Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management
BiEM Sumy State University

On April 8, 2021, the final presentation within the framework of the Global Virtual Class "International Business and Leadership" took place. Pavlo Kostetskyi, a former Ukrainian Foreign Service official, who served in diplomatic missions of Ukraine in Mexico, Nigeria and Angola (2009-2017), delivered a presentation on the topic “Diplomacy and Business”.

Students of speciality “Managements” learned many interesting facts about the work of diplomats, about the peculiarities of this profession, as well as how diplomacy and business are related in practice. Particular attention was paid to Africa, as one of the important areas of business development and trade for Ukraine. Many interesting cases, stories of the subtleties of the work, its advantages and disadvantages, as well as opening opportunities for students to get a job in diplomatic missions of Ukraine abroad by applying for the vacant positions  on open competitions. We are sure that in the future we will see our graduates among the employees of the embassies of Ukraine!

On April 8, 2021 Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv hosted the second stage of the All-Ukrainian Competition of Student Research Papers on “Project and Program Management”.

22 research papers were presented at the scientific and practical conference. Sectoral Competition Commission announced 11 winners (10 research papers)

The research paper on “Application of a project approach to the implementation of energy-efficient technologies” authored by Natalia Petrenko (second-year student in a Master’s program in Management) was awarded a diploma of the second degree (scientific supervisor – Alona Yevdokymova, Ph.D in Technical Science).

We sincerely congratulate the student and her supervisor and wish them further inspiring victories

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.

Students gr. EN-93 / 2pu specialty "Public Administration" together with the teacher Kobushko Ia.V. studied the intricacies of building an organizational structure in a master class by a certified consultant Adizes Institute (USA) Borys Shevelov. Budget structure for managing the new structure, "color" management structure, principles of grouping functions, matrix of responsibility, centralize or decentralize the organization, communication between departments. This type of student activities took place within the discipline "Organization of administrative activities." The organizer of a series of master classes on organizational design is the OTA Group Organizational Delegation Studio.

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.

Spring motivates people to activate all the processes in their lives, actualises the development of practice-oriented competencies (practical skills and abilities). This is also true for learning activities. Therefore, even on Saturday (many people believe that this is only a day off, but not our students and teachers) on March 20, students of the specialities "Management", "Public Administration and Administration", "Administrative Management" with spring persistence joined the March event - an open webinar "State Labor Inspection. What to expect for managers of enterprises, organizations, institutions ".

It was conducted by the Chief State Inspector of the sector on the examination of working conditions of the State Labor Office in the Sumy region Kolesnik Irina Viktorovna, who graduated from our department.

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 April 7, a practice-oriented class was held with Inna Viktorivna, a graduate of SSU, the founder of the international publication of positive news BitukMedia and the International Communications Agency BitukAgency.

Bytiuk I.V. has 10 years of experience in PR, journalism and social communications; worked with top officials and top managers of international organizations; Honored Journalist of Ukraine; Candidate of Sciences in Social Communications. Inna Viktorivna visited students majoring in "Management" and conducted an interesting, interactive lesson on the course "Self-Management" on the topic: "Image. Brand. Reputation: a formula for success and a kaleidoscope of opportunities.

Students learned a lot of interesting things about the features of communication technologies in the business environment and about methods of overcoming stress. Inna Viktorivna is a graduate of the specialty "Journalism", Faculty of IFSK. Today he actively develops and makes successful his own brands BitukMedia and BitukAgency, as well as the brands of his clients. Inna Viktorivna advised how to achieve ambitious goals for students on the case of her own brands. The students expressed their gratitude to Bytyuk Inna Viktorivna for an interesting and very useful lesson.

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.

On April 6, first-year students of specialties “Management” and “Public Management and Administration” visited a webinar from Kyiv-Mohyla Business School "Changes in the Cube: Manager, Team, Society", speaker: Natalia Ulyanova, CEO & owner of the consulting company Una // Partners, Level UP platform, co-founder of the startup Re-Climate. She started her career as a lawyer at ICF Legal Service, and later, under her leadership, the company entered the TOP-50 law firms of Ukraine and the TOP-500 law firms in the world. In 2018, Natalia and her team joined the global corporation Deloitte, whereas a partner she led the practice of comprehensive business transformations. In the same year, she entered the world ranking of Best Lawyers in the categories: Corporate Law, Banking, and Finance Law.

The global virtual class "International Business and Leadership" continues. Thanks to the class, students can communicate with extraordinary individuals, millionaires and professionals in their field. So, on March 25, the session was joined by the Contributor of "Net Effects Podcast", "Net Effect Ventures" and Zen Nest retreat in South Utah, Devoted to ESG, CIO Les Ottolenghi.

Students learned about the role of technology in the globalization, saw how IT contributes to international cooperation and personal development. Les believes that technology will solve some of the world's greatest challenges and can help humanity rediscover its best instincts and behaviors. Students also learned how to start a hotel business most efficiently at the lowest cost.

  1. Baltic University Program: Reunion for Education for Sustainable Development
  2. Students attended a webinar from KSE
  3. The 5th session of Virtual Program “Excellence in Teaching & Research” is online now!
  4. We continue to invite practitioners to conduct online classes
  5. Conference at Webster University (the US)
  6. The sessions of Global Virtual Program " Excellence in Teaching & Research" goes on!
  7. The course from the University of California is completed
  8. Teacher's participation in the opening workshop "Entrepreneurship and career guidance in the functioning of a modern educational institution"
  9. Online discussion "Creating and maintaining the resilience of leaders in a crisis"
  10. International mobility training for freshmen
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