SLAVONIC UNIVERSITY, SOUTH CAUCASUS RAILROAD OPEN LEADERSHIP SCHOOL IN ARMENIA
ARKA
Aug 4, 2009
YEREVAN, August 4. /ARKA/. General Director of South Caucasus
Railroad cjsc Shevket Shaydulin and Rector of the Russian-Armenian
(Slavonic) University Armen Darbinyan signed a memorandum about
opening a corporate management school "School of leadership", the
press service of the South Caucasus Railroad reported.
The aim of the school is to train specialists for the South Caucasus
Railroad cjsc, including top managers. According to the project terms,
some 20 top managers and another 20 mid-management staff are to attend
training courses in 2009/2010 academic year.
The school curriculum is developed by leading Armenian management
specialists from the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, who have
extensive practical, scientific and teaching experience.
The curriculum includes management economics, financial management,
commerce, applied strategic management, risk management under uncertain
conditions, business analysis, tax management in corporations,
human resources management, investment planning and management
accounting. The focus of the studies is how to improve the efficiency
of the company under financial and economic crisis conditions.
The joint project of the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University and
the South Caucasus Railroad company is expected to attract a number
of other major companies to cooperation.
Certain business structures have already expressed=2 0their interest
in participation in the School of Leadership, the project authors
Shevket Shaydulin and Armen Darbinyan said. They expressed confidence
that the school will not be a one-time project and that it will help
establish a sound approach for conducting a business in Armenia.