A new COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) module for third-year students majoring in Management begins on October 7th. The module "Conflicts, International Leadership and International Business" was developed in collaboration with Dipra Jha, Professor of Carson College of Business, Washington State University and Dr. Tetyana mayboroda, lecturer at the Oleg Balatskiy Department of Management. For students of our university, this module is part of the course "Conflict and Organizational Change Management ", during which they will develop and present their own project on the analysis of international conflicts, will be able to better understand the impact of globalization, social sciences and other disciplines and connect them to relevant characteristics, issues and problems faced by the world economy and society. At the end of the course students will also have peer to peer activities with students of Washington University on the materials of this COIL module.
Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management
BiEM Sumy State University
For three days, from 22nd till 24th of September, the VII International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference “Social Development Towards Values Ethics – Technology – Society” has taken place in Beskida Mountains Hotel Gołębiewski, Wisła, Poland. The Head of the department, Dr. Hanna Shvindina, was a guest speaker at this conference in the section devoted to social development and innovations in teaching and research. Dr. Shvindina shared her experience in Global Online Learning projects and her recent finding in coopetition research. The presentations were bright and insightful and had given rise to lengthy discussions within EU bodies. This event became a starting point for further cooperation with colleagues from Poland.
The conference organizers are the Department of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty of Organization and Management, Silesian University of Technology.
The partners of the conference were The London Academy of Science and Business (London, England), Institute of Industrial Economics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine), Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture (Kyiv, Ukraine), Sumy State University (Sumy, Ukraine), National Aviation University (Kyiv, Ukraine), Uzhhorod National University (Uzhhorod, Ukraine) & Pavel Sukhoi State Technical University (Gomel, Belarus).
On September 10, 2021, a practice-oriented class for group УП.м-11 on the course “Project actions planning” (lecturer – Alona Yevdokymova) was held at the Department of City Strategic Development of Sumy City Council. Considering the case study of development of Sumy City Development Strategy until 2030, the brand of Sumy city and the information and analytical system of programs of Sumy city development, students had the opportunity to learn about the tools, methods and procedures, that the Department uses for planning projects, programs and project portfolios, as well as to gain practical skills on the principles of prioritization while project planning.
We thank the Department of City Strategic Development of Sumy City Council for professionalism!
Haven't entered the university yet for a bachelor's or master's degree? Then you have a great opportunity to do it! Because there is an additional admission to study part-time at Sumy State University. The Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management invites you to study in the educational programs “Management”, “Management of Organizations and Administration”, “Administrative Management”.
Please, find more information about the admission conditions here.
From the beginning of the term, the new COIL project has started. Last week, students had an amazing opportunity to join the discussion about the IKEA case during the session held at Washington State University. The course “International Management” is embedded in the course “Strategic Management” course for the undergraduates in Management studies. The start was great, let's hope for the continuation of the excellent cooperation between our universities. We are grateful to Professor Dipra Jha, who was initially an idea bringer to this project, and Dr. Mesut Çiçek, who kindly agreed to be co-instructor and managed the online sessions for our students synchronically with the students of WSU.
The “Strategic Management” course instructor is Dr. Hanna Shvindina, the head of Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management.
On the 15th and 16th September, International Conference took place in Vilnius, Lithuania, devoted to “Pandemic Challenges and Opportunities for Corporate Social Responsibility”, organized by the Vilnius Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Arts in partnership with EUMMAS and Vilnius University (VU) Business School. The welcoming speech was delivered by D. A. Danilevicius, General Director of VCCIC, who told about the scale and scope of the conference, its main goals, and future directions of development. On the first day, Dr. Hanna Shvindina, the Chair of the Department and a member of EUMMAS presented the recent finding on her research in the sphere of regional competitiveness. The same day was devoted to sustainable labor relations, and how they affect or impact our understanding of corporate social responsibility. This day was full of fantastic talks worth of sharing, such as the presentation of Dr. Ignas Zimaitis, Academic Professor, and Lina Korizniene, CEO of Vilnius City Municipality Administration, both from VU Business School. Dr. B.B.L. Madhukar from India joined the conference online and shared his experience on changes in Corporate Social Responsibility During the Pandemic. The talks and panel discussions were quite insightful and energetic; they focused on the further development of CSR in a new era.
The second day brought the unforgettable experience of having a presentation by Dr. Dina Yacout, an EUMMAS member, who shared her expertise on gaining business sustainability during the coronavirus pandemic for businesswomen and start-ups in Egypt. Dr. Dina is a Chairwoman of the general committee of businesswomen in the federation of chambers of commerce in Egypt, and Vice president of the Advisory Board, and Vice president of Women forums at EUMMAS Board; she explained how the pandemic formed new social movements in Egypt. The way economic institutions and government were united to facilitate entrepreneurship among women became an inspiration for other social activists presented at the conference.
On September 7, 2021, Professor Hanna Shvindina, Head of the Balatskyi Department of Management, and Tetyana Mayboroda, Lecturer, participated as co-speakers at the International Strategy and Leadership Series. This set of webinars are organized to celebrate the 15th anniversary Whitefield Business School, now the Mauritian partner of Sumy State University.
The master class was dedicated to the topic "Coopetition strategy and its Perspectives in Industry & Hospitality Sectors". Interesting cases of coopetition, discussion of the importance of intercultural competencies - aroused lively interest among the participants. The class was concluded by a very active session of questions and answers in which the international cohort of online listeners took part.
On September 14, 2021, an excursion was held at the Sumy local center for free secondary legal aid for bachelor's and master's students majoring in "Public Administration" (groups EN-93 / 2pu, PU-81, AM.m-11).
The practice-oriented event was organized by associate professor, Ph.D. Lukyanikhin VO and a senior lecturer at the Department of Management, Ph.D. state management Demikhov OI
During the tour, the director of the center Troshechko VV, head of the department Ivanenko YV and chief specialist Bondar OA told young people about the goals and social significance of the functioning of the state institution, the results of the team.
Representatives of the center provided students with interesting and relevant information on the specifics of the free legal aid system, which aims to protect human rights by ensuring equal access to legal information and justice, strengthening legal capacity and legal capacity of socially vulnerable groups, local communities and communities. Business games were also held with students.
Postgraduate student of the Department of Management. O. Balatsky Kotenko Stanislav took part in the International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference "Digital Technologies and Sustainability for Development Management: Economic, Social and Environmental Aspects", organized by the London Academy of Science and Business (London, England), Sumy State University (Sumy, Ukraine), Stanislaw Staszych University of Applied Sciences (Pila, Poland). The conference was held on September 11, 2021 in online format. It was attended by more than 20 participants and speakers from 7 countries, including Morocco, Algeria, Great Britain and Poland.
Stanislav Kotenko presented the results of collective scientific work in co-authorship with professors Hanna Shvindina (SSU) and Irina Geiets (RMIT, Australia). In his presentation, the graduate student of the Department of Management gave important arguments in favor of taking into account migration factors in the system of determining the level of competitiveness of regions, and suggested ways to solve the difficult situation related to the outflow of labor in Ukraine.