Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management
BiEM Sumy State University

The R&D in topic "Optimization model of smart and secure energy grids building: innovative technologies of enterprises and regions ecologisation" (state registration number: 0119U100766) has three years of history and is performed under the supervision of Dr. Svitlana Kolosok at the laboratory of Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management.

By this time, one doctoral student (Kolosok S.), one Ph.D. student (Piven D.), eight undergraduates (Dekhtyarenko A., Grigorenko D., Vodotyka D., and Kucherenko P.) were involved in the R&D with work remuneration. As part of the research work, four students prepared their works for the All-Ukrainian competition of student research papers. And one thesis was awarded a second-degree diploma in Ukraine (Petrenko N. with the topic: "Application of the project approach to energy-efficient technologies," 2021). Considering the scientific achievements, Kotyuk R., a student majoring in "Management," was awarded an academic scholarship from the President of Ukraine for the first semester of the 2020/2021 academic year.

Some students majoring in "Management" presented their scientific and practical recommendations during the defense of qualifying papers on June 22, 2021. Most of the works were devoted to personnel management: from optimizing the motivational component in enterprises to improving the personnel management system. During the undergraduate practice, students had the opportunity to justify and offer their recommendations for improving the work of enterprises and organizations.

On May 15, 2021, Svitlana Kolosok, an associate professor of Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management, earned the Azure Fundamentals certification issued by Microsoft. Azure Fundamentals certification requires a foundational level knowledge of cloud data, security, services, and how those services are provided with Microsoft Azure.

The American Council on Education has evaluated Microsoft Certificate: Azure Fundamentals for two college credits on information technology (or cloud computing).

This year the Virtual Global Class “International Relations and Global Leadership” was held at our University for students. This course was joint outcome of cooperation between Sumy State University and Washington State University. The initiator of this course is Professor Dipra Jha, associate professor in the Carson College of Business and Assistant Director of the School of Hospitality Business Management of Washington State University. From Sumy State University the coordinator is Dr. Hanna Shvindina, head of the Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management.

The Virtual framework means that students from many universities from different countries have classes simultaneously and interact with each other during the lecturing and seminars. This year, two universities from Ukraine, the universities of Kosovo, Turkey, the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and India joined the project. In particular, students of economic specialties of the ARI BIEM, Vadym Hetman Kyiv National University of Economics, Washington State University, Haji Zeka State University (Kosovo), and vocational colleges of Sumy region took part in the sessions of the Virtual Global Class.

On May 5-6, the International scientific and practical conference of students and young scientists named after professor Oleg Balatsky «Economic problems of sustainable development» was held online. The conference was attended by students, graduate students, young scientists of the Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management. Urgent economic issues were discussed. Participants presented interesting results of their research in reports. The winners in the field of Management Organizations were:

1st place  - Kursenko Anastasiia, 3rd year students of group M-82-an, supervisor Matvіeіeva Yu. Topic: THE BENEFITS OF DEVELOPING A VIRTUAL OFFICE IN TODAY'S WORLD, CASE STUDY ON AQUALIFE COMPANY BY KINETICO;

2nd place  - Lisovska Daryna, 4th year student of group M-71, supervisor Matvіeіeva Yu. Т. Topic of the report: PREREQUISITES OF RESEARCH OF EDUCATIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS IN MODERN STUDENTS OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS;

After the successful defense of the dissertation on "Organizational and economic principles of smart grids in the energy sector of Ukraine," Ihor Vakulenko, based on the decision of the Certification Board, received a diploma of Candidate of Economic Sciences from April 15, 2021.

The Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management greets his colleague and wishes him further achievements in scientific activity.

On May 6, a panel discussion of graduate students and teachers of the department with employers in the specialty "Management" took place online.

During the meeting, postgraduate students of the department Stanislav Kotenko and Anastasia Nesheva made reports on the results of their own research before defending their dissertations. Then our employers were asked to discuss the topics and content of work, to provide advice to young scientists. Industry experts took an active part in the discussion:

- Hrytsenko Serhiy Serhiyovych - director of Jet Sale Service LLC

- Mykhailyk Vyacheslav Mykolayovych - a private entrepreneur

- Taruta Dmytro Yuriiovych - Head of the Sales Department of the North-Eastern Region of Nova Poshta LLC

- Dashkin Vitaliy Shamilovich - Deputy Director of the Sumy Regional Directorate of JSB “UKRGASBANK”

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The quality of education received by students of the Oleg Balatskyi Department of management is recognized at the national level. Join us for a master's degree in the educational program "Project Management". Read more

If you want to become a master's student this year, we remind you that the end of registration for the EVI and EFVV - June 3, 2021 at 18-00. Read more

On May 6 the practice-oriented event, a practical class on the topic: “State Audit Office of Ukraine as an effective institution of government control” was held for students of the 2nd year of the specialty “Public Management and Administration”. The class was conducted by Dmytro Borozenets, Deputy Head of the North-Eastern Office of the State Audit Office of Ukraine in the Sumy Region. The event was held for students of the 2nd academic year of the specialty “Public Management and Administration” of the educational program “Public Management and Administration” in the discipline “Program-targeted approach in public administration” (teacher Tetiana Bondar).

The event was also attended by students of the 1st and 3rd academic years in the specialty “Public Management and Administration” of the educational program “Public Management and Administration”.

More than 140 participants of the Global Virtual Professional Development Program “Excellence in Teaching & Research” gained their certificates. This program is designed for Ph.D. students, researchers, junior lecturers & academics, faculty members, and graduates interested in a teaching or research career and developed jointly with Washington State University, initiated by Sumy State University. This program included nine intense interactive sessions and an independent study of participants for a final report.

The guest speakers of the program are representatives of TOP-ranked Universities, such as Bahcesehir University (Turkey), London School of Economics (UK), Montpellier Business School (France), Purdue University (the US), Sumy State University (Ukraine), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (the US), University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee (the US), Varna University of Management (Bulgaria), Washington State University (the US).

On April 22, postgraduate students and students majoring in 073 "Management" had a great opportunity to talk to the top manager of the system construction company.

Kateryna Sivakova, Director of Strategic Partnership of the construction company ArtBudService (Kyiv) attended the Online Classes. The online meeting was held as part of the study of disciplines "Theory of Organizations" (teacher: Opanasyuk Yu.A) and "Management of Organizational Development" (teacher: Mishenina H.A). «Art Wood Service» performs a full range of turnkey construction works, acts as general contractor, manages projects, provides design and engineering services, cooperates with world-famous brands - such as Nestle, Kraft Foods, DANONE, Nova Poshta, Flex, builds facilities under the US Government's Humanitarian Aid Program (EUCOM) and the United Nations Children's Fund in Ukraine (UNICEF).

During the meeting, students talked about the structure of business processes, the peculiarities of the organizational structure of the company. They also talked about the threats and opportunities of work during lockdown, corporate culture, new projects and failures.

  1. The professional answers practical questions
  2. Practical knowledge for student managers in employment
  3. Second place awarded in the Ukrainian Competition among the students in Management studies!
  4. The first experience of PhD students in teaching
  5. Practical-oriented training in local taxes for students of specialty " Public Management and Administration "
  6. Opinion and experience from a specialist-practitioner - an essential component of training at the Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management
  7. Congratulations on being awarded the academic rank of associate professor!
  8. The final lecture within Global Virtual Professional Development Program
  9. Practice-oriented lecture
  10. The series of trainings on public administration for pupils was completed!
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