The practice of change management and business process automation was the topic of the visit of students of the MBA-Challenges of the Digital World program of the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg State University to the VK office.

Alexander Shvets, director of information technology and protection of user privacy at VK, told the meeting participants about how the team has grown over three years, how business processes have changed, new roles and directions have emerged.

Using the example of the process of issuing access to internal systems and resources of a company program students examined questions common to any growing business: how automation affects the business, how to determine what requires automation and do it on time, how to implement processes and changes.

In addition, program listeners took a tour of the historical building “At the Red Bridge,” where the second headquarters of Russia’s largest technology company is located.

The “MBA – Challenges of the Digital World” program at GSOM SPbU trains entrepreneurs and heads of departments of large companies who want to take their business to a new level using innovative and technological methods.

The duration of the program is 1 year and 3 months, it consists of 12 main modules and offers interactive classroom lessons, elective courses, original online lectures by leading teachers of GSOM SPbU, trainings and business simulations. The training ends with a final certification project.

 

 

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On September 18-21, 2023, an on-site practice-oriented module “Best Company Management Practices” was held in the Republic of Tatarstan as part of the curriculum of the “MBA — Challenges of the Digital World” program.

The students of the MBA-VCM-5 group visited the largest enterprises of the Republic of Tatarstan. The group members visited the Kamaz, Taneko and Khortum plants in Naberezhnye Chelny, where they not only got acquainted with the production, but also met with the management of the companies. In Kazan, delegates talked with top managers and representatives of companies: Eidos Medicine, Khimgrad, Innopolis, IT-park named after. Bashir Rameev and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The “MBA – Challenges of the Digital World” program at GSOM SPbU trains entrepreneurs and heads of departments of large companies who want to take their business to a new level using innovative and technological methods.

The duration of the program is 1 year and 3 months, it consists of 12 main modules and offers interactive classroom lessons, elective courses, original online lectures by leading teachers of GSOM SPbU, trainings and business simulations. The training ends with a final certification project.