Management

BBA in Management

Length: 4 years

Language of instruction: 100% English

Advantages: The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program in Management is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects of management, equipping them with the skills necessary to succeed in both international and local businesses. Upon completion of this program, graduates will demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of management theories, proficiency in analysis and decision-making skills, a clear understanding of a company’s strategic and operational practices, and the manager’s role in these aspects. The program offers students the opportunity to choose from three elective concentrations that provide a comprehensive set of competencies:

• Concentration in Human Resource Management
• Concentration in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Concentration in Supply Chain and Industrial Management

Learning outcomes:

• Demonstrate presentation skills, leadership, effective teamwork, orientation to result and negotiation skills;
• Understand and be able to articulate key basic concepts of economics, finance, accounting, management and marketing for subject-specific problem solving;
• Analyze various business challenges and develop relevant practical recommendations and actions;
• Demonstrate intermediate IT skills;
• Understand and follow principles of business ethics;
• Demonstrate awareness of the economic and business environment within both global and national contexts;
• Each concentration offered within the program (as explained below) seeks to additionally achieve its own learning outcomes.

Concentration in Human Resource Management

The Concentration in Human Resource Management offered under the BBA degree in Management that focuses on employee selection, training, management development, industrial relations, compensation, dynamics of organizational behavior, conflict and stress management and labor law.

Learning outcomes:

• demonstrate an effective knowledge of contemporary human resource issues including talent management, employment law, human resource strategy, recruit training, compensation benefits, organizational development, and human resource information systems;
• evaluate individual and group behavior in organizations and the interpretation of this behavior in the context of the managerial environment; be able to assess the nature of influence, power and control, attitudes, communication, conflict, and interpersonal relations as a means of understanding the dynamics of individual and group behavior;
• evaluate the ability to build and work in teams, including team development, norms, cohesion, and trust;
• examine and apply ethical and professional behaviors and standards to contemporary business situations.

Concentration in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The concentration provides the necessary theoretical and practical skills to work in the creation of startups and innovations in business. Students will learn about the basics of formation, functioning and development of business, as well as the processes of development and introduction of a new product to the market, commercialization of innovative projects.

Learning outcomes:

• develop, implement and commercialize new product or process;
• develop a business plan for a new product or company while foreseeing and assessing potential risks;
• effectively solve and manage relevant financial, operational, strategic, human resource and other problems relating to a launch of new product or business;
• analyze and evaluate the impact of the business environment on business opportunities and strategy.

Concentration in Supply Chain and Industrial Management

The ultimate role of effective logistics operations in economies is increasing dramatically in a global scale. Supply Chain and Industrial Management capability within business has, over the last decades in particular, taken on a much more significant role in enabling business to gain competitive advantage and deliver bottom line performance. Companies strive to identify their competitive edge, and consistently improve production capabilities. In this regard, the application of supply chain concepts and best practices of industrial management will continue to exert greater influence on overall business success. Therefore, the given direction will provide students not only with the core logistics and manufacturing concepts, but also offer full set of engineering principles, effective production and value creating skills. Importantly, students will be able to see “big picture” of economy and elaborate analytical evaluations on real life cases.

Learning outcomes:

• understand the fundamental concept of integrated supply chain management and the impact industrial solutions for today’s business;
• select and apply appropriate tools and techniques to plan, control and manage the supply chain to achieve overall efficiency and effectiveness;
• comprehend international trade logistics operations and process designs;
• assess critically various procurement and inventory management strategies;
• apply different inventory management techniques to maintain stock levels at optimum levels for different categories taking into account financial aspect.