The department is responsible for training higher education students in specialties 073 “Management” and 281 “Public Management and Administration”.
The mission of the department is to train highly qualified modern management professionals at the regional, national, and international levels for both the public administration sector and the private sector of the economy, who possess systematized knowledge and modern technologies, are able to think systematically and innovatively, and are capable of effectively performing their assigned professional functions and promoting innovative processes in society to improve the quality of life of citizens based on European and global standards.
The educational programs for the specialties “Management” and “Public Management and Administration” have been developed by the department taking into account the provisions of national regulatory documents. The program aims to train professionals in the field of public management and administration to support the implementation of national and regional socio-economic development strategies, as well as to improve the socio-economic indicators of the state’s development.
Program objectives:
- to provide students with fundamental knowledge in multi-level management;
- to shape students’ economic worldview, creating an accurate understanding of modern management processes based on the practical experience of leading domestic and foreign enterprises and corporations;
- to foster the development of students’ skills in solving specific managerial problems by applying fundamental knowledge in management and administration at enterprises and public institutions during the establishment and functioning of a market economy in Ukraine.
The academic staff of the department are socially active, implementing projects such as: Local Self-Government Week, Law Weeks, European Local Democracy Weeks, Youth Parliament, Sustainable Development Goals, and regional conferences for the student youth of the city and community. The department staff are open to international cooperation. International collaboration allows for the adoption of international experience in the field of public management and administration, as well as studying and implementing European and global standards in both education and educational-methodological work, combining them with achievements in the national management sector. It aims to train professionals with a high level of education, awareness, and qualification.
Thanks to foreign partners, the department’s students have access to advanced foreign enterprises for internships and practical training. Through the diversity provided by international internships, students will be able to better evaluate and analyze decisions in the field of public management and administration. It also serves as a tool for broadening their horizons and increasing their interest in productive work within their specialty.
The faculty and students of the department have long been participating in international conferences and projects, completing internships in various countries: Poland, Germany, and France. The faculty integrates current scientific achievements into their disciplines thanks to international internships and participation in international conferences: Higher School of Economics in Przeworsk (Poland) – H.V. Ortina, Yu.Ye. Voronina, L.M. Yefimenko; Marijampolė College (Lithuania) – R.I. Oleksenko; Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Germany (IAMO) – L.M. Yefimenko; scientific and pedagogical internship on “Theory and Practice of Scientific and Pedagogical Approaches in Education” (ISMA, Riga, Latvia) – V.V. Nekhai (May 2021).
As part of the research conducted by department lecturer L.M. Yefimenko in collaboration with the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Germany (IAMO), the course “Innovative Management in the Public Sector” (in English) was developed and implemented.