Duration: 4 semesters

Professional title awarded with the qualification: specialist of management (spec.oec.)

Graduate Study Programme Management is aimed at educating managers for more control functions in companies and other business systems and organizations. Due to significant share of economic educational contents students can successfully perform all activities which require necessary knowledge and skills in the area of economy and management.

During the conceptualization of the study, a special emphasis was placed on students who would acquire equally general and specific competences, that is, on the one hand knowledge, skills and attitudes, and on the other hand interpersonal, instrumental and system competences.

During the first three semester students are offered a high degree of mobility through the choice of programs of study, according to the preferences of students, while retaining specialized expertise that ensures core curriculum studies. In the fourth semester students are engaged in research and writing the final paper.

General competences that students acquire by completing the studies are abilities to solve problems, analyse, synthesize and evaluate, independently learn, research literature, work as team members, plan and organize, possess numerical and informational literacy, develop oral and written business communication and ability to negotiate on the subject in mother tongue and at least two foreign languages, think creatively and critically, generate new ideas, manage time and fulfil tasks and plans in a set time.

During the studies, students acquire specific knowledge, skills and competences related to departmental management, middle and senior management processes and tasks, strategic planning and cost management, processes, business or organization finances, marketing and market research, and the use of quantifiable results and methods for business decision making, conflict management and business risk, positioning of the company on the market, taking into account financial and human resources and respecting legal and ethical business, working and human rights in changeable legal, economic and technological framework.

Expected learning outcomes

1. Organize and lead work in a team and critically judge the opinions and attitudes of team stakeholders.
2. Use professional literature and terminology when conveying information and proposing ideas and solutions in the business environment.
3. Integrate general knowledge in the field of management into business solutions.
4. Analyse and interpret key business trends in the micro and macro business environment and propose strategies for the growth and development of the company.
5. Conduct statistical analysis and apply qualitative and quantitative methods in business analysis.
6. Critically assess existing and propose new solutions to problems from business practice in the field of management.
7. Apply and evaluate qualitative and quantitative methods of business decision-making in solving economic and managerial problems
8. Design and conduct research for the purpose of identifying new business trends and market needs.
9. Propose business solutions using simulations, analysis and monitoring of achieved indicators and results.
10. Analyse and compare development indicators, critically reflect on business and economic trends, and propose solutions to encourage business and economic prosperity.
11. Identify various problems and risks and anticipate risky situations in business.
12. Create a presentation for the target audience and manage communication in different business situations.