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Glory be to Jesus Christ!

It has not been that long since the Lviv Business School became part of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in 2008, but it seems to me as if it had been with us from the very inception of the university. Together with us, you set am-bitious objectives, you do not fear to accomplish them, and you change Ukrainian society consis-tently and persistently.

You are people who find time to learn and summon up strength to win and change Ukraine. Our country is in a dire situation, but we cannot forget for a single moment that everything is in our hands: we must be the owners of our land! No one will solve our problems for us. We must not rest. We must bend over backwards to trans-form our country and break the mold of the old system (corruption, social injustice, and impunity) because it caused the existing situation. I do be-lieve that together we will succeed.

I advise and request that you share your experi-ences, be open to the world, and transform the quality of human and business relationships. The sky is the limit. Continue setting ambitious goals, and God will give you the strength to accomplish them. Be strong today because tomorrow will be too late.

Bohdan Prakh Rector, Ukrainian Catholic University

Dear friends!

Today each Ukrainian has a task to accomplish to make our country better. People employed in civil service must implement reforms. Those responsible for defending our country must enhance its defense capacities. We as a business school must work together with business to make it more competitive. Entre-preneurship is also in the front line and wields enormous influence on the country’s economy. The well-being of Ukrainians largely depends on how competitive and strong our businesses will be as players in the global market.

Within LvBS, not only do we try to transfer knowledge and tools to our students, but we also try to shape their attitudes towards pro-cesses taking place beyond business boundaries. That is why our programs are developed at the intersection of business, philosophic, humani-tarian, and artistic environments. We know that in order to make informed and wise decisions, managers should press pause from time to time. The Lviv Business School is the right place to stop, reflect, spend some time among the like-minded, be exposed to various viewpoints, and then translate this experience into concrete decisions. To be able to move forward fast, Ukrainian society and business need trust. Within LvBS we create that environment of trust.

Ukraine has become known through the Revolution of Dignity. The eyes of the whole world are still on us. It is a unique opportunity for our businesses to demonstrate that they can be competitive players in the international arena. The slogan of the Lviv Business School is Growing Companies by Growing People. Year by year, our slogan is reflected more and more in specific individuals who carry out interesting and important projects and implement much needed changes, both for their businesses as well as the entire country.

Sophia Opatska Dean of the LvBS

First student driven business school in the world!

I want to encourage you to cooperate with the team of Lviv Business School of UCU to implement a new project aimed at creating a new business education model. Only by working together will we succeed in creating the first student driven business school in the world. I believe that through this model, in about seven years, the Lviv Business School will become the most cost effective and outstand-ing business school not only in Ukraine, but worldwide. Our task is to create a link between business and education as well as between the-ory and practice. Such cooperation may result in a new Silicon Valley arising in Ukraine — a place for generating innovations where entrepreneurs work side by side with universities. Business education must change and shift its focus on improving the performance of its students.

Be people of faith and action! The more far-sighted our thinking is, the better we will be able to plan our work for the next 12 months and understand our challenges and opportunities.

Adrian Slywotzky member of LvBS Advisory Board, partner at Oliver Wyman.

Adrian Slywotzky is on the list of the world’s 25 best business consultants; twice included in the Thinkers50 ranking — the top 50 business thinkers of the world.

Introduction LvBS`s BOARDS

Pavlo SheremetaChair of the LvBS Advisory Board, director of UCU’s School of Public Management, ex-minister of Economical Development and Trade of Ukraine.

Adrian Slywotzky“Oliver Wyman” companydirector, ex-vice president, member of board of directors at

“Mercer Management Consulting, Inc.”

Karl ZainingerExpert in information communications in the UN, professor of Princeton University

Yuriy LogushPh.D., President of the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE)

Andriy KhudoChairpersonof the ManagementBoard of the “!FEST”holding of emotions

SUPERVISORY BOARD

ADVISORY BOARD

Andriy KostiukPartner of Pavlenko & Partners, Attorneys at Law. President of the Nexia Ukraine. Member of Lviv Region Bar Association

Oleh TuriyVice Rector for Program Development at Ukrainian Catholic University

Oleh Denys Vice President of SoftServe

Yaroslav RushchyshynFounder and CEO of “Trottola” OJSC

Volodymyr TurchynovskyiHead of the Department of Philosophy UCU. Ph.D. in Philosophy. Doctor of Philosophy

The Lviv Business School (LvBS) at the Ukrainian Catholic University specializes in programs that are developed at the intersection of business, philosophic, and humanitarian environments.

Being a unique symbiosis of a business school and a Catholic university (the only one in the post-Soviet space!), we run business programs in line with general human values and cooperate closely with organizations that value quality, cherish good thinking, and aspire to success on the market.

Lviv Business School of UCU (LvBS)2a Kozelnytska St., room 312Lviv, Ukraine, 79026+38 032 240 99 59+38 098 350 35 [email protected]

International Study Tours

Corporate Executive Development Programs

Open Executive Development Programs

Programs for managerial teams

MS in Technology ManagementThe Program is based on three main pillars — technology, business and management, and soft skills

MA in Human Resource and Organization DevelopmentAn understanding of the integrated HR management system and its integration into the organizational development strategy

Executive EducationInnovative thinking, effective tools and dynamic exchange

Events in the country’s regions

reflexio Alumni

Community LvBS

Business Credo

Books LvBSWithin two years of receiving a diploma, participants of long-term programs can repeat two courses of the program free of charge.

LvBS PROGRAMS

Сooperation with the city

Nearly half of LvBS lecturers and experts represent international world-class universities.

Мodern scientific centers aimed at following the world tendencies and offering relevant solutions for Ukrainian business with its peculiarities

Key Executive MBAIs a time for reflection and translating ideas into projects

MS in Innovations and EntrepreneurshipKnowledge of modern approaches to management and innovations

Ideas Lab Space for creating startups

Corporate MBA

LvBS INTELLECTUAL CENTERS

Asia CenterInterdisciplinary approaches to learning of fast growing countries

Family Business CenterEffective family business performance and transition to the next generations

Value Innovation CenterCreation of low-cost and high-value innovations

Visionary CenterVision, strategy and business social responsibility

LvBS SPECIAL PROJECTS

LvBS’s MAP

Глобально про ІТ

Mіжнародна співпрацяВсеукраїнський

антикорупційний форум

Корпоративна програма управлінського розвитку

XXII Щорічна конференція CEEMAN

Політика, етика і богослов’я: виклики для України та Європи

Спільнота Alumni LvBS, провела щорічну зустрічМодуль програми «Ефективне

управління малим бізнесом»

Програма розвитку управлінців державної служби ЛОДА.

Ефективне управління малим бізнесом

Корпоративна програма «Час команди»

Круглий стіл «Криза в Україні»

Лабораторія ідей

Модуль програми MS in TM

Зустріч у межах дискусійного клубу «Бізнес Credo»

Що вмітимуть випускники ВНЗ «після освітньої реформи»?

Забіг за реформи

Чотиримодульна програма розвитку управлінців

Співпраця з норвезькими партнерами



Побудова ефективної системи бюджетування

Модуль програми MS in TM: Бізнес-комунікації.

Ефективне управління малим бізнесом

Старт програми КЕМВА

Модуль КЕМВА


Модуль MS in IE

Місія нездійсненна? Запуск, бренд, розшифрування клієнта

Як розробити ефективну PR-стратегію для компанії?

LvBS виступила освітнім партнером «Гогольfest»


Ергард Бусек зустрівся з українськими підприємцями

Декан LvBS взяла участь у конференції в Римі.

Open House програми «Key Executive MBA»

MS in IE й MA in HR&OD інтерактивнай гра

MA in Human Resources and Organization Development

ВересеньЖовеньЛистопадГруденьСіченьЛютийБерезеньКвітеньТравеньЧервеньЛипеньCерпень

Good Governance

Триденний виїзний навчальний модуль відбувся в Німеччині.

Виїзний модуль для державних управлінців


Shaping DavosIntro 2015

Управлінський розвиток

«На перетинах»Модуль програми MS in TM

Нова програма Адріана Сливоцького

«Корпоративна соціальна відповідальність в українському бізнесі»

Розвиток методів управління проектами


Перший бізнес-вісник Азійсько- Тихоокеанського регіону

Модуль корпоративної програми «Міжнародні фінанси»

Зустріч з нагоди 7-ліття Спільноти Львівської бізнес-школи УКУ

Good Governance

Випуск програми Good Governance

Модуль програми «Ефективне управління малим бізнесом».

Майстер-клас від Романа Зінченка («Greenсubator»)

Модуль MA in HR&OD






Майстер-клас «Smart Way to Start Your Startup»


У які благодійні проекти інвестувати?


Програма «Управлінський облік».

На модулі MS in IE

Проривні стратегії

Террі Андерсон


reflexio

Виїзний модуль MA in HR&OD

Топ-5 рейтингу бізнес-леді

Євген Нищук побував на бізнес-сніданку

Smart City

Experts in Teamwork

Pre-development program

Менеджмент для лідерівМодуль програми MS in TM

Другий номер видання «Бізнес Сходу»

Другий номер видання «Бізнес Сходу»

Alumni LvBS бізнес-ланч

Виїзний модуль MS in IE в Києві

Зустріч з Блаженнішим Любомиром (Гузаром)

Key Executive MBA

Модуль MA in HR&OD


Модуль корпоративної програми

Виїзні реколекції з о. Ігорем Пецюхом для учасниць MA in HR&OD

Одноденна програма з розвитку

Будьте великим поколінням!

«Мистецтво війни» Сунь-дзи

Програма MS in TM гастролює Україною

Зустріч з Оксаною Семенюк

Стипендійний фонд

«Нова українська поліція: ефективний HR».


Бізнес Credo

Куди і як я інвестую своє життя?

Mіжнародна співпраця



Модуль програми «Менеджмент для лідерів»

Топ-менеджери відомих світових компаній

Innovation Across Borders

MA in HR&OD LvBS

Айварас Абромавичус зустрівся з підприємцями

Як Україні скористатися моментом для змін?

Інновації та підприємництво на ринках, що зростають


Виїзний модуль у горах «Лідерство і прийняття рішень в умовах невизначеності»


Модуль програми «Менеджмент для лідерів».


Graphic Facilitation

Інноваційний курс із практики консалтингу

Як стати експертом із командної роботи?

Третій номер видання «Бізнес Сходу»

Globally about ІТ

International cooperation All-Ukrainian

Anti-Corruption Forum

Executive Education corporate program for the top management

The 22nd CEEMAN Annual Conference

Politics, Ethics, and Theology: Challenges for Ukraine and Europe

Alumni LvBS Communityheld its annual meeting Module of the program

“Leading Small Business Effectively”

Executive Education program for Lviv Regional State Administration

Leading Small Business Effectively

The corporate program “Team Time”

The round table titled “Ukrainian Crisis”

Ideas Lab

Module of MS in TMFinance.

Meeting in the Business Credo Discussion Club.

What will HE graduates be able to do after education reform is implemented?

A run for reforms

Four-module Executive Education program for the Administration

Cooperation with Norwegian partners

Module of MS in TM: Seminar in Business

Ideas Lab

Building an Effective Budgeting System

Module of MS in TM: Business Communications

Building an Effective Budgeting System

Start of the КЕМВА Program

КЕМВА Module

КЕМВА Module

Module of MS in IE

Mission Impossible? Launch, Brand, Customer Cryptography

How to develop an effective PR strategy for your company?

LvBS was an educational partner of the Gogolfest

Module of MS in IE

Erhard Busek met with Ukrainian entrepreneurs and public servants

Dean of LvBS took part in a conference in Rome

Open House Key Executive MBA Program:

MS in IE and MA in HR&OD interactive game

MA in Human Resources and Organization Development

September October November December January February March April May June July August

Good Governance

Training module MBA alumni took place in Germany

Public officials studying in the Good Governance program

Module of MS in IE

Shaping Davos Intro 2015

Executive Education

“At a Crossroads” Module of MS in TM

New program from Adrian Slywotzky

Corporate social responsibility in Ukrainian business

The Development of Project Management Methodologies

Module of MS in TM

Business of the East’ is the first business magazine of the Asia-Pacific region

Module of the corporate program for SoftServe “International Finance”

Meeting on the occasion of the 7th anniversary of Lviv Business School Community

Good Governance

Graduates of the second Good Governance program

Module of the program “Leading Small Business Effectively”

Master class from Roman Zinchenko (Greencubator)

Module of MA in HR&OD

Ideas Lab

Ideas Lab

Ideas Lab

Ideas Lab

Ideas Lab

Master class “Smart Way to Start Your Startup”

Ideas Lab

Which charity projects to invest in?

Module of MS in TM

Program “Management Accounting”

During a module of MS in IE

Breakthrough Strategies

Dr. Terry Anderson

Executive Education

reflexio

Training module of MA in HR&OD

Rank Top 5 Business Ladies

Yevhen Nyshchuk attended a business breakfast

Smart City

Experts in Teamwork

Pre-development program

Management for LeadersModule of MS in TM

The second issue of “Business of the East” came out.

The second issue of “Business of the East”

Alumni had a business lunch

A training module of MS in IE in Kyiv

The meeting with His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar)

Key Executive MBA

Module of MA in HR&OD

Executive Education

Module of the corporate program

Recollections with Rev. Ihor Petsiukh for participants of MA in HR&OD

One-day development program

Be that great generation!

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

MS in TM was on a Ukraine tour

Meeting with Oksana Semeniuk

set up a scholarship fund

“New Ukrainian Police: Effective HR”.

КЕМВА Module

Business Credo

Where and how should I invest my life?

International cooperation

Module of MS in TM

Executive Education

Management for Leaders program

Top managers of leading global companies

Innovation Across Borders

MA in HR&OD LvBS

Aivaras Abromavichus met with entrepreneurs

How can Ukraine seize the moment and implement change?

Innovations and Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets

Module of MS in TM

Module in the mountains “Leadership and Decision- Making under Uncertainty”

Executive Education

Module of the Management for Leaders

Module of MS in TM

Graphic Facilitation

Innovative course in consultancy practice

How to become an expert in teamwork?

The third issue of “Business of the East”

September

Erhard Busek, a renowned Austrian politician and Vice-Chancellor of Austria (1991-1995), met with Ukrainian entrepreneurs and public servants. A frank conversation about the future of Europe and Ukraine’s place in it.

When, Why and How is Technology Reshaping Management Education? The 22nd CEEMAN Annual Conference brought together representatives from 35 countries and focused on the role of technology in business and management education. Lviv Business School of UCU also participated in this international conference in Budapest.

LvBS was an educational partner of the Go-golfest International Contemporary Arts Festival. Bishop Borys (Gudziak), UCU President, talked about the prospects of dignity in times of war.

MA in Human Resources and Organization DevelopmentThe first in Ukraine Master’s Level program for HR professionals — MA in Human Resources and Orga-nization Development (MA in HR&OD) — was launched. It is in line with the best programs of its kind offered by leading European business schools. The Program boasts foreign and Ukrainian faculty with extensive expertise and practical business experience.

“The personnel management system has been put in the driving seat in the modern business environment. Lack of special HR training makes it difficult for you to assert yourself as an equal business partner and build a successful career in the modern business world”. Anna Lewis, international expert in HR development, MSc (BPsychol) MCIPD, lecturer of MA in HR&OD

Globally about ІТMS in Technology Management was a co-host of Ukraine Tech Gem in San Francisco, USA. It was an international technology conference where top tech names and U.S.Business giants came to meet their Ukrainian peers to discuss IT industry development prospects with particular focus on the quality of education. The conference was attended by such companies as WhatsApp, Intel, HP Mobility, Мор Davidow Ventures, TechStars, СВА, Epam, and others.

How to reduce a company’s costs and increase its profits through procurement?

How to develop an effective PR strategy for your company?Experts in PR and communications participated in a three-day program “Reputation Management in a Crisis of Trust”. The program was taught by Yaryna Kliuchkovska who has 19 years of experi-ence in PR and corporate communications.

Loyalty as the key to business success with Olga Sadokha and Natalka Shpot.

Open House of the Key Executive MBA Program: How should a company’s financial management change as a result of European integration?

Module of MS in IEDaniel Lewis from the Institute of Leadership and Management (London), who assists interna-tional companies in the development of man-agement and leadership skills, guided program participants through the process of self-dis-covery and various leaning styles. Olga Gutsal, the owner of Camion-Oil, shared her personal experience of doing business and compared the project life cycle with the human life cycle.

“If you project everything that happens in business onto man, you will know what decisions to make. The body of business and your body are the same. That’s why it’s important to talk to yourself first”. Olga Gutsal

Participants of MS in IE and MA in HR&OD started the new academic year with enthusiasm and zest. They took part in an interactive game composed of two parts — a quest and group model creation, the latter symbolizing ideas, knowledge, experience, and community.

Sophia Opatska participated in the conference “Sources of the Civic: A Con-ference on Catholic Higher Education and Democracy in Europe” organized and hosted by the Nanovic Institute at the new Notre Dame Global Gate-way in Rome.

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LvBS and SEAM International Institute at the University of St. Thomas (USA) signed an agreement on international cooperation. The first steps have al-ready been taken within MA in HR&OD. Upon successful completion of the specialization “Organization Development”, in addition to a Master’s degree from Lviv Business School, participants will earn a certificate from SEAM International Institute.

“Working with people is one of the key aspects of an organization’s effectiveness. Personnel management is an art. The program offered by the Lviv Business School provides a unique opportunity to learn to manage people effectively”. Alla Georgiadi, expert in organization development, lecturer, MA in HR&OD

Alumni LvBS Community uniting Key Executive MBA graduates held its annual meeting. They met with Pavlo Sheremeta, Ukraine’s former Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Chair of LvBS Advisory Board, to talk about business success and corporate social responsibility.

Mission Impossible? Launch, Brand, Customer Cryptography What is the genetic code for business success? About 100 managers from all over Ukraine embarked on a new three-month program from one of the world’s best business consultants Adrian Slywotzky.

Building an Effective Budgeting SystemTeams from three companies (Vash Dim, Fast Food Systems, and LvBS) participated in the program “Building an Effective Budgeting System”. Each team was equipped with key budgeting tools and tips. “Budget is a process of even allocation of disappointments,” Mykhay-lo Kolisnyk, managing partner at FINART Smart Solutions, LvBS lecturer.

Financial Situation in Ukraine — Realities and Opportunities for the Region.

Module of MS in IECarol Bailey, a self-made man who started as an engineer and climbed the corporate ladder with up to 20 years of executive experience at Motorola, met with participants of MS in Innovations and Entrepreneurship and shared his secrets to success.

“The sooner you know what you want to do, the sooner you become successful”. Carol Bailey

Efficiency Management as a Powerful Tool for a Company’s Strategic Transformation, Anna Pidhorna.

Politics, Ethics, and Theology: Challenges for Ukraine and EuropeInternational experts searched for solutions for Ukraine at the intersection of different fields. The International Conference “Politics, Ethics, and Theology: Challenges for Ukraine and Europe” co-organized by Lviv Business School took place in Paris.

Start of the program “Leading Small Business Effectively”. Participants included 27 entre-preneurs from Odesa, Lviv, Zhytomyr, Iva-no-Frankivsk, and Rivne. During a five-module program, they studied different aspects of doing small business: strategic planning; finance and budgeting; marketing, personnel management; sustainable business development and preser-vation. As part of the first module, Oleksandra Baklanova talked about such concepts as “val-ues”, “mission”, “vision”, and “strategy” in business.

Module of MS in TM: Business Communications

“Learn from each other, don’t be afraid to share”, Theo Schnitfink, CEO of Symphony Solutions, became a guest of honor at the launch of the second MS in Technology Management. Partici-pants from various IT companies in Lviv, Ternopil, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, and Kharkiv commenced their studies in the first in Eastern Europe Master’s Level program in Technology Management.

КЕМВА ModuleAs part of the course “Improving Operations”, KEMBA participants visited Lviv Brewery (Carls-berg Ukraine) and saw Lean Management Sys-tem in action. One of the main conclusions they came to is that what works in other companies might not work in yours. Before implementing any new system, you should carry out an in-depth analysis and get a clear understanding of the expected results and potential risks.

Start of the КЕМВА ProgramSerhiy Gusovsky, a famous restaurant owner and businessman who decided to go into pol-itics to implement genuine change in Ukraine, was a keynote speaker at the solemn ceremony on the occasion of the start of another Key Executive MBA. He called upon Ukrainian en-trepreneurs to go into politics and stated with certainty that Ukraine would revive through cities, “People who care will start implementing change locally”.

December

Training module for Key Executive MBA alumni took place in Germany The executives visited a number of German companies, met with their own-ers and top management, and gained exposure to production operations in the country with the largest economy in Europe ranked number four in the world by GDP. In particular, they visited Wasserwerk Wehnsen, a water treatment plant; Autostadt, a huge automotive theme park; the Volkswagen factory; the German Management Academy of Lower Saxony (DMAN).

Ideas Lab Manmeet Singh “Intercultural Charac-teristics and Their Influence on Business Communication”.

Executive Education: Executive Educa-tion program for Lviv Regional State Administration.

Module of the pro-gram “Leading Small Business Effectively”.

The corporate program “Team Time” for Farmak was held in Bukovel. During three days, participants learned to work in teams and honed their communication and negotiation skills.

“Time-to-High” or How to Stop Postponing Your Life.

Module of MS in TMFinance.

Officials studying in the Good Governance programPublic officials studying in the Good Governance program had a series of interesting meetings during a training mod-ule in Kyiv. They met with Dmytro Shymkiv, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration; Vladyslav Rashkovan, Dep-uty Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine; Zurab Ala-sania, CEO of the National Television Company of Ukraine; Valeriy Pekar, an entrepreneur and social activist.

Module of MS in IE.Participants of decided to test their management skills in practice and support a good cause at the same time. They organized a St. Nicholas celebration for children from dys-functional families who don’t receive adequate parental care. It was a great experience that might become a new tradition for MS in Innovations and Entrepreneurship.

A meeting with Myroslav Marynovych, a famous dissident and human rights activist, took place in Kyiv within the Business Credo Discussion Club. The discussion revolved around a link between values and business in Ukraine: should we put up with the status quo and continue fighting for survival or create a new reality? The meeting was moderated by Andriy Rozhdestvenskyy.

“Values in society determine the fate of business. The primary source of social problems is not material poverty, but poverty of spirit. The future of Ukraine requires that spiritual and humanitarian values be placed above short-term material and political ones”. Myroslav Marynovych, UCU Vice-Rector

A run for reformsGraduates of the Good Governance program organized a run for reforms in Lviv to attract public attention to the importance of implementing reforms and eradicating corruption. Each participant had a card indicat-ing one of the much-needed reforms.

What will HE graduates be able to do after education reform is implemented? To what extent can businesses be involved in training graduates in line with their needs? Sophia Opatska moderated a panel discussion with Serhiy Kvit, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, within the framework of Kyiv Employer Branding & Engagement Forum 2014.

The round table titled “Ukrainian Crisis: Global Challenges and Op-portunities” LvBS has brought together OSCE representatives, UCU leaders and a number of subject matter experts at the round table titled “Ukrainian Crisis: Global Challenges and Opportunities”.

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The All-Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Forum and Hackathon held as part of the School for Responsible Citizens brought together about 200 partici-pants from all over Ukraine. During three days, experts, community leaders, public servants, and entrepreneurs discussed ways of handling corruption in Ukraine and worked out specific models of behavior that can be applied by ordinary citizens in situations when they face corruption. LvBS imple-mented the project supported by the US Embassy in Ukraine.

“Fighting corruption is possible only if it is part of the reform process. It is impossible to fight it separately, just as it is impossible to implement reforms фцin a corrupt environment. Larisa Burakova, author of the bestseller “Why Georgia Succeeded”, consultant for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Forum speaker

November

Cooperation with Norwegian partners During the Norwegian-Ukrainian Business Forum in Kyiv, the Lviv Business School signed a cooperation agreement with the Norwegian company Innoco and the Norwegian University NTNU to set up a new innovative education project with the support of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The project consists of two parts: “Innovations across Border”, an opportunity for LvBS participants to go to Nor-way for internship, and “Experts in Teamwork”, a practical interdisciplinary course aimed at developing teamwork skills.

Module of the program “Leading Small Business Effectively”: personnel management.

Launch of a four-module Executive Education program for the Lviv Regional State Administration. The Courage to Think Strategically.

LvBS launched an Executive Education corporate program for the top man-agement of SoftServe, one of the largest Ukrainian IT companies. The pro-gram covers the following topics: analysis of global markets and trends, business strategies, business functions and strategic financial management, leadership and management, strategic marketing.

Module of MS in TM: Seminar in Business КЕМВА Module

Participants received first-hand experience of projects implemented by KEMBA graduates. They visited Secret Pharmacy, an interactive museum; Modern Sacral Art Gallery Iconart; re-gional branch of Oschadbank that was recently reconstructed; and the Chudo Tour company.Ideas Lab

Meeting with economist Oleh Havrylyshyn

“Solving Two Crises with One Step?”

Good Governance On November 24, 40 people from all over Ukraine commenced their studies in the second Good Governance program for an innovative approach to governance.

2014

February

During the meeting on the occasion of the 7th anniversary of Lviv Business School Community, LvBS students, graduates, faculty, and friends worked together for the benefit of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) in eastern Ukraine. The School set up volunteer workrooms. Together we managed to produce 150 face masks, 100 guardian angel amulets, 10 kg of energy bars, and 12 m of camouflage net. All these items were transferred to soldiers in the conflict zone.

“Momentous changes are taking place in Ukraine: people of the world have turned their eyes on us because our Dignity Revolution has reverberated in the hearts around the world. Today it is most important that we persevere. Our pilgrimage has only started, we have a long way ahead of us”. Bishop Borys (Gudziak), UCU President

Good GovernanceJaanika Merilo, advisor to Lviv City Mayor on innovative technologies, met with participants and graduates of the Good Governance program.

34 public administrators from various regions of Ukraine became graduates of the second Good Governance program for an innovative approach to governance. Having completed training at the Ukrainian Catholic University, they are equipped for professional work in the public sector aimed at implementing real changes and reforms.

LvBS launched a series of anti-corruption trips around Ukraine as part of the School for Responsible Citizens. The meeting in Iva-no-Frankivsk focused on what each of us can do to fight corruption.

Self-cultivation is the best business because you invest in yourself

“Self-cultivation is the best business because you invest in yourself,” said Bishop Benedict (Aleksiychuk) during the reflexio program. This three-day program was created at the intersection of business, humanitarian, and philosophical spac-es in order to help managers learn, reflect, and grow.

“It turns out that three days spent in the right place and with the right people can help you tap into infinite internal resources and re-charge your inspiration and faith”. Oleksandr Zacheshygryva, Business Development Director at De NOVO

Executive Education Module of the pro-gram “Leading Small Business Effectively”.

Program “Manage-ment Accounting”.

Module of MS in TM: IT Concepts and Strategies.

Case Study “The experience of Bio-sphere Corporation in overcoming the crisis of 2008–2009. How can we adapt to the current crisis?”

Breakthrough StrategiesAs part of the course “Breakthrough Strategies” with Pavlo Sheremeta, KEMBA participants worked on their project ideas using Blue Ocean Strategy tools. Most ideas were related to production and services: an innovative online service for selling Jhiva’s women’s cloth-ing; expansion of the social bakery Horikhovyy Dim; production of water filters at Biokh-im-Service; growing of non-GMO soybean seeds and agronomic support; sand mining and sale at Monstera Invest; a personal online cabinet for customers of Na Zdorovya phar-macy chain; structural reform of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

During a module of MS in IE, young startuppers had an opportunity to test their ideas with ex-perienced managers from the KEMBA program. They had a tall order of pre-senting their idea in five minutes, which they did successfully and received some valuable feedback.

Ideas LabMeeting with Anna Dekhtereva “Silicon Valley: Who Is Wait-ing for Us There?”

Dr. Terry Anderson, Professor at Troy University and expert in public administration, came to Ukraine within the Fulbright Program. She helped the Ukrainian Catholic University devel-op a concept for the Master of Public Adminis-tration (MPA) program.

2015January

Shaping DavosThis year the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting went beyond Da-vos — 40 cities around the world organized local Shaping Davos sessions and connected to the panel discussions in Davos. The local session in Lviv was organized by the Global Shapers Community Lviv Hub in partnership with LvBS. Together with Hubs from Pittsburgh (USA), Quito (Ecuador), and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Lviv had the opportunity to connect to the live panel discussion “From Ideas to Action: Creating a Culture of Innovation”.

“Business of the East” is the first business maga-zine of the Asia-Pacific region published by the Ukrainian Association of Shanghai in partner-ship with LvBS Asia Center. We put together the most interesting pieces: cultural and national characteristics of doing business in this region, success stories of Ukrainians in Asia, interesting facts and new opportunities. You can download the business magazine from the Projects Sec-tion of lvbs.com.ua.

Module of the cor-porate program for SoftServe “Interna-tional Finance” with Manmeet Singh and Mykhaylo Salo.

Module of the pro-gram “Leading Small Business Effectively”.

Communication in Change Management.

Module of MA in HR&ODIn the past, a human resources department was just a functional unit within an organization. Nowadays, we can observe that it is viewed more and more as a full-fledged business partner. This shift requires a new set of skills, knowledge, and abilities on the part of HR managers and directors, including the ability to process information effectively. The latter became the primary focus of a training module with Kostyantyn Patsera, a consultant on busi-ness analysis and analytical CRM, and Yaryna Kliuchkovska, a consultant on communications.

Ideas LabMeeting with Igor Gut, one of Ukraine’s best marketing experts, about the DNA of a successful company.

Master class from Roman Zinchenko (Greencubator)

“Innovative Business Models for Green Economy”.

Module of MS in TMAs part of the course “Consultancy Practice”, participants helped compa-nies (QubStudio, FreezePro, Software, and AgTech) with problem-solving.

2015

April

Experts in Teamwork The course “Experts in Teamwork” within MS in Innovations and Entre-preneurship culminated with project presentations for Lviv City Council. The main focus was on teamwork: how people from different backgrounds can work on the same task and achieve common goals..

“Innovations demand more and more interdisciplinary teams. And working with a team with interdisciplinary skills is a real challenge. This course, “Experts in Teamwork”, creates a very safe arena to practice the challenges of working across different skills, different cultural elements, etc., which raises the potential of innovation. The course aims to explore how interdisciplinary teamwork can unlock the potential of innovation and creativity”. Katinka Kolsaker, course coordinator from Norway and CEO of Innoco

LvBS team members spoke about corporate social responsibility in Ukrainian business at the International Marketing Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility: An Academic Symposium in Rome organized annually by the University of Notre Dame (USA). Heated discussions among the par-ticipants broke out around the issues of fighting corruption, doing business in times of war, and developing social entrepreneurship in Ukraine.

“We won the Revolu-tion on Granite, we won the Revolution of Dignity, but we will lose the war in offices,” said Andriy Hrynchuk, Head of the Committee of Entrepreneurs of Lviv Region and LvBS lecturer, during a meeting/discus-sion “How to Fight Corruption at the Local Level?” that took place in Vin-nytsia and brought together local social activists and politi-cal figures.

Management for LeadersA four-module program “Management for Leaders” was launched. It is designed for man-agers seeking to successfully manage strategic priorities of their companies, build and lead teams, develop competitive advantages of their organizations. The program features regular business breakfasts with chief executives of leading companies, LvBS faculty, and successful managers. During the first module, participants took a course in strategy and leadership with Pavlo Sheremeta and had business breakfasts with Taras Kytsmey (co-founder of SoftServe) and Andy Hunder (President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine).

“At a Crossroads” — Alumni KEMBA painted a big Easter egg that was exhibited to the general public during the Easter Eggs Festival in Lviv.

Pre-development programThe Pre-Development Program was launched. It’s a program for developing ideas composed of five modules that will help young people clearly formu-late and implement their ideas.

Ideas Lab Mentoring sessions for participants of the Pre-Develop-ment Program with Anton Skrypnyk, Dmytro Kosarev, Taras Vervega, Mykhaylo Salo, and Igor Luzhansky.

“Open society and trust are prerequisites for reform implementation in Ukraine”. Taras Vervega

New program from one of the world’s best busi-ness consultants Adrian Slywotzky “Mission Im-possible? Launch, Brand, Customer Cryptography”.

Opportunities for Ukrainian Business in Asia: Scenarios and Cultural Characteristics.

Module of MS in TMHuman Resource Policies and Practices.

Big Data in HR, James D. Portwood (USA).

2015March

Intro 2015During the Visionary Conference Intro 2015, we tried to look into the distant future and identify those trends that will define the development of key areas: education, medicine, financial sector, culture, sustainable en-ergy, and smart cities. What will the world be like in 10 years? 10 speakers from Ukraine, Canada, and the USA talked about future challenges.

Smart CityA unique project for Ukraine, was launched in Lviv. It was run by Jurij Paraszczak, one of the world’s leading urban experts and Director Emeritus of IBM Research Smarter Cities from the USA. During five days, 45 partic-ipants from 11 cities of Ukraine worked in seven Lviv city agencies and together with their leaders analyzed their operations, discovered problems, and proposed specific solutions using Big Data analytics.

Sophia Opatska, Dean of LvBS, ranked among SHE Rank Top 5 Business Ladies by Delo.UA.

Yevhen Nyshchuk, Ukraine’s former Minister of Culture and the main “Voice of Maidan”, attended a business breakfast with KEMBA participants. A frank conversation about culture and politics.

Which charity projects to invest in? What are the criteria of success for charity projects? These are the issues that the LvBS Alumni Com-munity discussed with Dr. Alois Buch, Professor of Moral Theology from Germany.

“Never fund bad projects. Bad projects are projects that don’t have project performance measures or that create added value only for the organizers”. Alois Buch, guest professor at UCU (Germany)

Ideas LabMeeting with Denis Dovgopoly (Growth-UP) “What Makes a Startup Interesting for Investors?”

How to fight corruption at the local level? Ode-sa and Mykolayiv hosted roundtable discussions involving social activists and public servants as part of the School for Responsible Citizens. LvBS presented insights from the Anti-Corrup-tion Forum and Hackathon.

Executive EducationProgram “Be Your Own Financial Expert”.

Program “The Development of Project Management Methodologies”.

Training module of MA in HR&ODDuring a training module of MA in HR&OD in Kyiv, participants studied business strategy for HR professionals. They visited such leading companies as Ernst & Young, Microsoft, Mon-delez Ukraine, Promkabel-Elektryka, Sushiya, Du-Pont Ukraine, Epam Systems, and did a two-day course in compensation management taught by Olha Horbanovska, Partner and Country Practice Leader for Human Capital.

“Compensation has to tie into a company’s overall business strategy. It works only when it changes employee behavior in the right direction”. Olha Horbanovska

Module of MS in TMStrategic Planning and Project Management.

The Development of Project Manage-ment Methodologies: How to Deliver on Time, on Budget, and with High Quality.

2015

June2015

Be that great generation! Lviv Business School held a graduation ceremony for its graduates of Key Executive MBA, MS in Technology Management, and MS in Innova-tions and Entrepreneurship. This year’s LvBS graduates include corporate executives and top managers, IT executives as well as young entrepreneurs who are planning to launch or have already launched their startups.

“Listen to your heart and trust your intuition in whatever you do. They should be your guiding principle. Nelson Mandela said, “Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great.” I wish you to become that great generation”. Andy Hunder, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, gave the commencement speech.

Graduates and participants of the first in Eastern Europe MS in Technology Management set up a scholarship fund for students of the UCU Bach-elor’s Program in Computer Science.

The legacy of Metropolitan AndreyThe Business Credo Discussion Club in Kyiv held a meeting of entrepreneurs with His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar) in a “business talk” format. They talked about Metropolitan Andrey’s (Sheptytsky) legacy and his lessons for contemporary Ukrainians.

Where and how should I invest my life? These are the ques-tions that executives reflected on during a meeting with Bishop Benedict (Aleksiychuk).

Innovation Across BordersThe first in a series of three workshops of the Ukrainian-Norwegian project

“Innovation across Borders” was held. Federico Lozano (NTNU) offered a course in design thinking, while Sjur Dagestad (Innoco) focused on doing business in Norway. The project “Innovation across Borders” includes three workshops in Lviv followed by an international internship in Norway. 30 LvBS students and graduates will visit innovation companies, govern-ment entities, universities, and municipalities.

Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Aivaras Abromavichus met with en-trepreneurs at LvBS. It was a great opportunity for business people to put questions to the Min-ister and present specific proposals and ideas about how to make doing business in Ukraine more effective.

How can Ukraine seize the moment and im-plement change? Leszek Balcerowicz, a famous Polish politician and economist, inspirer and organizer of Polish economic reforms, talked about the implementation of so called “shock therapy” and what lessons Ukraine can draw from the Polish experience of implementing reforms.

Top managers of leading global companies — Cisco Ukraine, Intel Corpora-tion, Microsoft Ukraine, HP Ukraine, and Deloitte — shared global economic trends and described the most sought-after skill-sets on the labor market.

Executive Education: Joint program of LvBS and DYB Business Club “DNA of a Successful Company”.

Yaroslav Rushchyshyn, CEO of Trottola OJSC, met with entrepreneurs in Dnipropetrovsk and discussed the role of business in reform imple-mentation. The meeting took place within the framework of the project “School for Respon-sible Citizens: How to Fight Corruption at the Local Level?”

“An entrepreneur is a person who creates better living conditions for the whole of society through his/ her work”. Yaroslav Rushchyshyn, member of LvBS Advisory Board

Module of the Management for Leaders program included classes in project and change management with Oleksandra Bak-lanova and Serhiy Gvozdiov as well as business breakfasts with Olena Maltseva (professor of Mar-keting) and Yaroslav Hrytsak (historian, professor at UCU).

Anti-Burnout Solutions: Keep Calm and Stay Happy.

MA in HR&OD LvBSIn addition to the core course in personnel management, participants of MA in HR&OD are given a choice between two specializations: Organization Development or Staff Training and Development (internal trainer). Upon successful completion of the Program, participants will earn a Master’s degree from Lviv Business School of UCU and a certificate from SEAM International Institute (USA) or the Institute of Leadership and Management (London), depending on the specialization.

Module of MS in TMMethods in Require-ments Engineering.

КЕМВА Module: Program participants worked with a real-life business case study in strategic marketing at Arena Lviv. They met with Director Denys Rynskyy and his team who had been working for a year to develop West Ukraine’s largest stadium. In the end, the participating executives elaborated and presented their proposals for enhancing the stadium’s compet-itiveness.

Sophia Opatska visited London. LvBS established cooper-ation with Imperial College and Kingston University in the capital of the United Kingdom.

Workshop “New Ukrainian Police: Effective HR”.

MS in TM was on a Ukraine tour together with the IT cluster. We visited Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk.

Meeting with Oksana Semeniuk in Kyiv “Values of the Modern Business Leader”.

May2015

Over 200 entrepreneurs attended a meeting with His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar) organized by LvBS to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Metro-politan Andrey Sheptytsky’s birth. The topic of the meeting was “How to Build a Native Home?”.

“Do not look for quick and easy solutions — think long term. Don’t be afraid — just clench your teeth and work hard. Nothing can be achieved without hard work — no one will give anything to us”. His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar), Archbishop Emeritus of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

The second issue of “Business of the East” came out. It is dedicated to digital China. “Business of the East” is the first business magazine of the Asia-Pacific region published by the Ukrainian Association of Shanghai in partnership with LvBS Asia Center.

Alumni KEMBA had a business lunch with Serhiy Taruta where they talked about the crisis in eastern Ukraine, ensuing challenges, and the future of business.

Ideas LabMeeting with Illya Keningstein

“Tel Aviv — Startup City”.

Executive EducationModule of the Management for Leaders program included a course in busi-ness analytics from Yaroslav Prytula and a course in finance from Mykhaylo Salo as well as business breakfasts with Andrew Pavliv (CEO of N-ix) and Dmytro Krepak (Chairman of the Board at Kredobank).

Family Businesses in the 21st Century: A Relic or the Future?

Module of MA in HR&ODProgram partici-pants visited SoftS-erve’s new innova-tive office building where they were exposed to human resources manage-ment and corporate university develop-ment at one of the largest companies on the Ukrainian IT market.

“Fill yourselves and then you will be able to fulfill various roles. You can’t manage other people if you can’t manage yourself”. Renata Chuchmay, Chief People Officer at SoftServe

Prof. J.B. Kassarjian held a one-day develop-ment program for LvBS faculty on how to lead changes at different stages of a business school’s life cycle.

Executive EducationModule of the corporate program for SoftServe “Leading Change: From Strategy to Action” from J.B. Kassarjian.

“A company’s success or failure doesn’t depend on whether its strategy is good or bad. It depends on how this strategy is implemented”. J.B. Kassarjian, Professor of Management (Babson College) and Professor of Strategy and Organization (IMD, Switzerland)

Module of MS in TMSystems Architec-ture for Managers.

Key Executive MBAHow to build a team and work together toward a common goal? This was the main focus of a Key Executive MBA module in Kyiv. Sailing in teams on the Dnipro River became a real challenge for the participants, but they suc-cessfully dealt with it through coordinated teamwork and appropriate allo-cation of roles. In addition, the executives visited several companies where they met with Bohdan Kupych (KM Core), Evgeni Utkin (KM Core), Vyacheslav Klimov (Nova Poshta), Oksana Makarova (Deputy Minister of Finance).

Emotional Intellect in HR Practice, Petro Kholiavchuk.

A training module of MS in IE in Kyiv was full of meetings with interesting and extraordinary people. Young innovators met with Igor Stefurak (GrowthUP), Vasyl Myroshnychenko (CFC Con-sulting, Ukraine Crisis Media Center), Bohdan Kupych (КМCore), Maksym Ageev (De Novo), Andriy Logvin (Modna Kasta), Sergey Nozdrachev (ТМ “BARRIER Water Filters”), Maksym Yakover (Chasopys), Oleksiy Orap (YouScan). They also presented their ideas to the experts.

A special experience of reflection and self-discovery — rec-ollections with Rev. Ihor Petsiukh for participants of MA in HR&OD.

August2015

How to become an expert in teamwork?

“Experts in Teamwork”, the first in Ukraine interdisciplinary course for Master’s degree students, was launched by LvBS in cooperation with the Ukrainian Catholic University and Norwegian partners — Innoco company and NTNU — with the support of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The third issue of the business magazine “Business of the East” came out. Its focus is on Singapore’s economic miracle.

Presentation of the training course BICYCLE in partnership with Head Hunter and Luxoft.

Innovative course in consultancy practiceLvBS offered an innovative course in consultancy practice for Ukrainian companies. Guided by Serhiy Kovela from Kingston University (London), par-ticipants of MS in Technology Management and MA in Human Resources and Organization Development explored the management consulting industry from the client’s perspective and observed consultancy practice in specific companies. Then they presented their reports with practical recommendations.

Module of MS in TMConsultancy Practice.

Graphic FacilitationThe second workshop within the framework of the Ukrainian-Norwegian project “Innovation across Borders” featured a course in graphic fa-cilitation from Ole Qvist-Sorensen, co-founder of Bigger Picture (Copenhagen, Denmark). The main focus was on visualization techniques and graph-ical representations of projects.

July2015

The Art of War by Sun TzuLviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, and Ternopil hosted presentations of the first ever Ukrainian translation of the ancient Chinese treatise The Art of War by Sun Tzu. The book was translated by Serhiy Lesnyak, Director of PR Commodities (Shanghai), lecturer in International Business at LvBS, histo-rian of Eastern philosophy. This philosophical and strategic work and the ideas and advice it contains are applicable not only to combat strategy and conquests, but also to all fields of human activity, including business. The book was published by the Stary Lev Publishing House in cooperation with Lviv Business School. The latter handed over 50 copies to the Ministry of Defense’s Reform Office as well as to soldiers in eastern Ukraine.

“Sun Tzu’s key principles are based on the use of means of psychological warfare rather than direct military action. My favorite principle of his can be formulated as follows: every war is won before it is fought” . Serhiy Lesnyak, translator

Innovations and Entrepreneurship in Emerging MarketsEnglish-language summer school “Innova-tions and Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets” for young and entrepreneurial people from all over Ukraine. In addition to lectures, workshops, and interesting meetings, the participants did the Experts in Teamwork course in which they applied their academic competence in interdisciplinary project work and learned cooperative skills.

A retreat module in the mountains “Leadership and Decision-Making under Uncertainty” with Andriy Rozhdestvenskyy and Svetlana Bugay (ARSCon-sulting) was held for participants of KEMBA and MA in HR&OD. The teams conquered two peaks of the Ukrainian Carpathians — Hoverla and Petros.

“We make people step out of their comfort zones and put them in situations when they ‘let their masks slip’ and are forced to be their own selves. How to lead under conditions of uncertainty? — By accepting responsibility for your decisions and the weaker ones. A leader is a person who creates a vision, inspires their team to move towards their goal, and supports them on the way”. Andriy Rozhdestvenskyy, LvBS lecturer, course leader

Kharkiv hosted the 6th concluding meeting/discussion “How to Fight Corruption at the Local Level?” held as part of the School for Respon-sible Citizens. We met with entrepreneurs, community leaders, and journalists to discuss ways of handling corruption in different sectors at both local and national levels.

The Power of Networking in Business.

Executive EducationModule of the corporate program for SoftServe taught by Pavlo Sheremeta “Customer and Non-Customer-Centric Organizations”.

Module of the Management for Leaders pro-gram included classes in communications with Yaryna Kliuchkovska and Vache Davtyan as well as business breakfasts with Yaroslav Zablotskyy (CEO of the International Group TM Zablotskyy Clinic) and Nazar Kupybida (Director of Concern Galnaftogaz).

Module of MS in TMVariable Geometries: Business Method-ology for Startup Creation, João Perre Viana.

HR 2.0: Are You Ready to Accept the Challenge? João Perre Viana (Portugal).

Ideas LabDiscussion “Ukraine’s New Mythology” with Tatiana Zhdanova.

Master class from João Perre Viana

“Smart Way to Start Your Startup” together with Startup Depot Business Incubator.

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