9. Financial resources and infrastructure
12.2. Study programme development plan
In order to achieve the Programme goals and ensure the competitiveness and demand for its graduates in the labour market a Programme development plan was designed (refer Table 20.)
Table 20. Development plan for study programme “ International Communications Management”
Programme tasks Practical implementation
Knowledge:
- How to manage the organisation, personnel and projects in business, culture
environmental protection, politics and social management.
- How to develop interpersonal communication, cross cultural
communication, policies in modern day world.
- How to develop and use international economic relations and marketing. - How to observe international public and
private law.
- How to create the corporate image, communicate with the mass media. - How to communicate in one’s native
language and at least two foreign languages.
Ensure that students have access to the latest books and scientific journals in the profession at the library.
Provide study opportunities abroad to further language skills as well understanding of a different culture first hand. Use the double degree programme with Dogus university and student practice placement opportunities in the Netherlands and elsewhere.
Involve students in the scientific and applied research projects of academic personnel.
Further participation of academic personnel in international conferences with research papers.
Further qualification of educators and ensuring that each and every educator attends qualification courses, seminars or conferences every year.
Consider student recommendations while developing the Programme.
40 - How to effectively use information
technology.
- How to educate oneself, develop skills and abilities in gathering and applying
information – create a broad and modern knowledge base.
University, Mariompole University, Munich Technical University, University of Jyväskylä.
Change the study course Sociology (2CP, 2nd year 1st sem.) to the study course Spanish for special purposes (2CP, 2nd year 1st sem.).
Change the study course Communication science (4CP, 2nd year 2nd sem.) to the study course Spanish for special purposes (4CP, 2nd year 2nd sem.).
Use SAF TV studio for student projects.
Organise student exchange with foreign higher education institutions under the ERASMUS programme. Skills:
- Plan, coordinate and manage the activities of the external communications structural unit.
- Draft project estimates, structural unit budget and other plans.
- Apply international law in transactions. - Recruit and train staff for the unit and
supervise their performance.
- Create a positive working environment. - Determine, analyse and resolve conflicts
and problems flexibly and innovatively. - Plan and manage one’s structural unit and
the enterprise’s or institution’s communication with foreign partners. - Evaluate relations with cooperation partners
and review it as an interaction system. - Observe business etiquette in interpersonal
communication in a multicultural society. - Communicate in the native language and at
least two foreign languages. - Work with the latest information
technology.
- Carry out applied research and innovatively use its results.
Field practitioners from Latvian Investment and Development Agency (LIAA), Latvian Chamber of Commerce and industry (LTRK), Employers’ Confederation of Latvia (LDDK), Latvian advertising association (LRA), Latvian Association for Public Relations Professionals (LASAP), Latvian Public Relations Association (LSAKA) are involved in the study process.
An annual survey of employers (interviews) in the sector is conducted to follow the trends and demands of the labour market.
Independent tasks for students in the SAF TV studio.
Participation of students in real projects in state institutions and municipalities, enterprises and public organisations in Latvia and abroad.
Organise competitions for students for practice placements in the best Latvian and foreign enterprises, state institutions, municipalities and public organisations.
Discuss and improve practice tasks at the department and SAF council meetings each year after the defence of practice reports.
Organise discussions on political and economic issues together with students of the Programme
Students prepare articles for publications in the BAT journal “B Formāts”, homepage and mass media.
Competences:
- Manage and supervise the operations of the external communications structural unit in complex international projects, take on responsibility for oneself, teamwork cooperation partners and the environment. - Develop and manage cooperation projects
creatively.
- Evaluate and enhance one’s own and other people’s performance as well as
collaboration.
- Accumulate progressive knowledge regarding the profession and training and share the knowledge.
- Actively involve oneself in the interests of democratic society as a free and creative individual.
Carry out a students’ survey annually.
Invite the professionals from the field as guest lecturers.
Invite academic personnel and the students to events organised by professionals in the field, e.g. Best practices afternoons organised by the Latvian Association for Public Relations Professionals once a month.
Carry out an employees’ survey annually. Meetings and experience exchange between SAF bachelor and master’s programme students.
Develop cooperation with other higher education institutions that offer similar programmes – LU, RSU, ISMA, BSA, RSEBAA, Vidzeme University of applied Sciences, to ensure experience exchange and development of the study process.
Further the participation of educators in projects the international communications management field.
Creative independent individual/group study tasks as a mandatory component of each study course.
Carry out a survey among students after the conclusion of each study course to evaluate it and make the necessary changes.
The implementation of the plan in accordance with BAT and SAF strategy was started in the academic year 2010/2011.
Appendix 1
APPROVED Biznesa augstskola Turība Senate 25.11.2009 Meeting, Minutes No. 11, SIA "Biznesa augstskola Turība" Board Decision No. 43 of 27.11.2009 School of Business Administration Turiba
CHECKUP REGULATIONS 1. General provisions
1.1. This is to determine the procedure for passing and taking checkups in the 1st- and 2nd-level professional higher education programs of studies, rights and obligations of the students and teachers on passing and taking checkups as well as types and forms of checkups.
1.2. The students' acquired knowledge, skills and attitudes in connection with a particular course or work or entire program shall be evaluated in a checkup.
1.3. The checkups shall be divided into ordinary checkups, study course concluding checkups, academic year concluding checkups and final examinations.
1.4. Any differences of E-studies (computer-based remote studies) from these Regulations shall be determined in the E-studies (computer-based remote studies) Procedure Regulations.
1.5. Passing and taking checkups for the doctor's degree shall be determined in the Doctor's Degree Studies Regulations.
2. Checkup types
2.1. Ordinary Checkups
Ordinary checkups shall be checkups organized during mastering the study course. The number of ordinary checkups shall be the number of credit points minus 1, but not less than 1 and not more than 3. Ordinary checkups shall be organized and conducted by the study course teacher. The number and topic of ordinary checkups shall be determined in the study course program and electronic register of studies. The teacher shall evaluate the ordinary checkups with a mark after the 10-point system and register in the electronic register of studies. Types of ordinary checkups shall be as follows:
− control papers, − individual papers;
− reports in seminars or conferences,
− essays and other forms facilitating qualitative mastering of the study course. 2.2. Study course concluding checkups
Study course concluding checkups shall be checkups with which mastering of the study course is concluded. Types of study course concluding checkups shall be as follows:
− examinations, − tests.
2.2.1. Type of each study course concluding checkup is determined in the study course program. The venue and time of a checkup shall be given in the examination and tutorial schedule.
2.2.2. Examination shall be a checkup in which the student's knowledge, skills and attitude acquired in a relevant study course are evaluated. They shall be evaluated after the 10-point system. Examination shall be passed successfully, if the student gets a mark not lower than 4 points (quite fair). Examination shall be taken by the study course teacher or other teacher appointed by the head of the department.
2.2.3. Test shall be a checkup in which the knowledge, skills and attitudes acquired in the study course are evaluated on the basis of the ordinary checkup results. They shall be evaluated after the 10-point system, except for actualities or reviewing study courses, where the assessment shall be "tested" or "not tested". Tests shall be taken by the study course teacher or other teacher appointed by the head of the department.
2.2.4. The students shall be admitted to the study course concluding checkup, who have passed the ordinary checkups scheduled in the Study Course Program, as stipulated in accordance with point 2.1 herein above.
2.2.5. The study course concluding mark shall be given according to the requirements of getting credit points stipulated in the Study Course Program. The study course concluding mark shall be recorded by the teacher in the checkup mark register to be thereafter submitted to SD and put into BATIS, which is regulated by the Instruction of mark putting by teachers to the students' progress database.
2.3. Academic year concluding checkups
Academic year concluding checkups shall be checkups, with which mastering of the consecutive academic year program is concluded. Types of academic year concluding checkups, except for the last study year studies program mastering, are as follows:
− defense of the field studies report, − defense of the student's (course) paper.
Academic year concluding checkups shall be evaluated after the 10-point system. Assessments shall be registered in the checkup mark registers.
2.3.1. The field studies report shall be defended after the field studies determined in the study program have been completed. Defense of the field studies report is regulated in the Field Studies Regulations.
2.3.2. The student's paper shall be defended after the student's paper determined in the study program has been executed. Defense of the student's paper is regulated in the Student's Paper Execution and Defense Regulations.
2.4. Final examinations
Study final examinations shall be checkups, with which mastering of the study program is concluded. Mastering of the study program is concluded with the final examination. Final examination is regulated with the Final Examination Regulations.
3. Checkup forms
3.1. Eventual checkup forms shall be as follows: − written checkup;
− oral checkup.
3.1.1. Written checkup shall be a checkup, in which the students give answers to the control questions or checkup tasks manually or by computer typing. Teacher's questions shall be allowed on the student's work marking in order to make more precise the student's written tasks performed or answers given.
3.1.2. Oral checkup shall be a checkup, in which the teacher evaluates the student's oral answers and explanations. Oral checkup could be used in foreign language knowledge checkups and the 1st level professional higher education program courses with 1-2 CP.
4. The student's rights and obligations
4.1. The student shall have the rights as follows:
4.1.1. To be consulted by the teacher free of charge at a determined time before examination;
4.1.2. To apply for extra tutorials, for which the student shall pay the service fee fixed by the School; 4.1.3. To use in a checkup the study course program and auxiliary aids determined by the course
teacher;
4.1.4. To re-pass the checkup in order to receive a higher mark, except for the checkup passed to the commission. Repeated checkup shall be a paid service.
4.2. The student shall have the obligations as follows:
4.2.1. To arrive for checkup at the determined time and venue and produce the student's certificate or identity card to the teacher;
4.2.2. For re-passing a checkup, to apply to the Studies Information Center (in branches - to the Branch Director) not later than a working day in advance and receive a permit – assignment; 4.2.3. To coordinate the repeated checkup time with the teacher.
5. The teacher's rights and obligations
5.1. The teacher shall have the rights as follows:
5.1.1. In checkups, to ask extra questions to the student on the entire study course in order to determine the mark;
5.1.2. To cancel the checkup marking, if plagiarism is stated or suspend the student from the checkup, if the student makes use of unauthorized materials during the checkup or infringes the Standing Order rules and determine other time of eventual checkup;
5.1.3. To determine the student's individual checkup time. 5.2. The teacher shall have the obligations as follows:
5.2.1. Not later than at the second class time, to inform about checkup passing conditions and requirements to be met by the students in order to receive a positive mark for the study course; 5.2.2. Before the second class time, to put ordinary checkup data and topics into BATIS;
5.2.3. Scheduled ordinary checkup results should be recorded in the electronic register of studies within 10 days after the ordinary checkup, but not later than the day before the final examination;
5.2.4. Before checkup, to print out a list of group students or receive the checkup record from the department, if the checkup is conducted by a commission, or permit – assignment from the student;
5.2.5. Not to allow the student to pass the checkup, if it is recorded “not admitted” in the checkup mark register;
5.2.6. If the checkup is conducted by a commission, the mark shall be recorded in the Checkup Mark Register or permit – assignment, in which all representatives of the commission are to sign; 5.2.7. To record “not arrived” in the checkup register, if the student is admitted to the checkup but
has not arrived for the checkup;
5.2.8. Not later than the day following the oral checkup date or the fifth day after the written checkup date, to hand over the checkup mark register or permit – assignment to the department;
5.2.9. To hand over the checkup mark registers or permits – assignments to the Teaching Department not later than the third day after the oral checkup or the seventh day after the written one.
Appendix 2
APPROVED
at School of Business Administration Turība Ltd. Senate meeting on 24.11.2010, minutes No.12, The decision of the Board 25.11.2010. No.41 State Examination Regulations
1. General provisions
1.1 These regulations state the procedure to be followed while conducting state examinations for 1st level higher professional educational study programmes, professional bachelor’s study programmes and professional master’s study programmes that foresee the conferring of qualification, degree and issuance of a diploma.
1.2 The compilation and defence of a qualification paper/diploma paper or master’s paper (hereinafter in the text – Paper) is a component of State examination.
1.3 The state examination shall be conducted upon completion of 1st level higher professional educational study programmes – a qualification examination that is evaluated on a 10 point grading system and that includes the compilation and defence of a qualification paper.
1.4 The state examination shall be conducted upon completion of professional bachelor’s study programmes and shall include the compilation and defence of a bachelor’s paper.
1.5 The state examination shall be conducted upon completion of professional master’s study programmes and shall include the compilation and defence of a master’s paper.
1.6 The components of the State examination, its contents and procedure that do not include defence of qualification paper/bachelor’s paper/mater’s paper shall be regulated by a decree of the dean. Students who have successfully completed the study programmes and acquired the necessary credit points shall be eligible to pass the state examination.
1.7 Qualification papers/bachelor’s papers /master’s papers that have obtained 7 (Good) or a higher grade shall be handed to the library for public display. The other papers are stored in the archive.
2. State examination committee
2.1. The state examination is conducted by state examination committee (hereinafter - SEC).
2.2. The SEC comprising 5 (five) members including a chairperson and a deputy chairperson shall be approved by the rector at the recommendation of the dean.
2.3. Highly qualified specialists from other higher education institutions or representatives of respective professions shall be invited by the dean as chairpersons of the SEC. At least half of the committee shall consist of representatives of respective professional organisations or potential employers.
2.4. The SEC activities shall be recorded by SEC secretary.
2.5. The dean shall be responsible for the organisational and material technical provision of the activities of the SEC.
3. Procedure for approval of topics and advisors of Papers
3.1. Advisors of qualification/bachelor’s/master’s papers shall be approved by a decree of the dean of the respective faculty.
3.2. Academic staff of the School of Business Administration Turība, other higher educational institutions, specialists from related enterprises and institutions, as well as scientific research workers of enterprises with higher education shall be eligible to be advisors for qualification/bachelor’s.
3.3. Academic staff of the School of Business Administration Turība, other higher educational institutions, as well as research workers and specialists of academic research institutions with master’s or doctor’s degree shall be eligible to be advisors for master’s.
3.4. The term for submission of topics and advisors for qualification/bachelor’s/master’s papers is determined by a decree of the dean of the faculty. The submissions are approved with a dean’s decree at the recommendation of the respective department. If the submission is not approved, the student submits a corrected version in accordance to the instructions of the faculty. Students shall not be allowed to the defence of qualification/bachelor’s/master’s papers if the topic for qualification/bachelor’s/master’s papers has not been submitted and approved within the deadlines set by the faculty.
3.5. Sample themes of the papers are drafted by the respective departments and they are approved by the dean. The approved sample themes are published by the departments together with the list of potential advisors.
4. Rights and obligations of the advisors of the papers 4.1. The obligations of the advisor of papers shall include: - to offer assistance in the choice of direction of the research
- to consult the student in drawing up an initial and final plan as well as in drafting the structure of the paper;
- to consult on the choice of literature and research sources;
- to review parts of the paper as well as the paper on the whole and indicate the changes and additions required;
− to review the paper submitted for defence and sign it if deemed that the paper compiled is an independent research carried out by the student and is permissible for defence and conforms to the requirements of the School of Business Administration Turība regarding its content and layout.
4.2. The rights of advisors of papers shall include the following: − participate in the defence of practice reports and the paper; − to refuse being an advisor, in case there are reasonable grounds;
− to refuse the review of the papers that were submitted after the expiry of the deadline for submission. 5. Procedure for submission and review of the papers
5.1. The student shall submit the paper compiled for defence in accordance with the requirements for