Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management
BiEM Sumy State University
April 1, 2021 as part of the "Global Virtual Class" students of specialty "Management" met with Subheer Ramnoruth, Strategic Management Consultant and Entrepreneur, Director of Academic and International Relations at Whitefield Business School.
During the meeting, students learned about the history and economy of Mauritius and other African countries, governance of these countries, blue economy and ethical aspects of leadership.
Dr. Stanislav Ivanov, Professor in Tourism Economics and Vice-Rector (Research), Varna University of Management, Director of Zangador Research Institute Editor-in-chief of European Journal of Tourism Research (EJTR) and ROBONOMICS provided seminar in the topic "Key issues in writing a research paper" on the 26th of March. More than 100 participants from all around the world, including PhD students of Sumy State University, faculty members and researchers got the opportunity to know the best practices of papers publishing at top-ranked journals in a field of modern research.
On March 30, Andriy Avdeenko, a practicing specialist and commercial director of PJSC Sumyagroprombud, visited an online lecture for the 3rd year students of the Management educational program. The meeting was organized by Associate Professor of Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management, Olga Dreval. The lecture was devoted to practical issues of material required planning of enterprises.
Quite complex issues were discussed, among which were provocative ones: "Is ProZorro really transparent?", "Kickbacks in the process of supply of material resources. And how to fight them?"
Andriy Avdeenko shared his experience, told about interesting cases from his professional life, commented on an event that took place recently in the Suez Canal, when a giant container ship got stuck on the beach and all delivery deadlines were disrupted.
On the 24th of March Dr. Ali Faizan, Assistant Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator at School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee shared his experience in the topic “Publishing Papers: From Failures to Success”. This webinar brought new insights on what are the main mistakes in publishing papers, how to make solid research, and how to perform the outcomes of research in an academic manner to make it publishable. Dr Ali Faizan gave a lot of advice on how to choose the topic wisely, what real cases may become an inspiration for the research and how to present the findings in a paper to be noticed in the academic community.
