Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management
BiEM Sumy State University

On May 10, 2022, Inna Balahurovska, a second-year graduate student of the specialty 073 "Management", held an open lecture on the subject "Management" for first-year students of economic specialties within the pedagogical practice of graduate students. The lecturer led the study, the head of the department, Doctor of Economics, Professor Igor Rekunenko. During the lecture, the topic "Socio-psychological management methods" was considered. The content of the lecture material was questions related to the essence of socio-psychological methods of management, personality traits, types and characteristics of temperament, and psychological climate in the team.

The PhD student selected interesting material that allowed the use of various teaching methods, namely stories, explanations, comments, conversations. During the lecture, students asked questions to which the lecturer received comprehensive answers.

On Friday, May 6, 2022, Dr. Tetyana Mayboroda, senior lecturer of the Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management, deputy director of BiEM Institute attended as the key speaker the 2022 International Studies Days, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, the U.S. She took part in the conference upon the invitation by Sorin Nastasia, professor at the Department of Applied Communication Studies and Director International Studies Program of the American University.

Dr. Tetyana presented a topic “Continuing Academic Practices Virtually during the Challenging Times of the Ukraine War” where she addressed the questions of the University’s activity and e-learning technologies used in study process before the war, the situation in Sumy city and the University when the war started and the current situation after SumDU resumed educational process in online\asynchronous mode. For the students of Illinois University, there was stream on Facebook.

In the framework of the annual reports of structural subdivisions of BiEM Sumy State University, the head of the Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management Ihor REKUNENKO presented the results of the department for the 2021 in such areas as scientific and methodological work, international activities, career guidance and image activities. The head of the department emphasized the positive changes in the direction of professionalism and expertise of lecturers of the department. The main tasks for the development of the Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management for the next 2022 were also identified by the head of the department.

The director of the Institute BiEM Tetiana Vasylieva noted the high level of work of the chair, diligence and enthusiasm of the staff and wished to further develop the established practice of conducting international virtual classes and wished to further achievements in the work.

A series of practice-oriented seminars on the use of EViews software for the analysis of econometric data of time series started on February 22 at the Oleg Balatsky Department of Management. Classes are taught by Visiting Professor Ezie Obumneke of Bingham University (Nigeria) in the framework of Virtual Academic Mobility Program. The seminars are held as part of the study of the discipline "Economic Forecasting" for third-year students of the educational program "Management" (instructor - Associate Professor Denys Smolennikov). The first two seminars focused on statistical data analysis and regression analysis using EViews 12.

Ezie Obumneke is a well-known expert in statistical analysis, teaches a few econometric disciplines at Bingham University, has his own YouTube channel with useful teaching materials "Obezip Academy". 

Sumy State University and Bingham University have many years of experience in cooperation, including in the implementation of joint programs of academic mobility for students and academic staff. The program coordinator is Tetyana Mayboroda, Senior Lecturer of the Oleg Balatsky Department of Management, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the BiEM Institute for coordination of collaboration with foreign institutions and for work with international students.

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Postgraduate students of the second year (the educational program "Management") joined the meeting with an expert-practitioner. The event was organized in the context of the discipline "Behavioural models of decision-making in management." There was a lively discussion with the Deputy Director of the farm "Farm Eco" Yaryna BAGATYRENKO. The organization from Lebedyn specializes in breeding snails Helix Aspersa Muller, has related businesses. Issues related to exports, problems of conducting such an unusual business, making business decisions in the face of external threats and the COVID-19 pandemic, factors changing the behavior of domestic consumers were discussed.

On February 15, the presentation of the resource center «Platform of Public Participation», which was created by the NGO «Sumy Public Circle», took place in the Congress Center of Sumy State University.

The event brought together almost 100 participants - experts from local governments and experts from NGOs from Sumy, Chernivtsi, Zaporizhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Cherkasy and Kyiv regions.

Nina Chernyavska, Head of the Sumy Public Circle NGO, highlighted the importance of the participation of scientists in the development of affluent communities. She thanked the project team and partners who had joined the information and methodological content of the resource site.

The event was attended by specialists of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Business, Economics and Management. During the discussion it was noted that the resource center should become a tool to intensify the provision of educational and scientific-consulting services to the territorial communities of Sumy region on regional socio-economic development. Asa result, such activities are one of the priorities and are provided by the «Strategic Development Plan of Sumy State University for 2020 – 2026».

During the week, starting from December 15, 2021. at the Oleg Balatsky Department of Management were presentations of master's theses (educational program "Civil Service"). Current issues, interesting solutions, sound reports, lively discussions and a lot of practice-oriented information were discussed during the presentation of master's theses. All speakers are specialists in the field of public administration, so many interesting ideas were researched and presented. We thank our graduates of the educational program "Civil Service" for their interesting reports. We are confident that the results of these developments will be useful in the implementation of reforms taking place in the field of public administration in Ukraine.

On February 20, a graduate of our department, Deputy Head of the Novgorod-Siversky City United Territorial Community, Verchenko Pavel, gave a lecture for students studying the course "European Integration, International Public Administration and Security".

The event was attended by masters in the educational and professional program Public Service (lecturer - PhD in Public administration, senior lect. of the Department, Oleksii Demikhov) and bachelors in the academic and professional program Public Management and Administration (lecturer - PhD in Economics, assoc. prof., Iuliia Myroshnychenko). The lecture's topic is devoted to Ukrainian communities' participation in projects related to European integration. The invited speaker told the audience in detail about the involvement of the Novgorod-Siversky community in projects that stimulate the European integration development of our country.

In particular, the community is actively cooperating in implementing the USAID DOBRE program in the direction of decentralization, sustainable development, gender equality, landscaping, solid waste management, support for local entrepreneurship and tourism.

Thanks, Pavel, for an exciting and meaningful conversation!

The issue of open data of local managers worries both the relevant community and representatives of local governments and is especially relevant in the context of digitalization.

In the event they shared their thoughts:

Inna Sklyar, Executive Director of the Kyiv Agglomeration Association, Expert of the Association of Ukrainian Cities.

Nadiya Babynska, expert on open data, access to public information, project manager, coordinator of the OpenUp community.

Olena Ogorodnik, Transparent Cities Program Manager.

Tetyana Avksentyuk, Head of the Information Support and Media Department of the Fastiv City Council.

Yuriy Kolotnytsky, Chief Specialist of the Economic Development Department of the Bila Tserkva City Council's Economic Department.

Mykhailo Korneev, Head of the Expert Group on Open Data of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.

During the event, it was useful for students to learn about the experience of cities in public disclosure and work with open data, hear experts and discuss current challenges for local communities in this aspect.

On December 28, 2022, the lecturer of the O. Balatskyi Department of Management Mayboroda Tetyana together with the lecturer of the Department of Marketing Anna Rosokhata held a master class for students of Mittal Business School, Lovely Professional University (India) in the frame of the International Conference INDUSTRY 5.0 HUMAN TOUCH, INNOVATION & EFFICIENC.

The topic of the report and master class "Current trends in consumer behavior and marketing" aroused great interest of the participants - there were more than 130 people. The moderator of the session from the Indian Partner University was Dr. Pretty Bhalla.

November 12, 2021 within the discipline "Strategic Alliances and Collaborations" (lecturer Doctor of Economics, Assoc. Prof. Shvindina H.) 2-nd year graduate students gr. A-01 / M and 3-rd year graduate students (educational and scientific program 073 "Management") had a great opportunity not only to gain theoretical knowledge about the organization of strategic alliances, but also studied the practical features of such activities. Such features and practical experience were shared by a specialist-practitioner, Doctor of Philosophy, Project Coordinator of the Representation of the Foundation named after Friedrich Ebert in Ukraine Olena Davlikanova (Kyiv). Many interesting and well-founded issues were considered in the framework of the topic "Using the project approach in the formation of strategic alliances and collaborations." Discussion and interesting questions arose among graduate students about their own research, namely in the field of innovation projects, projects in the field of energy management, team management in project-oriented organizations.

It should be noted that Olena Davlikanova is well versed in the scientific problems of graduate students, as she is a graduate of SSU and successfully defended her dissertation on the specialty 073 "Management" (2021). Prior to that, she completed a master's degree in "Project Management" at the Department of Management of SSU.

 We thank Olena Davlikanova for productive and interesting communication.

The event was organized by Doctor of Economics, Assoc. Hanna Shvindina and Ph.D., Assoc. Olena Pavlenko.

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  1. Meeting of Professor Dipra Jha with students and postgraduate students majoring in Management
  2. An online lecture-meeting
  3. Sumy-Celle: the cooperation goes on
  4. “Face-to-face” format of training from the NGO “Center for Lifelong Learning” together with lecturers of Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management
  5. On-line meeting with a specialist in public administration
  6. Interesting activities for freshmen
  7. Jean Monnet Modules | Erasmus+
  8. Completion of autumn COIL module in “Conflicts. International Leadership & International Business.
  9. Webinar on the organization of business processes
  10. Lecture-interview with a practitioner
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