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Dear students and alumni,

How can one properly describe consumer preferences, considering that there are many godds and services as well as personal tastes?

Learn about it by attending the marketing club: "Consumers’ Preference Modeling – from simple to the complex". This event is organized by Career Development Center in conjunction with Alumni Association in IIB-Ukraine on 15 November 2011 at 10.00 a.m. in the International Institute of Business, at Brest-Litovskyi highway, 8A, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03179. (download program)

All interested to attend the club are welcome to register till Monday, 14 November 2011 (3 p.m.).

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Dear students and alumni.

Marketing researches are to gather and analyze information that is necessary for a manager in order to make right and reasonable decisions.

Learn about the specifics of conducting marketing researches for B2B and B2C markets by attending the marketing club: "Specifics of conducting marketing researches in B2B and B2C sectors". This event is organized by Career Development Center in conjunction with Alumni Association in IIB-Ukraine on 28 October 2011 at 6.00 p.m. in the International Institute of Business, at Brest-Litovskyi highway, 8A, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03179. (download program).

All interested to attend the club are welcome to register till Thursday, 27 October 2011 (6 p.m.).

The years of study passed quickly, and the 8th of October 2011 the official graduation ceremony of International MBA Program and Ukrainian Program of Business Administration (second education degree) has been held at the conference hall of the International Institute of Business. It was sixth graduation ceremony of the International MBA program and fourteenth one of the UPBA. This year 18 graduates of IMBA program and 10 of UPBA successfully completed their study and received the diplomas.

Among the honorable guests of the ceremony there were Dr. Andrew Gaudes, Associate Dean, Faculty of Business Administration of the University of New Brunswick, Canada, Assad David, Director of International Programs, Faculty of Business Administration of UNB, Katia Chaba, Counsellor, Chief of Technical Cooperation Department of the Canadian Embassy in Ukraine, instructors and other distinguished guests.

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According to tradition, Prof. Alexander Savchenko, IIB’s President, opened the ceremony and congratulated the graduates on successful completion of study and wished them would not stay with these achievements, but always go forward.

Dr. Andrew Gaudes, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration of the University of New Brunswick, in his welcome speech to the graduates, congratulated them on behalf of the University of New Brunswick, saying that according to tradition, established during the celebration of 225th anniversary of UNB, every graduate of IMBA program received, as a memo of this event, the commemorative coin with UNB logo, issued in 2011. He also expressed the hope that for the graduates this coin would be a symbol of the fact that "they were, they are and they will be part of a big family of UNB alumni all over the world, who work for doing our world better every day".

This year Ms Katia Chaba, on behalf of D. Caron, Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine, addressed the greetings to the graduates, also saying that she was very happy with the partnership established between IIB-Ukraine and Canadian business schools. She pointed out the important role of the Institute in development of science in our county and in building relationship between Ukraine and Canada. She wished the success in further professional development of the graduates and expressed the hope that they would properly represent the business elite of Ukraine.

Alexander Okunev, Ludmila Batenko and Natalia Pisarenko, program instructors, also addressed to the graduates with warm greetings. They wished the graduates to look ahead courageously and not to forget the Institute that may become their reliable partner in realization of new and interesting projects.

The graduation ceremony proceeded in a festive atmosphere, with laud applause. The following students - 2011 were recognized as the best: Alla Idobaeva (IMBA), Genrikh Dering (IMBA), Anatolii Strelchenko (IMBA), Anna Nalieskina (IMBA) and Anna Kotkovets (UPBA ). They were awarded with the commemorative prizes for the best study results during the program.

Then, the floor to speak was given to the graduates. On behalf of the graduands, Genrikh Dering (IMBA program) and Anna Kotkovets (UPBA) congratulated their colleagues on this achievement, thanked the teachers and staff of the program for the knowledge and support the students received during the study, and also noticed the high value of theoretical as well as practical skills they equipped.

The presentation of Alexander Poddenezhny, graduate -2008 of IMBA program, who talked about his personal experience and professional achievements after completion of IMBA program, became a pleasant surprise at the ceremony.

During the presentation of video film about the years of study the audience kept silence, recalling and reviewing two years of intensive work: business cases solving, development of individual projects for the own company and participation in creative group projects, role games, preparation of presentations, hard discussions. But this courage will be rewarded with possibility to belong to Ukrainian intellectual elite, with successful career and absolutely new thinking that would further determine all way of living.

Closing the graduation ceremony, the graduates received IIB-Ukraine’s Alumni Association membership cards. Then the informal communication continued during a reception.

The faculty and staff of the International Institute of Business express the greetings to the graduates and wish them new perspective ideas, effective and innovative solutions!!! Best wishes and hoping to see you again!!

IIB-Ukraine Team

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Dear CPBA, CIM, CIPR and CIMA graduates,

We invite you to the official ceremony of diplomas presentation to CPBA, CIM, CIPR and CIMA graduates that will take place on 28 May 2011 at 3.00 p.m. in International Institute of Business, IIB-Ukraine.

Registration starts at 2.30 p.m.

Please confirm your attendance at the ceremony by registering no later than 26 May

International Institute of BusinessMBA Club MeetingMay 19, 2011Venue: Business Club Belgravia18/1G Proreznaya Street, KievStart at 17:00

Agenda:

17:00 – 17:30 – Registration

17:30 – 17:40 – Welcome word. Olga Karpova, IIB Vice President

17:30 – 19:00 – Panel Discussion

"Management in Cross Cultural Environments:The Top 10 Mistakes of International Managers"Key Speaker:Jonathan McGee,Managing Director of SCA Hygiene Products UkrainePanelists:Elena Marinovskaya,Head of Representative Office in Ukraine, StoraEnso, IIB IMBA alumni, 2009Elena Korchinskaya,Deputy General Director, "Pilot" Ltd., IIB IMBA alumni, 2009Oleksiy Osiyevskyy, researcher and a PhD student at Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary (Canada), IIB IMBA alumni, 2009

Guests of MBA Club will share their experience as top-managers in the field of operation in cross-cultural environment, describe the qualities which modern manager should possess to work in many various countries.

Jonathan will tell what "people oriented business" means within SCA. Also he will cover the issues of corporate and social responsibility, and business ethics.

Moreover, participants will have a possibility to talk to the guests in person and discuss the questions they will be interested in.

Working language - English

If you are interested, please register at: julia.ivanenko@iib.com.ua,

or by phone (044) 585 00 33 (int.101)

Contact person: Lidiia Pashchuk, Head of IIB Alumni Association Office

Participation for current IIB students is free, for alumni – 250 UAH.Please note, that discounts for participation according to Alumni Association membership type are validAbout the Guests

Jonathan McGhie holds a position of Managing Director at SCA Hygiene Products Ukraine.

Successful executive with sales and general management experience, broad skill base, and a track record in both commercial and support functions.

20+ years hands on experience in FMCG markets.

Eight years experience working as an expatriate in Asia.

Significant results in building teams, culture and performance improvement.

Success delivered in business turnaround, re-engineering, new business acquisitions and accelerated sales growth organizations.

Experience within multi-national, local and start up environments.

SCA Hygiene Products

SCA is a global hygiene and paper company that develops and produces personal care products, tissue, packaging solutions and forest products, publication papers and solid-wood products. SCA was formed in 1929 as a holding company for some ten Swedish forest-industry companies.

In 2010 net sales of SCA amounted to some EUR 11.5 billion.

SCA conducts business in more than 100 countries. About 75% of net sales are derived from the European operations.

The headquarter is located in Stockholm, Sweden.

In January 2011, SCA had about 45,000 employees in some 60 countries.

SCA’s largest markets are Germany, UK, the United States, France and Sweden.

SCA operates two global brands: Tena within incontinence care in which segment SCA is the market leader and Tork within Away From Home tissue. The Group has also some strong local and regional brands such as Zewa, Tempo, Libresse, Libero, Velvet, Saba och Libra.

SCA was introduced on the Stockholm Stock Exchange in 1950.

Elena Marinovskaya is a Head of Representative Office of StoraEnso in Ukraine. StoraEnso is one of the leading paper producing companies. Elena was the first Ukrainian appointed at the top-manager position of the company StoraEnso. Her style of leadership may be characterized as democratic based at high involvement of the employees into all the processes within the company. In 2009 Elena obtained an IIB/UNB MBA Degree.

Elena Korchinskaya has over 12 years of experience in travel industry (sales & marketing); knows and has perfect personal relations with the decision makers of air companies in Ukraine. Elena is experienced in organization and managing of team work. Elena is a positive, result-driven manager with good interpersonal and team working skills and primary focus on exceeding customer expectations. In 2009 Elena obtained an IIB/UNB MBA Degree.

Oleksiy Osiyevskyy is currently a researcher and a PhD student at Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary (Canada). Research areas cover strategic decision making, business model innovation and entrepreneurship; studied industries – oil & gas, banking and real estate. Simultaneously with research and teaching, Oleksiy is extensively engaged in consulting, helping Canadian companies with development and implementation of strategy.

Prior to moving to Canada, Oleksiy was actively involved in strategic management practice in Ukrainian business sector: at senior-level positions (strategic planning department head of insurance company "Providna", vice-president of business development of insurance company "MS Partner"), as a management consultant ("Strategy Masterminds"), and as an expert in government regulatory authorities.

In 2009 Oleksiy obtained an IIB/UNB MBA Degree.

March 16, 2011 students and alumni of the International Institute of Business will have a possibility to meet His Excellency Daniel Caron, Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine. During the meeting Mr. Caron will discuss the issues of the collaboration between Canada and Ukraine. Moreover, during this event an opening ceremony of the International MBA program will take place.

The event will begin at 5 p.m.

To register please send your request at e-mail: Julia.ivananenko@iib.com.ua

Venue: International Institute of Business, 8-A, Brest-Litovskyi Highway

16.30	Registration of attendees
17.00-17. 05	Introduction of Honorable Guests Olga Karpova, IIB Vice President, Academic Affairs
17.05-17.15	Welcome address Professor Olexander Savchenko Chairman of IIB Supervisory Board
17.15-18.00	Canadian-Ukrainian cooperation and  perspectives of business development G. Daniel Caron, Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine
18.00 – 18.15	My life-long  learning story Maxim Vostrikov, Financial Manager SCA Hygiene Ukraine IIB-UNB International MBA student, MacEwan University Alumni, 2005
18.15-18.45	Open Discussion A&Q Session
19.00	Reception

There is still time to provide International Institute of Business, IIB-Ukraine insights and perspectives about your educational experience and career goals. As our thank-you for completing this study by March 18, 2011, your name will be entered into the GMAC Global Management Education Graduate Survey Drawing for one of five cash prizes valued at US$1,000 (Terms & Conditions Apply*).

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GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council) is a non-profit organization of leading graduate business schools around the world. GMAC meets the needs of business schools and students through a wide array of products, services, and programs and serves as a primary resource of research and information about quality graduate management education.

Please click on the link below or type the URL into the address bar of your browser to begin the survey. The password provided below can be copied and pasted into the first screen of the questionnaire. Also, the questionnaire needs to be completed in one session because GMAC is not tracking individuals and cannot restart a questionnaire if you exit. Note: If you are using Google Chrome, please temporarily allow pop-ups before clicking on the link.

https://research.gmac.com/sw/wchost.asp?st=gme2011s

To get a password, please send a request at alumni@iib.com.ua, stating a program and year of graduation.

Graduation ceremony for the graduates of CIPR Advanced Certificate Program will be held on February 19th at 14:00 at the International Institute of Business, conference hall 201, 2 nd-floor, Brest-Litovskyi Highway, 8a.

Please register your attendance here

2011 Graduation Ceremony

Program

19th February 2011

Venue: Grand Conference Hall, Room 201, 2nd Floor,  Brest-Litovskyi Avenue 8-A

Time	Event
13.30	Registartion
14.00	Entrance of the Honorable Guests, Graduates, Faculty and Staff Members
14.05	National Anthems of  Ukraine and Great Britain
14.05	Introduction of Honorable Guests, Faculty and Staff Members V.M.Zabolotniy, IIB President
14.10	Greetings from V.M. Zabolotniy, IIB President
14.15	Greeting Speech M.B.Kohut, Academic Chair CIPR Programs
14.25	CIPR Advanced Certificate graduates receiving the Certificates V.M.Zabolotniy, IIB President, M.B.Kohut, Academic Chair, CIPR Programs
14.30	Greeting Speech from tutors Valentin Boinitskiy
14.35	Greeting speech from the graduates of  CIPR Advanced Certificate Program Vira Chernysh, Veronika Proshuta
14.40	Closing words V.M.Zabolotniy, IIB President
14.45	Photography
14.45-15.00	The glass of Champagne

On Novemeber 19, 2010 an open MBA Club meeting will take place. The meeting will be held in by Intenational Institute of Business (IIB) in collaboration with International Finance Corporate (IFC). All MBA Club members will have a possibility to participate in the meeting. The meeting will be devoted to presentation of of the Handbook on the Role of Boards in Crises of International Financial Corporation (IFC) and International Institute for Management Development (IMD). The Handbook is devoted to the issues of role of the Boards in crises times. IMD, the International Institute for Management Development (http://www.imd.ch/), is a leading international business school known for its innovative executive education programs. IMD is ranked No. 2 worldwide on the executive education (Financial Times, 2009) and No. 1 worldwide on the MBA programs (The Economist, 2008).The book will be presented by Professor Ulrich Steger and Doctor Christoph Nedopil. Every participant of the event will get a sample of the Handbook.

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Based on this experience and with an aim to assist the Board members of Ukrainian companies to efficiently organize their activity during the current economic downturn and learn to prevent/mitigate the impacts of future crises on their businesses, International Finance Corporate (IFC) has organized series of workshops in Eastern Europe, Middles East, and Asia, including in Ukraine. Rich information and feedback collected at these workshops as well extensive research on the topic of the authors is the foundation of the Handbook on the Role of Boards in Crises.

Specially for MBA Club members professor Ulrich Steger and Doctor Christoph Nedopil will give a lecture "Running successful companies - requirements at the helm of the organization". The lecture will focus at the issues of leadership and requirements to the top-managers.

Vera Chernych

Graduate work of Vera Chernych, Advanced Certificate CIPR student has got the highest mark – 90 points and high recognition of Chartered Institute of Public Relations. Her paper became the first amongst graduate works of CIPR students and alumni, which was placed at the page of the best works at the web-site of CIPR in 2010, as a sample for other students and all those, who are interested in PR in Eupore, world and in Ukraine particularly. You may see Vera’s work at the link: www.cipr.co.uk/content/policy-resources/advanced-certificate/specimen-assignment-answers.

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It is the first work fulfilled in study centre located not in Great Britain which was so highly marked. The wok is devoted to the issues of Victory Day celebrations in Odessa in 2010. Such fantastic result of the student from Ukraine became possible due to efforts, energy, creative approach and devotion to CIPR of all the tutors with collaborate with IIB starting from 2005.

Myroslaw Kohut consulted Vera during the work preparation. Mr.Kohut is an Academic Manager of the programs of Chartered Institute of Public Relations (Grat Britain) in International Institute of Business. Myroslaw Kohut is a Vice President of Romyr & Associates, first professional PR company in Ukraine, which initiated operations in Kiev in 1993.

Vera Chernysh started studying at the Program Advanced Certificate CIPR in autumn 2009. By that tine her career just began. Vera says that after graduation she received new interesting offers and starting from November 15 she joins Whites Communications.

"Advanced Certificate CIPR program provided me with global view at PR, it enabled me to understand the whole picture, reasons and results. In would be very hard to get such type of knowledge at practice by myself. Due to studying at Advanced Certificate CIPR I decided to develop further at the area of public relations and move to Kiev in order to work in Kiev agency. Earlier I worked in PR agency in Odessa." – Vera told.

Vera plans further professional development, attending professional trainings and also thinks over getting either Diploma in PR CIPR, or MBA Diploma at IIB. Her decision depends on her career developments in the future.

IIB tam and Alumni Association sincerely congratulates Vera Chertush and Myroslaw Kohut with such great achievement. We wish Vera all the success in her career development and further outstanding results.