Personel Güçlendirme: Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri Üzerine Nitel Bir Araştırma

Year 2024, Volume: 34 Issue: 1, 125 - 135, 28.06.2024

Aysun Doğan , Suat Gürbüz , Abdülkadir Varoğlu

https://doi.org/10.54078/savsad.1477279

Abstract

Personel güçlendirme hem bireye hem de örgüte sağladığı olumlu sonuçlardan dolayı örgütler tarafından önemsenen yönetim uygulamalarından biridir. Bu bağlamda araştırmanın amacı Türk Silahlı Kuvvetlerinde personel güçlendirmede ne tür yönetim uygulamaları olduğunu ve neler yapılabileceğini ortaya koymaktır. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemi ve olgu bilim araştırma deseni kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemini amaçlı örnekleme yöntemiyle Türk Silahlı Kuvvetlerinden emekli olan ve hâlihazırda akademisyen olarak görev yapan 10 katılımcı oluşturmuştur. Araştırma verileri araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan yarı yapılandırılmış mülakat formları ile toplanmıştır. Mülakat formu demografik bilgiler ve araştırma soruları olmak üzere iki bölümden oluşmaktadır. Mülakatlar yüz yüze yapılmıştır ve ortalama 25-30 dakika sürmüştür. Araştırma verilerinin değerlendirilmesinde MAX-QDA nitel analiz programında kod ve alt kodlar oluşturularak içerik analizi yapılmıştır. Veriler güçlendiriciler, engelleyiciler, gereksinimler ve öneriler olmak üzere 4 ana kod ve bu kodlar altında oluşturulan toplam 20 alt kod ile kategorize edilmiştir. Bu araştırmayla yöneticilerin liderlik, iletişim, kıta-akademi entegrasyonunu sağlama konusundaki yetkinliklerinin geliştirilmesinin personel güçlendirmenin odak noktası olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bu doğrultuda farklı kademelerdeki personel için gereksinime yönelik ve etkileşimli eğitimlerin planlanması, uygulanması ve devam ettirilmesinin personel güçlendirmeye katkı sağlayacağı düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

Güçlendirme, Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri, nitel araştırma

Empowerment: A Qualitative Research on Turkish Armed Forces

Abstract

Empowerment is one of the management practices that are considered important by organizations due to the positive results it provides to both the individual and the organization. In this context, the aim of this research is to reveal what kind of management practices are used in empowerment in the Turkish Armed Forces and what can be done. Qualitative research method and phenomenological research design were used in the study. The sample of the study consisted of 10 participants who retired from the Turkish Armed Forces and currently working as academicians. The research data were collected through semi-structured interview forms prepared by the researchers. The interview form consists of two parts: demographic information and research questions. Interviews were conducted face-to-face and lasted 25-30 minutes on average. In the evaluation of the research data, content analysis was performed by creating codes and sub-codes in MAX-QDA qualitative analysis program. The data were categorized with 4 main codes: reinforcers, barriers, needs and suggestions, and a total of 20 sub-codes created under these codes. In this study, it was determined that developing managers' competencies in leadership, communication, and ensuring continent-academy integration is the focus of staff empowerment. In this direction, it is thought that planning, implementing and maintaining need-oriented and interactive trainings for staff at different levels will contribute to staff empowerment.

Keywords

Empowerment, Turkish Armed Forces, qualitative research

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