scope of increasing the qualifications of manpower, to produce information and make inquiries that will pave the way for our University with accurate and effective studies. | Objective 1: Increasing the qualifications of manpower. Objective 2: To increase the quality and continuity of the services provided by our Presidency and to increase the satisfaction level of the personnel every year. |
Strategic Objective 3: To ensure the continuation of the success of our University, which has a strong technological infrastructure, modern, advanced in research and development. | Objective 1: Developing technological tools that increase the efficiency of the work carried out in the fields of in-service trainings, talent management and personnel planning, and ensuring that workflows are easily followed. Objective 2: Ensuring ease of access to the services provided by our Presidency. |
Strategic Objective 4: To ensure the development of employees' ownership of the institution with corporate identity awareness. | Objective 1: Providing the necessary information to train civil servants who can take over authority and responsibility, who can follow contemporary developments in their field and who can renew themselves. |
Strategic Objective 5: To give importance to in-service training activities and to ensure employee satisfaction by taking the performance of the personnel as a basis for their evaluations and promotions. | Objective 1: In order to ensure the development and performance increase of employees by ensuring the continuity of in-service training, determining the priority trainings according to the quality of employees in in-service training and supporting the preparation of programmes according to the needs. |
Boğaziçi University Personnel Department 2024 Annual Report:
Units Affiliated to the Personnel Department
The units affiliated to our Department of Personnel are Academic Personnel Branch Directorate, Administrative Personnel Branch Directorate, Disciplinary Procedures Branch Directorate, Education Branch Directorate, Account Affairs Branch Directorate, Organisational Development and Planning Branch Directorate and Personnel Coordination Branch Directorate, and the appointment and promotion procedures of academic staff are carried out by the Academic Personnel Branch Directorate.
Academic Personnel Branch Directorate Duties and Working Principles
With the Duties and Working Directive of the Personnel Department, which was accepted and entered into force at the meeting of the Board of Directors of our University dated 13.12.2023, the duties and working principles of the Academic Personnel Branch Directorate affiliated to our Department are determined as follows.
❖ To fulfil the procedures regarding the personal rights of academic staff within the framework of the legislation,
❖ To make the norm staff planning of academic staff, to keep the staffing tables up to date and to carry out studies related to the annual plan,
❖ Higher Education Information System (YÖKSİS), Public E-Application and E-Budget systems to make staffing changes for academic staff,
❖ To carry out the processes of open or transfer appointment, commencement of duty, leave and announcement processes of academic staff and archive research procedures for the personnel to be appointed,
❖To carry out the transfer, assignment, retirement, resignation, promotion, military service, adjustment, family allowance, medical leave, annual leave and leave without pay procedures of academic staff,
❖ To carry out personal transactions of academic staff such as discipline, information acquisition, summary of registry, service certificate, identity card, property declaration,
❖ To follow the tenure extension procedures of academic staff and to process the changes in their personal status in the relevant systems,
❖ To carry out domestic and international assignment procedures within the scope of Articles 37, 38 and 39 of Law No. 2547 and Law No. 4691 on Technology Development Zones,
❖ To carry out the procedures regarding the academic staff to be assigned within the framework of international research projects of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK),
❖ To follow the procedures related to the administrative assignments of academic staff and to process them in YÖKSİS,
❖ To carry out the procedures regarding the employment of foreign lecturers and foreign guest lecturers in accordance with Article 34 of the Law and Article 16 of the Higher Education Personnel Law No. 2914,
❖ To carry out the procedures regarding the requests of academic staff leaving the university,
❖ To respond to applications received through various public institutions and organisations, especially the Presidential Communication Centre (CİMER), within the legal period,
❖ To file the documents and other correspondence regarding the personal affairs of academic staff, to ensure the archive order and confidentiality.
