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Strategic Change Management in Agribusiness

Course Annotation

"Strategic Change Management in Agribusiness"

Recommended for master's degree students 

The aim of this courseis to develop strategic thinking, deepen understanding of the enterprise's strategy, strengthen diagnostic abilities and form skills in managing strategic changes in agribusiness, as well as mastering technical skills and techniques related to the use of modern methods of managing strategic changes, as well as:

1) providing applicants with theoretical knowledge and understanding of the main provisions of the course as a basis for their acquisition of professional skills and abilities;

2) developing a set of practical tasks, the solution of which ensures that applicants acquire a holistic system of skills to perform typical tasks of professional activity as an economist and manager in the field of strategic management, in particular, managing strategic changes in agribusiness;

3) adapting methodological recommendations and tasks for independent work on studying the program of the academic discipline, which serves as a means of forming in applicants the abilities to conduct scientific and practical research and present their results in the field of strategic management.

The interdisciplinary connections of this discipline.  "Strategic Change Management in Agribusiness" is a logical continuation of the course "Enterprise strategy" and "Strategic management" and requires close connection with other academic disciplines of the master's level of higher education: "Managerial economics", "Agrarian policy", "Economics and organization of agritrading", "Global economy", "Cost management in agribusiness", "Marketing management in agribusiness", "Agricultural production technologies" and "Foresight technologies in agribusiness".

Learning outcomes, teaching methods, and assessment tools: 

Table 1 – Teaching methods and assessment tools for the course "Strategic Change Management in Agribusiness" in relation to learning outcomes  

Learning Outcome

Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

1.

Knowledge:

1.1

on the formation and implementation of the strategy of enterprises in agribusiness;

Lecture, seminar, discussion, presentation

Test task, control (module) work, individual work, case study, test

1.2

determining tactical measures to achieve the strategic goals of the enterprise;

Lecture, seminar, discussion, presentation

1.3

strategic analysis of the competitive environment of agribusiness enterprises, qualitative analysis of resource markets and their impact on the efficiency of the enterprise;

Seminar, discussion, mini-training, presentation

1.4

coordinating the activities of structural units in developing plans in competitive conditions in accordance with concluded business agreements;

Seminar, discussion, mini-training, presentation

1.5

organizing the implementation of measures to increase production efficiency under conditions of rationalization of the costs of material, labor and financial resources of enterprises in agribusiness

Lecture, seminar, discussion, presentation

2.

Skills & Competencies:

2.1

to highlight key resources and competencies of the enterprise in agribusiness, which are carriers of competitive advantages;

Seminar, discussion, training, presentation

Completion of individual tasks, test tasks, control (module) work, presentation, test

2.2

determine the level of strategic changes at an agribusiness enterprise;

Seminar, discussion, training, presentation

2.3

justify methods and ways of implementing the strategy;

Seminar, discussion, training, presentation

2.4

analyze and propose ways to improve the organizational structure and culture of enterprises in agribusiness.

Seminar, discussion, training, presentation

3.

Communication skills

3.1

ability to work in the field of agribusiness enterprises;

Seminar, discussion, training, presentation

Checking the completion of training tasks, presentation, discourse, test

3.2

apply management skills in the field of strategic management, in particular strategic change management;

Seminar, discussion, training, presentation

3.3

ensure clear and unambiguous communication of one's own conclusions, as well as the knowledge and explanations that substantiate them, to members of the working group, structural unit and the collective of the agribusiness enterprise as a whole

Seminar, discussion, training, presentation

4.

Responsibility & autonomy

4.1

demonstrate an understanding of personal responsibility for professional and/or managerial decisions or provide suggestions/recommendations that may influence the formation, implementation and control of planned activities in the field of strategic change management in agribusiness;

Seminar, discussion, solving specific tasks and situations, analytical report

Verification of training tasks, presentation, test (module) work, test

4.2

performing individual and group tasks;

4.3

substantiating decisions aimed at ensuring strategic change management

 

Course Topics

1. General principles of strategic change management.

2. Approaches to strategic transformations.

3. Determining the level and sequence of strategic changes.

4. Sectoral aspects of strategic changes in agribusiness.

5. Change management at different stages of the enterprise life cycle.

6. Organizational aspects of implementing changes at the enterprise.

7. Land and material and technical components of strategic changes.

8. Labor resources in strategic change management.

9. The relationship between strategies and the organizational structure of enterprise management.

10. Improving organizational culture and strategic change management.

11. Social responsibility and ethics in strategic change management.

Teaching Staff  

Assoc. Prof. Oleksandr Sadovnyk– candidate of economic sciences, associate professor, department of business economics and entrepreneurship, e-mail: sadovnyk@kneu.edu.ua

 Assoc. Prof. Andrii Samoilenko– candidate of economic sciences, associate professor, department of business economics and entrepreneurship, e-mail: andrii.samoilenko@kneu.ua

Recommended Literature 

1. Kovalchuk M.I. Strategic analysis in agriculture. — Kyiv: KNEU, 1997. — 224 p.

2. Nalyvayko A.P. Theory of enterprise strategy. Current state and development directions: Monograph. — Kyiv: KNEU, 2001. — 227 p.

3. Shershneva Z. Ye., Oborska S. V. Strategic management. — Kyiv, 1999.

4. Sadovnyk O.V. Management of strategic changes in agricultural enterprises: [Electronic course] Textbook - Kyiv: KNEU, 2011. — 385 p.

5. Guseva O. Yu. Management of strategic changes: theory and applied aspects: Monograph / O. Yu. Guseva. – Donetsk: Publishing house “Knowledge” (Donetsk branch), 2014. – 395 p.

6. Sadovnyk O. V. Conceptual principles of developing a product-market strategy for agribusiness in Ukraine / O. V. Sadovnyk // International Scientific-Practical Conference Formation of Modern Economic Area: Benefits, Risks, Implementation Mechanisms: Conference Proceedings, Part IIIІ, April 29, 2016. Tbilisi: SSOTU. P.81-84

7. Sadovnyk O. V. Agrotrading as an integral component of the development of the economy of agribusiness enterprises // Enterprise economics: theory and practice. / State Higher Educational Institution “KNEU named after Vadym Hetman”, – Kyiv: KNEU, 2020. – P. 53–54.

8. Sadovnyk O. V. Development of the ecosystem of innovative entrepreneurship of agribusiness in conditions of turbulence. Scientific notes: Collection of scientific works. Kyiv: KNEU, 2023. - p.301-312

Last redaction: 05.03.25