Business philosophy
Course: International Business (master)
Structural unit: Educational and scientific institute of international relations
            Title
        
        
            Business philosophy
        
    
            Code
        
        
            ОК1
        
    
            Module type 
        
        
            Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
        
    
            Educational cycle
        
        
            Second
        
    
            Year of study when the component is delivered
        
        
            2021/2022
        
    
            Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
        
        
            1 Semester
        
    
            Number of ECTS credits allocated
        
        
            3
        
    
            Learning outcomes
        
        
            The task is to provide students with a holistic system of knowledge about modern philosophical research, the main issues, research approaches and methodologies for studying the diversity of economic business cultures through their typology. As a result of their studies, students should not only demonstrate an array of theoretical knowledge, but also use it in their independent research of economic cultures, being able to provide unbiased expert assessment of the studied phenomena and phenomena of economic life in the modern world.
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
            Distance form
        
    
            Prerequisites and co-requisites
        
        
            Before studying this course, students have to know the main stages and characteristics of the historical and cultural process; basic aspects of philosophy of economics and philosophical methods of research and forecasting; basic philosophical and economic concepts and categories; foundations of economic theory.
Be able to collect and interpret information on phenomena and phenomena of business culture, processes and events of entrepreneurial activity; apply basic terms, categories and classification of philosophies in the analysis of business phenomena and processes; identify current trends in the coexistence of different business cultures in the context of globalization and intercultural dialogue, predict the prospects for their development, taking into account the peculiarities of cultural processes in the context of globalization;
        
    
            Course content
        
        
            Topic 1. Paradigms of modern philosophy
Topic 2. Business philosophy as a structural element of economic philosophy
Topic 3. The formation of the business entity as a philosophical problem
Topic 4. Socio-cultural dynamics of economic life
Topic 5. Management decisions in business
Topic 6. Leadership and the ideal leader
Topic 7. Negative forms of organization management
Topic 8. Power relations and business
Topic 9. Ideology, politics and business
Topic 10. Life cycles of the organization and business process
Topic 11. Wealth as a philosophical and economic category
Topic 12. The phenomenon of happiness in business culture
Topic 13. Morality and business: the basic principles of interaction
Topic 14. The concept of success in business
Topic 15. Business society in the context of post-industrialism
        
    
            Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
        
        
            Planned learning activities and teaching methods
        
        
            Lectures, seminars
        
    
            Assessment methods and criteria
        
        
            Evaluation is carried out according to the modular rating system. Assessment of students' knowledge is carried out by current control, and the final result of the student's work during the semester is evaluated on a 100-point scale.
Current control: answers and presentations (up to 40 points), written analytical individual and group tasks, case studies (up to 40 points), final modular test (up to 20 points). 
        
    
            Language of instruction
        
        
            Ukrainian
        
    Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
                    Dmytro
                    Anatoliiovych
                    Tovmash
                
                
                    Philosophy of humanitarians department 
Faculty of Philosophy
            Faculty of Philosophy
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
                        Philosophy of humanitarians department
                    
                    
                        Faculty of Philosophy