Evaluation of Agro-Industries According To Management Functions: Case of Konya Province

Abstract

The study is to investigate the current situation in agricultural industry enterprises according to business functions. The data used in the research were made voluntarily through face-to-face interviews. The sample volume of the study was determined as 199 according to the quota (stratified purposive sampling) sampling method in the agro-industries of Konya, using TOBB data. According to the research results, it has been determined that the management functions in agro-industries are mostly carried out by business owners, business managers are generally male individuals, and their education level is generally at the undergraduate level. In agro-industries, raw materials are mostly (43.22%) brought from the province of Istanbul. It has been determined that the majority of agro-industries operate in national and international (71 enterprises) markets. The majority of the exports (15.08%) in the analyzed agro-industries are allocated to Iraq. It is stated that the average annual turnover of agro-industries is approximately 61 million TL. In agro-industries, income is one of the important factors used in determining the level of enterprises. When we look at the sector, it can be said that the existing industry consists of workshop-type family businesses rather than institutionalized companies and they have just started to institutionalize.