Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management
BiEM Sumy State University
Our colleagues were invited to the TV Channel UA: Sumy to talk about the opportunities to learn in Global Virtual Class. These types of courses became more and more realistic and provide the unique opportunities of international communication, academic exchange and development.
This 8-minutes video includes short and meaningful description of the Global Virtual Classroom, tourism management and international opportunities of Sumy State University, available at https://sm.suspilne.media/
On 19th of November the ceremony of The Best Students Award took place, where our students Zaichyk Kateryna and Mylyta Kovalevskyi got their acknowledgement. Kateryna won the status of the best union leader this year, and Mylyta was awarded as the best public figure. We proudly congratulate our team members and wish them further success!
8-9.11.2019 Associate Professor, Department of Management Mіshenіna H.A. took part in the Kyiv International Economic Forum - “4:0 Sustainability”, which became the largest for the whole history of the past: 2 thousand participants, 22 panel discussions, 110 participants - the most senior, most representative business representatives and top management, politics. The mission of the Kyiv International Economic Forum is a development strategy for reforming the economy of Ukraine, as well as basing on new approaches to education, science, development of priority galleries and the point of growth, as well as consolidation of business and international relations.
The Final 12th session of the COIL project is over. It was a great journey and we were glad to participate in it. During the semester the students and teachers from 7 Universities all around the world took part in the synchronized lecturers and panel discussions on Hospitality, Restaurant and Tourism Management via Global Virtual Classroom Project 2019. The insights for the development of tourism sector and hospitality were given to the participants. Besides Ukrainian HEIs, this project involved The Oberoi Center of Learning and Development (New Delhi, India), Breda University of Applied Sciences and Saxion University of Applied Sciences (the Netherlands), Oman Tourism College (Oman), The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management (United Arab Emirates), Bournemouth University (UK) and University of Nebraska (USA). As a result, the students will be awarded with certificated from University of Nebraska. The project took place thanks to international cooperation between Sumy State University (coordinator associate professor Shvindina Hanna) and the University of Nebraska (coordinator professor Dipra Jha).
Students of the PU-71 group of specialty "Public Administration" visited the municipal institution "Sumy Regional Center of Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine" on November 8, 2019. Practically oriented event was conducted by the teacher of the department of management Oleksii Demikhov.
Specialists of the center made an interesting tour of the premises of the institution, told about the organizational structure and features of its functioning, demonstrated the work of the dispatching service "103" and the equipment of the emergency medical care. Responsible managers of the center told the students a lecture on the organization of public procurement and the peculiarities of their administration in this area. Young people were given the opportunity to learn in practice the appropriate procurement procedures for goods, works and services.
We congratulate a team member, Victoria Kubatko, who has a PhD now! Victoria successfully defended her theses on “State policy on de-shadowing the economy of Ukraine taking into account ecological and economic factors” in May and now Attestation Committee of Ukraine awarded Victoria with the scientific degree (on 15th of October). We wish Viktoria success in her future!
The educators should update their qualifications, should master the main trends in the education and surf the waves of change. That’s why during last two months our team members Yuliia Opanasiuk and Tetyana Mayboroda have been attended the course “Public speaking”. The lector of the course was Andrey Lubchenko, the famous entertain master in the city, who is a founder of the “WineFest”, “StreetFood Fest”, “Italian Street Fest”. During the course our colleagues have been taught, how to overcome the personal barriers and fears of public speaking, how to react on internal and external stressors, specifics of working with microphone, and how to deal with unusual situations. The last class was devoted to the improvisation, where the attendees were able to present the motivational speech, and literally to react the environmental stressors, and to deal with the public. And here you are – the certificates! We are happy for our colleagues and wish them to implement the ideas as soon as possible in the classroom.
Within the framework of practically oriented activities, the lecturer of the Department of Management O. Demikhov, together with students of the PU-61 group, on November 12, 1919, gave a lecture to the representatives of the audit company Baker Tilly Ukraine LLC on the study of European standards of management and familiarization with adoption technologies solutions.
On 4th of Novermber, the successful defense of the doctoral dissertation presented by Hanna Shvindina took place. The theme of the research is “Methodology for forming the coopetition model of organizational development of an enterprise”. The scientific adviser is Tetyana Vasilyeva - Doctor of Economics, Professor, Director of the Oleg Balatskyi Academic and Research Institute of FEM. The official opponents were: Natalia Pedchenko - Doctor of Economics, Professor, First Vice-Rector of Poltava University of Economics and Trade of Higher Educational Institution, Alla Cherep - Doctor of Economics, Professor, Dean of Economics at Zaporizhzhya National University, Olena Yastremskaya, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Department of Management, Logistics and Economics at the Semen Kuznets Kharkiv National Economic University.
The results of the contest "Best scientific and pedagogical workers " of the 2018-2019 academic year in Sumy State University was announced. According to the rules, professors who fulfill 5 or more qualification requirements were invited to participate. Also high ranked professors in the contest “Best teacher through the eyes of students” were invited to participate.
According to the expert evaluation of educational activity, the senior teacher of the Department of Management Alona Yevdokymova won the second prize among the pedagogical workers of Oleg Balatskyi academic and research institute of finance, economics and management. And associate professor Denys Smolennikov took the first place in the institute contest.
We congratulate our colleagues and we are proud of their achievements!
November 7, 2019, lecturer of the department of management Demikhov O. conducted a field trip for students of the specialty "Public health" and "Public administration" at "Sumy Regional Center of Public Health ". The Center's leaders told the students about the modern development of a new for Ukraine public health field. Innovative aspects of the use of information and communication technologies as tools of e-government were revealed. Students were introduced to the Center's functionality, job opportunities and requirements for job applicants. Future public administration specialists in government and local government have acquired practical competences in their specialty, such as healthcare management.
