MANAGEMENT
Degree to Be Achieved:
Social Sciences Bachelor Degree in Management and Administration
Aims:
- to provide students with a set of knowledge, skills and competence in management according to the 6th level of the framework defined in the Latvian education classification;
- educate specialists in business management with analytical and systemic thinking, whose knowledge and skills enable managing companies or organizations.
Objectives:
- provide a study process that complies with the laws and requirements of the labour market, as well as student-centred approach in higher education;
- to promote qualification development of the teaching staff in educational and scientific fields;
- to provide and develop research activities in the study programme;
- to provide and develop infrastructure and facilities under the study programme implementation needs;
- to develop international collaboration with related higher education institutions, enterprises and organizations.
Programme Content
Compulsory courses
- Management
- Innovation Management
- Project Management
- Business economics and planning
- Marketing
- Business Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Accounting
- Theory of Finance
- Tax Law
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- Statistics
- Management information systems
- Research methods
- Work, Environment and Civil Safety
Specialization courses (limited option)
- Module „Marketing”
- Customers’ Behavior
- Brand Management
- Digital Marketing
- Marketing Planning
- Sales Management
- Logistics
Module „Human Resource Management”
- Human Resource Management
- Leadership
- Dispute Management and Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Cross cultural Communication
- Communication Psychology
Module „International Economics”
- International Economics
- International Marketing and Trade
- International Trade Law
Module “Humanitarian courses”
- Philosophy
- Sociology
- Art of Public Speech and Presentation
Module “Foreign languages”
- Professional Foreign Language I
- Professional Foreign Language II
Learning outcomes of the study programme
Knowledge (knowledge and understanding):
- knows the concepts of management theory and patterns;
- understands the organization′s management principles and methods.
Skills (ability to apply knowledge, communication skills, general skills):
- is able to manage structural units or the organization′s activities;
- is able to reasonably discuss aspects of management;
- is capable of conducting research and interpreting the results of management processes within the organisation;
- is able to direct their own competence development in the field of management;
- is able to independently organise their work;
- is able to work in a team.
Competence (analysis, synthesis, evaluation):
- is able to acquire and analyse information using a variety of methods and ICT;
- is able to take decisions on the organization or its divisions’ activities using different types of information;
- is able to find solutions to the problems identified during the research or analysis of the organisation performance.
Standard period of studies
Full time studies (3 years)
Day
Working days, usually 09:00 - 15:50
Opportunities after graduating
Where to Work?
Graduates of the EKA University of Applied Sciences (EKA) are able to sustain the highest level of competition in labour markets in Latvia and the European Union. Our graduates successfully take manager positions in the sphere of finance, economics, accounting, solve analytical and management problems.
On completing the EKA study programmes, our students find a job in the sphere of manufacturing, in service and trade sectors, tourism companies, banks, insurance and auditing companies, state and municipal institutions, companies and organizations, joint enterprises, braches of foreign companies etc.
Where to Continue Studies/International Studies:
After graduating from the EKA students are able to continue studies at Master degree programmes in Latvia and other countries. That is possible due to international students exchange projects.
The EKA has concluded ERASMUS cooperation agreements with higher educational institutions in France, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Germany, and Hungary. Every year list of the EKA University of Applied Sciences partners is expanded with new partners. Every year students and lecturers participate in exchange programmes.
The EKA University of Applied Sciences is a member of the Baltic University Programme that unites 160 universities in 14 countries of the Baltic Sea region.
*Scholarships available for international students (conditions applied)
