Global Problems and Challenges of Economic Development

Major: lnternational Economic Relations
Code of subject: 8.292.00.M.022
Credits: 3.00
Department: Management and International Business
Lecturer: Dc.Sc. in Economics, Prof. Pyroh Olha (department MID)
Semester: 4 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: 1. To generalize, think critically and analyze the phenomena and problems studied, to show flexibility in decision-making on the basis of logical arguments and verified facts in the conditions of limited time and resources on the basis of general scientific methodology. 2. Analyze and apply conceptual models, scientific achievements of domestic and foreign scientists, fundamental postulates and theories, paradigms of global economic development, the latest approaches to the functioning and development of the world economy and international economic relations. 3. Have a scientific holistic view of the economic unity of the world, the regulatory mechanisms of international economic relations at the national, regional and international levels in the modern processes of convergence and divergence. 4. Conduct interdisciplinary research on economic processes, with the appropriate level of general scientific competencies that contribute to the formation of a holistic scientific approach, professional ethics and general cultural outlook. 5. Demonstrate a systematic scientific worldview, the ability to think creatively, formulate conclusions and develop recommendations, offer extraordinary approaches using the latest technology in solving problems. 6. Identify scientific and practical problems, prepare scientific texts and reports, carry out public testing of research results in both state and foreign languages, demonstrate oral and written communication. 7. Ability to use modern information and communication tools and technologies to ensure effective scientific and professional communications. 8. Ability to independently conduct research and make decisions. 9. Ability to formulate their own author's conclusions, suggestions and recommendations.
Required prior and related subjects: Prior subject: • Global Economics; • Modern Theories of Global Economic Development; • Philosophy and Methodology of Science; • English Language for Academic Purposes. Related subject: • Formation of Global Economic System; • Modeling of Global Economic Development; • International Economic and Trade Policy.
Summary of the subject: The economic nature of global transformations; mechanisms of functioning of global markets; competitive leadership of global corporations; regionalization processes in the global economy; civilizational dimensions of global economic processes; the global context of development of the Ukrainian economy.
Assessment methods and criteria: • current control (30%): work at the VNS, case-study, oral testing; • final control (70%): testing (40%), oral answer (30%).
Recommended books: 1. Глобальна економіка: навчальний посібник / О.Є. Кузьмін, О.В. Пирог, І.В. Литвин. - Львів: Видавництво Львівської політехніки, 2016. - 300 с. 2. Глобальна економіка у посткризовий період: тенденції та перспективи [Текст]: аналітична доповідь / М.Г. Бугрій, І.В. Ус, Т.О. Федоренко, Є.О. Медведкіна. – К.: НІСД, 2012. – 46 с. 3. Кальченко Т.В. Глобальна економіка: методологія системних досліджень [Текст]: монографія / Т.В. Кальченко. – К.: КНЕУ, 2006. – 248 с. 4. Perspectives on Global Development – 2019. [Електронний ресурс]. – Режим доступу: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/development/perspectives-on-global-development-2019_persp_glob_dev-2019-en 5. The Anthropology of Development and Globalization: From Classical Political Economy to Contemporary Neoliberalism / ed. by M. Edelman, A. Haugerud. – UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2005. – 416 p.