The Department of Management and Smart Innovation began its history in 1930 when the Departments of Planning, Labor Economics, General Economics and Accounting were created in the structure of the Faculty of Engineering and Economics. In the process of the Department development, the names were changed following changes in the curricula and specialties, their redistribution took place. But the direction ”Production Management” was formed in the activities of the Department from 1967 (the Department was called Management and Economics of Enterprise and in the late 90s – the Department of Management).

In different years, the heads of the Department were:

1930-1938 - prof. A.M. Gornostai-Polskyi; 1938-1953 - assoc. prof. G.S. Mesezhnikov; 1953-1967 - prof. N.A. Adamova; 1967-1978 - prof. G.P. Ispiryan; 1978-1981 - assoc. prof. O.Y. Simonov; 1981-1999 - academician, prof. Ph.D. V.D. Rozhok; 1999-2005 - prof. V.S. Chmelov; 2005-2006 - assoc. prof. L.O. Denisenko; 2006-2017 - prof. Yu. V. Goncharov; since 2017 - prof. A.O. Kasych.

The years of functioning of the Department have been transformed into experience, traditions, and image, continued by today’s teachers, graduate students, and undergraduates.

The strategic goal of the Department of Management and Smart Innovation is to provide teaching at a high theoretical and methodological level, considering the current stage of development of management science and taking into account the requirements of employers; carry out scientific, educational, methodological, education work to provide educational services that meet the standards of higher education; train a competitive specialist through the acquisition of the necessary cultural and professional competencies by the youth.

Conditions for the implementation of the strategic goal of the Department of Management and Smart Innovation: implementation of European standards and best international experience in the field of educational activities of the Free Economic Zone to determine the content of educational programs and individual educational components; introduction of innovative methods into the educational process;

development of the intellectual potential of the Department, an increase of professionalism of the academic staff, and maintenance of growth of efficiency of educational and research activity;

expansion of forms and methods of cooperation with domestic and foreign strategic partners-stakeholders;

development of a material and technical base of the Department and University.

Components of the Department’s competitiveness: professionalism, experience, and creativity of teachers; student activity and perseverance; cooperation with professional organizations and employers.

Today the Department of Management and Smart Innovation is part of the Faculty of Management and Business Design; it is a leading educational research unit for educational and research activities.

The department is graduating and prepares students for the following specialties:

073 Management (educational degrees "Bachelor", "Master", "Doctor of Philosophy");

028 Management of socio-cultural activities (Bachelor's degree).

The competitive advantage of the bachelor's and master's programs of the Department of Management and Smart Innovation is their practical orientation and flexibility following changes in the economic environment, the requirements of the present; qualitative training of qualified specialist managers for various sectors of the economy and government; the ability of graduates to apply the obtained theoretical and methodological knowledge in a real economy.

1. Specialty 073 Management

Educational and professional program “Management”

Bachelor’s degree (4 years)

The purpose of the educational and professional program “Management” is to provide students with fundamental knowledge about the functioning and development of enterprises for the formation of their competitiveness, development of corporate culture, improvement of organizational and production structure, and ensuring an effective management system. This program develops practical skills for professional activity in management and administration.

The profession of a manager is included in the world ranking of TOP 25 Best Business Jobs. The prospect of increasing the number of vacancies in this specialty is about 300 thousand vacancies per year. The program offers a comprehensive approach to the management of modern enterprises and mastering the competencies of a competitive manager through theoretical and practical training.

2. Specialty 073 Management

Educational and professional program “Business Administration”

Master’s degree (1.4 years)

The purpose of the program is to provide the corporate sector with highly qualified experts with professional competencies in management and business administration, able to solve practical management problems and specialized tasks in business administration, and focused on lifelong knowledge to realize personal potential.

The program aims to develop graduates with general and professional competencies, formed as a combination of fundamental economic education with practical skills of management decision-making, teamwork, negotiation, communication, presentation, etc. for professional activities in business management. Emphasis is placed on the development of critical thinking, analysis, and synthesis for professional purposes, identification, formulation, and solution of problems in different practical situations, and the use of innovative approaches in business, initiative, and entrepreneurship in various applications of modern management technologies.

3. Specialty 073 Management

Educational and scientific program “Management”

educational degree “Doctor of Philosophy” (4 years)

The purpose of the educational and scientific program “Management” is to train specialists following the requirements of Level 8 of the National Qualifications Framework in Management, which provides for the acquisition of sufficient competencies to produce new knowledge, solve complex problems of research and innovation, master the methodology of scientific and pedagogical activities, conduct the scientific research, the results of which have scientific novelty, theoretical and/or practical significance for the Ukrainian or world science.

4. Specialty 028 Management of socio-cultural activities

Educational and professional program Management of socio-cultural activities

educational degree "Bachelor" (term of study 4 years)

The purpose of the program is to provide training of specialists who have deep knowledge and professional competences in the field of management of socio-cultural activities, able to solve complex specialized tasks and practical problems in the socio-cultural sphere, media and creative industries and cultural practices, which involves the application of theories and methods management of socio-cultural activities and is characterized by the complexity and uncertainty of conditions.

Cooperation with employers to discuss learning outcomes, strengthen the practical component of the educational process, and improve the educational programs is carried out frequently by holding round tables, scientific and practical seminars, webinars, excursions to the companies and government agencies, as well as in the process of industrial and undergraduate practices.

In 2023-2024 meetings of two round tables were held to discuss the content of the OPP of the department:

On November 16, 2023, a meeting was held with the participation of the head of the department and students of various courses of the Management Program and the Business Administration Program, at which the quality of the educational process, the success of students, and the results of scientific work were discussed. Local self-government representatives were also involved.

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On February 7, 2024, at the Department of Management and Smart Innovations, a round table was held to discuss the content of the OPP for the department's specialties 073 Management and 281 Public Management and Administration at the bachelor's, master's, and doctor of philosophy educational levels. A wide range of stakeholders, who are recognized experts in the field of professional management environment, and with whom the NPP of the department has been cooperating for many years, were invited to participate in the round table.

Among the proposals, the following should be indicated:

Kabakov Yu. V., proposed to introduce to the OPP the competences regarding knowledge and application in business of the requirements of international standards.

Aleynikova O.V., a professor at Masaryk University, proposed to introduce the educational component "State management of life safety" into the curriculum of bachelor's degree holders, which will contribute to the provision of competencies in the field of public administration.

Gorokhova L.P. offered to reflect the composition of developers in the OPP and to provide a list of higher education institutions with which the department cooperates.

Kopa Alina, Chernyakhovska Marina proposed to introduce more educational components to the curricula of OPP "Management", which will provide students with competencies in the field of digitization and environmentalization.

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In 2022-2023 the round table "Educational programs of the department of management and smart innovations" was held online on December 16, 2022. Lyudmila Petrivna Gorokhova, director of the Ukrainian Association for the Development of Management and Business Education, gave her valuable advice; Oksana Mykolaivna Salnyk, Deputy Head of the Department of Bilateral Cooperation - Head of the Department of Cooperation with the Countries of Asia, Africa and the Pacific Region of the Department of Economic Cooperation with the European Union and the Countries of the World of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine; Pogorelov Yury Serhiyovych, doctor of economic sciences, professor, academician of the Academy of Economic Sciences of Ukraine, adviser to the member of the Accounting Chamber; Popenko O.I., head of the communal institution KP Sumy Regional Entrepreneurship Support Fund of the Sumy Regional Council. The academic community is represented by M. V. Sytnytskyi, Doctor of Economics. Prof., Head of the Department of Investment and Innovation Management at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University. The international expertise of the OPP of the department was provided by the professor of the Faculty of Economics and Administration of the Masaryk University Aleynikovа O.V. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063610356474

In previous years, round tables with stakeholders were held both offline and online (січень 2022 року, лютий 2021 року, (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100025214258382).  

The content of the OPP of the Department of Management and Smart Innovations is constantly discussed with applicants (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=597855612344779&set=pcb.597857935677880).

Feedback from higher education applicants also goes through the trust box (https://www.knutd.edu.ua/dovira/).

Graduates of the department hold leading positions and positions of specialists, the main areas of their professional activities are related to organizational, managerial, administrative and informational and analytical activities in the corporate sector and in the sphere of state, regional and municipal management.

Graduates of the department are ready to solve the main professional tasks, including: carrying out system analysis; development of strategic directions of development and ensuring competitiveness; planning and forecasting of the object of management activity; development and introduction of innovations; organization of processes of management and development of rational forms of management; making effective management decisions; development of effective systems of motivation and wages; creation of a favorable social and psychological climate in the team; conflict management; conducting scientific researches; carrying out advisory activity.

Graduates from the specialty 073 Management can work as managers of all levels of management in the corporate sector; specialists of industrial, logistic, economic, marketing, personnel and other functional divisions of enterprises; organizers of small and medium business; consultants for information, logistics, personnel development management.

A management specialist may hold the following positions:

• managerial staff in the departments of enterprises (planned economic, production, labor and wages, technological, marketing, personnel management, foreign economic activity);
• Deputy Head of the company on: economics, logistics, finance, and others;
• Head of the enterprise (general, functional, subsidiary enterprises in the integrated structures);
• Head of the Department, Director of the Department (in the apparatus of state authorities);
• expert, analyst, consultant, organizer, manager for market development, organizations, economic processes;
• researcher (economics).

Graduates of the specialty 028 Management of socio-cultural activities are suitable for employment in organizations that carry out socio-cultural activities.

A specialist can hold primary positions: director, producer, director of theater performances, director of film concert organizations, PR manager of pop stars, art manager, director-producer of events, head of cultural and art centers, circles, press secretary, animator, head of travel companies , press secretary of cultural institutions, PR manager of cultural projects, organizer of holidays and entertainment.

Graduates of the Department of Management and Smart Innovation  work in various spheres of the economic complex, at enterprises of different forms of ownership, both in Ukraine and abroad. The most famous among them: V.V. Golub - candidate of technical sciences, professor, deputy chief of humanitarian department of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine; V.P. Shevchenko - candidate of technical sciences, Deputy Head of the Treasury of Ukraine; M.A. Yohna - candidate of technical sciences, professor, vice rector on international relations of Khmelnytsky National University of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine; O.E. Chumakova - director of Trajectory LLC; R.V. Jankovy - deputy of the Kiev regional council, M.M. Karapishchenko is a chief specialist at the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine.

The department of management and smart innovations actively develops cooperation with practicing professionals, experts and representatives of employers, involving them, including, in conducting guest lectures, trainings, seminars, with the aim of using their practical experience and motivating students regarding career growth on real examples

As part of the cycle of classes in February 2023, applicants had the opportunity to join classes conducted by: Marina Chernyakhovskaya, manager of sales market expansion management, marketplace "MADE WITH BRAVERY"; Natalia Degtyarova, Internet marketer of the construction group "Synergia"; Luchna Olga, director of the First Pension Fund Administrator LLC; Vitaly Tkachenko, co-owner of the marketing agency Tkachenko&Myroniuk; Oleksandr Bondar, general director of PJSC "MEGA-POLIS" Insurance Company; Yury Pogrebnyak, project and resource manager of the EPAM company; Oleksiy Petrivskyi, head of the Acordbank branch; Kuhar Mykhailo, senior economist of "Economic prospects of Ukraine", member of the staff of the Ukrainian government for the preparation of the macroeconomic forecast until 2030 for the IMF; Voytovych Vladyslav, a leading expert in the management of digital communication channels and digital strategist of Vodafone Ukraine; Nataliya Tereshchenko, head of the scientific and technical evaluation department of SE "Ukrmetrteststandart"; by other practitioners (https://knutd.edu.ua/pod-ta-publkats/news/14993/ ).

During September and October 2023, students of the Department of Management and Smart Innovation had the opportunity to participate in a number of virtual meetings with successful entrepreneurs as part of the implementation of the ERASMUS+ VEHUB4YOU grant project, which is implemented at the Kyiv National University of Technology and Design together with leading European universities - "Business Wednesday" .

09/13/2023 - well-known Ukrainian businessmen TALIAT BIELIALOV and Eyvaz Bekir, co-founders and owners of the companies D-STOUN, TAKAVA, OkShina, YUG-Trading, Family Welfare and Choizy, revealed their secrets of success.

09/20/2023 - Azerbaijani entrepreneur ZAFAR MAMMADOV, founder of the construction company "Zaferoğlu inşaat", told his own experience in business organization.

04.10.2023 - SALVATORE PEPE - founder and owner of Mosaico Digitale and Graffiti for Smart City, businessman and entrepreneur (Italy) told about the trials he had to go through.

25.10.2023 - Karlis Straumbergs - the founder and owner of the hat production company "Straumbergs hats" (Latvia) spoke about his creative path in the field of design.

Leading professors of the following universities were also involved in "Business Wednesday":

On October 18, 2023, the professor of California State University San Marcos, director of global security and sustainability projects, Dr. Mark Siegel, gave an open lecture, the topic of the lecture: "Making managerial decisions under conditions of risk and uncertainty."

On October 20, 2023, a lecture was held by Mr. Hendrik Doss (Honored Doctor and Professor of UACU, CEO of dosscom). Applicants had the opportunity to ask their own questions and participate in the discussion.

10/31/2023 – a lecture was given by Guido Palazzo, professor of business ethics at the University of Lausanne.

On November 2, 2023, an open lecture was held by Oleksandr Buychyk, Doctor of Economics, Director of Science of the Tuculart Holding (Czech Republic) and the European Institute for the Development of Innovations, Editor-in-Chief of the European Scientific Journal "Klironomy" on the topic: "Transformation of the world economic system in 2023-2024. ".

As of Octovber 1, 2023 the department has 6 teachers, including two doctors of sciences, professors, five candidates of sciences, associate professors.

Lecturers of the Department of Management and Smart Innovation have many years of experience working in higher educational institutions, high pedagogical qualifications, and constantly introduce innovative approaches to teaching.

Alla KASYCH, Head of the Department, Doctor of Science in Economics, Professor She has been working at the Department since 2016. Research interests: management of innovation and investment activities, formation of national innovation systems, intensification of modernization processes in the economy, management of decentralization processes, and management of sustainable development. Educational components: “Strategic Management”, “Change Management”, “International Management”, “Sustainable Development Management”, “Global Strategic Management”, “Management and Administration”. Professional compliance with the implementation of LTs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 19. Citation indexes: Google Scholar – 29, Scopus – 11, Web of Science – 5.     Profile

Olena VARTANOVA, Professor of the Department, Doctor of Science in Economics, Professor She has been working at the Department since 2021. Research interests: HR-management, personnel marketing; key competencies and capabilities of enterprises; innovative development of the company; economic psychology, behavioral economics and consumer behavior; competitiveness management of the company; hybrid war and the impact on public consciousness. Educational components: “Public and Social Communications”, “Business Administration”. Professional compliance with the implementation of LTs: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 19. Citation indices: Google Scholar – 11, Scopus – 1, Web of Science – 1.     Profile

Svitlana BONDARENKO, Associate Professor of the Department, Doctor of Science in Economics, Associate Professor She has been working at the Department since 1994. Research interests: quality and competitiveness management, creative management, time management, social development processes. Educational components: “Quality Management”, “Creative Management”, “Time Management”, “Competitiveness Management”, “Social Change and Management of Social Development”. Professional compliance with the implementation of LTs:1, 2, 4, 12, 14, 19, 20. Citation index: Google Scholar – 15, Scopus – 3.     Profile

Svitlana NEVMERZHYTSKA, Associate Professor of the Department, PhD in Technical Sciences, Associate Professor She has been working at the Department since 1996. Research interests: personnel management, management of innovation and investment activities, management of operational activities of the enterprise. Educational components: “Operations Management”, “Innovation Management”, “Personnel Management”. Professional compliance with the implementation of LTs: 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 19. Citation indexes: Google Scholar - 8, Scopus - 2.    Profile

Tetyana TSALKO, Associate Professor of the Department, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor She has been working at the Department since 2000. Research interests: operational management, organization theory, business process optimization of companies, financial flow management, financial management, risk management controlling, budgeting. Educational components: “Operational Management”, “Organization Theory”, “Risk Management”, “EU Administrative Systems”. Professional compliance with the implementation of LTs: 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 19. Citation indexes: Google Scholar - 5, Scopus - 2.    Profile

Natalia BUGAS, Associate Professor of the Department, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor She has been working at the Department since 2003. Research interests: management, time management, theory of organizations, antitrust regulation. Educational components: “Management”, “Time Management”, “Organization Theory”, “Antitrust Regulation”. Professional compliance with the implementation of LTs: 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 19. Citation indexes: Google Scholar - 8, Scopus – 1.    Profile

Natalia KYRYLKO, senior lecturer, PhD in Economics She has been working at the Department since 2009. Conducts practical classes: “State and Regional Management”, “Municipal Management”, “Production Management”. Investigates the problems of improving the efficiency of exhibition activities.

Oleksii TARASENKO, PhD in Economics, a doctoral student He has been working at the department since 2024. Professional relevance is ensured by fulfillment of the LU items: item 1, item 3, item 5, item 20. Citation indexes: Google Scholar - 3, Scopus - 1. Research interests: financial and economic security, strategic management of higher education institutions, competitiveness of higher education institutions.

The personnel structure is constantly updated, first of all, at the expense of young graduates of the Faculty of Management and Business Design of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design who have shown a high level of knowledge and ability to research and teaching activities.

The Department has a modern material base: 2 lecture rooms, 3 auditoriums for practical classes, a methodological room (4-610a) and a staff room (4-610), 2 computer classes, in which 28 computers of different types are installed, copying and audiovisual equipment; educational-methodical laboratory, which provides students with educational materials, a diploma design office.

Material and technical support of the Department allows to fully ensure the educational process throughout the cycle of training of bachelors and masters in specialties 073 “Management” and 281 “Public management and administration”. The condition of the premises is certified by sanitary and technical passports, which are in accordance with the existing normative acts.

At the Department, there is a systematic preparation and updating of educational and methodical literature, a search for new forms and methods of activating the educational process (business games, situational classes, etc.).

The educational and methodical complexes which define programs of the courses, the educational and industrial practices are developed; methodical instructions for the performance of term papers and theses, for independent work, for the performance of tests by part-time students, etc.

The main courses of the Department are:

for specialty 073 Management: Management, Crisis and risk management, Production management, Innovation management, Creative management, Strategic management, Production organization, Leadership in management, Business process management, Quality management, International practice and management, Theory management decisions, Change management, Sustainable development management.

The Department is the center of research on the development of the theory and methodology of management of modern corporations, state and regional management, activation of investment and innovation activity, and human resources management.

Research work at the Department of Management and Smart Innovation is carried out in the following way: preparation of scientific personnel with scientific degrees; execution of thematic research work at the expense of state financing and at the expense of customers; publication of scientific papers (manuals, monographs, articles); approbation of the results of scientific research at scientific conferences of different levels; involving students into scientific work.

In recent years, the following scientific and pedagogical workers of the Department successfully defended Ph.D. theses: Y.O. Didenko, R.M. Fedoryak (2012), T.A. Kharchenko, A.A. Dvoretsky (2013), E.A. Voloshenko, V.V. Bugas (2014), O.M. Salimon (2015), S.V. Breus (2019), N.M. Zaritska (2020), O.S. Tarasenk (2020). N.M. Kirylko (2021).

Graduate students of the Department

Research topics of the Department

Professors of the Department work on the implementation of:

I. State budget research topics:

Topic 1. 04/16/76 DB Private-state partnerships in the field of nature management as a basis for the implementation of the ecological and economic security doctrine of the development of Ukraine, 2022-2023, state registration number 0122U001238.

Topic leader prof. Kasych A.O. Responsible executor Assoc. Bondarenko S.M. Performers: prof. I.O. Tarasenko, prof. Hnatenko I.A., prof. Olshanska O.V., graduate students Prokopenko M.O., Palamarchuk V.A.

Topic 2. Development of the Marshall Plan 2.0 as a model of socio-economic recovery of Ukraine at the sectoral and regional levels, 2023-2024 (approved by the Ministry of Education and Culture on March 3, 2023)

Topic leader prof. Hryshchenko I.M. Responsible executor prof. Kasych A.O. Performers: prof. I.O. Tarasenko, prof. Hnatenko I.A., prof. Olshanska O.V., postgraduate students Palamarchuk V.A., Sokolovska K.V.

II. Research topic (initiative)

1. SP "Modern practices of corporate responsibility management and sustainable business development in the conditions of globalization and digitalization" (2022-2024)

Performers: prof. Kasych A.O., prof. Vartanova O.V., Assoc. Bugas N.V., Assoc. Bondarenko S.M., Assoc. Tsalko T.R., Assoc. Nevmerzhitska S.M., graduate students Prokopenko M.O., Palamarchuk V.A., Sokolovska K.V. and Medvid G.S., Olefirenko K.

2. SP "Behavioral aspects of decision-making in the management of business structures" (2023-2026)

Performers: prof. Kasych A.O., prof. Vartanova O.V., Assoc. Bugas N.V., Assoc. Bondarenko S.M., Assoc. Tsalko T.R., Assoc. Nevmerzhitska S.M., graduate students Kuznetsov D., Olshanskyi H., Povzun D., Malyarenko I.

III. Contractual scientific and research topics

1. SP "Eco-innovations in the processes of post-war recovery and development of the innovative ecosystem of Ukraine" (Agreement No. 1192 dated February 27, 2023)

In recent years, the following topics have been performed:

1. SP (initiative) "Improving the organizational and economic support of management decisions of economic entities in the conditions of geopolitical challenges" (state registration number 0118U000231, term: January 2018 - December 2021).

Performers: prof. Kasych A.O., prof. A. Oleshko, prof. I.A. Pavlenko, prof. Breus S.V., Assoc. Bugas N.V., Assoc. Bondarenko S.M., Assoc. Tsalko T.R., Assoc. Nevmerzhitska S.M., graduate students Prokopenko M.O., Palamarchuk V.A. and G.S. Medvid, a student of A.I. Gutman.

2. SRT on the basis of farm contracts "Formation of a management system for the sustainable development of enterprises and organizations" (deadline: 2021).

Performers: prof. A.O. Kasych, Assoc. Bugas N.V., graduate student Palamarchuk V.A.

3. SRT (state budget) "Economic and ecological principles of polymer waste recycling in the context of urban infrastructure development" (2017-2018), state registration number: 0117U000603.

4. SRT (state budget) "Economic security of higher educational institutions: development of measures to minimize socio-economic losses in conditions of external aggression" (2017-2018), state registration number: 0117U000598.

Effectiveness of scientific activities of teachers

In the period of 2019-2022, the staff members of the Department of Management and Smart Innovation published 452 scientific papers. Scientific articles are published by professors of the Department mainly in the scientific specialized editions of Ukraine, which are part of the international scientific-metric databases, including Scopus, Web of Science.

Publication activity of the teachers of the Department of Management and Smart Innovation for the last three years is presented below.

The main directions of scientific research of the Department of Management and Smart Innovation:

• management of innovation and investment development and competitiveness of industrial enterprises and the national economy;
• improvement of the system of public administration in the conditions of decentralization and development of local self-government;
• increasing production efficiency in the period of transformation processes and taking into account global challenges;
• realization of strategic decisions in the field of management of enterprises and organizations;
• economic and environmental aspects of the development of innovative entrepreneurship;
• development and management of integration processes.

The Department of Management and Smart Innovation is the organizer and participant of scientific conferences and seminars. The seminars held jointly with the Ukrainian Association for Management Development and Business Education have become traditional. This event allows teachers of the Department to discuss the main prospects for the development of education in Ukraine and the task of quality assurance with their colleagues.

An important part of the Department is the organization of the research work of the students of the Department. The main forms of student research work are: participation in the student scientific club “Creative Manager” and “Leadership in Public Administration”, preparation of scientific articles, participation in scientific conferences and all-Ukrainian competitions f student research papers, etc. Among the areas of research of students and problems are: the introduction of European approaches to quality assurance; the development of innovation-oriented entrepreneurship, the introduction of modern methods of innovation management at Ukrainian enterprises.

Due to hard work and active scientific work, students of the Department can present their ideas at the all-Ukrainian level and make sure of their own competitiveness while studying.

The winners presented their scientific achievements at the final conferences at Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University, Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Poltava State Agrarian Academy and Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design. The experience gained in the process of implementation and presentation of the results of scientific achievements is invaluable for the future manager!

Results of student research

Department of Management and Smart Innovation

Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design

for the 2020/2021 academic year

Students of the Department of Management and Smart Innovation, representing KNUTD in the second stages of the All-Ukrainian Competitions of Student Research Papers in the 2020/2021 academic year, became the winners of 12 competitions and obtained the following results:

Information on the results of students' scientific work in 2022/2023.

1. Semenyuk V.S. (supervisor A.O. Kasych) – winner of the International Competition of Student Research Papers "Management, Social and Behavioral Sciences in the Implementation of the Principles of Sustainable Development", May 27, 2022, Ivano-Frankivsk University of Oil and Gas, II degree Diploma.

2. Miroshnychenko A. (supervisor A.O. Kasych) - International competition of students' scientific works in specialty 051 "Economics" on June 2, 2022, Kremenchuk National University named after Mykhailo Ostrogradskyi, Diploma of the 1st degree.

3. Astsatryan A. (supervisor Kasych A.O.) - winner, International competition of student scientific works "Management, social and behavioral sciences in the implementation of principles of sustainable development", May 10, 2023, Ivano-Frankivsk University of Oil and Gas, Diploma II degree.

4. O. Tkachenko (supervisor A.O. Kasych) - winner, International competition of scientific works of students in the specialty 051 "Economics" June 1-3, 2023, Kremenchuk National University named after Mykhailo Ostrogradsky, Diploma of the 1st degree.

The Department of Management and Smart Innovation fully promotes the formation of a new generation of creative and business-minded leaders-managers, as it is the initiator and organizer of:

All-Ukrainian Competition of Student Research Papers in the specialization “Management of Investment and Innovation Activities”;

All-Ukrainian Competition of Diploma Theses in the specialization “Personnel Management”;

All-Ukrainian Olympiad for students in the specialty 073 Management.

Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design annually becomes a platform for the presentation of scientific achievements of students from all over Ukraine. The purpose of the competitions is the formation of professional and research competencies, to improve the quality of preparation of student research and diploma theses, and give students the opportunity to present the results of their research.

On the basis of the Kyiv National University of Technology and Design in the 2021/2022 academic year, the All-Ukrainian competition for qualification papers in the specialty 073 Management was held in the specializations "Personnel Management", "Management of Business Structures" (Competition). Students also presented their master's theses at the thesis competition at Mykhailo Ostrogradskyi Kremenchug National University.

Winners of the All-Ukrainian thesis competition

On October 10, 2023, on the basis of the Kyiv National University of Technology and Design, the final conference of the All-Ukrainian competition of qualifying works of students in the specialty 073 MANAGEMENT was held.

The competition was held in accordance with the Letter of DNU "Institute of Modernization of the Content of Education" of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Ukraine dated 21/08-867 dated 05/23/2023.

In 2023/2024 at the All-Ukrainian competition for qualifying papers in the specialty 073 Management (specializations "Personnel Management", "Management of Business Structures"), 120 papers at the "Bachelor's" level and 67 papers at the "Master's" level were presented.

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Among the winners are representatives of the Department of Management and Smart Innovations:

The Department of Management and Smart Innovation of KNUTD and the Ukrainian Quality Association Certification Authority carry out a joint project for the training and certification of the personnel in accordance with the requirements of the Harmonized Scheme of the European Organization for Quality. The contract between KNUTD and UQACA is concluded on December 15, 2009, No. 20, according to which the University carries out the training of management specialists in accordance with the requirements of the Harmonized Scheme of the European Organization of Quality, and the UQACA carries out the certification of these specialists.

To carry out the project at the Department of Management and Smart Innovation, the work was carried out on the development and preparation of curricula and programs, lecture materials, etc. documents that now meet the requirements of the Harmonized Scheme of the European Organization for Quality and form a course on qualification “Junior Manager of Quality Systems EOQ” for students of the specialty 073 “Management”.

According to the results of the conformity assessment, KNUTD is listed in the Register of Educational Organizations as a higher educational institution that meets the requirements of the European Organization for Quality.

Graduates of the Department of Management and Smart Innovation can take an exam without additional training for obtaining the Certificate of Competence EOQ. The CEA certificate is recognized in Europe and beyond. The certificate of EOQ expands the possibilities for international career and free choice for graduates of the Department of Management and Smart Innovation in Ukraine and in European countries.

The Department of Management and Smart Innovation has been maintaining business relations for a long time, conducting scientific cooperation with such organizations as:

• Ukrainian Association of Quality (Kyiv)
• Ukrainian Association for Management Development and Business Education (UAMDBE) (Kyiv)
• PJSC KSK Cheksil (Chernihiv)
• PJSC Texterno (Ternopil)
• Sumykamol Ltd. (Sumy)
• Scorpio Ltd. (Kyiv)
• JSC Unicon (Dnipropetrovsk)
• Publishing House “Chair” (Kyiv)
• National Academy of Management (Kyiv)
• University of Economics and Law “KROK” (Kyiv)
• State Enterprise Institute of Industrial Economics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv)
• Institute for Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv)
• Research Institute of Social and Labor Relations of the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
• Ostrogradsky National University of Kremenchuk  (Kremenchuk)
• Lviv Institute of Management (Lviv)
• National University of Water Management and Natural Resources (Rivne)
• National University of State Tax Service of Ukraine (Kyiv Oblast, Irpin)
• Lviv Polytechnic National University (Lviv)
• National University of Food Technologies (Kyiv)
• Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (Kyiv)
• Kyiv City Council (Kyiv City State Administration)
• Center for Administrative Services
• Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to the Standards of the European Union
• Institute for Development of Kremenchuk
• EOOD TURAL MANAGEMENT (Bulgaria, host tour operator, DMC)
• DAV Club Limited Liability Company (tour operator)
• Menestis Travel Company Limited Liability Company (travel agency)

An essential component of the educational activity of the Department is internationalization, manifested in the implementation of grant activities, and training of foreign students. Thus, the members of the Department participated in the development and implementation of KNUTD project Creative Spark, which gave both teachers and students the opportunity to significantly improve their level of English.

International cooperation involves integrated interaction of educational, cultural, scientific, and business levels with higher educational institutions, embassies, organizations, and institutions of foreign countries.

The Department of Management and Smart Innovation maintains and develops international relations with higher educational institutions and organizations from foreign countries.

International cooperation is realized through participation in joint educational projects and international conferences, round tables, symposiums, etc.

Internationalization of Educational Activities

KNUTD and the academic staff of the Department of Management and Smart Innovation are actively developing various forms of internationalization of activities, in particular, scientific international mobility of teachers, international cooperation, internal internationalization, and international education.

In the period from 28.11.2022 to 19.12.2022, the recipients of OPP, namely, Astsatryan A., Malyushenko O., Semenyuk V., Kravchenko S., Tymoshenko V., Kovalenko V., Davydenko I., Palamarchuk V., K. Sokolovska and I. Malyarenko had the opportunity to undergo an internship under the international academic mobility program at the Higher School of Agribusiness in Lomza, Poland (online) on the basis of an invitation letter from the Higher School (No. 621 dated October 25, 2022).

Teachers who provide ONP systematically participate in trainings and international programs. In particular: teachers of the department took part in trainings under the program Fundraising and organization of project activities in educational institutions: European experience, Krakow, Poland (Assoc. N.V. Bugas and Assoc. S.M. Bondarenko, 2021); under the program of international academic mobility at the Higher School of Agribusiness in Lomza, Poland (online) on the basis of an invitation letter from the Higher School (Prof. A.O. Kasich, Assoc. Tsalko T.R., Assoc. 2023).

Four teachers of the department (A.O. Kasych, O.V. Vartanova, T.R. Tsalko, S.M. Nevmerzhitska) received advanced training under the International 3 Months Workshop program "Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges Project Writing and Submitting" (Riseba, The University of Foggia, Business Scholl PAR), 02.12.21 - 22.02.22, (online).

The result of the teachers' work was the submission of two projects in February 2022: Graduation Project - [VEHUB4YOU] VIRTUAL YOUTH BUSINES HUBS INTERNATIONAL NETWORK ID 101083856 from 22.02.22 and Graduation Project - [VE4S21] Virtual Exchange for 21st century skills, submitting ID - 101084021 from 22.02. 22. According to the first project, KNUTD received grant support for implementation in 2023-2025 () Prof. Vartanova O.V., Assoc. All T.R.).

In September 2022, the project ERASMUS-EDU-2022-VIRT-EXCH Virtual Exchanges with other specific regions in the world: 21S4NR – The 21st-century skills for a new reality - ID 101112155 was also submitted.

In February 2023, the Erasmus+ Capacity building in the field of higher education Strand 3 - Structural reform projects (EDUOEU) project was submitted. An application was also submitted for a research grant within the framework of "A long-term program of support for Ukrainian research teams at the PAS" with the participation of V.A. Palamarchuk, a graduate student. (Poland, 16.01.2023).

In the context of anti-epidemic measures, a number of meetings in the framework of practice-oriented training took place online.

Round tables with the participation of students in Management, Public Administration, Tourism Business were held with the leading managers of state, regional and corporate levels:

Round table with the President of Vilnius Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Sigitas Leonavičius, and the Lithuanian diplomat, Mr. Gvidas Kerušauskas.

Video-conference with the Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia to Ukraine His Excellency Mr. Juris Poikans.

Round table with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to Ukraine His Excellency Mr. Kaimo Kuusk.

Meeting with the Deputy Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to Ukraine Mr. Matusz Korba.

Video conference with the Mayor of the Lithuanian city of Alytus, Mr. Nerijus Cesiulis.

Meeting of the students with Deputy Ambassador, Counselor of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Federal Republic of Germany Rostislav Ogryzko.

The head of the department A. O. Kasych is a member of the editorial board of the foreign magazine SocioWorld. Social Research&Behavioral Sciences (The Baltic Scientific Journal, Estonia), was a member of the scientific committee of the conference: Innovative Economic Symposium (2020-2020), Czech Republic. (https://www.shs-conferences.org/articles/shsconf/pdf/2021/02/shsconf_IES2020_About.pdf, https://www.ies-conf.com/committees_12.html); IEEE International Conference (Scopus), 2019-2022.

Also Prof. Kasych A.O. is a reviewer of scientific journals Quality Access to Success, Sustainability, Resources, Journal of Financial Risk Management, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Scopus, WoS) and others.

Scientific cooperation with colleagues from the Institute of Technology and Business in the city of České Budějovice (Czech Republic) is actively developing, the result of which is the publication of joint publications, and the organization of scientific conferences.

In recent years the professors of the Department have been trained in the foreign countries:

• Associate Professor N.V. Bugas – Graduate School of Management in Warsaw (Republic of Poland), 2015, Zyustych Foundation, Krakow, Republic of Poland, 2021;
• Associate Professor S.M. Bondarenko – Zyustych Foundation, Krakow, Republic of Poland, 2021;
• Associate Professor S.M. Nevmerzhytska –- Mendel University, Brno (Czech Republic), 2017;
• Prof. Vartanova O.V. – certification training course "Provision of emergency psychological assistance in cases of acute stress response for the prevention of PTSD. Treatment of a stressful experience reaction in non-therapeutic groups and individually using stabilization and protocol tools in the method". Svitlana Lipinska's Consonance Therapy, 2022, Poland; ECNP Traumatic Stress Network "Hot Topics" with Prof. Joshua Morgenstein and Natalia Roman, July 2022, Training courses of the Academy of Motivation and Education, Poland ("Anxiety and how to deal with it", 12.04.2022; Training "Techniques of crisis intervention". Oleksandr Galchynsky (Israel), Training course "Cognitive process therapy", Dr. Daniel Derby (Israel), 2022, Israel;
• Prof. A.O. Kasych – Institute of Technology and Business in the city of České Budějovice (Czech Republic), 2016; University of Southampton (UK), 2019, Bolashaq Academy (Kazakhstan), 2020.

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