Educational program "International Management"

PURPOSE OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

The educational program "International Management" of the first (bachelor) level of higher education is new for the State University of Trade and Economics and was founded in 2020, but it is urgent, as it is aimed at training a new generation of managers who can face the global challenges of a changing economy and society thanks to the use of the best management practices for new types of companies and corresponds to the most modern trends in business education and is focused on the formation of a deep understanding of the main concepts of international management.

Why should you choose the EP "INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT"?

The purpose of the educational program "International Management" is to train highly qualified specialists in the field of activities of international companies, transnational corporations, international financial and economic organizations, which includes the formation of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in students of higher education for further specialization and profiling in the field of international management through an optimal combination economic, managerial and legal education in the field of international management in the context of high competition and a dynamic environment. The program is primarily focused on training highly qualified managers for fast-growing domestic and international companies, as well as researchers of modern international management with analytical, leadership and cross-cultural skills and a global entrepreneurial instinct.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES (POSITIONS)

One of the main goals of the educational program is the employment of graduates in international companies, transnational corporations, international financial and economic and governmental organizations, in state and local self-government bodies, public organizations in the positions of specialists whose functional duties relate to corporate management, asset management, marketing, efficiency of economic activity, rationalization of production, intellectual property and innovative activity. Employment opportunities for graduates in international companies in the following positions: leading management specialists in international companies and global corporations; top managers; specialist in corporate management / asset management / financial and economic security; specialist in working with foreign partners and clients; business project manager; social and corporate responsibility manager / in the field of research and development; business process / merger and acquisition consultant, etc.

PARTNERS OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INVOLVED IN THE FORMATION OF THE STUDY CONTENT AND PRACTICAL TRAINING

The main employer partners and stakeholders are the Association "Ukrainian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Ukraine)"; Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine; Association "IT Ukraine"; Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, State Customs Service of Ukraine; LLC "Nexus Automotive Ukraine", PJSC "Imperial Tobacco Production Ukraine", PJSC "Myronivskyi Hliboprodukt"; Audit and consulting company "Ernst & Young"; IT companies "SoftServe", "Genesis" and "Readdle", JSC "ProCredit Bank", LLC "Plytorgservice", LLC "KLS Ukraine", LLC "Equiteslab".

MAIN EDUCATIONAL DISCIPLINES (SUBJECTS) OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

The educational and professional program "International Management" of the first (bachelor's) level of higher education is designed in such a way that students can achieve the expected learning results within the calculated time. EP provides for the formation of a set of competencies relevant for the work of a future specialist in international management. The educational plans contain detailed information about the content of the educational process on the way to obtaining the bachelor's degree; the structure of the curriculum courses, the student's workload and learning outcomes are displayed. In total, the educational program provides 240 credits, of which 180 credits are allocated to the main part (consists of 22 disciplines, each with a volume of 6 credits, with the exception of the profile discipline "International Management of Corporations", in which 3 credits are additionally allocated for writing a course project, and 9 credits for mastering the practical course "Business simulation", 9 credits for practical training, 9 credits for attestation, preparation and defense of the qualification work) and 60 credits for the selective part. In particular, 162 ECTS credits are obtained by studying mandatory educational components. In particular, Higher and applied mathematics, Foreign language for professional direction, Law, Philosophy, Ecology, Information technologies in professional activity, Organization theory, Macro- and microeconomics, Management, Statistics, Economics and finance of the enterprise, International economic activity of Ukraine, Transnationalization of business, International Marketing Management, International Economy, International Management of Corporations, International Economic Law, Strategic Management in International Business, Accounting and Taxation, Organization of Foreign Trade Operations, Practical Course "Business Simulation", Export Management sent to reveal the focus of the educational program "International Management" .

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES

• Formation of students' skills for conducting business in the modern international economic environment, analytical competencies for planning and forecasting the company's activities, budgeting, efficiency management, strategic development of supply chain management and finance, as well as powerful soft skills of teamwork in international corporations.
• Participation in the educational process of leading foreign and domestic scientists and practitioners and constant communication with employers and improvement of the educational program in accordance with business requests.
• A combination of managerial, financial, economic and legal training.
• Practically oriented learning technologies. This is implemented using a balanced combination of classroom (lectures-discussions, seminar classes, practical classes in small groups using case study methods, brainstorming, modeling the behavior of economic entities, etc., presentations, teacher consultations), including including remote using the resources of the SUTE remote platform based on Moodle, Teams, Zoom and independent work (data analysis of relevant information resources, individual and collective project work, etc.) based on problem-oriented, interactive learning and self-learning.
• Systematic holding of guest lectures by practitioners-representatives of stakeholders of the educational program.

Guarantor of the educational program, PhD. in Economics, Associate Professor Maria Kovaliova, m.kovalova@knute.edu.ua