The Association Liaison Office
For University Cooperation in Development
1307 New York Ave., NW ~ Suite 500 ~ Washington, DC 20005 ~ Tel: 202-478-4700 ~ Fax: 202-478-4715 ~ E-mail: alo@aascu.org ~
April 30, 2003
Private Sector Development in L’viv, Ukraine
Lead U.S. Institution(s): Tennessee State University and Lincoln University (Missouri)
Host Country: Ukraine
Host Country Partner Institution(s): L'viv Institute of Management
Partnership Director(s): Dr. Galen Spencer Hull, TSU, Director
Dr. Ikbal Chowdhury, Lincoln University, Coordinator
Ms. Irena Petelytska, Lviv Institute of Management, Coordinator
Other U.S Private Sector Partners:
Brentwood Chamber of Commerce, Brentwood, Tennessee
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Nashville, Tennessee
Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce, Jefferson City, Missouri
Amount of ALO award:
Beginning of Sub-Agreement: $99,980.00
Expended as of April 30, 2003: $95,000.00
Cost share contributions:
Committed by Partners: $70,743.00
Actual as of September 15, 2002: $74,482.00
Tennessee State University: $33,493.00
Lincoln University: $18,102.00
L'viv Institute of Management: $22,887.00
Period Covered by Partnership: October 1, 2000–April 30, 2003
Introduction
The goal of our partnership has been to enhance management training capabilities in each of the three participating institutions, while promoting private sector relations between Western Ukraine and the U.S. The partnership between the L’viv Institute of Management (LIM) and Tennessee State University (TSU), together with Lincoln University (LU) of Missouri, had two principal objectives toward attaining the goal. Both objectives have contributed to the USAID Ukraine’s Strategic Objective to help create a broad-based market economy by contributing to accelerated development and growth of private enterprise:
Ø Arranging faculty exchanges among our partner institutions in Western Ukraine, Middle Tennessee and Central Missouri in order to develop curriculum reform and collaborative research.
Ø Promoting private sector relations between western Ukraine and the U.S. The partnership aimed at facilitating visits of Ukrainian businesspersons to the U.S. The partnership contributed to business skill development of Ukrainian entrepreneurs by helping them to build managerial capabilities and expand their markets.
2. Faculty Exchanges
Over the lifetime of the partnership there have been a total of 23 faculty and staff exchanges: seven from TSU and five from Lincoln University to Ukraine, and 11 from L’viv Institute of Management to the U.S. Exchanges of U.S. faculty to Ukraine have generally consisted of offering intensive short courses in marketing and management. Exchanges of Ukrainian faculty to the U.S. have involved observation of business school management and collaborative research. The attachments that accompany this summary report include agenda of these exchanges.
Ø The first exchange, in November 2000, consisted of two TSU College of Business faculty members going to L'viv where they participated in the 2nd Annual International Conference of the USAID-funded Consortium for the Enhancement of Ukrainian Management Education (CEUME). Dr. Sharon Thach, TSU Professor of Marketing, addressed Considerations in Curriculum Design. Her presentation included case teaching methods. Dr. Louis Miller, Professor of Organizational Behavior, spoke on the subject of Educating the 21st Century Manager. He presented cases of management training instruments. Both also gave lectures at LIM in their areas of expertise, as well as at local magnet high schools.
Ø In January 2001, the first delegation from LIM came to Nashville for the initial partnership exchange. Messrs. Petro Yanits'kiy, Executive Director of LIM, and Ihor Nykolyn, Director of International Relations, were joined by a delegation from Lincoln University consisting of Dr. Ikbal Chowdhury, Director of International Programs, and
Dr. Felix Edoho of the School of Business. All participated in a Windows onto the World panel entitled Ukraine Comes to TSU which was well attended by students and faculty alike. The Ukraine delegation proceeded to travel to Jefferson City for a brief visit at Lincoln University.
Ø In May 2001, Prof. Maxwell Hsu, also of the TSU Marketing Department, presented a 30-hour course on E-Commerce to undergraduates in the LIM Bachelors of Business Administration program. His course notes were made available to LIM for use in developing a similar course for the LIM curriculum.
Ø The following month, Dr. Alla Heorhiadi, LIM professor of Marketing, and Dr. Anatoly Machkur, Dean of the Undergraduate Management program, traveled to Nashville for two weeks for study and observation in marketing and program administration. Prof. Heorhiadi worked with Prof. Thach in developing cases in advertising and began collaborative research after visiting advertising firms and examining student-professor communications. Prof. Machkur examined the marketing of educational services and university administration.
Ø LIM 10th Anniversary, June 18-27, 2001. During the LIM delegation's visit to the U.S. in January 2001, invitations were issued to Business School deans and faculty of both TSU and LU to visit Ukraine to help celebrate LIM’s 10th Anniversary, which also coincided with the official opening of the institute’s new facilities. Drs. Ikbal Chowdhury and Wayne Linhardt represented Lincoln University, and Dean Tilden Curry of TSU accompanied Dr. Galen Hull to Ukraine for this historic event. Non-ALO matching funds were tapped in order to finance travel.
Ø In October 2001, Profs. Wayne Linhardt and James Logan of the Lincoln University School of Business traveled to L’viv to offer short courses in management and marketing respectively at LIM. They developed close personal rapport with LIM staff and faculty that would eventuate in future exchanges.
Ø The following month (February 1-22), TSU hosted the first group of four LIM MBA interns. The LIM students met with a wide range of TSU administrative authorities as well as local firms in the fields related to their interest, including gas production and distribution, construction, hotel and restaurant management, and breweries.
Ø In March 2002, Dr. Serhiy Gvozdiov, Director of Academic Programs at LIM, traveled to Nashville and Jefferson City to participate with his counterparts in planning for the balance of partnership activities. He expressed a keen interest in pursuing collaborative research interests.
Ø In May 2002, Dr. Festus Olorunniwo, Chairman of the Department of Business Administration at TSU, went to L’viv to conduct an intensive course in operations management.
Ø In June 2002, Dr. Soumen Ghosh, Director of TSU’s Office of Business and Economic Research, conducted a weeklong seminar in research methods for LIM faculty and staff.
Ø In July, Prof. Felix Edoho and Dean Kodjo Quatrey of the Lincoln University School of Business traveled to Kyiv and L’viv, giving presentations at LIM and making contact with the USAID Mission.
Ø On two occasions, in August 2001 and 2002, Ms. Irena Petelytska, Partnership Coordinator in the Department of International Relations at LIM, represented her institution at the annual ALO conference in Washington, DC. She also visited the campuses of the U.S. partner institutions for consultations.
3. Business Exchange
The second major objective of the partnership was the business exchange involving Ukrainian business owners and managers traveling to the U.S. to observe U.S. firms in their respective industries, making contacts that might enhance their own firm’s productivity.
Ø Two groups consisting of two and five Ukrainian executives have spent a total of two weeks in Missouri and Tennessee where they have visited five to six businesses in each state.
Ø In January 2002, the first visit of Ukrainian business owners/managers traveled to the U.S. Mr. Orest Sheyka of Gerdan Printing Company and Ms. Irina Mala of Trident Travel visited Middle Tennessee and Central Missouri and were hosted by companies in their line of business.
Ø A second group of five executives traveled to Middle Tennessee and Central Missouri in July 2002. The business executives represented firms engaged in the production and distribution of cheese as well as manufacturing and marketing of other food products.
Ø In several instances the Ukrainians expressed a keen interest in purchasing used U.S. machinery and equipment, which could eventually contribute to U.S. exports to Eastern Europe. The contacts established during these visits could very well result in business associations with long-term consequences.
The proposal submitted to ALO for grant funding made only a brief reference to research, noting that “visits may lead to joint research projects on subjects of mutual interest,” and expressing the hope that publications would result. We were not, however, well enough acquainted with our partners to know whether this would be feasible. This dimension of partnership interests would nevertheless gain momentum in time.
Ø Research papers. Collaboration between two TSU and LIM marketing faculty members resulted in two papers submitted for publication, both of them dealing with comparative studies of business ethics. They are also collecting data on business advisory assistance organizations in western Ukraine.
Ø Continued Collaborative research. The academic authorities of LIM came to express a keen interest in continuing collaborative research efforts beyond the life of the ALO grant. This was a recognition that LIM had not heretofore been able to focus sufficiently on research, owing to the demands of the teaching and training programs.
5. Partnership Activities Unanticipated in the Proposal
Ø MBA Interns. A significant activity, not included in our original ALO proposal, was the proposal by LIM for its U.S. partners to host Ukrainian MBA student interns, many of whom were also senior managers in their respective firms, on short-term visits. These visits became a significant part of partnership activity. The interns met with firms in the Middle Tennessee and Central Missouri area that were very receptive to hosting them in their corporate offices and plants.
Ø Faculty exchange. Another unanticipated result of the linkage involved a Ukrainian faculty member’s sabbatical with Lincoln University (December 2001) that was entirely planned and financed outside the funding of the ALO grant. This is testimony to the bonds of trust and respect that have developed among our partner institutions. A LIM staff member who had served as interpreter to visiting U.S. faculty was also invited to visit Lincoln University at the latter’s expense. She was able to provide interpreting services to a visiting group of LIM MBA interns.
Ø Dr. Sharon Thach, TSU Professor of Marketing, has been awarded a Fulbright fellowship that will enable her to spend six weeks at L’viv Institute of Management this coming December-January. According to the terms of the Fulbright fellowship, LIM will provide accommodation and living expenses during this period.
Ø Collaborative Research. Although our ALO proposal made only a brief reference to undertaking collaborative research, this element of our partnership has taken on importance to all of us. Early in the partnership grant period, LIM authorities expressed an interest in collaborating on conducting an impact study of the institute on the economy of Ukraine. In recent months, in fact, TSU’s Office of Business and Economic Research has completed an impact survey of the university on the Nashville metropolitan area. It is intention to share both the methodology and results of this survey with LIM in order to encourage them to carry out a similar study of LIM
“We really want this study to be just the beginning of long term cooperation in research between our schools. It may take additional efforts and time at the beginning, but for the future this alliance will be mutually beneficial.”
- Dr. Serhiy Gvozdiov, Director of Academic Programs, LIM
This collaborative effort could provide a very interesting comparative study of the impact of our respective institutions on the local economy, thus going well beyond the objectives of the ALO partnership and addressing the question of impact that is so often missing in development programs.
6. No-Cost Extension from September 30, 2002, to April 30, 2003
On September 21, 2002, the Office of International Business Programs submitted a
request to ALO for a no-cost extension to our grant. On October 22, 2002, we were informed in a letter from Dr. Joan Claffey that our request was granted in Modification Number 1 to the Sub-Agreement, extending the end date from September 30, 2002, to April 30, 2003. The no-cost extension request was associated with four categories of expenses, estimated as follows:
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A sub-agreement was entered into between TSU and LIM for payment to the latter for project coordination services as provided for in the original budget. Upon receipt of an invoice for these services, TSU transferred $2000 into the LIM account.
In February 2003, TSU hosted three Ukrainians for a week in the Nashville area. Two were MBA students at LIM, participating in an internship in order to complete requirements for their MBA degree. Both women were owners of their own café/coffee houses in the city of Lviv. LIM originally requested that TSU host eight LIM interns. However, two were not granted B-1 visas and several others opted not to come. The two interns were accompanied by a staff member of LIM who teaches English. Therefore, expenses for this activity were less than anticipated.
Once approval for the no-cost extension was granted, the partner institutions began the planning process for the proposed conference. LIM is an active member of the USAID-funded Business Management Education in Ukraine (BMEU) program, contracted to the University of Minnesota. The BMEU is a network of 40 Ukrainian institutions engaged in the design and delivery of new methodologies in business education at the undergraduate and executive. BMEU provided convenient framework for the organization of the conference.
LIM staff and faculty decided on the date and venue for the conference: March 21-23, 2003, at the Hetman Hotel in Lviv. The theme: “Entrepreneurship and Management: Ukrainian Reality and Development Prospects.” The event was jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ukrainian Association of Management Development and Business Education, the Lviv Commercial Academy, and Lviv Institute of Management. The aim of the conference was to encourage dialog between scholars and business people on the results of scientific research and experience in entrepreneurship in the light of the country’s market reforms. Between 80 and 100 persons attended the three-day event.
ALO funds were used to cover transportation and per diem expenses for a representative from Lincoln University – Dr. Ikbal Chowdhury - and two from TSU – Drs. Soumen Ghosh and Galen Hull. A power point presentation was made on the exchange of Ukrainian business managers in the U.S. in the plenary session. All three U.S. participants served on panels in which ALO-funded activities were discussed. ALO funds were also used to reimburse LIM for conference related expenses. Reports of the conference are to be published in a special issue of the Lviv Commercial Academy. Expenses incurred for this activity were slightly more than anticipated.
TSU and its partners submitted a proposal to organize a roundtable presentation at the North American Small Business International Trade Educators (NASBITE) for its 16th Annual Conference, April 13-16, 2003, in San Antonio, Texas. The proposal was approved in January 2003. The Conference consists of five theme tracks. TSU and partners chose to focus on the one on Curriculum and Faculty Development, aimed at business faculty who are developing and enhancing international business course offerings. ALO grant funding was used to cover travel and accommodation for partnership representatives to attend the San Antonio conference: Dr. Serhiy Gvozdiov, Director of Academic Programs at LIM, Drs. Ikbal Chowdhury of Lincoln University, and Galen Hull of TSU.
7. Development Outcomes and Lessons Learned from the TSU-LU-LIM Partnership
Disparate institutions. This partnership has consisted of very disparate institutions: two century-old comprehensive state institutions (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) in the United States, and a private management training institution in Ukraine, a country scarcely a decade old. We knew very little about each other at the time of the writing of the ALO proposal, other than what we learned from email communication. We were thus obliged to rely on building trust in order for the partnership to work. Despite the contrasting histories and institutional setting, the three partner institutions have shared a fruitful experience beneficial to each of us.
Mutual Lessons Learned. We have grown to know each other as individuals as well as institutions. Our relationship has been tested by difficult circumstances. The Americans who traveled to Ukraine to witness the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the L’viv Institute of Management and the inauguration of a new facility could not help but admire the courage and determination it represented, despite overwhelming odds. LIM was in fact among the very first institutions in the Former Soviet Union to begin offering a Western-style MBA degree program of studies in 1990. LIM does not depend upon a line item in the state government budget, as do its U.S. counterparts. It must rely upon its own pioneering, entrepreneurial energies to grow and develop. We Americans have come to appreciate the significance of this transformation.
We have learned from each other. The U.S. faculty members from TSU and Lincoln have offered intensive short courses in their fields of expertise, sometimes those listed on the LIM syllabus and other times consisting of entirely new subjects. The Ukrainian faculty and staff who have visited our U.S. campuses have introduced us to a part of the world that we knew little about first hand. We Americans can never again think of Ukraine as an alien “Iron Curtain” country.
Home-stays. The most useful tool for becoming acquainted with each other has been the home-stay arrangements. In submitting the proposal, we were simply looking for ways to cover the cost-share contribution. We had no basis on which to expect the proposed home-stays to work. And yet, staying in the homes of host families on both sides of the ocean has proved to be a very effective means of breaking down cultural barriers and getting to know our partners on a more than superficial level. We know their children’s names and what food they eat, and they know the same about us.
Business Exchanges. The aspect of the partnership about which we were most uncertain from the outset was the proposed exchange of Ukrainian businesspersons. We had hosted two groups thus far and are likely to continue doing so beyond the ALO grant period.
It is been a mutually useful experience for Ukrainians and Americans alike.
LIM MBA internships. The most significant unanticipated aspect of the partnership has been the LIM MBA internships arranged by TSU and Lincoln. For several years LIM had been sending its MBA students to the Detroit area for internships arranged through Wayne State University and by Ukrainian-Americans who make up a sizeable community there. When LIM could no longer depend upon that traditional arrangement they asked the ALO grant partners to lend a hand. We agree to do so, even though we had very little experience in programming this type of exchange. We were able to overcome initial difficulties and to arrange not one,but two intern visits that turned out to be very effective.
Section II: Quantitative Reporting on USAID Indicators
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How many host country institutions have benefited from partnership activities (training of staff, participation in workshops, etc.)? |
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Please list these host country institutions and briefly describe their involvement: L'viv Institute of Management. Observation visits to Nashville and Jefferson City by LIM faculty; also two new linkage activities: 1) Ukrainian private business representatives travel to U.S. (part of original plan) and 2) LIM MBA students complete internships at TSU and Lincoln (unplanned). |
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Please list these U.S. institutions and briefly describe their involvement: Tennessee State University - lead institution; management of grant and exchange of TSU faculty to Ukraine Lincoln University - U.S. partner - exchange of LU faculty to Ukraine and hosting of LIM faculty |
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How many institutional programs, policies, or curricula have been adopted by your host country partners as a result of partnership activities? |
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Briefly describe any new programs/policies/curricula: LIM administrators approached TSU and LU about hosting LIM MBA interns, a program which LIM has offered its MBA students for ten years. This was NOT included in the initial ALO proposal. As a result of this request, the first of four LIM MBA students spent three weeks in Middle Tennessee for academic and practical training related to their areas of specialization. A second group of five MBA interns visited the U.S. in July 2002. |
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How many host country nationals have been trained through partnership activities? |
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Female 7 Male 11 |
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Briefly describe the content and duration of the training: 1) Business exchange. Seven Ukrainian business owners traveled to Tennessee and Missouri for two weeks of observation and training. 2) MBA internships. Two groups of LIM MBA students traveled to Middle Tennessee and Central Missouri for two-week practical training and internships with local firms. |
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How many new workforce development activities have been initiated by your partnership? |
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Briefly describe any new “workforce development” activities: This activity is described above under business exchange. |
LIM MBA interns visit both TSU and LU campuses and firms. |
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Has your partnership leveraged new funding sources (cash or in-kind) for its activities? Yes, both cash and in-kind for travel and accommodation for Ukrainian and U.S. visitors. |
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US$ $10,000 |
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New funding sources and the amounts of their contributions: The sources of funding have been our own faculty members and other offices on campus. |
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Appendices
Second Annual CEUME Conference in L’viv, November 2000
Agenda for Messrs. Ihor Nykolyn and Petro Yanytsky, January 2001
Agenda for Profs. Alla Heorhiadi and Anatoly Machkur, June 2001
Agenda for TSU and Lincoln University representatives at LIM 10th Anniversary, June 2001
Agenda for Business Executives: Mr. Orest Sheyka and Ms. Irina Mala, January 2002
Agenda for First Group of LIM Interns at TSU, February 2002
Agenda for Dr. Serhiy Gvozdiov at TSU, March-April 2002
Agenda for Business Executives, July 2002
Cost Sharing Contributions of TSU, LU, and LIM, July 2002
2nd Annual International Conference
“Building Management Education in Ukraine”
November 16-18, 2000 L'viv
Organized by the Consortium for Enhancement
of Ukrainian Management Education (CEUME)
Agenda – Opening Day
Thursday – November 16, 2000Registration 13:00 – 15:00 Hotel Sputnik
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Welcome Addresses: List of Invited Speakers (*confirmed) |
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· Introduction by moderator: Mick Mullay, Country Director, CEUME*· Honorable Carlos Pascual, United States Ambassador to Ukraine |
15:00-15:05
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· Vasyl Kremen, Minister of Ukraine for Education and Science· Mr. Chris Crowley, Mission Director, United States Agency for International Development |
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· Honorable Jerzy Bahr, Republic of Poland Ambassador to Ukraine |
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CONFERENCE OVERVIEWMickey Mullay, Country Director, CEUME*
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PLENARY SESSION : BUSINESS AND EDUCATION |
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Representative of USA Education Dean John Brandl, HH Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota*
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Representative of Poland Education Prof. Ryszard Gorecki,* Rector of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
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Representatives of Ukrainian Educational Institutions: |
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Representative of Ukrainian Business
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Representative of US Business/US Chamber of Commerce |
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Case Study Competition –Announcement of Winners Olexander Sydorenko, Deputy Director, CEUME
Blueprint for New Directions - Dr. Zbigniew Bochniarz, *Director,Center for Nations in Transition, Consortium for theEnhancement of Ukrainian Management Education (CEUME) |
18:20-18:40
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BUFFET DINNER |
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Friday-November 17, 2000
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BREAKOUT GROUPSTopical Areas: |
9:10-17:30 |
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Satisfying the needs of the customers
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1. Traditional Students – Svitlana Kucherova, International Management Institute, Kyiv 2. Business Students: Satisfying Needs of Executives and Business Genady Kanischenko, Center for Management Development, |
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3. Quality of Business Education –, Dr. Ihor Shilo, Zaporizzhya State University, Dr. Serhiy Gvozdiov, Lviv Institute of Management |
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Effective Management of Educational Institutions
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4. Operational Effectiveness of Business School- Yaroslav Golovko, Kyiv Institute for Investment Management 5. Financial Management of Business School – Mykhailo Kolysnyk, Lviv Polytechnic State University Promotion of Business Education, Alla Voronova, International Management Institute, Kyiv |
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Developing and Delivering Quality Education and Training Programs7. Faculty Development – Volodymyr Zabolotny, International Center for Privatization, Investment and Management 8. Course Development – Pavlo Sheremeta, Kyiv Mohyla Academy 9. Curriculum Revision and Improvement – Valerii Bebyk, Interregional Academy for Personnel Management 10. Classroom Resources – Anatolii Mykhailovskyi, High Business School-Institute for Management, Dr. Bill Estrem, St.Thomas Graduate School of Business BREAK: EXIBITION
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LUNCH |
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BREAK: EXHIBITION |
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Dinner and Entertainment |
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Saturday-November 18, 2000 |
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Working Group PresentationsFindings, Conclusions, RecommendationsModerator and Summary: Dr. Vicki Mikelonis, University of Minnesota |
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Development of National AgendaModerator and Summary: Dr. Zbigniew Bochniarz, *Director,Center for Nations in Transition, Consortium for the Enhancement ofUkrainian Management Education (CEUME) “Working Together Towards Progress”Presentations by a leader of Business, Education, and Government |
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TSU-LU-LIM Ukraine Linkage Program
Agenda for L’viv Institute of Management (LIM) Visitors in the U.S.
Petro Yanyts’kiy, LIM Executive Director
Ihor Nykolyn, Director of External Relations
January 19 - 30, 2001
Friday, January 19, 2001
4:00 PM Arrival of Messrs. Petro Yanyts’kiy, LIM Executive Director, and
Ihor Nykolyn, Director of External Relations, at Nashville Airport on Northwest #1749 from Detroit; met by Dr. Hull.
Accommodations: Mr. Yanyts’kiy with Dean Tilden Curry
Mr. Nykolyn with Prof. Sharon Thach
Per diem checks presented to visitors upon arrival (meals only).
Saturday, January 20
Rest and recuperation with host families.
Meals, sight-seeing at the discretion of hosts.
Sunday, January 21
2:00 - 5:00 PM Reception at the home of Galen and Mani Hull; COB faculty
1207 Hood Dr., Brentwood, tel: 309-5508
Evening open: Cultural event in neighborhood or downtown Nashville
Appointments
Monday, January 22
9:30 AM Official welcome by Dean Curry in his office, College of Business, Avon Williams Campus.
Interpreter service available: Mr. Artyom Schneyder
10:00 - 12:00 AM Initial meeting with COB Heads of Department, faculty interested in
LIM-TSU linkage program; presentation of COB programs.
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch in local Nashville restaurant; Cumberland Club.
2:00 - 3:30 PM Working session between OIBP staff and LIM visitors to review
terms of ALO grant and administrative procedures for linkage.
3:30 - 4:30 PM Tour of Nashville Business Incubation Center,
Ms. Jennie Lemons, Director
4:30 - 5:00 PM Meeting with Small Business Development Center staff;
tour of new facility, Mr. William Latham, Director
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