Educational and professional program "Business Consulting"

Faculty of Economics

Name
Educational and professional program "Business Consulting"
Program code
51611
Qualification awarded
Master
Length of programme
1,5 years
Number of credits
90
level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework
7
Qualification level
Second (Master)
Discipline
Social and behavioral sciences
Speciality
KnowledgeField EN
Specific admission requirements
Bachelor's degree Admission requirements: First level of higher education (level 6 NQF) or higher level. Admission was based on the results of a single entrance exam in a foreign language and a professional entrance exam
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning
Bachelor's degree
Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements
Programme learning outcomes
PLO 1. Critically reflect on, select and use scientific, methodological and analytical tools in management and business consulting to make effective managerial decisions and solve business problems under uncertainty. PLO 2. Identify problems in an organisation; develop and justify methods for solving them. PLO 3. Design effective organisational management systems and processes for implementing consulting projects. PLO 4. Justify the feasibility of projects, including consulting projects, and manage them; generate entrepreneurial ideas. PLO 5. Plan an organisation’s activities at the strategic and tactical levels. PLO 6. Have the skills to develop, justify, make and implement managerial decisions under unpredictable conditions, taking into account current legislation, ethical considerations and social responsibility. PLO 7. Organise and carry out effective communication within the team, in consulting project teams, with representatives of different professional groups and in an international context. PLO 8. Apply specialised software and information systems to solve organisational management tasks and to carry out work on consulting projects. PLO 9. Communicate fluently on professional and scientific matters in the state language and a foreign language, orally and in writing. PLO 10. Demonstrate leadership and teamwork skills; interact with people and influence their behaviour to solve professional tasks. PLO 11. Evaluate the results of one’s own work, ensure one’s own professional development and plan one’s time effectively. PLO 12. Have the skills to delegate authority and to lead an organisation (unit). PLO 13. Be able to plan and provide the information, methodological, material, financial and human resources of an organisation (unit), and to resource and manage the implementation of consulting projects. PLO 14. Assess business conditions and trends, sectoral markets and the consulting services market, taking into account the ethical and professional standards of consulting. PLO 15. Collect, process and analyse the statistical data, scientific and analytical materials and business environment information needed to make managerial decisions, develop growth strategies and carry out consulting activities. PLO 16. Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of integrity in professional and scientific activity and make decisions in line with them.
Form of study
Full-time form
Examination regulations and grading scale
Written exams, tests, differentiated tests, oral and written examinations, testing, essay preparation, defense of individual and group projects, performance of work within official duties, presentations, written tests, defense of practice reports, master's thesis.
Оbligatory or optional mobility windows (if applicable)
Work placement
Work-based learning
Training is carried out using traditional and innovative methods: lectures and seminars, computer training, organization of independent distance work, research practice, involvement in individual and collective research.
Director of the course
Liliia Oleksandrivna Tarasenko
Department of Business Economics
Faculty of Economics
Occupational profiles of graduates
Specialists can identify and solve complex management problems, particularly in business administration, that involve conducting research, implementing innovations, and providing consulting services under conditions of uncertainty.
Access to further studies
Opportunity to study in the programs of the third level of higher education for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in this and related fields of knowledge and to obtain additional qualifications in the system of adult education.