URBAN MANAGEMENT: CREATING THE IDEAL CITY IN SIMULATION

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Recent earthquakes have shown everyone the significance of creating sustainable cities. This study aims to reveal the potential benefits of the simulation applications' usage in the education of urban managers and local administrators. Experienced managers are more successful in making the right decisions than inexperienced ones. Nonetheless, real-life experience is long and costly as a learning process. Reducing this cost with educational activities would be beneficial for effectiveness in organizations. In line with this, simulation applications have been used effectively in many educational activities, such as the education of pilots before the flights. However, it is hard to find a similar use of simulations in social sciences, especially in administrative sciences. Thus, this study revealed the contributions of simulation software to the administrative experience of undergraduate students expected to work in managerial positions in public organizations and local governments.

KENT YÖNETİMİ: SİMÜLASYONDA İDEAL KENTİ YARATMAK

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Son yaşanan depremler sürdürülebilir kentler yaratmanın önemini herkese göstermiştir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, simülasyon uygulamalarının kent yöneticilerinin eğitiminde kullanılmasının potansiyel faydalarını ortaya koymaktır. Yeterli tecrübeye sahip yöneticilerin daha isabetli kararlar verebildiği yönetim biliminde kabul gören bir olgudur. Buna karşın, tecrübe pahalı bir kazanımdır ve eğitim faaliyetleriyle bu maliyetin azaltılması ileride örgütlerde yönetimsel etkinliği artıracaktır. Öte yandan, örneğin pilotların eğitiminde gerçek zamanlı uçuşlar öncesi simülasyon programlarından etkin bir şekilde faydalanılmaktadır. Ancak, genelde sosyal bilimler alanında özelde de yönetim bilimlerinde benzer uygulamalara pek rastlanmamaktadır. Bu nedenle, bu çalışmada gelecekte yerel yönetimlerin önemli kademelerinde çalışması beklenen lisans öğrencilerinin ilgili simülasyon program tecrübelerinin yönetim anlayışlarına katkıları belirlenmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• SimCity
• İdeal kent
• Simülasyon oyunu
• Kent simülasyonu

Destekleyen Kurum

İzmir Demokrasi Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Birimi

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