Evaluation of the Last Configuration in the Central Organization in Turkish Education System

Abstract

AbstractThe organizational structure and the name of the Ministry of National Education have been changed at different times since the establishment of the Republic of Turkey several times. Although the purpose of every change in the structure of the organization is to make the ministry more functional, it made the central organizational structure complicated and a cumbersome structure was established. A kind of giant and cumbersome and complex structure which has over 17 million students and 700 000 teachers spreading all throughout Turkey hasn’t been simplified.However, a new restructuring was carried out in Ministry of Education central organization in order to eliminate the complex and cumbersome structure in 2011, and central organizational chart re-created. The purpose of this study is to reveal what recent restructuring in the organization structure of the Ministry of Education central organization has changed and to debate whether the transition from vertical organization structure to the horizontal organization eliminated complex and cumbersome structure or not in terms of management theories.