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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION TURĪBA

FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

2nd-level Professional Higher Education Program

BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Re-accreditation Materials

2004

Table of Contents

1. Decision of the educational institution's personnel collective management and decision-making body on the program implementation commencement 4

2. License and accreditation certificate 53. Documents certifying that the applicant shall provide students of a relevant program in

case of its dissolution with an opportunity to continue the education acquiring after other program or in other educational institution 8

4. Description of the study program and its forming course of lectures, classes and seminars 9

5. Advertising and information costs on the opportunities for studies 136. Study program projection from a standpoint of the Latvian State interests 166.1. Study program conformity to the profession standard and professional

higher education standard 186.2. Employment interview input 207. Study program evaluation 227.1. Study program objective and tasks 227.2. Study program structure and revision 237.3. Organization of the process of studies 237.3.1. Evaluation system 237.3.2. Methods of studies 257.4. Students 267.4.1. Number of the program students and number of matriculates of the

1st year of studies 267.4.2. Students' interviews 277.4.3. Graduates' interviews 287.5. Academic staff employed in the study program 307.6. Sources of financing and infrastructure support 337.7. Comparison with similar programs in Latvia and abroad 408. Study program development plan 42

ENCLOSURES1. Senate decision2. Diploma and addendum to diploma3. Study course programs4. Opinions about the study program5. Checkup Regulations6. Recommendations on working out the diploma paper7. Academic staff CV 8. Study program comparison 9. Studies Regulations10. Teaching staff, according to the year of studies11. BAT balance sheet and profit and loss account12. Authorization to draw up accreditation materials13. Requirements to the execution of papers worked out by students independently14. Field Studies Regulations15. Field Studies Regulations16. Self-evaluation statements (academic years 2000/2001; 2001/2002; 2002/2003;

2003/2004)17. Self-evaluation statement summary18. Academic Year 2004/2005 Enrollment Regulations 19. Regulations of Working out and Defense of Student's Papers

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1. Decisions on the program implementation commencement

On March 29, 2000, the School of Business Administration Turība Senate approved the Economics Study Program for the economist's qualification acquisition.

The Senate decision was approved at the School of Business Administration Turība Board meeting on April 6, 2001. (See Enclosure No. 1).

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2. License and Accreditation Certificate

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3. Education Continuation Securing Documents

School of Business Administration Turība has operated since 1994 (initially as “Training

Center Turība”) every year providing for its dynamic development – new study programs and

accredited programs are established, other educational levels are introduced, the number of

students and teachers grows, its turnover and profit increase.

School of Business Administration Turība was among the first higher schools in Latvia,

which were accredited and Accreditation Certificate No. 002 (Accreditation Certificate No. 001

was issued to Riga Economics Higher School) was issued to it. The academic staff composition

becomes more and more stable and the specific gravity of the persons employed on the staff

keeps growing every year. This year, teachers employed on the staff provide for 70% of the

teaching load.

Rector of the School of Business Administration Turība concludes an agreement with

each student, which provides not only for rights and obligations of the School but also its

responsibility. The School provides the students with a process of studies both in a particular

academic year and for mastering the entire study program. A new agreement is concluded for

each period of studies. The student has a certain guarantee in the form of the tuition fee payment

system, which allows for monthly payments, which allows to terminate the studies if the student

is not satisfied with the content or organization thereof.

It is stipulated in the School of Business Administration Turība Constitution: "The

School guarantees with all its property that an opportunity shall be provided to particular

study program students in case of dissolution of a relevant program to continue their

education after other program or in other higher school".

Guarantees could be examined in two aspects – stability of the higher school (quality of

the teaching process, provision with academic staff, financial situation, development

opportunities and undertakings, etc.) and accredited study program correlation with similar study

programs (opportunity for education continuation if the program is closed).

The first aspect allows predicting how much probable is a situation when the study

program is dissolved and the higher school has to provide the students with an opportunity to

continue their education.

The second aspect gives an idea of the extent to which the education continuation after a

similar program in other higher school is possible for the students in terms of its content in case

of the program dissolution. Whether the studied courses, their contents and acquired credit points

fit for the continuation of studies after other study programs.

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Structure and content of the accredited study program are equivalent to the study

programs of the Riga Technical University and Latvian Agricultural University; therefore,

students of the School of Business Administration Turība have an opportunity to continue their

studies in other higher school, when required.

But it should be concluded upon evaluation of the financial stability of the School of

Business Administration Turība and its labor organization arranged at a high level that there is

no threat for the School to terminate its activity in the nearest future.

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4. Description of the study program and its forming course of lectures, classes and seminars

The 2nd-level professional higher education program “Business Economics” is designed

so that its students are given an opportunity to acquire the professional education conforming to

the National Education Standard and Profession Standard.

During studies, the students shall master the general educational study courses and

branch study courses, write and defense the student's paper and field studies.

Professional qualification "Economist" shall be accorded to the students upon mastering

of the complete study program and defense of the qualification paper.

Qualification description and title to be accorded: Second-level Higher Professional

Education Diploma, qualification accorded - "Economist" (2441).

Main field of studies for the qualification obtaining: economics, national economy,

accounting, planning and analysis, law, management and field studies in companies.

Teaching and examination language(s): Latvian.

Qualification level: second-level professional higher education diploma, Level 5A of

ISCED-97 Classification.

Official length of the program: 4 years, 160 Latvian credit points, 240 ECTS credit

points.

Admission requirements: the general secondary education.

Program requirements: to master successfully all basic and selection courses

incorporated in the study program gaining at least 160 credit points, to complete 23

weeks of field studies in companies, to receive an assessment of the practical skills and

abilities, to work out and defend two student's papers, pass the final examination, work

out and defend the diploma paper.

Program components:

The program content is formed by the academic and professional education basic study

courses, field studies, selection (specialization) study courses, independent studies, and

research work.

The study program is formed by the academic or professional education courses (see Table

1).

Correlation of theoretical knowledge and practice is provided with classes within study

courses and field studies in companies (16 credit points).

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Principles of the scientific research shall be mastered by working out and defending 2

course papers (in marketing in the 2nd year of studies and in management in the 3rd year of

studies, 4 credit points in total).

Upon completion of the 4-year theoretical and practical studies, the Final Examination is to be

passed and diploma paper is to be worked out and defended as an independent research.

Table 4.1

2nd-level Professional Higher Education Program BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Academic Year 2004/2005 Study Program

Full- and Part-time Study, 1st Year of Studies

No.Study course Chair

Total

CPCheckups

A Obligatory study courses Part A A1 Microeconomics Economics 4 1

A2 Mathematics for economistsInformation Science 2 1

A3 Computer technologiesInformation Science 4 1

A4 Economic history Economics 3 1A5 Financial accounting Accounting 3 1A6 State and civil law Private Law 2 TestA7 Business foreign language 1 Languages 2 TestA8 Business foreign language 2 Languages 2 1A9 Macroeconomics Economics 4 1A10 Philosophy Management 3 1A11 Organization of research activity Management 2 Test

A12 Electronic communication and presentation facilitiesInformation Science 3 1

A13 Financial mathematicsInformation Science 4 1

A14 Marketing Economics 3 1A15 Business operation Economics 2 1

A16 Mathematical simulationInformation Science 3 1

A17 Taxes Accounting 2 1A18 Business foreign language 3 Languages 2 TestA19 Business foreign language 4 Languages 2 1A20 Planning of economic processes Economics 3 1A21 Management theory and practice Management 2 1A22 Estimation of environmental impact Economics 2 TestA23 Logistics Economics 3 1A24 Business economics Economics 3 1

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A25 Economic and commercial calculation methods Economics 2 1A26 Financing and investments in economics Economics 2 TestA27 Labor and social law Private Law 2 TestA28 Job safety and labor protection Private Law 2 Test

A29 Economic forecastingInformation Science 3 1

A30 Quantitative methods in economics Economics 2 1A31 Commercial law Private Law 3 1A32 International economics Economics 3 1A33 Business analysis and optimization Economics 2 1A34 Quality control Management 2 TestA35 European Union economic and monetary policy Economics 3 1A36 Innovations Economics 2 1A37 Political science Management 2 TestA38 Risk analysis Economics 2 1A39 Securities and currency market economy Economics 3 1A40 Latvian national economy Economics 2 1S1 Student's paper 1 UVF 2 TestS2 Student's paper 2 UVF 2 TestS3 Student's paper 3 UVF 2 TestP1 Field studies Economics 6 TestP2 Field studies Economics 8 TestP3 Pre-diploma field studies UVF 12 TestB Option B 8 1C Option C 6 Test

VP Final examination UVF 12 1PROGRAM IN TOTAL 160 CP

Professional selection study courses, Parts B and C

B1 Business ethics Management 2 1B2 Communication psychology Management 2 1B3 Business analysis and optimization Economics 2 TestB4 Finance law Public Law 2 Test

B5 Project managementInformation Science 2 1

B6 Regional economics Economics 2 1B8 International trade Economics 2 1B9 Sociology Management 2 1B10Economic process planning in the production enterprise Economics 2 1B11Economic process planning in the service enterprise Economics 2 1B12Economic process planning in the trading enterprise Economics 2 1C1 Organization of research activity Management 2 TestC1 Inspection and audit Accounting 2 TestC2 Work incentive theory Management 2 TestC2 Communication psychology Management 2 TestC3 Presentation skills Economics 2 Test

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C4 Self-government system in Latvia Accounting 2 TestC5 Crediting Accounting 2 1C6 Bank and banking organization Accounting 2 1

Selection of study courses within the 2nd-level professional higher education program

“Business Economics”, content and scope of study courses as well as content of field studies

conforming to the qualification acquired shall be determined in the Profession Standard.

There are programs worked out for each study course (see Enclosure No. 3). Objective is

defined and required preliminary knowledge is determined for each program so that the course

could be completed. The number of obligatory ordinary checkups and final examination type is

designated in the programs. A task group of professionals was engaged in the development of

each program providing for the program quality.

The program shall be implemented during 4 years in the full-time studies or 4.3 years in

the part-time studies.

Correlation of the theoretical knowledge and practice shall be provided with:

lectures and classes, seminars and debates foreseen with the study course program;

student's paper;

26-week field studies.

Research shall be conducted by working out independent student's papers, drawing up

reports of field studies and working out the qualification paper.

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5. Advertising and information costs on the opportunities for studies

The 2nd-level professional higher education program “Business Economics” is advertised

actively in the mass media. The advertising target is to inform about opportunities for studies,

about quality and time of studies.

The entire advertising provided by the School of Business Administration Turība could

be appraised after two aspects:

advertisements presenting the higher educational institution as a whole;

advertising promoting and publicizing just the opportunities for studies at different

educational levels.

The study program is advertised in more than 30 different mass media. The School as

such is publicized in larger newspapers: Diena, Bizness&Baltija, Dienas Bizness, Latvijas Avīze,

Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze, Izglītība un Kultūra, Rīgas Balss, etc. Such editions are selected from

magazines which are read by definite target audience; therefore, these are: Kapitāls, Santa, Una,

Ieva, Tirgotājs, Bilance, etc. Advertising targeted to the promotion of the 2nd-level professional

higher education program “Finances and Accounting” is summarized in Table 5.2.

Table 5. 2

The 2nd-level Professional Higher Education Program

“Business Economics” Advertising

No. Advertising means

Title

1. Newspapers Diena, Čas, Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze, Dienas Bizness, Bizness&Baltija, Izglītība un Kultūra, Latvijas Avīze, region newspapers

2. Magazines Kapitāls, Mērķis, Santa, Ļubļu, Ieva, Lilit, Klubs, Tirgotājs, Labirints, Bilance

3. Radio SWH, Russkoje radio, Latvijas Radio 1, Latvijas Radio 2, Eiropas hītu radio, Star FM, Skonto

4. Television LNT, LTV 1, LTV 2, participation in regional televisions 5. Other

advertisingParticipation in the exhibition SKOLA 2001, SKOLA 2002, SKOLA 2003, SKOLA 2004information catalogsadvertising booklets

Advertising materials are available in BAT Development Department and Library.

School of Business Administration Turība has its homepage www.turiba.lv, in which comprehensive information is given about activity and history of the School as well as about opportunities for studies.

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Detailed description of the study programs, including the study program "Business Economics" is available to Internet users and in the form of a particular information booklet.

The booklet provides for information about the study program "Business Economics"

Length of studies: 4 or 4.3 years Program Director: Dr.oec. Andra Zvirbule BērziņaWithin the study program with the integrated degree of bachelor of social sciences in economics, students examine the national and international trade factors, acquire knowledge in the economic data processing and interpretation under the direction of experienced teachers and professionals. The program is targeted to the practical application of the economic knowledge in the modern business environment. The offered selection courses allow for the comprehensive development of the personality. The acquired theoretical knowledge and professional skills are consolidated in practice.Study basic coursesMicroeconomicsMacroeconomicsBusiness planning and managementMarketingFinancing and investments in economics Business analysisRisk analysis International economicsFinancial accounting and international standards TaxesEconomic forecasting Computer technologiesBusiness foreign languageUpon completion of the studies, the second-level higher education and professional bachelor's degree in economics shall be acquired and the economist's qualification shall be accorded. The program graduates shall become the specialists engaged in the strategy planning and implementation, putting forward and substantiation of new ideas for the company development. The acquired knowledge shall give an opportunity to manage either private or public companies and continue studies for the master's degree.Forms of studies:full-time studies in the day time - in the morning of each working day;full-time studies in the evening - in the evening of Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; part-time studies in the evening - in the evening of Monday, Tuesday and Thursday;part-time studies by correspondence – in the evening of Friday of each second-week and on Saturday;Uzņemšanas noteikumiEnrollment RegulationsTel. 7622333. E-mail: [email protected]

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mailto:[email protected]

http://www.turiba.lv/studentiem/reglamenti/uznemsanas_noteikumi.htm

6. Study program projection from a standpoint of the Latvian State interests

The question of the place and role of Latvia in the world modern economics becomes more

actual upon its joining the European Union. It is the knowledge-based national economy, in

which the knowledge starts superceding the significance of traditional production factors.

The knowledge- and technology-based and competitive national economy stands on four

pillars:

1. Education system providing for knowledge how to use the powerful human capital.

2. Economic environment facilitating the knowledge application and business development.

3. Innovation system joining the universities, research centers and companies for the creation of

new products and services.

4. Information society providing for efficient information distribution and exchange.

Ability of the society to acquire, create, distribute and use efficiently the knowledge is a

material precondition for competitiveness of the country. The labor market demand for

specialists having broad theoretical views keeps growing in the drastic economic development

conditions in Latvia.

The following skills should be within the quality and labor-market competition

characteristics of a business specialist:

good understanding of the national economy problems;

analyzing and interpretation of the company's economic policy, operation and processes;

economic data collection, processing and analysis and application on settlement of

economic problems.

It is necessary for Latvia to train such specialists in the settlement of economic

problems, therefore the School of Business Administration Turība organizes successfully

the education of business economists.

These are specialists having qualification conforming to the profession standard capable of

performing works related to the analysis of economic processes and results achieved both at the

micro- and macro-level, identification of problems, formulation of targets, forecasting, planning

and implementation of the ways to achieve thereof.

The economist can occupy positions in government and self-government institutions, agencies,

commercial companies, non-governmental, international or transnational organizations.

In compliance with the profession standard formulation, the study programs are implemented by

offering the students to be specialized in higher school's selected sub-programs. Comparison of

such sub-programs or specialization trends is given in Table 6.1 below.

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Table 6.1Comparison of study program specialization trends

University of

Latvia

Riga

Technical

University

Riga Stradiņa

UniversityLatvian Agricultural University

BAT

Degree

acquired

Bachelor of

social sciences

in economics

Bachelor of

social sciences in

economics

Bachelor of

social sciences

in economics

Bachelor of

social sciences in

economics

Bachelor of social

sciences in

economics

Qualification Economist Economist Economist Economist Economist

Specialization Accounting,

analysis audit.

Regional

economics;

Financial

analysis.

European

economics and

business.

Business and

management;

Accounting and

finances;

The law;

Regional

development and

government.

Business

economics.

Offered

obligatory

select subjects

providing for

specialization

Social-

economic statistics;

National

economy analysis

and forecasting;

Finances and

credits;

Business

accounting, control

and analysis;

Analytical

economics.

Regional

finances;

Regional

ecology;

Feasibility

study for project

settlements;

Discriminant

and factorial

analysis;

Financial

market modeling;

Economic and

commercial

calculation methods.

International

economic relations;

International

business;

Securities

markets in Europe;

European

economic

integration;

EU:

institutions, policy,

economics, laws;

International

marketing.

Regional

economics;

Study of

managing;

Agrarian

economics;

Business

strategy;

Agriculture and

product processing.

Business analysis

and optimization;

Economic process

planning in the

production enterprise;

Project

management;

International trade;

Finance law;

Bank and banking

organization.

It could be concluded upon evaluation of the economics program urgency that the BAT offered

business economics program is oriented towards training of the competitive specialist-economist

for the commercial company of a wide range of business operations, as the knowledge taught is

comprehensive and meeting the labor market requirements.

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6.1. Study program conformity to the profession standard and professional higher

education standard

The study program is worked out in compliance with the Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No.

481 "Regulations of the second-level professional higher education standard" of November 20,

2001 and Profession Standard approved by the Ministry of Education and Sciences on April 20,

2004, Minutes No. 241.

Table 6.2Compliance of the Business Economics Program with the national standard requirements

Criterion Standard requirement

Study program "Business Economics"

Total scope of the program At least 160 CP 160 CPTotal scope of the study courses

At least 40 CP 40 CP

General educational courses At least 20 CP 20 CPBranch theoretical basic courses


Branch professional specialization courses

At least 60 KP 60 CP

Free selection courses At least 6 CP 6 CPScope of field studies At least 26 CP 26 CPFinal examinations with the bachelor's thesis as a component


It could be therefore concluded that all requirements set forth in the second-level professional

higher education standard are met in the program implementation.

Table 6.3Comparison of the Business Economics Program with the relevant profession standard

No.

Indicator Profession standard requirements Business Economics Program

1. Obligations and tasks

to study the internal and external environment;

to formulate the economic targets;

to determine the ways for the achievement of targets;

to forecast and plan economic activity in total and its particular stages;

to manage processes and resources with the purpose to provide for efficient usage thereof;

to make analysis of the economic processes and

Upon evaluation of the level of profession standard obligations and tasks, the program, its common objectives and tasks as well as study program is formed in compliance with the standard requirements.

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results. 2. Skills common skills in the branch;

specific skills in the profession;

general skills and abilities.

Great attention on the program improvement is placed on the development of specific skills attributable to the economist's qualification proceeding from the standard requirements.

3. Knowledge Distinguishing between knowledge levels:application

Shall be provided in the following study courses: microeconomics; macroeconomics; mathematics for economists; financial mathematics; economic forecasting; planning of economic

processes; quantitative methods in

economics; business economics; financing and investments in

economics; computer technologies; electronic communication and

presentation means; organization of research

activity; business foreign language; mathematical simulation; economic and commercial

calculation methods; risk analysis.

understanding Shall be provided in the following study courses: financial accounting; management accounting; marketing; business; management theory and practice; quality control; taxes; estimation of environmental impact; state and civil law; finance law; commercial law; labor and social law; international economics; EU economic and monetary policy; business analysis and optimization; logistics; innovations; project management;

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regional economics; job safety and labor protection; economic history; securities and currency market economy; Latvian national economy.

General knowledge and skills Shall be mastered in the following study courses: business ethics; political science; philosophy; communication psychology; presentation skills.

It could be concluded upon evaluation of the comparison provided in the table above that

the Business Economics Program conforms in full to the profession standard requirements and

provides fully for the requirements of application and understanding of the knowledge levels and

general knowledge and skills set forth in the economist's profession standard.

6.2. Employment interview input

To clarify the employers' standpoint as to the study program necessity, its content

conformity to the employers' set requirements as well as readiness of companies to employ in the

future the graduates of the Faculty of Economics, relevant information was asked from the

companies in which the students had their field studies. In total 30 companies of different

orientation were surveyed, such as A/s SELINGA; SIA Rimi Latvia, SIA Daugavpils putni, SIA

Autofavorīts; INT Latvija; SIA Jelgavas tipogrāfija, A.S Latvijas Unibanka, AAS Balta, etc.

The interview input is summarized in Table 6.4 below.

Table 6.4Employment interview input summary

No. Question Answers, %1

Whether the economist's qualification acquired in the public and private higher schools differs materially?

Yes - 2%; No - 98%

2What study courses should business economists master thoroughly in the higher school?

Business analysis and optimization;

Planning and analysis of the company's economic and production processes;

Financial analysis; Organization of

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practical work.3

Whether they employ the graduate without service experience?

Yes - 95%; No - 5%

4To the graduates of what higher school you give preference on employment?

BAT - 40%

LLU - 30%RTU - 28%

DO NOT KNOW - 2%

Interview conclusions:

The employers consider that the offered program is adequate and there are no material

differences in the qualification acquired in the public and private higher schools;

Study courses are assessed positively, though significance of professional specialization

courses is pointed out;

Competitiveness of the graduates in the labor market is assessed positively, and advantages

over immediate competitors are also positive.

Proceeding from the employer's answer to the question "What study courses should business

economists master thoroughly in the higher school?" the following advises were taken into

consideration and the study program was improved by introducing the following study courses:

Business analysis and optimization;

Financing and investments in economics;

Financial accounting;

Planning of economic processes in the production company;

Planning of economic processes in the trading company.

Special attention is also paid to the defense of field studies and student's papers when the

students demonstrate their mastering of both theoretical knowledge and practical skills.

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7. Study program evaluation

7.1. Study program objective and tasks

Proceeding from the requirements set forth in the profession standard (approved on April 20,

2004) and in accordance with the BAT general strategy and in compliance with

recommendations made by the Accreditation Unified Commission in the Evaluation Certificate,

formulations of the program objectives and tasks were updated.

Program strategic objective - to provide for the high-quality and competitive second-

level professional higher education based on the scientific, professional and theoretical solutions

as well as practical application of business economics.

Study program objective: to give an opportunity to acquire the competitive knowledge

and develop the skills that are necessary for the requirements put forward to the qualified

business economist.

To achieve above objective, the following tasks are set:

on the study program implementation, to provide for the theoretical preparation and

practical training complying with the fifth-level professional qualification and business

economist's profession standard;

to provide for the opportunity to acquire theoretical knowledge and practical skills that

would allow the graduate to start his business career, perform requirements put forward

to the business economist's qualification, to perform the economic contractor's work, to

perform functions of the head of a structural unit of the company, government institution,

self-government institution or organization;

to develop the economic thinking and facilitate the acquired economic knowledge

application to the practice and research;

to develop and update the studies organization forms and study programs in accordance

with the changes in the business environment and international requirements;

to propose to devlop one's knowledge or change qualification, when required;

to contribute to the increase of the higher education quality and prestige.

7.2. Study program structure and revision

The program is arranged in accordance with the Regulations of the second-level professional

higher education, and it is arranged in compliance with the economics profession standard since

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the year 2004. All changes made in the study program content make 17% of the program

obligatory part.

7.3. Organization of the process of studies

7.3.1. Evaluation system

Knowledge evaluation shall be provided in accordance with the State academic education

standard after the ten-point scale.

Basic principles of the education evaluation in the study program shall be as follows:

checkup obligatoriness principle;

evaluation criteria transparence and clearness principle;

evaluation form variety principle;

checkup accessibility principle.

A number of the knowledge control methods shall be used in the process of studies.

Ordinary checkups

Ordinary checkups shall be checkups organized during mastering of the study course. Ordinary

checkups shall be organized and conducted by the study course teacher. The number of ordinary

checkups is determined in the study course program. The teacher shall evaluate the ordinary

checkups with a mark after the 10-point system and the assessment shall be registered in the

studies record book. Types of ordinary checkups shall be as follows:

control papers,

reports in seminars or conferences,

essays and other forms facilitating qualitative mastering of the study course.

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.

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 are as

follows:

defense of the field studies report,

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defense of the student's paper.

Academic year concluding checkups shall be evaluated after the 10-point system. Assessments

shall be registered in the checkup evaluation sheets.

Checkup forms

Eventual checkup forms shall be as follows:

written checkup (65% of all checkups),

oral checkup (35% of all checkups).

Having regard to the previous objections against evaluation quality, the ratio of oral and written

checkups was revised; therefore, assessments became more objective and the average assessment

variations appeared to be as follows:

Table 7.1

Students' progress by years of studies

Form of studies Students' average mark2003/2004 2002/2003 2001/2002 2000/2001

Day 6.7 7.3 7.5 7.5Evening 5.5 6.9 7.0 7.0Correspondent 6.7 7.1 7.2 7.2

7.3.2. Methods of studies

Application of the methods and forms of studies are improved and the changes are showed

in Fig. 7.1. During the study of each course, the student has to pass the ordinary checkups

determined in the program - control papers. The course of studies is concluded with a checkup -

test or examination. Prior to the examination, 2 hours of giving advises are planned in addition to

the contact hours stipulated in the program for each course of studies. The students shall have an

opportunity to received advises from teachers also during the study course mastering, as hours of

giving advises are determined for each teacher out of the classes ate the rate of at least 5% of the

total scope of the course.

Basic forms of studies shall be as follows: lectures,

classes,

seminars,

independent studies,

public lectures,

debates.

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lectures workshops actual debates public lectures

seminars students' conferences independent studies

Fig. 7.1. Application of methods and forms of studies by academic years, %

It could be concluded from Fig. 7.1 that the diversity of the methods and forms of studies

has increased for the previous academic years - such forms of studies as actual debates or

public lectures are employed.

The following methods are distinguished for the educational process control and discipline:

control papers,

giving advises,

study course final checkups,

field studies (26 CP) and student's paper writing (3 student's papers).

According to the Higher School Law, the teachers are entitled to choose freely the methods

of studies in order to achieve the objective stipulated in the program of studies. The most popular

methods are a lecture, field studies, seminar, and debates. Other methods, such as workshops,

projects, etc. are also used in addition.

7.4. Students

The number of matriculated students has grown up gradually for the Program operation

period of 2000-2004. The number of students and evaluation by forms of studies are showed in

Table 7.2.

Table 7.2

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Number of students by forms of studies

Number of students by forms

of studies

Year of studies

Total %1 2 3 4Day Department 14 21 16 51 47.2Evening Department 23 11 34 31.5Correspondence Department 16 7 23 21.3Total 37 32 32 7 108 % 34.3 29.6 29.6 6.5

It could be concluded that the most favorite form of studies is the day and evening

department. The number of matriculated students was unstable in 2000-2004. But a positive

tendency of reduction of the number of students sent off is obvious.

Fig. 7.2. Number of students by academic years

As it is seen from Fig. 7.2, the number of students was increasing dynamically in the period of

2000-2003, and it increased by 375%, or 80 students in 2003 as compared to 2000.

7.4.2. Student survey

Surveys are conducted at the end of every course on the content and methods of a particular

course of studies. The following questions are included in the questionnaire: Whether the themes

envisaged in the program were discussed thoroughly? Whether the themes discussed under the

program were overlapped with other courses of studies? Whether the material presentation was

intelligible? Whether the teaching and distribution aids were sufficient? How well the course

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study was organized? What, to your mind, the teacher should change in the teaching manner?

Having considered the questionnaires, the teacher shall hand the same over to the chair where a

summary is being prepared. The summary is available from the chair and rector's office.

In addition, a survey is carried out the input of which is generalized and used for the study

process improvement. The questions and percentage distribution of evaluation from the students'

answers are given in the figures below.

in full in part not satisfied

Fig. 7.3. Students' evaluation by academic years - Whether you are satisfied with the

BAT offered study program?

It could be seen from the students' survey that the evaluation "not satisfied" has ceased, but

the students' point of view has tended towards partial satisfaction for the recent academic year;

therefore, updating of the study program in accordance with the economics profession standard

is grounded.

7.4.3. Graduate survey

There were 7 graduates of the Business Economics Program in 2004. The following

questions were made clear by way of surveying those graduates:

What was decisive for you on choosing studies in BAT;

Whether you are satisfied with the program and study courses mastered during

your studies;

Whether you are satisfied with the knowledge acquired during your studies;

Whether you are satisfied with the teachers' performance quality;

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Whether you are satisfied with the study process organization;

Whether you acquired what you needed and expected during your studies.

time of studies program offered

program and time of studies other factors

Fig. 7.4. Graduates' evaluation - Why did you select studies under BAT Business

Economics Program

It could be concluded from the survey input showed in Fig. 7.4 that the offered program

significance has gained a comparatively high evaluation in the choice of studies.

Moreover, 98% of the graduates gave a positive answer to the answer "Whether you are satisfied

with the knowledge acquired during your studies".

in full in part

Fig. 7.5. Graduates' evaluation - Whether you are satisfied with the knowledge acquired

during your studies?

While considering the notes of partial satisfaction with the knowledge acquired during the

studies, notes of the improvement of quality of the subjects in the specialization of economics

were taken into consideration.

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in full in part

Fig. 7.6. Graduates' evaluation - Whether you are satisfied with the study process

organization?

While considering the notes of partial satisfaction with the study process organization,

improvement of the study schedule is thought over.

In general, the offered study program is evaluated positively and the graduates are satisfied with

the quality of acquired knowledge, and expected results are gained during the studies.

7.5. Academic personnel employed in the study program

The academic personnel providing for the Business Economics study program is completed so

that most of the teachers are employed on the staff in order to achieve the determined specific

gravity of teachers having an academic degree while the other teachers have the master's degree

or at least study for the master's degree. At the same time, in order to implement most

successfully the study program objectives, specialists – practitioners who have gained experience

in the branch operation are engaged in the teaching, especially branch specific courses, not

asking that they have an academic degree.

A program for further education of the academic personnel is worked out and

implemented in the School. BAT successful operation is provided by its qualified and

professional personnel whose professional development is a basis for the common personnel

professional development. The personnel training aims to:

the personnel knowledge expansion and professional development or re-qualification for

the working out and implementation of the company's current and future programs,

projects and processes;

compliance with the regulatory acts.

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Fig. 7.7. Academic personnel level dynamics

As it is showed in Fig. 7.7, the academic personnel level was variable in the academic years. But

now, it is stabilized or reinstated at the rates of the program implementation initial stage.

Table 7.3

Academic Personnel Qualifications, by Academic Years

Information summarized in the table shows a comparatively stable number of doctors of

sciences, but the share of branch practicians is variable, which is also certified with the students'

surveys. In this connection, greater emphasis is laid on the engagement of the doctor's and

master's degree holders in the academic staff.

In total 36 teachers were engaged in the study program implementation in the academic year

2003/2004 of whom 24, or 67% were within the academic personnel employed on the staff.

Changes in the academic personnel level for the previous two years are showed in Table 7.4.

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Table 7.4

Changes in the academic personnel level

Academic year Academic personnel level total on the staff %2002/2003 25 18 72%2003/2004 36 25 70%2002/2003 as compared to 2003/2004, % 144% 139%

As it is seen from information summarized in Table 7.4 above, 70-72% of the teaching load is

provided by the academic personnel working on the staff. Comparing the academic years

2002/2003 and 2003/2004, changes in the academic personnel number were significant, as the

total academic personnel number increased by 44% and the number of employees on the staff

increased by 39%, due to which the academic personnel stability and desire to be engaged in the

BAT teaching processes increased.

In the academic personnel professional development, the following aspects could be

distinguished:

academic personnel desire to improve their academic education qualifications;

An obvious tendency of the academic personnel to improve further their qualifications which is

evidenced with the fact that 11% of the academic personnel studied for the master's or doctor's

degree in 2003, as compared to the previous year – 8%;

improvement of qualifications by attending courses or seminars;

In the academic year 2003/2004, the following seminars were attended for the improvement of

qualifications:

Modern marketing theories and application thereof (M12 model) (A.Bišofa,

I.Upīte);

Company financing with the use of EC structural funds (R.Zvirgzdiņa,

S.Keišs);

Securities market development and transfer to the international market

(I.Slavinska);

Msrketing strategy and tactics. Let's develop our company on joining EU

(I.Upīte);

Successful brand strategy as an instrument of competition (B.Kreišmane);

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publications in scientific editions, participation in scientific conferences and

development of scientific-research activity;

According to the research plans of the Chair of Economics, the following lines of research are

determined for the academic year 2003/2004:

1) Business and market development problems in Latvia;

2) Small and medium business development problems in Latvia;

3) Monetary policy; banking operations and crediting;

4) Specific character of pricing in Latvia.

Scientific publications in 2003/2004:

Ieva Bruksle. Cenu veidošanas specifika un vides nozīme tūrismā

[Specification of Pricing and Environmental Significance in Tourism] / BAT International

scientific conference, 2004.

Participation in the reviewing of internationally cited publications in 2003/2004:

A.Zvirbule-Bērziņa – Proceedings of the international scientific conference

Economics science for rural development:

Regional development;

Possibilities for increasing competitiveness.

7.6. Sources of financing and infrastructure maintenance

BAT only makes use of its ownership assets derived from the business activity.

The School of Business Administration Turība has an expressly good financial status (see

Enclosure No. 11). Ownership capital, real estates, profit and development investments of the

School of Business Administration Turība are higher than of all other Latvian private higher

schools together.

The School is located at 68 Graudu Street, Riga, at a local territory with the total area 35

372 m2. All teaching, household and auxiliary premises are prepared for a greater number of

students counting some 2000 – 2500 students who are simultaneously inside the School

premises.

Buildings of the School of Business Administration Turība were recorded in the Land

Register as its property on September 16, 1996. According to the November 4, 1995 law of the

Parliament of Republic of Latvia, the School of Business Administration is put on the list of

educational objects of the national significance. At the School territory there are located 2

teaching buildings, students' hotel, two canteens, two cafés, gym, sport complex with training

facilities, sauna, solarium, hairdressing saloon, dental office, boiler house, car-care center and

parking lot. All required conditions are provided for studies – new conference halls, lecture

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rooms, computer classes, laboratories and rooms, modern library with a large reading-hall. In the

lecture rooms there is qualitative visual equipment - white boards, codoscopes and screens, audio

and video facilities, multi media.

The School has a steady Internet connection with the capacity of 11 Mbit. The School has

its own server system and software securing the operation in Internet (www.turiba.lv.

www.studijas.lv).

Teaching literature and information availability in BAT library

Library of the School of Business Administration Turība is a new library and it has become a

modern free-access computerized library with a reader databases, electronic registration of

literature issue and receipt and electronic catalog of periodicals and books, which could be used

in the library and in any location worldwide where there is a computer with Internet access.

There work 10 erudite librarians in the library, who help to choose or find any required

literature.

The library stocks or databases and Internet resources can be also used by students of other

higher schools, as the library working hours are very convenient.

There are 285 working places in the library of the School of Business Administration

Turība, of which 100 are computerized. 2 electronic literature search and select catalogs are

accessible in the delivery room. To facilitate the search, the library personnel have introduced a

rational system allowing to look for required literature after subject names and key words.

Major task of the library is to provide the studies, postgraduate studies and scientific activity

with the latest teaching and scientific literature in accordance with the study programs and lines

of research, to give an opportunity to use not only the large stock of books and press but also on-

line and local data and internet information sources accessible in the library.

In proportion to the increase in the number of students, the School of Business

Administration Turība every year invests assets in the library technology development and stock

completion with own latest information.

The library entire stock is freely accessible - the literature is accessible to any library

visitor. To facilitate the required literature finding, books in the shelves stand in accordance with

the international universal decimal classification (UDK).

The library has been developing drastically since 2000, which is proved with the following major

events conducted in 2000-2004.

2000, March. Turība library becomes a member of the Latvian Academic Libraries Association.

2000. STOP system for identification of the library readers - debtors is introduced.

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http://www.studijas.lv/

http://www.turiba.lv/

2001, February. The library starts its operation in new premises. Information center with 50

computerized and 50 traditional working places is open.

2001. New on-line databases LETA and EBSCO are acquired.

2001. Action Dalies Turībā is conducted, within the frame of which secondary school pupils are

given an opportunity to use free of charge 10 computer hours with Internet connection.

2001. Action of donation of furniture and books from the secondary stock to school, partnership

and army libraries is conducted.

2001. The existing modules Dos Alises are replaced with updated modules Alises Windows.

2003, 21st of August. New more spacious premises of the library are open. The stock inventory

is held with the help of inventory modules. Turība library is the first library in Latvia where such

model is established.

2004. The library literature stock is expanded - latest pieces of literature for the master's degree

studies and scientific-research methods are purchased. A considerable portion of the literature is

in foreign languages. Turība library is third among the Latvian libraries where the highest

amount of financial assets is used for the purchase of books.

In proportion to the increase in the number of students, the SIA "School of Business

Administration Turība" every year invests assets in the library technology development and

stock completion with own latest information.

It was planned as of the academic year 2001/2002, to provide each student with an

opportunity to take out from the delivery room the obligatory teaching literature for the study

courses as stipulated in the course programs. Currently, there are 27 527 copies of 395 books

available from the delivery room for taking out for semester.

A free-access stock is a basis of the modern European higher school library. A free-access

stock makes books closer to the reader, as considers every book. All stocks, except for

encyclopaedia, are issued to the readers. Book Stock Structure is established in the library that

is showed in Table 7.5.

Table 7.5BAT Library Book Stock Structure

branch titles percentage copies percentagecomputers 198 2.07 4200 7.48

philosophy 286 2.99 1516 2.70

psychology 283 2.96 1529 2.72

statistics 232 2.43 1372 2.44

policy 189 1.98 1164 2.07

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ekonomics 603 6.31 5985 10.66

law 528 5.84 9521 16.96

banking 291 3.05 2884 5.14

accountancy 193 2.02 2958 5.27

marketing and management

918 9.61 6714 11.96

medicine 180 1.88 801 1.43arts 832 8.71 967 1.72history 321 3.36 1120 1.99geography 305 3.19 589 1.05the English lang. 496 5.19 3128 5.57the German lang. 380 3.98 2496 4.45the Latvian lang. 110 1.15 645 1.15fiction 2341 24.22 4068 7.24record-keeping 56 0.59 1141 2.03advertising 83 0.87 258 0.46hospitality 727 7.6 3091 5.51

Table 7.6Library book stock distribution by languages

languages titles percentage copies percentageLatvian 5209 54.54 44052 78.46

Russian 2202 23.02 4373 7.79English 1582 16.53 5229 9.31German 497 5.29 2405 4.28others 62 0.62 88 0.16

The library stock is formed in accordance with the higher school educational programs.

Currently, there are 56 147 copies of 9552 books and 236 periodicals (including 41 newspapers)

in the library. The stock is mainly formed in the Latvian, Russian, English and German

languages. There are audio-visual materials and CD-ROM in a complete.

In addition to the library stock, a base of other editions and periodicals is widely accessible:

Bank of Latvia editions available in the School of Business Administration Turība library in

2004:

Obverse and Reverse;

Annual Report of the Bank of Latvia (in Latvian and English);

Latvian Balance of Payments;

Monetary Bulletin (in Latvian and English).

LETA editions available in the School of Business Administration Turība library in 2004:

Insurance market review;

Banking review;

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Bank finance indicators;

European Union integration process review;

Latvian Economy Bulletin;

Legislative Review;

2002 Parliament Elections;

Securities market trends.

Business Information Agency editions subscribed by School of Business Administration Turība

library in 2004:

Balance Capital

Administrative Infraction Code. Criminal Law. Law of Criminal Procedure

Civil Statute. Law of Civil Procedure. Labor Code

Accountancy

Credit institutions

Fiscal system of the Republic of Latvia

Republic of Latvia Profession Classifier

Republic of Latvia government and self-government institutions (telephone directory)

Customs

Social and labor legislation

Trade

Business

Judicial system

Securities. Insurance

The library subscribes for foreign press editions such as:

1. Baltic IT Review

2. The Baltic Times

3. The Economist

4. Burda Moden

5. Business Central Europe

6. Travel &Leisure

7. National Geographic

8. PC Magazine

9. PC World

10. Psychology Today

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11. Newsweek

12. LAN Magazine

13. The World in 2000

14. Financial Times

15. Tourism Management

16. Итоги

17. Комерсарт Балтик

18. Бизнес и Балтия

19. Юридическая газета

20. Путешествие вокруг света

21. Приятного аппетита

22. Мир ПК

23. Компьютер пресс

24. Экономика

25. Налоговое планирование

26. Деньги и кредит

27. Бухгалтерский учет

28. Банковское дело

29. Аудит

The library subscribes for 8 LETA editions

1. Banking review

2. Bank finance indicators

3. Legislative process review

4. Insurance view

5. Securities market trends

6. Latvian Economy Bulletin

7. Self-government elections review

8. EU integration process review

The library subscribes for 4 EBSCO databases (internet access + CD-ROM)

1. Academic Search Elite;

2. Business Source Premier;

3. Newspaper Source Plus;

4. Master FILE Premier

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As well as news agency LETA internet database, including the newspaper “Latvijas Vēstnesis”

electronic version, NAIS local version, newspaper “Dienas Bizness” electronic version.

7.7. Comparison with similar study programs in Latvia and abroad

Having evaluated the Business Economics study program and compared it with similar offered

programs as a result of successful study of which the bachelor's degree in economics is

conferred, conclusions on the BAT program quality improvement could be made.

The program was compared with:

Riga Stradiņa University offered program that is accredited after the economics profession

standard and offers the second-level higher education program with the economist's qualification

accorded. The study program is implemented during 4 years and is accredited until 2010. Its

objective is to train highly qualified specialists in international economics and business.

Specialization - European economics and business. The study program is implemented in the

amount of 162 CP, of which the obligatory part (Part A) makes 86 CP, optional subjects (Part B)

- 52 CP, free selection part (Part C) - 4 CP, and the bachelor's degree thesis - 20 CP. To achieve

the objective, the following study courses are offered being split by years of study:

In the first year of studies, to study: mathematics, economic history, introduction

into economics, statistics, mathematical statistics, microeconomics, international

communication and etiquette, information science, macroeconomics, the Latvian

language, the English language;

In the second year of studies, to study: introduction into legal theory, commercial

law, marketing, financial foundations, accounting foundations, organization theory and

management, the German language, company strategy and policy, behavior standards,

field studies, course paper;

In the third year of studies, to study: international economic relations,

international business, EU: institutions, policy, economics and laws, International

currency system and finances, international marketing, international organizations,

international advertising, securities markets in Europe, the German language, field

studies, course paper;

In the fourth year of studies, to study: innovations, international banking business,

European economic integration, international trade, the French/Spanish language,

bachelor's degree thesis.

Central State University (U.S. California) study program that is implemented during 4 years

and offers the following specialization types:

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International business and economics;

Economics and business administration;

National economy economics.

Total amount of the study program is 180 CP, of which 90 CP are the obligatory subjects, 45 CP

- obligatory subjects in specialization, 4 CP - free selection subjects, 41 CP - field studies, state

examinations.

John Molson School of Business (Concordis University, Canada) study program that is

implemented during 4 years and provides for obtaining the bachelor's degree in economics with

the major of commerce. The study program is implemented every year offering 30 CP, 120 CP in

total, and is split as follows:

42 CP – basic course (business statistics, business, microeconomics, mathematics

1 and mathematics 2, computer knowledge, business communication, financial

accounting);

27 CP - optional course (business in small and medium enterprises, marketing,

management accounting, international business, economic processes in enterprises);

12 CP - free selection courses that are not related to the subjects of business or

economics (study of languages, philosophy, psychology, history of arts);

12 CP - free selection courses that are related to the subjects of business or

economics (strategy, management systems, project management, information systems);

27 CP – field studies, bachelor's degree thesis.

University Mannheim (Germany) operating since 1990 and specialized in the

implementation of economics and business study programs, as a result of which the diploma of

the higher education in economics and business management is obtained. The study process is

split into 8 semesters and the following courses are to be studied in those semesters:

1st semester - basic courses: microeconomics 1, microeconomics

2, economic processes and policy, finances, economic theory;

2nd semester - basic business courses: marketing, finances 2,

product management, corporate management, accounting, financial management;

3rd semester - special economics and business courses: audit,

logistics, banking, taxes, international management, principles of scientific research,

international marketing, statistics, application and optimization of economic processes;

4th semester - special courses: sociology, economic geography,

economic and social history, civil, commercial and public law, political science, fiscal policy,

technological processes;

5th semester - field studies;

6th semester - diploma paper.

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8. Study program development plan

Main directions of the study program development are stipulated in the School Development

Concept, and it incorporates the following targets:

to draw up and control the professional development plan for the teachers providing in it

for required specific gravity of doctors and employed on the staff; to conduct events

providing for the professional development of the academic personnel;

to inform the teachers and students on a regular basis about opportunities to take part in

the international seminars, conferences, symposiums;

to continue and seek for new opportunities to participate in international projects;

to use efficiently the offers to receive research grants, scholarships, membership fees and

other forms of international financing;

to use BAT publishing services as an opportunity to improve the supply of

methodological developments to the students;

to update cooperation with potential employers;

to proceed with interviews on the new specialists' ability to adapt to work;

to cooperate with employers in the study program content evaluation having the study

program updated continuously, carrying out its standardization in comparison with the

EC higher schools; to adopt progressive experience of the Baltic and EC higher schools

in the organization of teaching and methodology.

Study program and its implementation development plan drawing up shall be a joint assignment

of the program administration, faculty and chairs. Program development plans shall incorporate

the evaluation of results, program advanced planning and working out of the program conceptual

directive. The Business Economics development plan shall incorporate the following issues:

To popularize actively advantages of the second-level professional higher education and

opportunities to acquire the economist's specialization in the School of Business Administration

Turība;

To monitor the compliance of the study process and program with the profession standard

and legislative requirements;

To monitor the students' progress indicators as one of the study program quality

characterizing values;

To carry out the students' interviews as a necessity to provide for the general evaluation of

the academic personnel. study programs and the Business Economics Program as well as

feedback with the students;

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To carry out graduates' and employment interviews so that the study program could create

successfully competitiveness in compliance with the labor market variable conditions;

To update the program and targets of field studies on a regular basis proceeding from the

results of defense of previous field studies as well as employers' references;

To facilitate professional development of the study program academic personnel providing

for a stable number of doctors of science and engaging branch professionals - practicians;

To support the educational and research activity of the academic personnel - engagement in

projects, attraction and execution of grants as well as active participation in conferences and

international conferences;

To arrange the students' scientific conferences;

To update and improve the teaching methodological and material base as well as to make the

academic personnel involved in the teaching literature writing;

To facilitate and develop international cooperation;

To make actual other eventual cooperation trends engaging scientific research institutions,

which would stimulate the program scientific cover.

Study program development plan with regard to particular issues of activity:

Increase of the number of students to popularize actively the necessity of economic knowledge, especially in connection with EU priority branches;

to make the number of the program students stable;

to expand the Business Economics Program popularization and contribute to the cooperation with the Institute of Economics of the Ministry of Education and Sciences.

Program content updating to carry out the employment interviews on the mastered program usefulness in the professional activities;

to work out and produce for accreditation the program content in accordance with the profession standard.

Qualitative improvement and stabilization of the academic personnel

to facilitate and stimulate a growth of the number of teachers working in the School on the staff;

to facilitate and support the teachers' studies for the master's or doctor's degree;

to increase the specific gravity of teachers having the doctor's degree;

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to support materially the academic personnel's knowledge and skill improvement in seminars or courses on the branch problems;

to encourage the establishment of a stable composition of the study program academic personnel - branch practicians, improvement of teaching knowledge and skills in debates, seminars or courses;

to facilitate and support scientific research of the academic personnel.

Purposeful encouragement of research activity

to support scientific research activities and usage of their results for the teaching process improvement;

to encourage participation in conferences of the academic personnel;

to arrange regular conferences on the students' applied research activities.

Improvement of the supply of teaching materials and methods

to increase scopes of the economics literature purchase;

to update teaching distribution aids, to update and supplement other teaching materials;

to make the teaching literature creation active having the academic personnel engaged.

Study process organization improvement to revise the class timetable increasing intervals between classes;

to analyze the students' and graduates' statements for the study process organization improvement.

Development of stable cooperation with external organizations

to expand scientific and methodological cooperation with the Latvian and foreign higher schools;

to continue and expand cooperation with the employers;

to facilitate cooperation with the Institute of Economics of the Ministry of Education and Sciences;

to facilitate cooperation with other scientific institutions and organizations in order to establish stable cooperation relations and experience in the popularization of the urgency and significance of economic research;

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to make a regular analysis of cooperation for adjustment of the cooperation trends.

Study program accreditation In autumn of every year, to prepare the study program self-evaluation statement for the previous academic year;

To create purposeful developments for the study program updating.

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Supplement No 3

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES

Business Economics Study Program

Worked out by lecturer Jānis Augucēvičs

Objective – to learn using of the popular information systems, to study thoroughly and learn using professionally Microsoft Office programs. Required preliminary knowledge – mathematics within the secondary school course scope.Tasks – to acquire the following skills and abilities: 1) text typing and arrangement; 2) making tables, figures and schemes; 3) prototyping long documents; 4) making mathematical and economic calculations; 5) making diagrams and 6) information exchange among MS Windows programs. Obligatory requirements – three ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 4 credit points (CP), or 160 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION AND PRESENTATION FACILITIES


Worked out by Dr. sc. ing., principal lecturer Oskars Onževs,

Dr. sc. ing., assoc. prof. Antons Kiščenko

Objective – to give knowledge about modern information exchange and distribution facilities and methods, their operating principles and solutions of data use safety problems. Working out of electronic presentation and its use for project defense.Required preliminary knowledge – Computer technologies.Tasks – 1) to get familiarized with the principles of creation of companies' information systems based on Intranet and Internet technologies; 2) to learn how to create the company's external (Internet) homepages and internal (Intranet) information systems making use of the MS FrontPage program; 3) to learn how to work out electronic presentations and, making use thereof, organize efficiently the required information transmission; 4) to train operation of electronic mail systems and other electronic means of collective communication; 5) to study modern data coding methods and electronic signature use (practical operation making use of the PGP program); 6) to learn how to transfer paper-and-pencil documents into MS Office format.Obligatory requirements – three ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 3 credit points (CP), or 120 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

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BUSINESS FOREIGN LANGUAGE 1


Worked out by mag. phil., lecturer Anita Emse and mag. paed., lecturer Kristīne Liepiņa

Objective – to acquire communication skills in particular business situations as well as to refresh or study (subject to the level) the grammatical and structural system of the foreign language.Required preliminary knowledge – theoretical and practical knowledge of the foreign language as determined in the General secondary education standard for learning the English / German language.Tasks – to learn the required vocabulary and habits for particular business situations (see the theme arrangement), to write particular business documents - faxes, letters of invitation and gratitude, to refresh or study (subject to the level) on a regular basis the grammatical and structural system of the foreign language.Obligatory requirements – three ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 2 credit points (CP), or 80 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – test.




Objective – to acquire communication skills in particular business situations as well as to refresh or study (subject to the level) the grammatical and structural system of the foreign language.Required preliminary knowledge – Business Foreign Language 1.Tasks - to learn the required vocabulary and habits for particular business situations (see the theme arrangement), to write particular business documents - CV and applications, to refresh or study (subject to the level) on a regular basis the grammatical and structural system of the foreign language, to draw up the company profile and description of its offered produce and present thereof at the annual final students' conference. Obligatory requirements – four ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 2 credit points (CP), or 80 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

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MACROECONOMICSBusiness Economics Study Program

Worked out by Dr. oec., professor Juris Saulītis, Dr. oec., assoc. professor Uģis Gods

Objective – to communicate economical knowledge on the general regularities of macroeconomics and opportunities to use thereof in any company or government institution.Required preliminary knowledge – Microeconomics.Tasks – to make the students familiarized with the general regularities of macroeconomics and show them the opportunities to use such regularities both in commercial activities and everyday life, to teach the principal ideas of the significant role of macroeconomic issues paying special attention to the fiscal and monetary instruments in order to facilitate the increase in the gross domestic product and economic stability, to make them familiarized with the application of macroeconomics concepts and instruments to the national economic, sectoral and company's daily activity and strategy development.Obligatory requirements – four ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 4 credit points (CP), or 160 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

MICROECONOMICS


Worked out by Dr. oec., assoc. professor Uģis Gods, Dr. oec., professor Juris Saulītis

Objective - to communicate economical knowledge and convince of the necessity of regularities of macroeconomics and opportunities to use thereof in every company or institution.Required preliminary knowledge - Principles of economy.Tasks - to make the students familiarized with the regularities at the business and household level and application of the regularities in different commodity, service or resource markets and companies, to communicate basic concepts of a wide range of microeconomics: factors influencing the demand, offer, prices and costs, household market behavior conditions, principles of business activity in different commodity and resource markets, to make the students familiarized with the opportunities to apply the microeconomic principles and methods in the business analysis and management.Obligatory requirements – four ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 4 credit points (CP), or 160 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

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ECONOMIC HISTORY


Worked out by Dr. oec., professor Juris Saulītis

Objective – to make the students familiarized with the principal stages of the world economic development and their characteristic features. To achieve the objective, the principal stages shall be analyzed and their characteristic features and reasons shall be determined.Required preliminary knowledge – Microeconomics, Macroeconomics.Tasks – to give an idea of the basic tendencies of the economic development in the historical context, to determine characteristic features of development of particular world regions and countries, to determine characteristic features of the current world economic development stage and eventual prospects for the Latvian national economy.Obligatory requirements – three ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 3 credit points (CP), or 120 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

STATE AND CIVIL LAW


Worked out by principal lecturer Andris Iesalnieks

Objective - to form the students' understanding of the state, its forms, authorities, functioning, essences and general principles of the law, legal system, including the system of the civil law, and basic business principles.Required preliminary knowledge - Civil law. The secondary school course.Tasks - to make the students familiarized with the basic principles of the state and law, operation of the legal system, including basic institutes of the family, inheritance, property laws and law of obligation, and business forms and subjects.Obligatory requirements – three ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 2 credit points (CP), or 80 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – test.

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ECONOMIC PROCESS PLANNING


Worked out by mag. oec., lecturer Inta Slavinska

Objective – to provide for comprehension of the basic notions, basic relationships and methods of planning that are widely used in the business and economic sciences.Required preliminary knowledge – Microeconomics, Financial Accounting and Quantitative Methods in Economics.Tasks – to make the students familiarized with the essence and significance for the company of the economic process planning, to form the students' understanding of the basic planning conditions that are met by the company managers on making decisions, to form the students' skills of using the most important planning methods as well as quantitative methods for the substantiation of the plan targets, to teach the students how to draw up the performance plan and appraise it in terms of economics.Obligatory requirements – three ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 3 credit points (CP), or 120 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT APPRAISAL


Worked out by Dr. hab. chem., principal lecturer Magnuss Vircavs

Objective – to provide for basic knowledge of the environmental impact appraisal (IVN), its necessity and principles of performance, as well as to build the relationship of IVN and business.Required preliminary knowledge – Microeconomics and Macroeconomics.Tasks – to give the comprehensive definition of the concepts "environment" and "impact" and show their mutual relationship, to analyze the EC and Latvian IVN legislation in connection with other legislative acts, to make the students familiarized with the IVN performance procedure having analyzed the IVN of implemented projects, to give a summary of IVN performance in other countries.Obligatory requirements – two ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 2 credit points (CP), or 80 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – test.

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Objective – to acquire communication skills in particular business situations related to the economics. Required preliminary knowledge – Business Foreign Language 1 and 2.Tasks - to learn thoroughly the terminology and language structures that are related to the solution of the company's economic problems.Obligatory requirements – three ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 2 credit points (CP), or 80 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – test.




Objective – to acquire communication skills in particular business situations related to the economics.Required preliminary knowledge – Business Foreign Language 1, 2 and 3.Tasks - to learn thoroughly the terminology and language structures that are related to the international trade and contract conclusion, to draw up a communication of the economic situation in Latvia and abroad and present it at the annual final students' conference.Obligatory requirements – four ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 2 credit points (CP), or 80 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

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LOGISTICS


Worked out by mag. oec., lecturer Inta Slavinska

Objective – to provide for gaining knowledge about the product management system on the way from manufacturer to consumer, selection of intermediary of sales channels, transport organization and warehousing organization.Required preliminary knowledge – Microeconomics, Marketing, Economic Process Planning.Tasks – to make the students familiarized with the essence and role for economics of the logistics and structure and development of the sales channels. To acquire knowledge of the essence and significance, to acquire knowledge of the purchase logistics; to know the principles of warehousing and stock management and train practical estimations, to acquire knowledge of specific features of transport and ability to appraise thereof, to train skills of logistics planning and management.Obligatory requirements – three ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 3 credit points (CP), or 120 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

MARKETING


Worked out by mag. paed., principal lecturer Solvita Vītola,

mag. oec., lecturer Aina Bišofa

Objective – to convince of the marketing system necessity for the company and opportunities for its application in the Republic of Latvia companies.Required preliminary knowledge – Microeconomics and Economic Process Planning.Tasks – to study the marketing functions, structure and strategies, to analyze the company's marketing environment, to select the marketing MIS and market research methods, to analyze the marketing management system and opportunities for its application in the companies by making a marketing plan. Obligatory requirements – three ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 3 credit points (CP), or 120 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

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MATHEMATICAL MODELING


Worked out by Dr. sc. ing., assoc. professor Antons Kiščenko

Objective – to comprehend the widely used basic notions and correlation of the mathematical modeling, to master the application of methods in the sphere of economics and business.Required preliminary knowledge – mathematics within the secondary school course scope, Computer Technologies, Microeconomics and Macroeconomics.Tasks – 1) to study thoroughly the logic elements as well as to develop skills of making financial estimates; 2) to apply computer technologies and functional analysis numerical methods to the implementation of the economics and business analyzing, forecasting and planning tasks; 3) to teach to solve the optimization problems applying the optimization methods.Obligatory requirements – three ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 3 credit points (CP), or 120 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

LABOR AND SOCIAL LAW

2nd-level professional higher education study program

Business economics

Worked out by Valija Ulmane

Objective - to give an idea of basic aspects of the labor and social law to the students.Required preliminary knowledge – Fundamentals of the Law, a secondary school course.Tasks - to make familiarized with basic aspects of the labor and social law, women's and youth's labor protection, employer's obligations in the labor organization, labor protection supervision and control issues and social security issues.Obligatory requirements – two ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 2 credit points (CP), or 80 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – test.

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ECONOMIC FORECASTING


Worked out by Dr. sc. ing., principal lecturer Oskars Onževs

Objective – to provide the students with the knowledge, understanding and skill to apply the mathematical methods used in the economic forecasting and planning as well as strategy mapping out for the trade on the stock exchanges and currency markets.Required preliminary knowledge – mathematics within the secondary school course scope, Computer Technologies, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Business Planning.Tasks – to develop the skills and abilities to solve the actual forecasting problems; to master the mathematical methods for the formation of forecasting models; to develop the intellect and mathematical thinking for the solution of complex economic problems making use of modern computing facilities and software.Obligatory requirements – three ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 3 credit points (CP), or 120 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL CALCULATION METHODS


Worked out by principal lecturer Andris Vīgants,

mag.oec. lecturer Tatjana Tambovceva

Objective - to study the financial – economic calculation methods, application of MS Excel facilities for the calculations, and to draw up independently the calculation schemes and select required facilities for the calculations.Required preliminary knowledge – Mathematics for Economists, Quantitative Methods in Economics, Economic Process Planning.Tasks - to make the students familiarized with different financial – economic calculation methods, to study MS Excel and its special characteristics for speedy and precise calculations; to study the calculation methods widely used in business, to learn how to find independently an approach to other calculations that are not discussed in the given course.Obligatory requirements – three ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 2 credit points (CP), or 80 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

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FINANCING AND INVESTMENT IN ECONOMICS


Worked out by principal lecturer Andris Vīgants,

mag.oec. lecturer Janīna Romancēviča

Objective - to study the business financing methods, cooperation of the company with financial and capital markets; to study the investment project calculation and estimating methods and capital planning. Theories of securities price determination, capital optimization, investment project and risk estimate are used for the course formation. To examine the essence and content of the main finance categories and conceptions. The course is based on the practices of the Latvian and foreign companies in the sphere of financing and investment.Required preliminary knowledge – Macroeconomics, Quantitative Methods in Economics, Financial Accounting.Tasks - to make the students familiarized with the capital formation and efficient use methods as well as to build up their abilities to evaluate different sources of financing and investment projects and optimize financing, to give basic concepts of cash flows and their evaluation methods, capital prices and financial levers, to make the students familiarized with the practical application of theory while solving the company management problems providing for mastering the most significant calculation methods, and give a summary of the opportunities to implement thereof on computers.Obligatory requirements – three ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 2 credit points (CP), or 80 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – test.

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COMMERCIAL LAW

2nd-level professional higher education study program

Business economics

Worked out by M.iur. Jānis Endziņš

Objective - to communicate the basic knowledge of the commercial law to the students.Tasks - In order the course could be studied better, the program is divided into two parts: main basic institutes of the commercial law are discussed in the first part, the second part is dedicated to the main institutes of the public law. Not only the Latvian commercial law is to be studied within the course, but also regulations of foreign countries are to be surveyed in comparison. Tests and regular essays are dedicated to the solution of theoretical and practical problems while the students train their skills in the application of norms of the commercial law.Obligatory requirements – three ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 3 credit points (CP), or 120 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

BUSINESS ORGANIZATION AND ANALYSIS


Worked out by Dr. oec., lecturer Andra Zvirbule-Bērziņa

Objective – to develop the knowledge of business forms, planning, organization, control and analysis.Required preliminary knowledge – Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Business Planning.Tasks – To determine the business organization basic principles, to distinguish and analyze the factors that give a warning of the company's business disturbance; to determine what economic, planning and management problems disturb successful operation of the company.Obligatory requirements – three ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 2 credit points (CP), or 80 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

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INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS


Worked out by Dr. oec., principal lecturer Anna Ābeltiņa,

mag. oec., lecturer Iveta Voltnere

Objective – to form a system of economic concepts and communicate knowledge of the international economics regularities and forms of manifestation thereof in the foreign economic relations.Required preliminary knowledge – Macroeconomics, Business and Marketing.Tasks – to make the students familiarized with principal theoretical concepts of the foreign economic relations, commodity, service, labor and capital flows and special characteristics of other transactions as well as to train skills to analyze and evaluate different economic processes in the national and international sphere, to teach basic concepts of the international trade and banking operations, to make the students familiarized with the foreign economic activity conditions by solving the company management problems.Obligatory requirements – three ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 3 credit points (CP), or 120 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

EU Economic and Monetary Policy


Worked out by Dr.oec., assoc. professor Uģis Gods

Objective - to make the students comprehending the European Union economic and monetary policy. The European Union Economic and Monetary Policy course makes the basis for using the European context in diploma papers.Required preliminary knowledge – Macroeconomics, Banks and Banking Operations, International Economics.Tasks - to make the students familiarized with the economic and monetary policy basic notions and relationships that are practiced in the European Union, to develop the skills to analyze the economic and monetary policy; as a result of the course completion, the students acquire the knowledge, skills and abilities that allow them to solve the economic problems with regard to the EU context.Obligatory requirements – three ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 3 credit points (CP), or 120 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

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LATVIAN NATIONAL ECONOMY


Worked out by Dr.oec., lecturer Andra Zvirbule-Bērziņa

Objective – to develop and update the knowledge of the national economic turnover, to link theoretical aspects with the Latvian national economic structure.Required preliminary knowledge – Macroeconomics, Microeconomics and Economic History.Tasks – to acquire knowledge of the Latvian national economy, to determine its influencing factors as well as to forecast eventual priority trends in the Latvian national economy.Obligatory requirements – four ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 2 credit points (CP), or 80 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

RISK ANALYSIS


Worked out by Mag.math., lecturer Baiba Kazāka

Objective – to expand the students' knowledge of the security holdings and basic principles of their formation, diversification of investments and risk reduction opportunities.

Required preliminary knowledge – Quantitative Methods in Economics, Economic Process Planning, Economic and Commercial Calculation Methods, Financing and Investment in Economics.

Tasks - to make the students familiarized with the principles of making optimal security holdings with the object of minimizing the risk in business.

Obligatory requirements – 3 ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 2 credit points (CP), or 80 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

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SECURITIES AND CURRENCY MARKET ECONOMICS


Worked out by Mag.oec., lecturer Ieva Bruksle

Objective – to communicate theoretical and practical knowledge of operation and types of the securities and currency markets as well as of modern tendencies and lines of development.Required preliminary knowledge – Macroeconomics, Financing and Investment in Economics, International Economics.Tasks – to make the students familiarized with the essence and types of securities, to analyze specific characteristics of the main types of securities, emission thereof, circulation on the market, to give an idea of the privatization vouchers market in Latvia, to make the students familiarized with the money market and its traditional and new instruments.Obligatory requirements – three ordinary checkups, the type and form of which shall be determined by the teacher.Scope – corresponds to 3 credit points (CP), or 120 academic hours formed by contact hours (amount is fixed in the curriculum) and student's independent studies. Field studies form at least 1/3 academic hours of the total number of hours.Final checkup – examination.

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Supplement No 5CHECKUP 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. Checkup shall be an evaluation of the student's acquired knowledge, skills and abilities

determined in the program.

1.3. Ordinary checkups, study course concluding checkups, academic year concluding

checkups and final examinations shall be distinguished among the checkups.

1.4. Distinctions of E-studies (computer-based remote studies) from these Regulations shall

be determined in the E-studies (computer-based remote studies) Procedure Regulations.

2. Checkup types

2.1. Ordinary Checkups

Ordinary checkups shall be checkups organized during mastering the study course. Ordinary

checkups shall be organized and conducted by the study course teacher. The number of ordinary

checkups is determined in the study course program. The teacher shall evaluate the ordinary

checkups with a mark after the 10-point system or tested / not tested and the assessment shall be

registered in the studies record book. Types of ordinary checkups shall be as follows:

control 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.

Type of each study course concluding checkup is determined in the curriculum and study

course program. The venue and time of checkups shall be determined in the tuition and checkup

schedule. Assessments of study course concluding checkups shall be registered in the checkup

evaluation sheets and studies record book.

2.2.1. Examination shall be a checkup in which the student's knowledge, skills and

abilities acquired in a relevant study course are evaluated. They shall be evaluated

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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 chair.

2.2.2. Test shall be a checkup in which the knowledge, skills and abilities acquired in

the study course are evaluated on the basis of the ordinary checkup results or/and

testing paper results. It shall be evaluated with a mark 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 chair.

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 are as

follows:



Academic year concluding checkups shall be evaluated after the 10-point system. Assessments

shall be registered in the checkup evaluation sheets.

2.3.1. The field studies report shall be defended after the field studies determined in the

curriculum have been completed. Defense of the field studies report shall be regulated in the

Field Studies Regulations.

2.3.2. The student's paper shall be defended after the student's paper determined in the

curriculum has been executed. Defense of the student's paper shall be 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 specialization or

complete study program is concluded. Types of final examinations shall be as follows:

- specialization final examination;

- final examination.

2.4.1. Mastering of the study program is concluded with the final examinations. Final

examinations shall regulated with the Final Examination Regulations.

2.4.2. Mastering of the specialization program is concluded with the specialization final

examinations. Specialization final examination shall be evaluated by commission appointed

with the dean's order. Specialization final examination shall not be an obligatory part of the

2nd-level professional study program.

3. Checkup forms

3.1. Eventual checkup forms shall be as follows:

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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 in writing on paper or computer. Written

checkup works shall be checked and marked in absence of the students. 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. A part of the oral checkup could be also a task to be

performed in writing on paper or computer.

3.2. Form of the study course concluding checkup shall be determined by the chair having it

coordinated with the Teaching Department.

3.3. Form of the specialization final examination shall be determined by the specialization

program director having it coordinated with the dean.

4. The student's rights and obligations

4.1. The student shall have the rights as follows:

4.1.1. To consult the teacher free of charge at a determined time efore

examination;

4.1.2. To ask for extra consulting, for which the student shall pay the service fee

fixed by BAT;

4.1.3. To use in checkups the study course program and auxiliary aids determined

by the 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 time and venue and produce the student's ISIC

card to the teacher;

4.2.2. For re-passing a checkup, to apply for and receive a permit – assignment

from the Teaching Department not later than a day in advance;

4.2.3. To coordinate the repeated checkup time with the teacher (head of the

chair).

5. The teacher's rights and obligations

5.1. The teacher shall have the rights as follows:

5.1.1. In oral checkups, to ask additional questions to the student on the entire

study course in order to determine the mark;

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5.1.2. To cancel the checkup marking if plagiarism is stated or suspend the student

from the checkup if he makes use of unauthorized materials during the checkup.

5.1.3. To determine the individual checkup time for the student.

5.2. The teacher shall have the obligations as follows:

5.2.1. Not later than at the second class, to inform about checkup conditions and

requirements to be met by the students in order to receive a positive mark for the

study course;

5.2.2. Before checkup, to receive the checkup evaluation sheet from the chair or permit

– assignment from the student in order to record the checkup marking;

5.2.3. To record “not admitted” in the checkup evaluation sheet if the student has not

passed the study course ordinary checkups or “not arrived” if the student has not

arrived for the checkup;

5.2.4. Not to allow the student to pass the checkup if it is recorded “not admitted” in the

checkup evaluation sheet;

5.2.5. Not later than the day following the oral checkup date or the fifth day after the

written checkup date, to hand over the checkup evaluation sheet or permit –

assignment to the chair;

5.2.6. To hand over the checkup evaluation sheets to the Teaching Department not later

than three days after the oral checkup or five days after the written one.

6. Other conditions

These Regulations in the wording set forth above shall become effective as of September 1,

2004.

Vice-rector for Academic Activity A. Kiščenko

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Supplement No 6

Limited Liability Company "School of Business Administration Turība"Reg. No. 000313588, 68 Graudu St., Riga, LV-1058

RECOMMENDATIONS ON DRAWING UP AND EXECUTION OF DIPLOMA PAPERS

1. DIPLOMA PAPER STRUCTURE AND CONTENT

Diploma paper shall be formed as follows:- title page;- index (with the page numeration);- abstracts in the Latvian language and two foreign languages (at least one of them should be in the English or German language);- list of abbreviations and conventional signs (wherever required);- introduction, in which urgency of the theme selected, paper objective and tasks are underlined;- content presentation by chapters (number of chapters and sub-chapters as required);- conclusions and propositions;- bibliography;- enclosures (wherever required);- diploma paper assessment certificate on the defense results (an extract from the minutes of the State Examination Commission meeting).

2. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Minimal amount of the diploma paper shall be 50 pages of computer typing (excluding bibliography and enclosures).

The diploma paper shall be executed in accordance with the Regulation "Requirements for Execution of Papers Worked out Independently by Students".

Diploma paper obligatory elements and requirements:1. Clearly formulated objective showing what the writer wants to achieve.2. List of tasks implementation of which would provide for the objective achievement.3. Methods applied to the research.4. Survey of literature and periodicals on the selected theme and in compliance with the

objective defined.5. Independent research, i.e. the writer's contribution by analyzing the object, stating

problems and their affecting factors, proposing ways of solution and their feasibility.6. Conclusions and propositions that are definite and in accordance with the objective.

The propositions should be obligatorily compared with the objective and their correspondence should be stated.

7. Bibliography providing for at least 15 sources of literature to which references should be made in the diploma paper.

8. Tables and figures should be provided with headings and numbered with the source of information designated (except when the material included in the table or figure is he writer's original contribution).

9. Diploma paper should be written in the third person. 10. The student engaged on the diploma paper should sign it obligatorily designating the

year, day and month of signing (2004.gada 11.maijā).

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3. DIPLOMA PAPER TITLE PAGE EXECUTION

The diploma paper shall be in rigid covers. The following diploma paper data shall be given in its title page:

- name of the educational establishment;- name and surname of the student engaged on the diploma paper;- diploma paper theme;- name and surname and signature of the student engaged on the diploma paper;- capacity, academic degree, signature, name and surname of the diploma paper

supervisor;- capacity, academic degree, signature, name and surname of adviser(s) (if any);- city and year of performance.

4. ABSTRACT

Abstract is a brief characteristic of the paper. Abstract scope shall be 500-700 printed signs. Abstract shall be arranged after the following scheme:

- diploma paper objective and tasks to be implemented;- brief characteristic of the paper content;- results of research;- number of tables, figures and sources of literature used;- other information (wherever required).

It is usual to commence sentences with the words: worked out, studied, estimated, etc. Abstract should be in 3 languages - the Latvian language and two foreign ones.

5. INTRODUCTION, CONTENT PRESENTATION AND ENDING

Introduction shall incorporate as follows:- substantiation of the urgency of the theme;- substantiation of the research object selection (enterprise, business companies,

branch, problem, etc.);- paper objective;- formulation of tasks to be performed for the paper objective achievement;- list of research methods and approaches applied;- research period;- research theme and period limitation (wherever required);- list of unpublished materials used for the research;

Urgency of the theme should be substantiated with conclusions of the economic and management science theories and national economy practice, peculiarities of operation of economic laws in the examined object, actual national economy situations, general characteristic of the existing problems and examined object.

Proceeding from the urgency of the theme, the writer shall determine and formulate the diploma paper objective. The formulation should be short and definite.

Proceeding from the diploma paper set objective, it is necessary to determine tasks to be performed for its achievement. The tasks shall reflect the paper main content.

In the diploma paper, the writer should give the following in the systematized form:- theoretical substantiation of the examined problem;- analytical presentation of the problem;

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- research results that are achieved by the student engaged on the diploma paper upon research.Diploma paper shall be divided into chapters, chapters - into sub-chapters. The thought

expressed in the paper should be supported with illustrative materials (tables, diagrams, graphic charts, etc.) and estimations.

Titles, structure, composition and content of chapters and sub-chapters shall be individual for each diploma paper subject to the paper significance and content. Numeration shall be as follows: 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, ... 2, 2.1, 2.1.1, etc.

In the theoretical substantiation, a theoretical analysis of the examined object status should be given. Surveying literature and working over substantiation for the theoretical conclusions, the writer should not deviate from the objective and tasks to be implemented as set in the diploma paper.

In this section, legislative and regulatory acts regulating all the processes that are to be settled in the diploma paper and pertaining to the examined object could be characterized.

Characteristic of the examined object should be comprehensive, applied and deep enough, it should be based on vast factual material. It is desirable that the examined object operating period covers 3 to 5 years. Theoretical conclusions should be possibly supplemented and characterized with tables, schemes, diagrams, pictures, etc.

It is desirable to commence the chapter in which the object is characterized with brief characteristic of the legal status, lines of activity and economic conditions in which the object operates. Problems of the research should be exposed in the chapter.

Recommendations on the elimination of the stated drawbacks or flaws and settlement of unresolved problems shall be worked out and substantiated in the paper.

Purposefulness of the recommended measures should be substantiated with a range of organizational, economic and, when required, technological and engineering solutions and relevant estimations, economic feasibility of introduction of the recommendations should be showed.

Conclusions and propositions shall be the concluding part of the paper, and it shall provide for the most essential opinions and assessments of the paper performance. They should be arranged logically and formulated in a businesslike manner.

Each conclusion or proposition should be discussed as a particular item.Conclusions and propositions should arise from the paper content, they should not use

data or facts that are not discussed in the paper. No quotations from other writer's papers are allowed in the conclusions and propositions, they should only reflect the writer's thoughts, motivated judgments and opinions.

Propositions should be only formulated on the basis of the conclusions derived. Propositions should be targeted to the elimination of drawbacks, performance optimization, etc.

Conclusions and propositions should show how the writer has managed to perform the tasks set in the introduction.

6. SAMPLE OF RECORD TO BE MADE ON THE LAST PAGE OF DIPLOMA PAPER

The diploma paper was defended at the State Examination Commission meeting on ____________________ ______, 2004

and assessed with the mark ___________________________

Minutes No. _______________________

Secretary of the State Examination Commission _____________________________(signature)

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Personal dataName SurnamePersonal ID NumberTelephoneE-mail address

Ieva Bruksle270275 – [email protected]

Education1993 – 2002

1982 – 1993

Riga Technical University, Institute of Production and Entrepreneurship – student for doctor’s degree, the theoretical course completed.Management of international economic relations – Master’s degree in economics;Bachelor’s grade in economics.Riga Secondary School No. 25.

Working experience2000 – 2002since 1999.1997 – 2000

1997 – 19981996 – 19971993 – 1996

Baltic Russian Institute – Lecturer;School of Business Administration Turība – Lecturer;LLC “Urbāns’ Creative Metal Art Workshop – Salon” – Chief Accountant;LLC “World Press” Airport “Riga” – Salesperson;LLC “Baltic Marketing” Airport “Riga” – Salesperson;LLC “Channel – 2” – Chief Accountant.

Additional educationBusiness Accounting – Certificate obtained;Economic German – Certificate obtained.

Language skills Latvian, English, Russian, German, Czech

Scientific activity Specific character of pricing in Latvia

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Alberto Sadu201070 - [email protected]

Education1998

1992

1990 – 19921987 – 1990

1987

Latvian Medicine Academy: Physician’s diploma, Master’s degree;Student at Korolinska Institute, Stockholm Faculty of Medicine;American University Faculty of Medicine in Beirut;American University Faculty of Biology in Beirut –Biologist (Bachelor’s degree);British Evangelical School in Beirut.

Working experiencesince 2000

2000 – 2002

1998 – 19991998 – 1999

1989 – 1992

School of Business Administration Turība – Teacher of English; Commission at Ministry of Education – evaluation of the results gained by Latvia’s 12th Form pupils at State Exams in English;Assistant to Professor Infectologist;Doctor Internist at Therapy Department and Casualty Ward of Multi-type Hospital in Beirut;Teacher of English, biology and chemistry at Beirut Secondary School.

Additional education2003

2001.1997 – 2000

1998 – 1999

Finished „Further Certificate for Teaching Business English” courses, LCCI (London Chamber of Commerce & Industry) Certificate obtained;Seminar “Legal English Training” at Riga;Seminars (for family doctors, cardiologists, internists) at Physicians’ Professional Association – lecturer, student;Specialization for general practice physician in Beirut.

Language skills Latvian, English, Russian, Arab

Scientific activity1998

19981997

International Congress of Gastroenterologists in Beirut;International Congress of Cardiologists in France;International Congress of Anesthesiologists and Reanimatologists in Stockholm.

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Personal dataName SurnamePersonal ID NumberTelephone

Uģis Gods220538 – 100483025949

Education1993

1966 – 1968

1957 – 1962

The University of Latvia Habilitation and Promotion Council – Doctor’s degree in Economics;Leningrad State University Faculty of Economics – degree of kandidat of sciences;Latvian Agricultural University Chair of Economics – economist.


1981 – 1998

1971 – 1981

1966 – 1968

1962 – 1971

School of Business Administration Turība – Associated Professor;Latvian Agricultural University – leading senior lecturer in micro- and macroeconomics;Chelyabinsk Institute of Agriculture – teacher of the theory of economics;Leningrad State University – post-graduate studies in the theory of economics; Riga Technical University – teacher of the theory of economics.

Additional education1976 Leningrad University Council – degree of kandidat of

sciences in economics

Language skills Latvian, English, Russian

Scientific work The monetary policy of the Bank of Latvia, and its influence upon the growth of Latvia’s economy

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Aina Bišofa221145 – [email protected]


1967 – 1973

Latvian Agricultural University – post-graduate studies – studies for master’s degree;The University of Latvia, qualification – economist.


1999 – 2001

1992 – 20011979 – 1992

1973 – 1979

School of Business Administration Turība – Head of Chair of Economics;School of Business Administration Turība Chair of Economics – lecturer;Latvian Agricultural Academy - lecturer;Latvian Agricultural Academy – assistant, senior tutor;Laidze Sovkhoz-Technical School – teacher of economics.


1999

1998

1997.g.

Riga Higher School of Economics, “International Marketing of Services” – certificate;International Seminar at Latvian Chamber of Industry and Trade, Riga, “International Marketing” – certificate;Training course at LCIT, Riga “Marketing Management” – certificate;Seminar at LCIT, Riga, “Creative Marketing” – certificate.

Language skills Latvian, English, Russian, German

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Anna Medne240655 - [email protected]

Educationsince 2002

2000 – 2002

1999 – 2000

1996 – 1999

1994 – 1996

1974 – 1979

1970 – 1973

Studies for doctor’s degree at the University of Latvia, Economics science branch, Finances and Credit sub-branch; Latvian Commercial Banks Association Consultations and Training Center, studies for Latvian Banking Specialist’s certificate; The University of Latvia Faculty of Economics and Management, one-year professional studies program, economist – accountant; Latvian Agricultural University, studies for master’s degree in economics – master’s degree in economics;Latvian Agricultural University, studies for master’s degree in pedagogy – master’s degree in pedagogy;Latvian Agricultural University Faculty of Agronomy, certificated agronomist;Saldus Secondary School.


2000 – 2001

since 1997

1980 – 2000

1979 – 1980

School of Business Administration Turība, lecturer at Chair of Accounting; Baltic Transit Bank Central Branch, work in the position of economist on credits granted by the World Bank to rural enterprises;Lecturer of accounting and economics at Adults Training and Qualification Improvement Courses in Vidzeme region; Teacher of accounting and economics in Jaungulbene Vocational Secondary School; Chief Agronomist of „Kurzeme“ collective farm in the District of Saldus.

Additional education - continuation of studies for doctor’s degree at the University of Latvia, Economics science branch, Finances and Credit sub-branch;- performing scientific research and elaboration of promotional work on the subject “Harmonization of tax rates in Latvia in connection with integration to the European Union”;- conducting the grant work “investigation of the Influence exerted by the EU integration process and implementation of regional reform upon Latvia’s taxation system” at School of Business Administration Turība during 2004 – 2005;- conducting elaboration of theses for master’s degree,

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degree works and qualification papers at the Higher School.

Language skills Latvian, Russian, German, English


2003

2003

2003

2003

2003.g.

2003.g.

Latvian Agricultural University, International Scientific Conference “Economic Science for Rural Development”, report “Problems concerning management of taxation risks in Latvian agriculture in context of integration into the EU”;School of Business Administration Turība, International Scientific Conference “Development of Viable Tourism”, report “The influence exerted by Latvia’s tax policy upon tourism business”;Higher School of Banking, International Scientific Conference “Preconditions of Viable Development: New Challenges and Perspectives”, report “The role of Latvia’s tax policy in viable development of business”;Wroclaw Economic Academy (Poland), International Scientific Conference “Reserves in Accounting”, report “Reserves in the accounting system of Latvia”;The influence exerted by Latvia’ s tax policy upon tourism business // Development of Viable Tourism: International Scientific Conference, Proceedings, Riga, April 25, 2003, pages 206 – 210; Problems Concerning Management of Taxation Risks in Latvian Agriculture in Context of Integration into the EU // Economic Science for Rural Development: International Scientific Conference, April 9 – 10, 2003, Jelgava, pages 289 – 295;Reserves in the accounting system of Latvia // Reserves in Accounting: International Scientific Conference, Proceedings, Wroclaw, November 3 – 5, 2003.

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Rosita Zvirgzdiņa301064 – [email protected]


1997 – 2001

1987 – 19831971 – 1979

School of Business Administration Turība, professional studies program for master’s degree – professional master’s degree in management of business;School of Business Administration Turība, qualification – Business Manager, specialization – financier; Jelgava Extra-mural Secondary School;Jelgava Eight-year School No. 2.


2001 - 2003

since 20011981 – 1983

School of Business Administration Turība, Chair of Economics – lecturer; Turība Higher School of Business, Courses Department – tutor;School of Business Administration Turība, Chair of Economics – laboratory associate, assistant.Restaurants Service School – teacher;Jelgava Power Control authority – secretary – controller.


Basic courses in entrepreneurship;Computer courses;English language courses.


Scientific work Possibilities for dwelling houses management models and their improvement in Latvia

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Staņislavs Keišs150853-10018.7617096, [email protected]


1971 – 1975

1968 – 1971

Moscow State University – post-graduate studies – accounting and analysis of economic activity; Latvian Agricultural Academy – accounting in agriculture;Jēkabpils Technical School of Economics – accounting in agriculture.

Working experience

since 1999

1995 – 1999

1995 – 1996

19951994 – 1995

1994

1994

1992 – 1994 1988 – 1993

1987 – 1988

1985 – 1988

1982 – 1985

1976 – 1978

School of Business Administration Turība – Head of

Chair of Accounting, Associated Professor;

School of Business Administration Turība – Head of Chair of Accounting, senior lecturer;Latvian Academy of Sciences Institute of Economics, leading specialist, scientific secretary;LLC commercial firm "ARSIS", President;JSC "Latvijas Tautas banka" [Latvian People’s Bank], Vice President, Member of the Board;JSC "Latvijas Tautas banka", Member of the Board, Head of Bank’s Branches Department;JSC "Latvijas Tautas banka", Vice President, Member of the Board;JSC "Latvijas Tautas banka", Chairman of the Board (President), Member of the Board;Latvian Agricultural Academy, senior lecturer, Head of Chair of Accounting and Finance;Latvian Agricultural Academy, senior tutor, Head of Chair of Accounting and Finance;Latvian Agricultural Academy Chair of Accounting and Finance, senior tutor;Latvian Agricultural Academy Chair of Accounting and Finance, assistant.Latvian Agricultural Academy Chair of Accounting and Finance, assistant.


1993

1991

Courses ‘’Securities Market’’, arranged by the Baltic International Stock Exchange Academy, Riga – diploma;

Seminar ‘’Strategic Management of Banks’’, arranged by Latvian Commercial Banks Association and Chartered Institute of Bankers (UK), Riga – certificate;

Seminar ‘’School of Agricultural Banking, Credit &

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Finance for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania’’, Riga – certificate.


Scientific activity The total number of published works is 104, of which 89 are scientific articles and 15 are studies methodological works.Conducting grant subjects:No. 90.239 “Organizing accounting and control, and their methodology in farming and rented economies” – scientific leader;No. 96.0144 “The system of infrastructure of Latvian financial market, and directions and opportunities for its development “ – scientific leader;No. 16, Research program of State significance “Optimization of Latgale’s economic and social development”, sub-program “Involvement and management of financial resources, and elaboration of credit policy”, leader;No. 02.0915 “Directions of regional development, and the system of actions for formation of regions in the EU context of Latvia”.

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Personal dataName SurnamePersonal ID Number TelephoneE-mail address

Aldis Balodis240553-105056431384 [email protected]

Education1993

1980 – 1983

1971 – 1976

1960 – 1971

Doctor Eng.Sci., dissertation “Control of emission of mechanical strains in surface layers of silicon” defended at Riga Technical University; on this subject, 12 publications are issued including one author’s certificate;Riga Polytechnical Institute, post-graduate studies (in instrument manufacture technology); finished with submission of dissertation;Riga Polytechnical Institute, mechanical engineer (automation and integrated mechanization of machine-building);Riga Secondary School No. 36.

Working experiencesince 2003.

since 2001

2001 – 2003

since 2000.

since 1999

1998 - 2000

since 1998

1998 – 1999

since 1994

1994 – 1998

1979 – 1994

1976 – 1979

School of Business Administration Turība, Manager of Quality Control System;School of Business Administration Turība Chair of Informatics, senior lecturer;School of Business Administration Turība, Manager of Computerized Distance Learning Department;Riga Technical University Promotional Council , Member – expert in sciences branch “Machines Teaching”, sub-branch “Metrology and machine-building technology”;Riga Technical University, Institute of Biomedicine Engineering Sciences and Micro-technologies, Associated Professor;Joint-stock Insurance Company “BALTA”, Head of Office Work – Quality Manager;Latvian Academy of Sciences, Certification Center, expert;Riga Technical University, Professor’s Group for Physical Medicine Engineering Teaching, senior lecturer;Riga Technical University, Institute of Electric Engineering and Electronic Materials and Technologies, Deputy Director;Riga Technical University, Chair of Micro-electric Engineering, senior lecturer;Riga Polytechnical Institute (later transformed to RTU), junior research fellow, assistant, lecturer;Riga Motor Vehicles Electric Instrument Factory, designer, then 3rd Class designer.

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Additional educationJune 1999

April 1999

June 1998

1996

1996

1996

German Exchange Program – one month long (DAAD scholarship) research work at Halle University;Riga Technical University, adaptation of studies course “Medical Equipment and Instruments” according to TEMPUS program at Lynchöping University (Sweden);Seminar with participation of specialists from International Agency for Atomic Energy – on radiation safety in radio-therapy, certificate No. 0007;The requirements of product quality for ensuring exportation to Europe (Vilnius-Kiel) – on certification, medical articles and quality systems including – certificate issued by Kiel Academy of Economy;Preparing laboratories for accreditation according to the European norms (Riga). Certificate issued by Latvian Academy of Sciences Certification Center;Quality systems auditor (Riga). Certificate issued by Latvian Academy of Sciences Certification Center.

Language skills Latvian, Russian, English, German


2002

2002.

- Oskars Onževs, Antons Kiščenko, Aldis Balodis. Students’ requirements to quality of E-studies in Latvia and Europe.// International Conference "Business Opportunities, Problems, and Their Solutions in Globalization Conditions". Proceedings, Riga, April 12, 2004, School of Business Administration Turība, (submitted for publishing);- A.Balodis, A.Kiščenko, O.Onzevs. The Possibility of Developing E-Studies and the Experience of School of Business Administration Turiba // Eden 10th Anniversary Conference, Stockholm, 10-13 June, 2001, Stockholm, Sweden Royal Institute of Technology, - Antons Kiscenko, Oskars Onzevs, Aldis Balodis, Solvita Vitola, (2002) ANALYSIS OF E-STUDIES DEVELOPMENT IN LATVIA. Proceedings of The Second EDEN Reserch Workshop “Research and policy in Open and Distance Learning”, 21-23 March, 2002. Hildesheim, Germany- Antons Kiščenko, Oskars Onževs, Aldis Balodis. Analysis of E-studies development opportunities in Latvia // International Conference "Entrepreneurship, and its Legal Environment: Processes, Trends, and Results. Proceedings, Riga, April 12, 2002, School of Business Administration Turība, pages 137-142.

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Andra Zvirbule – Bērziņ[email protected]

Education1999 - 2002

1997 – 1999

1989 – 1994

1978 – 1989

Latvian Agricultural University, studies for doctor’s degree;Latvian Agricultural University Faculty of Economics, studies for master’s degree – the degree of master of economics obtained;Latvian Agricultural University Faculty of Food Technology – qualification of public catering manager/organizer, qualification of engineer technologist, bachelor’s Eng.Sci. degree;Tukums Secondary School No. 1 named after J. Rainis.


since 2000.

1999 – 2000

1995 – 1997

1994 – 1995

1994 – 1988

Latvian Agricultural University Faculty of Economics, Chair of Entrepreneurship – lecturer;School of Business Administration Turība, Chair of Economics – lecturer;Latvian Agricultural University Faculty of Economics, Chair of Entrepreneurship – assistant;JSC “Tukuma gaļas pārstrādes sabiedrība” [Tukums Meat Processing Company] – Manager of Sales Department, Commercial Firm “Vanema” – Deputy Director;JSC “Tukuma gaļas pārstrādes sabiedrība” – Goods Manager;Tukums Regional Consumers’ Association – junior salesperson in visiting trade.


Pedagogic course “Didactics in Higher Schools”;Seminars at Cranfield University in England: “Strategy Management”, “Business Planning”, “Marketing Management” – certificate;Participation in work team within the framework of EU PHARE program, in connection with re-structurization of agricultural enterprises, marketing and sales, and introduction of competitive products into market.


Scientific work Integration of meat production

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Anna Ābeltiņa100948 - [email protected]

Education1989

1979 – 1982

1968 – 1973

1964 – 1966

Estonian Academy of Sciences Institute of Economics – dissertation for Doktor’s degree defended;Latvian Academy of Sciences Institute of Economics – post-graduate studies;The University of Latvia Faculty of Economics, qualification – economist;Riga Secondary School No. 35, Chemistry-oriented Form.


since 1999

1998 – 1999

1993 – 19971991 – 1993

1990 – 19911982 – 1990

1974 – 1979

1973 – 19741971 – 19731968 – 19711966 – 1968

School of Business Administration Turība, Director of studies program for master’s degree;School of Business Administration Turība, senior lecturer at Chair of Economics;Branch of St.Petersburg Institute of International Economic Relations, Economics and Justice;LLC “Anniņa”, DirectorRiga Technical University, senior lecturer at Faculty of Economics;Riga Technical College – teacher of economics;Latvian Academy of Sciences Institute of Economics – research fellow;Latvian Academy of Sciences Institute of Economics – research fellowLatvian State Statistics Commitee – economist;Latvian SSC Computational Center – economist;Riga Technical University – laboratory associate;State Electric Engineering Factory VEF – technician – chemist.


2001

Mercury Consultant – international commercial contracts;Commercial Education Center – Analysis and planning of business (24 hr.).


Scientific work Business and market development problems in Latvia.

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Janīna Romancēviča110243 – 127757451748


1972 – 1977

1962 – 1966

Riga Technical University Faculty of Engineering Economics, Production and Business Economics-oriented Institute – Master’s Eng.Sci. degree in business management;Riga Polytechnical Institute – certificated engineer economist in the specialty of machine-building, economics and organizing;Riga Technical School of Light Industry.


1980 – 1991

1978 – 1991

1977 – 1978

1966 – 19781961 – 1966

Riga Technical University Faculty of Engineering Economics – senior lecturer;Riga Technical University Faculty of Engineering Economics – senior tutor;Riga Technical University Faculty of Engineering Economics – assistant;Riga Technical University Faculty of Engineering Economics – laboratory manager;Technical School of Light Industry – tutor;“Rīgas tekstils” [Riga Textile] Factory – master worker.

Additional education1996 – 1998

1997

1997

1995

Elaboration of Business College educational programs and studies subjects programs within the framework of ES PHARE programs;Business economics, engineering sciences economics – examinations for doctor’s degree;Within the framework of ES PHARE BERIL program, organizing business, training of tutors, methods of teaching;Licence for operations in securities market.


Scientific work Problems of business financing development at Latvia’s accession to the EU

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Ieva Bruksle270275 – [email protected]


1982 – 1993

Riga Technical University Institute of Production and Entrepreneurship – studies for doctor’s degree, theoretical course completed;Management of international economic relations – master’s degree in economics;Bachelor’s degree in economics.Riga Secondary School No. 25.

Working experiencesince 19992000 – 20021997 – 2000

1997 – 19981996 – 19971993 – 1996

School of Business Administration Turība – lecturer;Baltic Russian Institute – lecturer;LLC “Urbāns’ Creative Metal Art Workshop – Salon” – Chief Accountant;LLC “World Press” Airport “Riga” – Salesperson;LLC “Baltic Marketing” Airport “Riga” – Salesperson;LLC “Channel – 2” – Chief Accountant.

Additional education Business accounting – certificate;Economic German – certificate.

Language skills Latvian, English, Russian, German, Czech

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Anita Emse250352 – [email protected]

Education

1998 – 2000

1970 – 1975

1967 – 1970

The University of Latvia Faculty of Modern Languages, master’s degree in German philology;

The University of Latvia Faculty of Foreign Languages German Language and Literature Department – Diploma - philologist, teacher of German language;

Saulkrasti Secondary School, General certificate of secondary education.

Working experience1995 – 2002 1994 – 1995 1990 – 1995 1975 – 1994

School of Business Administration Turība – lecturer in German language;

Assistant to Riga Sea Port Manager;Translator from/into German;Riga Medical School No. 3 – teacher of German and Latin, Head of Commission on methods of teaching languages.


1998

199619941994

1994

Courses at Riga Higher School of Jurisprudence “Introduction to juridical terminology in German”;International Seminar at Goethe Institute in Riga “To study learning in foreign languages classes”;Courses in Business German in LűbeckInternational courses in German in LűbeckComputer courses at the UL Institute of Mathematics and Informatics;Courses at the UL in organizing accounting for small-scale businesses.


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Kristīne Iosava010672 - [email protected]

Educationsince 2001

1996 – 2001

Studies for master’s degree in Education Management at the University of Latvia Faculty of Pedagogy;

The UL Faculty of Modern Languages – bachelor’s degree in English philology.


1994 – 2000 Jan. 1993 - June 1993

School of Business Administration Turība – assistant at Languages Chair; Riga Secondary School No. 3 – teacher of English;Riga French Lyceum – teacher of English.

Additional education2001 – 2002 Methods of teaching English in work with adults

Language skills Latvian, English, Russian, French

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Baiba Kazāka030373-106486423180


1997 - 1999

1995 – 1997

1993 - 1995

The University of Latvia Faculty of Natural Sciences, master’s degree in mathematics; The UL Faculty of Mathematics, bachelor’s degree. Acquired qualification of teacher of mathematics in secondary school;School of Culture: Organizer of cultural work –Director of festivities;The UL Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, Computer Science Department, 1st, 2nd Year.


since 20032002 – 20031999 - 2002

1998 – 19991996 – 1998

1995 – 1996

Riga Hansa Secondary School – teacher of mathematics;School of Business Administration Turība (BAT) – lecture;LLC “Bankserviss”: Tester of Information systems;BAT: teacher, Head of Commission on methods, lecturer; Rigas Commercial School: teacher of mathematics;Cinema Theater “Andalusian Dog” – Hall administrator;Institute of Physical Power Engineering – 16th Class engineer.

Additional education1998 Baltic Pedagogic Academy: Practical worker in neuro-

linguistic programming.

Language skills Latvian, Russian, English

Scientific work Possibilities for management of risks in conditions of changeable markets.

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Tatjana Tambovceva250673-124149492724

Education2003

2000 – 2003

1997 - 1999

1994 – 1996

1993 - 1995

1990 – 1993

1980 - 1990

Riga Technical University (RTU), Faculty of Engineering Economics, studies for Doctor’s degree;RTU, Faculty of Engineering Economics, Master’s Diploma – Trade and Commodity Research;RTU, Faculty of Engineering Economics, Bachelor’s degree in Economics;RTU, Faculty of Automation and Computing Engineering, Master’s degree in Computer Science;RTU, Faculty of Automation and Computing Engineering, Engineer’s diploma – Automated Control Systems;RTU, Faculty of Automation and Computing Engineering, Bachelor’s diploma in Computer ScienceKrāslava Secondary School No. 2.


since 19961995 - 1996

School of Business Administration Turība, Chair of Economics, lecturer;RTU, Faculty of Engineering Economics, lecturer;I.Balcun’s Individual Enterprise, secretary/assessor.

Language skills Latvian, Russian, English

Scientific work The methods of market evaluation of ecologic effects of investment projects

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Magnuss Vircavs261045-131149196881

Education2000.1998

199319801964 – 19721975 - 1978

1980

The University of Latvia, senior lecturer; Dr.hab. Chem., Gdansk Technical University, PolandDr. Phys. (certificated)The University of Latvia, Faculty of Chemistry, studentLatvian SSR Academy of Sciences Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, post-graduate studentKandidat of Chemical Sciences


1999 – 2000

since 1999

1994 – 1998

1992 - 1994

1988 – 1992

1978 - 1988

1972 – 1975

The University of Latvia, Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, senior lecturer;The University of Latvia, Environmental Science and Management Studies Center, specialist in methods of education, senior lecturer;LLC “Vides konsultāciju birojs [Environmental Consultations Office], consultant on environment;Republic of Latvia Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development Environment State Expert Examination Directorate, Superintendent;Latvian Academy of Sciences Nuclear Research Center, Neutrons Activation Analysis Laboratory Manager, and Deputy Director of the Center; Latvian SSR Academy of Sciences Institute of Physics, Neutrons Activation Analysis Laboratory Manager;Latvian SSR Academy of Sciences Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, junior, senior and leading research fellow;Latvian SSR Academy of Sciences Institute of Physics, engineer.


Scientific work Environment-friendly business in Latvia

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Inta Millere010361 - 101359232311

Education1984 The University of Latvia Faculty of Economics,

specialty of industrial planning – diploma of higher education

Working experiencesince 1996since 1995since 1994

since 1994since 1993

since 1988

since 1987

since 1984

1979 – 1984

LLC “LATPETROIL” – Chief Accountant;JSC “Visbija” – Head of Economic Service;State Enterprise “Latvijas gāze” [Gas] – Financial Director;LLC “Rāmus” – Economist-Accountant;SE “Latvijas gāze” - Economist, Planning Department Manager, Financial Department Manager at the enterprise “Gāzes tehnika” [Gas Engineering];

Association “Ceļu Autotehniķis” [Road Motor Technician] - Wages Department Manager;

“REMR” [Riga Pilot Mechanical Factory] – Wages Department Manager;Riga Pilot Mechanical Factory - Work Norms-seting Engineer;Latvian Agricultural Academy State Statistics Committee – Accountant and Economist.

Additional education The University of Latvia Accountants and Auditors Training Center: a course in microeconomics, macroeconomics and economic law attended;The course “Basics of management of enterprise’s finances” attended;The accounting system acquired at KPMG, specialized accounting company of Holland;Qualification courses at The National Oil and Gas Company of Denmark


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Inta Slavinska100548 - 100257616022 [email protected]

Education1992

1976

Latvian Agricultural University – master’s degree in economics;Latvian Agricultural Academy – certificated economist – organizer.

Darba pieredzesince 2003

since 2001

1995 – 2001

1994 – 2001

1992 – 1993

1990 – 1993

1986. – 1992.

1987 – 1989

1978 – 1982

1974 – 1978

School of Business Administration Turība Faculty of Economics – Dean;School of Business Administration Turība Faculty of Economics – lecturer;Municipal Property Privatization Commission - Member, Deputy Chairman;Jelgava City Council Economy Development Department – Manager;Latvian Agricultural University Chair of Entrepreneurship – lecturer;Jelgava District “Druva” Collective Farm – Chief Economist, Chairwoman of Privatization Commission, Chairwoman of Liquidation Commission, Consultant on formation of Farmers’Cooperative Society;Jelgava District “Vienība” Collective Farm – Chief Economist;Latvian Agricultural Academy Chair of Economics – assistant;Latvian Agricultural Academy Agricultural Production and Economics Scientific Laboratory – senior laboratory associate;Latvian Agricultural Academy Scientific Methods Room – specialist in methods.


1984

1980

PHARE and the RL Ministry of Economy organized courses for Business Consultants;Higher School Tutors Department Faculty of Ideologic Personnel;“Zinību biedrība” [“Knowledge” Association] School of lecturers in Economics.


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Pēteris Vītols210744 – [email protected]

Education2001

1992 – 1993

1971 – 1974

1966 – 1971

The University of Latvia Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology, studies for doctor’s degree;The University of Latvia Faculty of Pedagogy, studies for master’s degree;Latvian State University Faculty of History and Philosophy – post-graduate studies; Riga Polytechnical Institute Faculty of Mechanics and Machine-building.


1996 – 1998

1995 – 19961991 – 19951985 – 1991

1974 – 1985

School of Business Administration Turība Management Chair - Head, senior lecturer; International Higher School of Tourism – Vice Rector;International Higher School of Tourism – Director;Latvian Sport Pedagogy Academy – senior lecturer;

Latvian Sport Pedagogy Academy, Head of Chair – senior lecturer;Latvian State Institute of Physical Education – senior tutor.

Additional education1998 – 2003

1996 – 1997

19971992

19911984 – 1985

1978 – 1979

Courses and seminars organized by Turība Higher School of Business;Seminars organized by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development Tourism Department , also seminars organized by EPS;Personnel Management Center, Riga;International School of Politologists, Tallinn – Helsinki;International School of Politologists, Tallinn;Leningrad State University Institute of Social Sciences Tutors’ Qualification Improvement;Kiyev State University Institute of Social Sciences Tutors’ Qualification Improvement.


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Iveta Upīte121162 – [email protected]

Educationsince 2001

1989 – 1991

1981 – 1986

1978 – 19811970 – 1978

School of Business Administration Turība – Professional studies program for master’s degree;The University of Latvia Faculty of Philosophy – post-graduate studies;Latvian State University Faculty of History and Philosophy – diploma;Riga Secondary School No. 64 – certificate;Riga Secondary School No. 20 – certificate.


since 1999

2000 – 2001

1997 – 19981993 – 19961991 – 19931986 – 1989

School of Business Administration Turība Chair of Economics – assistant;School of Business Administration Turība Courses Department – tutor;LLC “BAUER” – Consultant on advertising and sales of goods in special demand, Personnel Training Manager;Estonian Radio – freelance reporter;“Solis” Christian Newspaper – Computer type-setter, translator, proof-reader;Riga Medical School No. 7 – teacher of Ethics;Riga Polytechnical Institute – teacher of Philosophy


Courses “Management of Marketing”;School of Business Administration Turība – 4-month courses for management secretaries.

Language skills Latvian, Russian, English, Estonian

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Inese Noriņa160370-105095986480


1988 – 1992

1988

The University of Latvia Faculty of History and Philosophy – master’s degree in Philosophy;

The University of Latvia Faculty of History and Philosophy – bachelor’s degree in Philosophy;

Riga Secondary School No. 64.


1996 – 1998

1995 – 1996

1989 – 19931989 – 1993

School of Business Administration Turība Chair of Management – assistant;Latvian Art Museums Association – specialist at Computing Center and “Doma” Publishing House;Latvian Art Museums Association – specialist at “Dauderi” Latvian Art Museum;“Tekstilnieks” [Textile Worker] Newspaper – translator;Tramway and Trolleybus Directorate – Manager of TTB Museum.


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Inita Ābola060662 - 10607 [email protected]

Education2003

1981 – 1987

1969 – 1980

The University of Latvia Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology – studies program for master’s degree in Pedagogy;

The University of Latvia Faculty of Foreign Languages - philologist, teacher of English Language and Literature;

Riga English Grammar School.

Working experiencesince 2001 1998 – 20011995 – 19981992 – 1995

School of Business Administration Turība – assistant at Languages Chair;Riga Catholic Grammar School – teacher of English;Riga Secondary School No. 3 – teacher of English;Riga Secondary School No. 47 – teacher of English.


20032002

20011993 – 2001

Conference at Riga International Higher School of Economics: “Human Development in the EU Accession Countries”;Seminar: “Thinking Approach”;Conference of Baltic International Association of English Language Teachers: “Considering Challenges in ELT”;Training in work with computer (MS WORD, Excel);Professional educational courses organized by the British Council.


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Sundar Vaideeswaran180568 - [email protected]

Education1987 – 1992 Riga Aviation University, master’s degree in Computer

Science.


since 1995

School of Business Administration Turība – lecturer inEnglish Language; Continental Trading Company Ltd., Sales Manager in foodstuffs distribution.


2002

2001

Methods of interactive teaching of language, Beritz Languages Center;Using multi-media systems in the studies process, Turība Higher School of Business;Methods of teaching juridical English, Riga Higher School of Jurisprudence.

Language skills Latvian, English, Russian, Tamil, Hindi

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Aija Žīgure170152 – 10504427957

Education1975 Latvian State University – higher education in the

specialty of Statistics.

Working experiencesince 19981995 – 19981994 – 1995

1993 – 1994

1988 – 1993

1985 – 1988

1978 – 1985

1976 – 1978

1975 – 1976

1974 – 19751972 – 1973

The RL Central Statistics Board – Superintendent;State Statistics Commitee – Deputy Chairman;State Statistics Committee – Director of Prices Statistics Department;State Statistics Committee Prices Statistics Directorate – Superintendent;State Statistics Committee – Manager of Trade and Prices Statistics Section;Central Statistics Board – Head of Trade Statistics Section;Central Statistics Board Summaries Section – Chief Economist and Deputy Head of Section;Central Statistics Board Summaries Section – Senior Economist;Central Statistics Board Regional Statistics Section – Economist;Central Statistics Board – Senior Accountant;Latvian State University Chair of Political Economy – laboratory associate.


1997

1996

1996

1996

1995

1995

Computerland Training Center: course in MS Outlook 97 and Internet, ExcelSeminar in Washington organized by the USA Labour Department Labour Statistics Office on economic indices;Courses in Market Economy organized by State Administration School and Irish SASSeminar for leading officers of statistics on International Statistics organized by International Institute of Statistics (Vorburg, the Netherlands);Computerland Training Center: course “Basic skills in work with MS Windows 95, WS Word and MS”;Seminar “Formation and analysis of price indices” organized by the USA Labour Department Labour Statistics Office;“Schedule” courses for leadership and management organized by State Administration School and Swedish consulting company.


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Juris Saulītis190139-109017346098

Education1992

19721963 – 1971

The University of Latvia – doctor’s scientific degree in Economics;Kandidat’s degree in Economics Sciences;St.Petersburg State University Faculty of Economics – post-graduate studies.

Working experiencesince 19911976 – 1991

since 19761971 – 1974

Riga Technical University – Professor;Riga Polytechnical Institute (later transformed to Technical University) – Senior Lecturer;Riga Polytechnical Institute – Lecturer;Riga Polytechnical Institute – Assistant.


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Valija Ulmane210143 – [email protected]

Education1962 – 1967 Latvian State University Faculty of Law – higher

education, lawyer’s qualification conferred.


1997 – 2001

1993 – 19951990 – 1993

1982 – 1990

School of Business Administration Turība Chair of Law Science – lecturer;JSC “Rīgas pasažieru osta’’ [Passenger Port] – Secretary of the Board, Legal Advisor; LLC ’’Latio’’, Riga Commercial Bank – Personnel Manager;The Ministry of Communication and Transport Motor Roads Department - Legal Advisor, Councellor for Director;

Latvian SSR Council of Ministers – Senior Assessor, Head of Sector.


1997

19961993

1992

Latvian Juridical Center – courses for improvement of lawyers’ professional standard – 90 hr.;Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – courses for improvement of lawyers’ professional standard – 82 hr.;Management of conflicts;Chartered Institute of Bankers, Riga – Strategic management of banks; Institute of International Business Law and Practice, Paris – preparation, conclusion and execution of international treaties.


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Supplement No 9

STUDIES REGULATIONS1. General provisions

1.1. The higher education implemented by the School of Business Administration Turība (hereinafter referred to as the School) is based on the Republic of Latvia Education Law, Higher School Law, School Constitution and other higher education regulating legislative acts.

1.2. These Studies Regulations shall be the basic document regulating the procedure of studies in the 1st- and 2nd-level professional higher education study programs and master's degree study programs.

1.3. Basic types of studies in the School shall be lectures, practical work, seminars, laboratory works, independent studies, advise giving meetings, student's papers, field studies and research.

1.4. Forms of control of the study program mastering shall be determined in the Checkup Regulations, Regulations of Working out and Defense of Student's Papers, Field Studies Regulations and Final Examination Regulations.

2. Matriculation

2.1. Matriculation shall be putting a person on the list of students of the School (matricula). Student candidates passing the School determined enrolment procedure shall be matriculated.

2.2. Enrolment in the School shall be in accordance with the School Enrolment Regulations. Enrolment shall be organized by the Selection Committee and Study Information Center (hereinafter referred to as SIC).

2.3. To start the studies, the student candidate shall conclude an education acquisition contract with the School.

2.4. Proceeding from the Selection Committee recommendation and after the education acquisition contract has been signed, the Rector shall issue a matriculation order.

2.5. The School shall issue the International Student's Identification Card (ISIC) to the students matriculated.

2.6. As of the moment of matriculation, the student shall have all rights of the School students that are stipulated in these Regulations, Education Law, Higher School Law, School Constitution and other regulatory acts.

2.7. Students could be matriculated in the second year of studies who have completed successfully at least the first year of studies in a licensed higher education program. The Rector shall decide on the commencement of studies in later years of studies.

3. Content of studies

3.1. Content of studies shall be determined in the study program. The study program shall be formed in compliance with the education and profession standards. The dean (program director) shall be in charge for the study program content and implementation. The study program shall stipulate the study courses to be mastered, distribution by the years of studies and checkups as well as scope of field studies, number of student's papers and study concluding checkups.

3.2. The student shall commence his studies in the first year of studies under a study program that could be only changed in the further years of studies within a scope determined in the regulatory documents.

3.3. Content of the study courses shall be determined in the study course programs. 3.4. The study courses could be divided in the study program into basic courses (Part A),

professional selection courses (Part B) and free selection courses (Part C):

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3.4.1. basic courses shall be the courses to be mastered obligatorily in the study program;

3.4.2. professional selection courses shall expand the professional knowledge, the students shall select them from the courses offered in the program in the scope determined in the program;

3.4.3. the student shall choose the free selection courses according to one's interests in the scope determined in the program. Such courses could be also mastered under other programs.

3.5. It is possible in particular study programs to master particular selection courses in order to acquire an additional specialization. Mastering of the specialization course shall be provided by the specialization program director.

3.6. Content of studies shall be also regulated by the field studies program, student's paper assignments and other study pertaining documents.

4. Organization of the study process

4.1. Amount of the student's paper shall be measured in credit points. Credit point shall be a study measurement unit corresponding to 40 academic hours of the student's work amount (one week of studies), in which up to 50% of hours are foreseen for contact hours. Contact hour shall be an eye-to-eye meeting of the academic personnel and students being held for the achievement of the study program objectives and tasks and lasting for one academic hour.

4.2. Students having studies in the consecutive year of studies in the amount of 40 credit points shall be full-time students. The amount of credit points in one year of studies for part-time studies shall be less than 40.

4.3. Subject to the time scheduled for contact hours, both full- and part-time students could study in different forms of studies: day, evening, correspondence, e-studies (computer-based remote education), etc.

4.4. Academic groups of students shall be formed for each form of studies, except for e-studies. The Teaching Department shall decide on the student transfer to other academic group proceeding from the student's application in writing submitted to the Study Information Center (SIC).

4.5. The length, beginning and end and division into semesters of the academic year as well as number and time of examination sessions shall be determined in the calendar schedule of studies.

4.6. Academic year content planning in accordance with the study program shall be determined in the Annual Curriculum.

4.7. Time and venue of the classes scheduled for the semester shall be showed in the Timetable. Time and venue of advise-giving meetings and examinations scheduled for the examination session shall be showed in the Schedule of examinations and advise-giving meetings.

4.8. The students shall have an opportunity during their studies to receive advises on the study course mastering issues beyond the class time fixed in the timetable. Time of advise-giving meetings for each teacher shall be determined in the schedule of advise-giving meetings for the chair teachers to be publicized in the chair's information stand.

4.9. Organization of the study process for the e-studies (computer-based remote studies) form shall be regulated in the E-studies Regulations.

5. Checkups and evaluation

5.1. During mastering the study course, the student shall pass the ordinary checkups (control papers, essays, etc.) stipulated in the study course program. At the end of the study course, the student shall pass the study course concluding checkup (examination or test).

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5.2. In addition to the contact hours foreseen for the study course, a pre-examination advise-giving meeting shall be scheduled.

5.3. Only the students who have performed all requirements determined in the study course program (have passed all ordinary checkups) and performed their obligations fixed in the education acquisition contract as well as have defended their field studies report and student's paper for the previous year of studies shall be admitted to the study course concluding checkup.

5.4. The 10-point system shall be used for the checkup marking. Ordinary checkups could be also marked with "tested" or "not tested". Checkup marking criteria of the 10-point system shall be as follows:10 – prominent – the student's knowledge, skills and abilities are over the study program requirements;9 – excellent – the student's knowledge, skills and abilities are in full compliance with the study program requirements;8 – very good – the student's knowledge, skills and abilities are in compliance with the study program requirements, but there is a lack of some deeper understanding;7 – good – the student's knowledge, skills and abilities are in general in compliance with the study program requirements, but not sufficient to apply the skills and knowledge independently;6 – quite good – the student's knowledge, skills and abilities are in general in compliance with the study program requirements, but some flaws are stated in the mastery of the theory, capability to present it or link to the practice;

5 – fair – the student's knowledge, skills and abilities are generally in compliance with the study program requirements, but flaws are stated in the mastery, understanding or presentation of the theory or capability to link it to the practice;4 – quite fair – the student's knowledge, skills and abilities are in compliance with the minimal level of the study program requirements, but insufficiently mastery of the theory is stated as well as lack of skills in the independent and correct performance of standard practical tasks;

3 – poor – the student has just partially mastered the study program issues and his knowledge and skills are insufficient;

2 – very poor – the student has only a shallow command of the study program issues, he lacks knowledge and understanding of them; 1 – very, very poor – the student is unable to compose theoretical answers or perform practical tasks.

5.5. According to the Cabinet of Ministers regulations of the first- and second-level professional higher education, the national standard assessment – 4 points (quite fair) – is considered to be the lowest successful assessment.

5.6. Qualification shall be accorded, if the student has received a successful assessment at the Final Examination or Qualification Checkup. The lowest successful assessment for the Final Examination or Qualification Checkup shall be 5 points (fair).

5.7. If the student contests objectivity of the assessment received in the concluding checkup and pretends to a higher mark, he shall submit a motivated appeal in writing to the Study Information Center during five working days after the concluding checkup. Having received appeal, the head of chair and the student shall form a repeated checkup commission of three persons (the student shall cross out two of the five commission members from the list made up by the head of chair, leaving three persons in it). The appeal commission shall evaluate repeatedly the student's written test or take repeatedly the oral test. Assessment by the commission shall be not subject to appeal.

5.8. If the checkup is taken by commission, then appeals shall be only considered with regard to the checkup running procedure. The dean, vice-rector for academic activity and rector shall consider the appeal validity. Should infringements of the checkup running

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procedure be confirmed, the mark received in the checkup shall be cancelled. The student shall be given an opportunity to re-pass the checkup in accordance with the relevant regulations.

5.9. Should the teacher state that the student's paper is plagiarism, the student shall re-draw it up. In case of repeated plagiarism, the student can be sent off.

5.10. Should the student use unauthorized materials during checkup, he shall be suspended from the checkup or can be sent off.

6. Field studies and student's papers

6.1. Scope of field studies, number of student's papers and their distribution by the years of studies shall be determined in the study program.

6.2. Organization and evaluation of the field studies shall be regulated in the Field Studies Regulations.

6.3. Organization and evaluation of the student's papers shall be regulated in the Regulations of Working out and Defense of Student's Papers.

7. Transfer to the next year of studies

7.1. To be transferred to the next year of studies, the student should:7.1.1. obtain all credit points for the previous year of studies;7.1.2. obtain at least 70% of planned credit points for the current year of studies;7.1.3. perform other obligations set forth in the binding education law;7.1.4. conclude an education acquisition contract for the next year of studies.

7.2. The student shall be transferred to the next year of studies with the rector's order.7.3. The student who has obtained 50% to 70% of the planned credit points in the current

year of studies and performed requirements set forth in items 7.1.1, 7.1.3 and 7.1.4 herein above shall be allowed until the 1st of October to attend classes with the students of the next year of studies. Should the student fail before the 1st of October to obtain at least 70% of the credit points planned for the previous year of studies, he shall be enlisted repeatedly in the previous year of studies. The student could be transferred to the next year of studies after he has settled his study arrears. The transfer shall be paid.

8. Final examination

8.1. Mastering of the study program shall be concluded with the final examination a component of which is the working out and defense of the bachelor's thesis, diploma paper, master's thesis or qualification paper.

8.2. The final examination shall be regulated with the Final Examination Regulations. The dean shall be in charge for the final examination organization.

8.3. If an additional specialization is to be mastered within the study program selection courses (see item 3.5 above), the student shall have an opportunity to pass the specialization final examination and receive a document certifying the additionally mastered specialization. Such examinations shall be organized by the specialization program director in cooperation with the dean.

9. Sending off

9.1. Sending off shall be striking the student off the list of students of the School (matricula). 9.2. The student shall be sent off if:

9.2.1. so desired by the student,9.2.2. it becomes known that the student enrollment has been influenced by fraud or

other action with which the principle of equality of the student candidates,9.2.3. the student has failed to pass all required checkups or perform other study tasks,9.2.4. the student has infringed the School bylaws or terminated the contractual

relations,

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9.2.5. upon completion of the theoretical course, the student has failed to pass the concluding checkups or final examinations or received a mark lower than 5 (five) for the diploma paper defense,

9.2.6. the student has mastered the study program and/or acquired qualification,9.2.7. the student has not resumed his studies upon interruption.

9.3. A sending-off order shall be issued by the rector on proposition of the dean, vice-rector for academic activity or head of the Teaching Department.

9.4. When a full-time student is being sent off, the School shall make it known to the Obligatory State Agency Department.

10. Change of the study program and time of studies

10.1. If the student wants to change his time (form) of studies or study program, he shall submit a written application of a fixed form to the Study Information Center. The Teaching Department shall decide on the student transfer to other time of studies. The Rector shall decide on the student transfer to other study program upon coordination with the dean.

10.2. If during studies the student decides to change his selected specialization, he shall submit a motivated application in writing to the Study Information Center. Specialization shall be changed for a fee determined by the School.

10.3. Transfer of the marking (credit points) obtained for study courses in the previous study program to the new study program to which the student is being transferred shall be decided by the given study program director (dean).

11. Study arrears

11.1. Any checkups that are planned within the study program or course program and not passed successfully under the timetable, examination schedule or at the time stipulated by the teacher shall be study arrears.

11.2. Settlement of the study arrears shall be a service to be paid up extra to the tuition fee, the price of which is designated in the Rent and Service Quotation List approved by the Board.

11.3. To settle the study arrears, the student shall:11.3.1. make an agreement with the head of chair or teacher taking the checkup;11.3.2. coordinate with the teacher the requirements to be met in order to pass the

checkup;11.3.3. coordinate with the teacher the checkup time and venue;11.3.4. submit an application to the client informer for receiving the permit – assignment

designating the forms of paid services according to the requirements stipulated by the teacher (ordinary checkup, paid advise giving, etc.);

11.3.5. during one week upon submission of the application, pay to the Study Information Center the fixed fee and receive the permit – assignment. The permits – assignments that are not taken out during a week shall be cancelled;

11.3.6. the permit – assignment shall be valid for 1 month; when required, the Study Information Center can extend that period within the academic year;

11.3.7. the permit – assignment shall be left after passing the checkup to the teacher who shall record the mark in it and hand it over to the Teaching Department.

11.4. To be admitted to the final examinations, the student should have passed all concluding checkups stipulated in the study program.

12. Interruption of the studies

12.1. Interruption of the studies shall be a period of time when the student is not actively engaged in the process of studies, but keeps the status of a student (is not sent off). The minimum length of interruption of the studies shall be one calendar year. Interruption of

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studies in one year of studies should not exceed two calendar years in a row. The dean shall decide on the authorization of interruption of the studies after the student has submitted a written application of a standard form to the Study Information Center and effected all payments stipulated in the education acquisition contract at the rate not less than 50% of the annual tuition fee as well as undersigned the protocol of agreement on interruption of the studies. Interruption of the studies shall be determined with the rector's order.

12.2. During interruption of the studies, the student shall be allowed to settle his study arrears and receive other paid services, but it shall be forbidden for him to use the School resources covered by the tuition fee, except for the School library services.

12.3. To resume the studies, the student shall submit a written application of a standard form to the Study Information Center. When the studies are resumed before expire of the minimum time period fixed in item 12.1 above, the student shall pay the early resumption tuition fee. The dean shall decide on the study resumption. Resumption of the student's studies shall be determined with the rector's order.

12.4. The dean shall decide on the extension of the interruption of studies after the student has submitted a written application of a standard form to the Study Information Center. Extension of the interruption of studies shall be determined with the rector's order.

13. Rights of the students:

13.1. to acquire the higher education under a relevant study program;13.2. as stipulated by the School, to use the School's premises, library, computers and other

equipment and facilities, copying and other services, when obligations under the education acquisition contract are performed;

13.3. as stipulated in clause 12 above, to interrupt and resume the studies;13.4. as stipulated in clause 10 above, to change the study program;13.5. to form and master the free selection part of individual studies, to listen lectures in

other higher schools and faculties, to be engaged in the scientific research;13.6. to receive from the Study Information Center all information on any issues directly

related to the studies;13.7. as stipulated by the School, to receive from the Study Information Center any

certificates, extracts from progress sheets and permit – assignment for the settlement of study arrears;

13.8. to express freely and defend ones opinions in the School;13.9. as stipulated by the School, to elect and be elected to the Students' Self-government,

Senate or Constituent Assembly;13.10. as stipulated by the State and School, to receive credits for studies and credits to

students.

14. Rights of the teachers:

14.1. to choose the teaching methods;14.2. to lower the assessment of the paper worked out independently for the delay in the

paper;14.3. to determine tasks for the papers worked out independently;14.4. to determine the ordinary checkup type, form and time and evaluation method u;14.5. to inquire about student's progress in other study courses; 14.6. to reprove the student or not to admit the student to the lecture room / send away for

non-observance of the order stipulated by the teacher.

15. Other provisions

Amendments to the Regulations shall become effective as of September 1, 2004.Vice-rector for Academic Activity A. Kiščenko

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Supplement No 10

N.P.K STUDIJU KURSS MĀCĪBSPĒKI (GRĀDS, VĀRDS, UZVĀRDS)

1. STUDIJU GADS A1 MICROECONOMICS DR.OEC., ASOC.PROF. JURIS SAULĪTIS; MG.OEC. IEVA BRUKSLEA2 MATEMĀTIKA

EKONOMISTIEMDR.PHYS.JURIS OZOLS

A3 COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES

DR.SC.ING. ANTONS KIŠČENKO, DR.SC.ING. ALDIS BALODIS, DR.SC.ING. OSKARS ONŽEVS, MAG.PAED. JĀNIS AUGUCĒVIČS, MAG.SC. EGMONTS TREIGUTS, JURIS ZOMMERS

A4 ECONOMIC HISTORY DR.OEC., ASOC.PROF. JURIS SAULĪTIS; MG.OEC. IEVA BRUKSLEA5 FINANCIAL

ACCOUNTING MG.OEC. INTA MILLERE

A6 STATE AND CIVIL LAW ANDRIS IESALNIEKS

A7 BUSINESS FOREIGN LANGUAGE 1

MAG.COMP.SC. SUNDAR VAIDESWARAN,ALBERO SADU, MAG.PHIL. KRISTĪNE IOSAVA,INITA ĀBOLA, MG.PHIL. ANITA EMSE


MAG.COMP.SC. SUNDAR VAIDESWARAN,ALBERO SADU, MAG.PHIL. KRISTĪNE IOSAVA,INITA ĀBOLA, MG.PHIL. ANITA EMSE, MAŠA BONDARE-PĒTERSONE

A9 MACROECONOMICS DR.OEC., ASOC.PROF. UĢIS GODS

A10 PHILOSOPHY MG.PHYL. INESE NORIŅA

A11 PĒTNIECĪBAS DARBA ORGANIZĀCIJA

DR.OEC. ACOS.PROF.STAŅISLAVS KEIŠS

A12 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION AND PRESENTATION FACILITIES


A13 FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS


S1 STUDENT'S PAPER 1 DR.SC.ING.OSKARS ONŽEVS2. STUDIJU GADS

A14 MARKETING MAG.OEC. AINA BIŠOFA, MBA IVETA UPĪTE

A15 BUSINESS OPERATION MBA ROSITA ZVIRGZDIŅAA16 MATHEMATICAL

MODELINGDR.SC.ING.ANTONS KIŠČENKO, DR.PHYS. JURIS OZOLS

A17 TAXES MAG.OEC. ANNA MEDNE





A20 ECONOMIC PROCESS PLANNING

MG.OEC. INTA SLAVINSKA

A21 THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT

MG.PAED. LIGITA ZĪLĪTE

A22 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT APPRAISAL

DR.PHYS. MAGNUSS VIRCAVS

A23 LOGISTICS MG.OEC. INTA SLAVINSKA

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S2 STUDENT'S PAPER 2P1 PRACTICE MAG.OEC. AINA

BIŠOFA3. STUDIJU GADS

A24 ECONOMICS DR.OEC. ANDRA ZVIRBULE-BĒRZIŅA

A25 ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL CALCULATION METHODS

MG.OEC.,MG.SC.ING. TATJANA TAMBOVCEVA

A26 FINANCING AND INVESTMENT IN ECONOMICS

MG.OEC. JANĪNA ROMANCĒVIČA

A27 LABOR AND SOCIAL LAW

VALIJA ULMANE

A28 LABOUR SAFETY VALIJA ULMANEA29 ECONOMIC

FORESCASTINGDR.SC.ING.ANTONS KIŠČENKO, DR.SC.ING.OSKARS ONŽEVS

A30 QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN BUSINESS

MG.OEC. INTA SLAVINSKA, MG.OEC. AIJA ŽĪGURE

A31 COMMERCIAL LAW AIVIS PIZELISA32 INTERNATIONAL

ECONOMICSMG.OEC. IEVA BRUKSLE

A33 ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ANALUSES AND OPTIMIZATION

MG.OEC. JANĪNA ROMANCĒVIČA

S3 STUDENT'S PAPER 3P2 PRACTICE DR.OEC. ANDRA ZVIRBULE-

BĒRZIŅA4. STUDIJU GADS

A34 QUALITY MANAGEMENT DR.SC.ING. ALDIS BAUMANIS

A35 EU ECONOMIC AND MONETARY POLICY

DR.OEC., ASOC.PROF. UĢIS GODS

A36 INNOVATION DR.OEC. ANNA ĀBELTIŅA

A37 POLITICAL SCIENCE DR.HIST.CAND. PĒTERIS VĪTOLS

A38 RISK ANALYSIS MG.MATH. BAIBA KAZĀKAA39 SECURITIES AND

CURRENCY MARKET ECONOMICS

MG.OEC. INTA SLAVINSKA

A40 LATVIAN NATIONAL ECONOMY

MG.OEC. IEVA BRUKSLE

P3 PRE-GRADUATION RESEARCH PRACTICUM

VP FINAL EXAMINATION

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Supplement No 13Limited Liability Company "School of Business Administration Turība"

Reg. No. 000313588, 68 Graudu St., Riga, LV-1058

APPROVEDby SIA "School of Business Administration Turība"

Senate Meeting, Minutes No. 4Riga, 2004.04.29

REQUIREMENTS FOR EXECUTION OF PAPERS WORKED OUTINDEPENDENTLY BY STUDENTS

1. General Provisions1.1. This is to determine unified requirements for all papers to be worked out and

submitted in the course of studies by the School of Business Administration Turība (hereinafter referred to as BAT) students.1.2. Requirements stipulated herein should be performed on the execution of essays, student's

papers, reports of field studies, qualification papers and diploma papers. The requirements

for execution shall not regulate the scope of the papers worked out independently by

students, methods of working out thereof nor procedure or terms of submission.

2. Paper Format and Margins, Font Selection and Page Making out 2.1. Submitted papers should be executed in the computer typing with one-and-a-half line

spacing on A4 (210x297mm) format white paper page, font size 1012 pt (Arial or Times New Roman).

2.2. In order to make main and most significant information perceived easier, it could be set off graphically. The following methods shall be used for setting off:2.2.1.putting THE DISCRIMINATED SEGMENT in capital letters. A text not longer than

one line shall be put in capital letters;2.2.2.underlining of the discriminated segment;2.2.3. expanding t h e d i s c r i m i n a t e d s e g m e n t ;2.2.4.making use of letters of different size;2.2.5.making use of letters of different boldness;2.2.6.putting in italics;2.2.7. it is not advised to use different methods of setting off text within one paper s.

2.3. Submitted papers shall be executed either on one or both sides of the sheet leaving blank the following page strips:2.3.1.30 mm on the left edge;2.3.2.10 mm on the right edge;2.3.3.20 mm on the top (not counting the page number, if it is given on the top of the page);2.3.4.20 mm in the bottom (not counting the page number, if it is given in the bottom of the

page);2.3.5. if the paper is executed on both sides of the sheet, a couple of sheets should have the so called mirrored margins in order to prevent from any problems on binding or filing thereof together.

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2.4. There should be at least 25 textual lines on a page (except for the final page of a section or entire paper where the text ends), there should be at least 50 printed signs in a line.

3. Title Page and Application for Student's Paper Theme 3.1. The title page shall be executed in accordance with the sample given in Exhibit No. 1 hereto.

Sample of the title page of a diploma paper is given in Exhibit No. 2 hereto.3.2. It is important for the title page execution that all required information (see

Exhibit Nos. 1 and 2) is put on it. Its design, font size, etc. is of secondary importance.3.3. Application for the student's paper theme (Exhibit No. 4) shall be executed on a

particular sheet. The sheet of application for the student's paper theme should contain all required information, signatures and dates. Filled up and signed, it shall be placed immediately after the titled page on the student's paper submission.3.4. Diploma paper title page (sample in Exhibit No. 2) shall give the supervisor's and adviser's

academic degree and bear the following signatures: the writer, diploma paper supervisor and diploma paper adviser (if any). The status of each undersigned person (diploma paper writer, supervisor and adviser), manual signature, date and signature interpretation should be also presented. It is not advisable to put the signature with black ink.

4. Numeration4.1. Sheets (pages) of the submitted paper shall be numbered on the top or in the bottom, in the

page center with Arabic numerals without dot or any other signs or brackets. The title page should not be numbered, the sheet following the title page shall be numbered with the number 2.

4.2. Sections or textual parts can be numbered.4.2.1. If the document text is divided into chapters, sub-chapters, items or sub-items, the number shall be formed by figures separated with dot, for instance: 3.2.27.1.

4.2.2. If there is a single item (paragraph) in the chapter or sub-chapter, the number is not put on.

4.2.3. Continuous numeration of the text items is also admissible (from 1. to …, not designating chapters).

5. Supplementary Requirements for Visual Execution 5.1. It is advisable to execute the submitted paper text in the same color, usually black.5.2. When other colors are used, they should be selected so as not to complicate the document

copying (yellow, light green and light tones of other colors should not be used).5.3. The submitted paper should not contain erasures, paintings over, crossings out, additions or

unconditioned corrections.5.4. It is not advisable to split words for hyphenation. If it is necessary though, grammatical

demands of the Latvian language should be observed.

6. Table of Content and Headings 6.1. Table of content should give headings of chapters and sheets or pages in which they are

presented. Table of content shall be simultaneously the paper blueprint that is supplemented when required in the course of the paper working out.

6.2. Headings should be short and concrete. Headings should be given together with the text and not on a particular sheet, except for the heading "ENCLOSURES".

6.3. Chapters and their headings should be started on a new sheet.

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6.4. Headings of sub-chapters or smaller segments must not be written on a new sheet, if it possible to write at least two lines of text under the heading.

6.5. No dots are put on after the headings. Headings should not be underlined. They should be discriminated as compared to the text letters, for example given in larger or brighter letters, in other font, etc.

7. Abbreviations and their Usage 7.1. All names or descriptions should be used in their full form with relevant case endings in

order to show clearly the conjunction of the words. 7.2. When abbreviations are used, they should comply with the state language generally accepted

orthographic rules or the form stipulated in the regulatory acts (see Exhibit No. 3).7.3. If certain names, word combinations or descriptions repeat often in the submitted paper, it is

admissible to use them in abbreviation after they are given in full for the first time and the abbreviation thereinafter used is given in brackets.

Examples: …ministries and other public institutions (hereinafter referred to as “institutions”);

School of Business Administration Turība (BAT).

8. References to Pieces of Literature and Elements of Text in the Paper8.1. Additional information, such as rates, costs, statistics, etc. is required for the calculations,

substantiation, generalizations, and other data that are not given in the assignment and derived by the writer. Such information is usually taken from literature, sources of which should be designated when used.

8.2. A reference to the piece of literature should be given as follows: the fact is followed by a figure in square brackets designating the ordinary number in the list of bibliography attached to the paper and page from which a relevant fact is taken. For instance, [2, p. 24].

8.3. When any author or document are cited, the quotation should be given in inverted commas (or put in other type face, for instance in italics), and the author of quotation and piece of literature should be designated.

8.4. When reference to elements of the text is given, the words "expression", "formula", "relationship", "fig." (abbreviation for "figure"), "tab." or "table" (if there is a single unnumbered table) and the element number respectively should be used. For instance, It is showed in Tab. 2..., It is seen in Fig. 5..., ...with regard to the formula (2.7)... etc.

8.5. When reference is given to elements of the text repeatedly, the word "see" is given in round brackets and a relevant element with its number, for instance, (see Fig. 2.4), (see Tab. 16), (see Encl. 2) or (see enclosure) etc.

9. Tables9.1. All tables should have headings and be numbered with Arabic numerals in the increasing

sequence from the paper beginning or within chapter frame if there is a number of chapters in the paper.

9.2. Numbers should be put on over the table headings in the right side.9.3. If there is a single table in the text, it shall not be numbered.9.4. Table headings should be short, concrete and clear, they should provide for the table theme

and content. 9.5. Tables should be placed in the paper immediately after the reference to them.9.6. Each table should be followed in the text with analysis and interpretation of the numbers

given in the table and not retelling or repetition of the numbers.9.7. The paper should not be overloaded with numerical data.

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10. Figures10.1. All illustrations - schemes, diagrams, cartograms, drawings, pictures and other figures.10.1.1. Diagram is a graphic presentation showing clearly relationships of different values.

Each value in the diagram is showed with a point, straight line segment or any geometrical figure (triangle, circle, etc.) with selection of the measurement unit applied. Band charts, line diagrams, bar (block) charts and circle diagrams are the most widely used types of graphic presentation. They are used for comparison of discrete values. They are made as graphical figures in which each compared value is presented as a line, field or body contour.

10.1.2. Pictograms, or statistical pictures differ visually from other graphic presentations. Pictograms are considered to be symbols that are characteristic to the phenomenon depicted (milk cans - milk amount, railroad car - rail traffic, passenger airplane - air-passenger transportation, etc.). Phenomena are depicted in pictograms in proportion to their size or, when figures of equal size are given, in proportion to their amount.

10.2. Figures are numbered with Arabic numerals in the increasing sequence (from the paper beginning) or within chapter frame if there is a number of chapters in the paper. A relevant title is given to each figure, which is written below in one line with the number, for instance: Fig. 1.2. Procurement Scheme.

11. Bibliography of Pieces and Sources of Literature Used 11.1. All pieces and sources of literature used in the paper should be given in the bibliography.11.2. The pieces and sources of literature given in the bibliography should be numbered in the

alphabetic order. 11.3. The list shall be compiled after the Latin alphabet, first mentioning the papers written in

the Latvian language and then those in foreign languages. Papers published in the Cyrillic alphabet shall be given thereinafter. Unpublished papers shall be given at the end of the list.

11.4. Elements of the bibliography shall provide for the following information: 11.4.1. for books of one or more authors:

11.4.1.1. surname and initials of the author (one or more) (if there are more than three authors, the initial three of them and "etc." for the others could be given), 11.4.1.2. edition title, 11.4.1.3. output data, 11.4.1.4. year of publication, 11.4.1.5. edition amount,

Example: Dambe G., Jurevičs A., Augucēvičs J. Datorizēta lietvedības dokumentu sagatavošana. – Rīga: Biznesa augstskola Turība, 2000. – 72 lpp.

11.4.2. for publications in magazine or newspaper, collection of papers:

Examples: Riekstiņa A. Par aktualitātēm kreditēšanā // Latvijas Vēstnesis. – Nr.436/439 (1999, 23.dec.), 3.lpp. vai: Ādamsons A. Hipotekārās kreditēšanas aspekti // Ekonomisko un sociālo attiecību transformācija: procesi, tendences, rezultāti: starpt.konf.materiāli, 2001.g. 30.-31.marts, Rīga, Latvija. – Rīga: Biznesa augstskola Turība, 2001. – 20.-25.lpp.

11.4.3. for Internet resources:

Examples: Latvijas Lauksaimniecības universitāte // http://www.llu.lv vai:Education, traning and youth. A new generation of programmes (2000-2006)// http://www.europa.Eu.int/comm/education/newprogr/index.html11.5. Additional requirements for the bibliography presentation could be determined in

regulatory documents worked out by the faculties or chairs.

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12. Execution of Enclosures 12.1. Paper calculation technologies, auxiliary tables, normative tables, various visual aids and

other information-containing and explanatory materials that could help better comprehend the paper content and evaluate the writer's papers shall be given in the enclosures.

12.2. Large-size materials shall be folded down to format A4 providing for the opportunity to have the material bound in. Blank place shall be provided on the left edge that is to be bound; the fold should not be closer than 5 mm to the other three edges in order prevent from the sheet fold cutting on cutting the sheets intended for binding.

12.3. Materials presented in the enclosures should be numbered in the top right corner with Arabic numerals, for instance: Enclosure No. 1. Each enclosure should have its title under the number. The enclosure title should be placed so as to be fully readable upon sheet folding.

12.4. Enclosures shall be separated from the other paper with a particular sheet on which the word ENCLOSURES is written.

12.5. Enclosure sheets shall be numbered with regard to the previous sheets of the paper. 12.6. If there are many enclosures, they shall be filed into particular volume and its sheets shall

be numbered as for an independent paper.

Head of the Teaching Department Jānis Augucēvičs

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Exhibit No. 1STUDENT'S PAPER TITLE PAGE EXECUTION SAMPLE

School of Business Administration Turība

(Faculty)

(writer's name and surname in the nominative)(Course and group abbreviated name)

(PAPER TITLE)

STUDENT'S PAPER

(Chair)

Paper supervisor: (name and surname)

Rīga, 2004

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Exhibit No. 2DIPLOMA PAPER TITLE PAGE EXECUTION SAMPLE

School of Business Administration Turība

(writer's name and surname in the nominative)

(PAPER TITLE)

DIPLOMA PAPER

Program of study (PROGRAM DESCRIPTION)

Diploma paper writer: (signature, date) (name, surname)

Diploma paper supervisor: (signature, date) (name, surname, acad. degree)

Adviser (if any) : (signature, date) (name, surname, acad. degree or capacity)

Rīga, 2004

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Exhibit No. 3EXTRACT from the Republic of Latvia Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No. 154

“Regulations of drawing up and execution of documents”

List of generally accepted abbreviations in the Latvian language

1. Traditional abbreviations, which are generally used in the text as abbreviations:u.c. - un citiutt. - un tā tālāku.tml. - un tamlīdzīgivai tml. - vai tamlīdzīgit.i. - tas irsk. - skatītsal. - salīdzinātš.g. - šā gada, šī gadaplkst. - pulkstennr. - numurs (aiz skaitļa)Nr. - numurs (pirms skaitļa – dokumentu numerācijā)v.i. - pienākumu (“vietas”) izpildītājsvietn. - vietnieks, vietnieceLs - lats (kopā ar summu cipariem)N.B. (lat. nota bene!) - ievēro labi!P.S. (lat. post scriptum) - piebilde aiz paraksta2. Abbreviations which in certain position replace words or expressions commonly used in a full form:a.god. - augsti godātais; augsti godājamais; arī: augsti godātā; augsti godājamāa.k. - abonenta kastīte (kopā ar skaitli)a.l. - autorloksneapg. - apgabalsapm. - apmēramapr.1 - apriņķis (kopā ar nosaukumu)apr.2 - aprīlisa/s - akciju sabiedrībaatt. - attēlsaug. - augustsb-ba - biedrībabij. - bijušaisbulv. - bulvāriscet. - ceturksniscien. - cienītā; cienījamā; cienītais; cienījamais (kopā ar personvārdu vai amata nosaukumu)dok. - dokumentsDr. - doktors (kopā ar personvārdu)Dr.h.(latviski) - habilitētais doktors (kopā ar personvārdu)Dr.habil. (latīniski) - habilitētais doktors (kopā ar personvārdu)dsk. - daudzskaitlisdz.1 - dzimis; dzimusi (dzīves datos)dz.2 - dzīvoklis (adresē)dzīv. - dzīvojošs; dzīvojoša (adresē)eks. - eksemplārsfebr. - februārisg. - gads (kopā ar skaitli)gab. - gabals (kopā ar skaitli)galv. - galvenais

god. - godātais; godājamais; arī: godātā; godājamā (kopā ar personvārdu vai amata nosaukumu

gr. - grupags. - gadsimtsgs.b. - gadsimta beigasgs.s. - gadsimta sākumsiec. - iecirknisiedz. - iedzīvotājsiesk. - ieskaitotinv. - inventārsinž. - inženierisīst.loc. - īstenais loceklis; īstenā locekle (kopā ar

personvārdu)janv. - janvāris

jaun. - jaunākais (kopā ar amata nosaukumu)jūn. - jūnijsjūl. - jūlijs

kdze (dat. k-dzei) - kundze (dat. kundzei)kgs (dat. k-gm) - kungs ( dat. kungam)kl. - klasekor.loc. - korespondētājloceklis (kopā ar

personvārdu)lauk. - laukums (adresē)

līn. - līnija (adresē)lp. - lapalpp. - lappuseLVS - Latvijas Valsts standartsļ.cien. - ļoti cienītā; ļoti cienījamā; ļoti cienītais; ļoti

cienījamais (kopā ar personvārdu vai amata nosaukumu

milj. - miljonsmljrd. - miljardsneiesk. - neieskaitotnod. - nodaļanov. - novembrisokt. - oktobrisoriģ. - oriģināls

p. - punkts; pants (aiz kārtas skaitļa)pag. - pagasts (kopā ar pagasta nosaukumupārb. - pārbaudījis; pārbaudījusipiel. - pielikumspiem. - piemērampiez. - piezīmepils.1 - pilsēta ( kopā ar pilsētas nosaukumu)pils.2 - pilsonisp.k.1 - pasta kastīte (kopā ar skaitli)p.k.2 - pēc kārtasp.n. - pasta nodaļapoz. - pozīcijapr-js - priekšsēdētājs (kopā ar personvārdu)pr-ks - priekšnieks (kopā ar personvārdu)prof. - profesors; profesore (kopā ar personvārdu)raj. - rajons (kopā ar rajona nosaukumu)resp. - respektīvisab-ba - sabiedrībasant. - santīms (kopā ar skaitli)sast. - sastādītājs; sastādījis; sastādījusisāk. - sākums

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sēj. - sējums (kopā ar skaitli)sept. - septembrisSIA - sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildībusiev. - sieviete; sieviešu –spec. - speciālstab. - tabulat.p. - tas pats; tāds patst.s. - tā saucamais; tā sauktaist.sk. - tai skaitā; to skaitātūkst. - tūkstotis (kopā ar skaitli)uzņ. - uzņēmumsvad. - vadītājs; vadītājaval. - valodava/s, valsts a/s - valsts akciju sabiedrībavec. - vecākais (kopā ar amata nosaukumu)visp. - vispārīgs; vispārējsvīr. - vīrietis; vīriešu vsk. - vienskaitlisv/u - valsts uzņēmumszīm. - zīmējumsh – st. - stundamin. – min. – minūtes – sek. - sekunde

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Exhibit No. 4PAPER ASSIGNMENT Limited Liability Company "School of Business Administration Turība"

Reg. No. 000313588, 68 Graudu St., Riga, LV-1058

(CHAIR)

APPROVEDHead of the Chair_________________________

Riga, _________ ___, 200_

APPLICATION FOR STUDENT'S PAPER THEME

Program of study (program description)

__ year of studies

_________ group student:

____________________________________________________________

Paper theme:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Paper objective:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Paper task:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Student ____________________ _____________ “____”, 200_

signature

The student's paper should be submitted to the Chair on: _____________ “____”, 200_Student's paper supervisor _______________________ _____________ “____”, 200_

signature

The student's paper is submitted to the Chair on: _____________ “____”, 200_ (to be registered by the secretary of the Chair)

The student's paper is defended on: _____________ “____”, 200_

Paper marking: “_______” (__________________)Commission:

teacher's surname signature



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Supplement No 14

FIELD STUDIES REGULATIONS


1.1. Field studies shall be an integral part of the study program. It is an objective of the field studies to provide the students with an opportunity to consolidate their theoretical knowledge, acquire competence conforming to the study program and train practical skills required for specialists in the relevant branch as well as to provide the students with an opportunity to obtain necessary data for drawing up the student's or diploma paper and conduct research.1.2. Length and time of the field studies shall be determined in the program of studies and calendar schedule of studies. 1.3. Tasks of the field studies shall be determined in the field studies program approved by relevant chairs.1.4. In the field studies, the student shall perform the tasks set in the field studies program demonstrating his independence, preparedness, knowledge and skills, observing the Republic of Latvia laws, performing his duties fairly, not disclosing any confidential information gained in the organization to third persons. 1.5. These Regulations shall not attribute to the pre-diploma practical work the organization of which shall be determined in the Final Examination Regulations.

2. Organization of the field studies

2.1. The chair in charge for the organization of relevant field studies shall be determined with the order of the dean / program director.

2.2. The chair in charge shall:

work out the field studies programs; appoint the field studies supervisors; organize the field studies preceding seminar; guide and control the field studies program implementation course; organize defense of the field studies reports and evaluation of the field studies.2.3. The field studies supervisors shall be approved with the order of the head of chair.2.4. The field studies supervisors could be BAT teachers or employees of the company/institution in which the field studies are taken.2.5. Obligations of the field studies supervisor shall include: giving advise to the student in the issues pertaining to the field studies; control of the field studies program implementation; consideration and evaluation of the field studies reports; participation in the defense and evaluation of the field studies.2.6. The students shall select the places of their field studies independently. The field studies shall be conducted in accordance with the field studies contract. One's place of employment could be selected as the place of field studies. The student shall make the selected place of field studies known to the field studies supervisor not later than 7 days in advance.

3. Execution, evaluation and keeping of the field studies material

3.1. During the field studies, the student shall draw up a field studies report and receive a reference from the company representative and submit thereof to the chair at the time determined by the chair.

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3.2. The field studies report shall be executed in computer and in compliance with the field studies program in terms of content. The field studies report shall be signed by its writer.3.3.The field studies supervisor shall made familiarized with the student's field studies report and reference and decide on permitting the field studies defense.3.4. The field studies report shall be defended before and the field studies shall be evaluated

by commission approved with the order of the head of chair. In the commission composition,

there should be at least two teachers one of whom is the field studies supervisor.

3.5. The field studies defense shall be evaluated after the 10-point system, the results shall

be recorded in the checkup sheet to be signed by all members of the commission.

3.6. After the field studies reports are defended, the chair shall hand over the same to the Teaching Department where the field studies reports shall be kept for at least 1 (one) calendar year.

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Supplement No 15Limited Liability Company "School of Business Administration Turība"

Reg. No. 000313588, 68 Graudu ielā, Riga, LV-1058

APPROVEDby SIA "School of Business Administration Turība"

Senate Meeting, Minutes No. 4Riga, 29.04.2004

Final Examination Regulations


1.1 This is to determine the procedure for organization of Final Examinations in the master of the first-level professional higher education program and second-level professional higher education program for the qualification confer and diploma issue.

1.2 At the end of mastering of the first-level professional higher education program, the Final Examination – qualification examination is to be passed being evaluated after the 10-point system and having the qualification paper execution and defense as its component.

1.3 At the end of mastering of the second-level professional higher education program, the Final Examination is to be passed having the diploma paper execution and defense as its component.

1.4 At the end of mastering of the professional master's degree study program, the Final Examination is to be passed having the master's thesis execution and defense as its component.

1.5 Components of the Final Examination other than the qualification paper / diploma paper / master's thesis defense shall be determined by the dean before the 1st of October of the consecutive academic year.

1.6 The students shall be entitled to pass their Final Examinations who have mastered the study program successfully and obtained the required number of credit points.

1.7 After having been defended, the qualification papers / diploma papers / master's theses shall be handed over to the library for public survey when the mark is 7 (good) or higher. Other papers shall be kept in the archives.

2. Final Examination Commission

2.1 Final Examination shall be conducted by the Final Examination Commission (hereinafter referred to as VPK).

2.2 VPK in the composition of 5 (five) persons with the designation of the commission chairman and vice-chairman shall be proposed by the dean and approved by the rector.

2.3 The dean shall invite a specialist of relevant qualifications from other higher school or representative of a relevant profession as the chairman of VPK. At least half of the Commission shall be representatives of branch professional organizations or employers.

2.4 VPK activity shall be registered by the secretary of the Commission in the VPK Minutes Record. 2.5 The dean shall be responsible for the organization and material support of VPK activity.

3. Procedure for approval of qualification papers / diploma papers / master's theses supervisors and themes

3.1 Model themes of the qualification papers / diploma papers / master's theses shall be worked out by relevant chairs and approved by the dean. The chair shall publicize the approved model themes together with the list of qualification paper / diploma paper / master's thesis supervisors.

3.2 The qualification paper / diploma paper supervisor could be a teacher of the School of Business Administration Turība or other higher school, a relevant branch specialist of the company or institution or the company's research worker having the higher education.

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3.3 The master's thesis supervisor could be a teacher of the School of Business Administration Turība or other higher school, research worker of a scientific research organization or a specialist having the master's or doctor's academic degree.

3.4 Qualification paper / diploma paper / master's thesis supervisors shall be approved together with the student's paper selected theme with the dean's order in compliance with propositions of a relevant chair. The student shall not be admitted to the qualification paper / diploma paper / master's thesis defense if the qualification paper / diploma paper / master's thesis theme is not approved timely in the faculty.

4. Obligations and rights of the qualification paper / diploma paper / master's thesis supervisor

4.1 It shall be within obligations of the qualification paper / diploma paper / master's thesis supervisor:- to assist in the research trend determination;- to give advises on making the paper initial and final scheme as well as building the paper

structure;- to give advises on the selection of the sources of literature and other research; - to assist in the determination of the research object and methods;- to survey particular parts of the paper and the paper in a total pointing out to required

adjustments or supplements; - to survey and sign the paper submitted for defense if its execution is in compliance with

BAT determined requirements.4.2 It shall be within rights of the qualification paper / diploma paper / master's thesis supervisor:- to refuse the paper supervision if it is reasonably motivated;- to participate in the pre-defense and defense;- to refuse surveying the completed qualification paper / diploma paper / master's thesis if

submitted after the fixed paper filing date.

5. Procedure for submission and reviewing of qualification papers / diploma papers / master's theses

5.1 At the time stated by the faculty, the student shall submit to the faculty the qualification paper / diploma paper / master's thesis for defending. After the qualification paper / diploma paper / master's thesis has been registered, the dean shall appoint with order the qualification paper / diploma paper / master's thesis reviewer.

5.2 If the qualification paper / diploma paper / master's thesis supervisor does not recommend it for defense, the dean shall decide on the permission to defend the paper making the paper supervisor engaged.

5.3 The qualification paper / diploma paper / master's thesis reviewer shall be an independent appraiser of the paper.5.4 The reviewer could be a teacher of the School of Business Administration Turība or other

higher school, a highly qualified branch specialist of the company or institution having relevant higher education.

5.5 It shall be necessary to evaluate in writing in the qualification paper / diploma paper / master's thesis review:

- urgency of the paper theme;- paper scope and structure;- research methods applied to the research objective achievement;- degree of utilization of the sources designated in the bibliography;- processed material completeness in accordance with the research targets;- paper content compliance with the set objective and targets;- paper execution compliance with the instructions on methods; - degree of substantiation of the conclusions and propositions and achievement of the set objective;- theoretical and practical significance of the research.

The reviewer shall sign the review (Exhibit No. 2). The review shall provide for the paper assessment after the 10-point system.

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5.6 The reviewer shall hand over the paper and review to the faculty not later than 2 days before defense. 5.7 The student shall be entitled to get familiarized with the review.5.8 If the reviewer evaluates the paper negatively, the dean shall hand the paper over for

further reviewing to other specialist in a relevant research trend. If the next reviewing is also negative, the paper shall not be admitted to defense. If the next reviewing is positive, the paper shall be given over to VPK with both reviews attached.

6. Procedure for passing the Final Examinations

6.1. The students are only admitted to the Final Examinations when they have defended their pre-diploma practical work (pre-defense of papers have been performed). Defense of the pre-diploma practical work shall be organized by the faculty. 6.2. The students shall pass the Final Examinations at an open meeting of VPK to which paper supervisors and reviewers, students, BAT teachers and relevant branch specialists can be invited.6.3. Time of passing the Final Examinations shall be determined in accordance with the calendar schedule of studies. 6.4. Content and passing procedure of the Final Examination components other than the qualification paper / diploma paper / master's thesis defense shall be determined by the dean before the 1st of October of the consecutive academic year.6.5. Procedure for putting students on the list of persons taking the Final Examinations shall be determined by the dean.6.6. The dean shall be in charge for the Final Examination running. 6.7. Entering the examination running premises, the student shall produce the identity paper. 6.8. Defense of the qualification paper / diploma paper or bachelor's / master's thesis provides for the student's communication (7 – 10 min.). The paper writer shall be laconic substantiating the selected theme urgency, paper objective, fulfilled tasks and structure, underlying conclusions and propositions as well as emphasizing the writer's particular propositions.6.9. The student shall be entitled to use during defense a previously prepared communication

(synopsis) as well as materials prepared for demonstration.6.10. After the student has presented his communication, VPK members and persons present

shall be entitled to ask questions on the qualification paper / diploma paper / master's thesis. Final Examination running shall be recorded.

6.11. The paper evaluation shall be discussed after defense speech and answers to questions. 6.12. Upon completion of the defense of all papers, VPK shall evaluate the papers and their defense at a closed meeting. 6.13 The mark can be given if there are at least three members of VPK (one of whom is the VPK chairman or vice-chairman) present when the student defends his paper.6.9 VPK decision on the Final Examination marking shall be based on:the student's ability to defend his paper, knowledge demonstrated during defense, the reviewer's assessment,the student's answers to VPK questions and notes made in the review, the paper's theoretical and practical significance, the student's skills to conduct research,paper execution.6.10 VPK shall decide on the paper assessment either processing the VPK members'

evaluation or voting. If the votes are divided equally, the VPK chairman shall have the casting vote.

6.11 VPK assessment shall be marked in the minutes book and last page of the paper.6.12 VPK decision shall not be appealable.

7. Qualification according

7.1 If the student has passed the Final Examination with assessment corresponding to at least 5 (five) points, VPK shall decide on the qualification according. If the assessment is 4 (four), a program mastering certificate shall be issued to the student.

7.2 The VPK decision shall be recorded by the secretary of commission in the minutes and VPK minutes book to be signed by all members of VPK.

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7.3 VPK decision on the qualification according shall be approved by the Senate.

8. Rights of the student

8.1 The student who has failed to pass the Final Examination or been given a mark below 5 (five) points shall be sent off with entitlement during three years to repeat the Final Examination passing to acquire the qualification. The student shall be entitled to conclude a contract for repeated studies in the final year of studies.

These Regulations in the wording above shall become effective as of September 1, 2004.Dean of UVF Solvita Vītola

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Supplement No 17

Business Economics Program Self-evaluation Summary

Self-evaluation period 2000 – 2004.

Four academic years are analyzed herein:

2000/2001, 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004.

7. Program Evaluation

7.5. Program objective and tasks

Formulations of the Program objective and tasks were updated proceeding from

requirements set in the profession standard (approved on April 20, 2004) and

pursuant to the BAT general strategy as well as recommendations made by the

unified accreditation commission in its evaluation statement.

Strategic objective of the Program - to provide for a full value, competitive and

high quality second-level professional higher education based on the scientific,

professional and theoretical solutions as well as practical application of the business

economics.

Objective of the Program: to give an opportunity to acquire competitive

knowledge and skills that are necessary for meeting requirements set for a highly

qualified specialist in business economics.

The following tasks are set for the objective achievement:

while implementing the program, to provide for the theoretical and practical

training degree corresponding to the fifth level of professional qualification

and the business economics professional standard;

to provide for an opportunity to acquire the theoretical knowledge and skills

that would allow the graduate to start the businessman's career, to conform to

the requirements set to the business economist's professional qualifications, to

carry out the economic contractor's activities, to perform functions of the head

of a company, government institution, self-government institution or structural

units of organization;

to develop the economic thinking and facilitate application of the acquired

economic knowledge to the practical and research activity;

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to develop and update the studies organization forms and programs in

accordance with changes in the business environment and international

demands;

to induce to expand one's knowledge or re-qualify when required;

to contribute to the private higher education quality and prestige raising.

7.6. Program structure and its adjustments

The Program is arranged in compliance with the Regulations of the second-level

professional higher education, and is arranged in compliance with the economics

professional standard as of 2004. All adjustments implemented in the course of the

Program content revision made 17% of the Program obligatory part.

7.7. Organization of the process of studies

7.7.1. Evaluation system

The knowledge is evaluated after the ten-point system in compliance with the Public

academic education standard.

Basic principles of the education evaluation on the Program shall be as follows:

testing obligatoriness principle;

evaluation criteria transparency and clearness principle;

testing form diversity principle;

testing accessibility principle.

Different knowledge testing methods shall be employed in the process of studies.

Ordinary checks

Ordinary checkups shall be the checkups organized during the course study. The ordinary

checkups shall be organized and conducted by the teacher. The number of ordinary checkups

shall be determined in the course program. The teacher shall evaluate the ordinary checkups

with a mark after the 10-point system and register the mark in the studies record book. Forms

of the ordinary checkups shall be as follows:

control papers,

reports at seminars or conferences,

essays and other forms facilitating the course qualitative study.

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Final checkups for the course of studies

Final checkups for the course of studies shall be the checkups concluding the

course study. Forms of the final checkups for the course of studies shall be as

follows:

examinations,

tests.

Final checkups for the year of studies

Final checkups for the year of studies shall be the checkups concluding the

consecutive year of studies. Forms of the final checkups for the year of studies

shall be as follows:



Final checkups for the year of studies shall be evaluated after the 10-point system.

The marks shall be registered in the checkup evaluation sheets.

Checkup forms

Eventual checkup forms shall be as follows

written checkup (65% of all checkups);

oral checkup (35% of all checkups).

Having regard to previous objections to the evaluation quality, the ratio of written and

oral checkups was revised due to which the evaluation became more objective and the

average mark ranging was effected as follows:

Table 7.1

Students' progress by years of studies

Form of studies Students' average mark2003/2004 2002/2003 2001/2002 2000/2001

Day 6.7 7.3 7.5 7.5Evening 5.5 6.9 7.0 7.0Correspondent 6.7 7.1 7.2 7.2

7.7.2. Methods of studies

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Application of the methods and forms of studies are improved and the changes are showed in Fig. 7.1. During the study of each course, the students have to pass the ordinary checkups determined in the program - control papers. The course of studies is concluded with a checkup - test or examination. Prior to the examination, 2 hours of giving advises are planned in addition to the contact hours stipulated in the program for each course of studies. The students shall have an opportunity to received advises from teachers also during the course study, as hours of giving advises are determined for each teacher out of the classes ate the rate of at least 5% of the total scope of the course.

Basic forms of studies shall be as follows: lectures,

field studies,

seminars,

independent studies,

public lectures,

debates.

lectures workshops actual debates public lectures

seminars students' conferences independent studies

Fig. 7.1. Application of methods and forms of studies by academic years, %

It could be concluded from Fig. 7.1 that the diversity of the methods and forms

of studies has increased for the previous academic years - such forms of studies

as actual debates or public lectures are employed.

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The following methods are distinguished for the educational process control and

discipline:

control papers,

giving advises,

study course final checkups,

field studies (26 CP) and student's paper writing (3 student's papers).

According to the Higher School Law, the teachers are entitled to choose freely

the methods of studies in order to achieve the objective stipulated in the program of

studies. The most popular methods are a lecture, field studies, seminar, and debates.

Other methods, such as workshops, projects, etc. are also used in addition.

7.8. Students

7.9. 1. Number of the Program students and number of the 1st-year

matriculated students

The number of matriculated students has grown up gradually for the Program operation period of 2000-2004. The number of students and evaluation by forms of studies are showed in Table 7.2.

Table 7.2

Number of students by forms of studies

Number of students by forms

of studies

Year of studies

Total %1 2 3 4Day Department 14 21 16 51 47.2Evening Department 23 11 34 31.5Correspondence Department 16 7 23 21.3Total 37 32 32 7 108 % 34.3 29.6 29.6 6.5

It could be concluded that the most favorite form of studies is the day and evening

department. The number of matriculated students was unstable in 2000-2004. But

a positive tendency of reduction of the number of students sent off is obvious.

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Fig. 7.2. Number of students by academic years

As it is seen from Fig. 7.2, the number of students was increasing dynamically in the

period of 2000-2003, and it increased by 375%, or 80 students in 2003 as compared to

2000.

7.6.2. Student survey

Surveys are conducted at the end of every course on the content and methods of a particular course of studies. The following questions are included in the questionnaire: Whether the themes envisaged in the program are discussed thoroughly? Whether the themes discussed under the program are overlapped with other courses of studies? Whether the material presentation was intelligible? Whether the teaching and distribution aids were sufficient? How well the course study was organized? What, to your mind, the teacher should change in the teaching manner? Having considered the questionnaires, the teacher shall hand the same over to the chair where a summary is being prepared. The summary is available from the chair and rector's office.In addition, a survey is carried out the input of which is generalized and used for the study

process improvement. The questions and percentage distribution of evaluation from the

students' answers are given in the figures below.

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in full in part not satisfied

Fig. 7.3. Students' evaluation by academic years - Whether you are satisfied

with the BAT offered study program?

It could be seen from the students' survey that the evaluation "not satisfied" has

ceased, but the students' point of view has tended towards partial satisfaction for the

recent academic year; therefore, updating of the study program in accordance with the

economics profession standard is grounded.

7.6.3. Graduate survey

There were 7 graduates of the Business Economics Program in 2004. The following questions were made clear by way of surveying those graduates:

What was decisive for you on choosing studies in BAT;

Whether you are satisfied with the program and study courses

mastered during your studies;

Whether you are satisfied with the knowledge acquired during your

studies;

Whether you are satisfied with the teachers' qualifications;

Whether you are satisfied with the study process organization;

Whether you acquired what you needed and expected during your

studies.

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time of studies program offered

program and time of studies other factors

Fig. 7.4. Graduates' evaluation - why did you select studies under BAT Business

Economics program

It could be concluded from the survey input showed in Fig. 7.4 that the offered program

significance has gained a comparatively high evaluation in the choice of studies.

Moreover, 98% of the graduates gave a positive answer to the answer "Whether you

are satisfied with the knowledge acquired during your studies".

in full in part

Fig. 7.5. Graduates' evaluation - Whether you are satisfied with the knowledge

acquired during your studies?

While considering the notes of partial satisfaction with the knowledge acquired during the

studies, notes of the improvement of quality of the subjects in the specialization of economics

were taken into consideration.

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in full in part

Fig. 7.6. Graduates' evaluation - Whether you are satisfied with the study process

organization?

While considering the notes of partial satisfaction with the study process organization,

improvement of the study schedule is thought over.

In general, the offered program is evaluated positively and the graduates are satisfied

with the quality of acquired knowledge, and expected results are gained during the

studies.

7.7. Academic personnel employed in the study program

The academic personnel providing for the Business Economics study program is

completed so that most of the teachers are employed on the staff in order to achieve

the determined specific gravity of teachers having an academic degree while the other

teachers have the master's degree or at least study for the master's degree. At the same

time, in order to implement most successfully the study program objectives,

specialists – practitioners who have gained experience in the branch operation are

engaged in the teaching, especially branch specific courses, not asking that they have

an academic degree.

A program for further education of the academic personnel is worked out and

implemented in the School. BAT successful operation is provided by its qualified and

professional personnel whose professional development is a basis for the common

personnel professional development. The personnel training aims to:

the personnel knowledge expansion and professional development or re-

qualification for the working out and implementation of the company's current

and future programs, projects and processes;

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compliance with the regulatory acts.

Fig. 7.7. Academic personnel level dynamics

As it is showed in Fig. 7.7, the academic personnel level was variable in the academic

years. But now, it is stabilized or reinstated at the rates of the program implementation

initial stage.

Table 7.3

Academic Personnel Qualifications, by Academic Years

Information summarized in the table shows a comparatively stable number of doctors

of sciences, but the share of branch practicians is variable, which is also certified with

the students' surveys. In this connection, greater emphasis is laid on the engagement

of the doctor's and master's degree holders in the academic staff.

In total 36 teachers were engaged in the study program implementation in the

academic year 2003/2004 of whom 24, or 67% were within the academic personnel

employed on the staff.

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Changes in the academic personnel level for the previous two years are showed in

Table 7.4.

Table 7.4

Changes in the academic personnel level

Academic year Academic personnel level total on the staff %2002/2003 25 18 72%2003/2004 36 25 70%2002/2003 as compared to 2003/2004, % 144% 139%

As it is seen from the data summarized in Table 7.4 above, 70-72% of the load is

provided by the academic personnel working on the staff. Comparing the academic

years 2002/2003 and 2003/2004, changes in the academic personnel number were

significant, as the total academic personnel number increased by 44% and the number

of employees on the staff increased by 39%, due to which the academic personnel

stability and desire to be engaged in the BAT teaching processes increased.

In the academic personnel professional development, the following aspects could

be distinguished:

academic personnel desire to improve their academic education

qualifications;

An obvious tendency of the academic personnel to improve further their qualifications

which is evidenced with the fact that 11% of the academic personnel studied for the

master's or doctor's degree in 2003, as compared to the previous year – 8%;

improvement of qualifications by attending courses or seminars;

In the academic year 2003/2004, the following seminars were attended for the

improvement of qualifications:

Modern marketing theories and application thereof (M12 model)

(A.Bišofa, I.Upīte);

Company financing with the use of EC structural funds

(R.Zvirgzdiņa, S.Keišs);

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Securities market development and transfer to the international

market (I.Slavinska);

Msrketing strategy and tactics. Let's develop our company on

joining EU (I.Upīte);

Successful brand strategy as an instrument of competition

(B.Kreišmane);

publications in scientific editions, participation in scientific conferences

and development of scientific-research activity;

According to the research plans of the Chair of Economics, the following lines of

research are determined for the academic year 2003/2004:

5) Business and market development problems in Latvia;

6) Small and medium business development problems in Latvia;

7) Monetary policy; banking operations and crediting;

8) Specific character of pricing in Latvia.

Scientific publications in 2003/2004:

Ieva Bruksle. Cenu veidošanas specifika un vides nozīme tūrismā

[Specification of Pricing and Environmental Significance in Tourism] / BAT

international scientific conference, 2004.

Participation in the reviewing of internationally cited publications in 2003/2004:

A.Zvirbule-Bērziņa – Proceedings of the international scientific

conference Economics science for rural development:

Regional development;

Possibilities for increasing competitiveness.

7.6. Sources of financing and infrastructure maintenance

BAT only makes use of its ownership assets derived from the business

activity.

The School of Business Administration Turība has an expressly good financial

status (see Enclosure …). Ownership capital, real estates, profit and development

investments of the School of Business Administration Turība are higher than of all

other Latvian private higher schools together.

The School is located at 68 Graudu Street, Riga, at a local territory with the

total area 35 372 m2. All teaching, household and auxiliary premises are prepared for

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a greater number of students counting some 2000 – 2500 students who are

simultaneously inside the School premises.

Buildings of the School of Business Administration Turība were recorded in

the Land Register as its property on September 16, 1996. According to the November

4, 1995 law of the Parliament of Republic of Latvia, the School of Business

Administration is put on the list of educational objects of the national significance. At

the School territory there are located 2 teaching buildings, students' hotel, two

canteens, two cafés, gym, sport complex with training facilities, sauna, solarium,

hairdressing saloon, dental office, boiler house, car-care center and parking lot. All

required conditions are provided for studies – new conference halls, lecture rooms,

computer classes, laboratories and rooms, modern library with a large reading-hall. In

the lecture rooms there is qualitative visual equipment - white boards, codoscopes and

screens, audio and video facilities, multi media.

The School has a steady Internet connection with the capacity of 11 Mbit. The

School has its own server system and software securing the operation in Internet

(www.turiba.lv. www.studijas.lv).

Teaching literature and information availability in BAT library

Library of the School of Business Administration Turība is a new library and it has

become a modern free-access computerized library with a reader databases, electronic

registration of literature issue and receipt and electronic catalog of periodicals and

books, which could be used in the library and in any location worldwide where is a

computer with Internet access.

There work 10 erudite librarians in the library, who help to choose or find any

required literature.

The library stocks or databases and internet resources can be also used by students

of other higher schools, as the library working hours are very convenient.

There are 285 working places in the library of the School of Business

Administration Turība, of which 100 are computerized. 2 electronic literature search

and select catalogs are accessible in the delivery room. To facilitate the search, the

library personnel have introduced a rational system allowing to look for required

literature after subject names and key words.

Major task of the library is to provide the studies, postgraduate studies and

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http://www.studijas.lv/

http://www.turiba.lv/

scientific activity with the latest teaching and scientific literature in accordance with

the study programs and lines of research, to give an opportunity to use not only the

large stock of books and press but also on-line and local data and internet information

sources accessible in the library.

In proportion to the increase in the number of students, the School of Business

Administration Turība every year invests assets in the library technology development

and stock completion with own latest information.

The library entire stock is freely accessible - the literature is accessible to any

library visitor. To facilitate the required literature finding, books in the shelves stand

in accordance with the international universal decimal classification (UDK).

The library has been developing drastically since 2000, which is proved with the

following major events conducted in 2000-2004.

2000, March. Turība library becomes a member of the Latvian Academic Libraries

Association.

2000. STOP system for identification of the library readers - debtors is introduced.

2001, February. The library starts its operation in new premises. Information center

with 50 computerized and 50 traditional working places is open.

2001. New on-line databases LETA and EBSCO are acquired.

2001. Action Dalies Turībā is conducted, within the frame of which secondary school

pupils are given an opportunity to use free of charge 10 computer hours with Internet

connection.

2001. Action of donation of furniture and books from the secondary stock to school,

partnership and army libraries is conducted.

2001. The existing modules Dos Alises are replaced with updated modules Alises

Windows.

2003, 21st of August. New more spacious premises of the library are open. The stock

inventory is held with the help of inventory modules. Turība library is the first library

in Latvia where such model is established.

2004. The library literature stock is expanded - latest pieces of literature for the

master's degree studies and scientific-research methods are purchased. A considerable

portion of the literature is in foreign languages. Turība library is third among the

Latvian libraries where the highest amount of financial assets is used for the purchase

of books.

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In proportion to the increase in the number of students, the SIA "School of

Business Administration Turība" every year invests assets in the library technology

development and stock completion with own latest information.

It was planned as of the academic year 2001/2002, to provide each student

with an opportunity to take out from the delivery room the obligatory teaching

literature for the study courses as stipulated in the course programs. Currently,

there are 27 527 copies of 395 books available from the delivery room for taking

out for semester.

A free-access stock is a basis of the modern European higher school library. A

free-access stock makes books closer to the reader, as considers every book. All

stocks, except for encyclopaedia, are issued to the readers. Book Stock Structure is

established in the library that is showed in Table 7.5.Table 7.5

BAT Library Book Stock Structurebranch titles percentage copies percentagecomputers 198 2.07 4200 7.48

philosophy 286 2.99 1516 2.70

psychology 283 2.96 1529 2.72

statistics 232 2.43 1372 2.44

policy 189 1.98 1164 2.07

ekonomics 603 6.31 5985 10.66

law 528 5.84 9521 16.96

banking 291 3.05 2884 5.14

accountancy 193 2.02 2958 5.27

marketing and management

918 9.61 6714 11.96

medicine 180 1.88 801 1.43arts 832 8.71 967 1.72history 321 3.36 1120 1.99geography 305 3.19 589 1.05the English lang.

496 5.19 3128 5.57

the German lang.

380 3.98 2496 4.45

the Latvian lang.

110 1.15 645 1.15

fiction 2341 24.22 4068 7.24record-keeping 56 0.59 1141 2.03advertising 83 0.87 258 0.46

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hospitality 727 7.6 3091 5.51

Table 7.6Library book stock distribution by languages

languages titles percentage copies percentageLatvian 5209 54.54 44052 78.46

Russian 2202 23.02 4373 7.79English 1582 16.53 5229 9.31German 497 5.29 2405 4.28others 62 0.62 88 0.16

The library stock is formed in accordance with the higher school educational

programs. Currently, there are 56 147 copies of 9552 books and 236 periodicals

(including 41 newspapers) in the library. The stock is mainly formed in the Latvian,

Russian, English and German languages. There are audio-visual materials and CD-

ROM in a complete.

In addition to the library stock, a base of other editions and periodicals is widely

accessible:

Bank of Latvia editions available in the School of Business Administration Turība

library in 2004:

Obverse and Reverse;

Annual Report of the Bank of Latvia (in Latvian and English);

Latvian Balance of Payments;

Monetary Bulletin (in Latvian and English).

LETA editions available in the School of Business Administration Turība library in

2004:

Insurance market review;

Banking review;

Bank finance indicators;

European Union integration process review;

Latvian Economy Bulletin;

Legislative Review;

2002 Parliament Elections;

Securities market trends.

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Business Information Agency editions subscribed by School of Business

Administration Turība library in 2004:

Balance Capital

Administrative Infraction Code. Criminal Law. Law of Criminal Procedure

Civil Statute. Law of Civil Procedure. Labor Code

Accountancy

Credit institutions

Fiscal system of the Republic of Latvia

Republic of Latvia Profession Classifier

Republic of Latvia government and self-government institutions (telephone

directory)

Customs

Social and labor legislation

Trade

Business

Judicial system

Securities. Insurance

The library subscribes for foreign press editions such as:

30. Baltic IT Review

31. The Baltic Times

32. The Economist

33. Burda Moden

34. Business Central Europe

35. Travel &Leisure

36. National Geographic

37. PC Magazine

38. PC World

39. Psychology Today

40. Newsweek

41. LAN Magazine

42. The World in 2000

43. Financial Times

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44. Tourism Management

45. Итоги

46. Комерсарт Балтик

47. Бизнес и Балтия

48. Юридическая газета

49. Путешествие вокруг света

50. Приятного аппетита

51. Мир ПК

52. Компьютер пресс

53. Экономика

54. Налоговое планирование

55. Деньги и кредит

56. Бухгалтерский учет

57. Банковское дело

58. Аудит

The library subscribes for 8 LETA editions

7. Banking review

8. Bank finance indicators

9. Legislative process review

10. Insurance view

11. Securities market trends

12. Latvian Economy Bulletin

9. Self-government elections review

10. EU integration process review

The library subscribes for 4 EBSCO databases (internet access + CD-ROM)

1. Academic Search Elite;

2. Business Source Premier;

3. Newspaper Source Plus;

4. Master FILE Premier

As well as news agency LETA internet database, including the newspaper “Latvijas

Vēstnesis” electronic version, NAIS local version, newspaper “Dienas Bizness”

electronic version.

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7.7. Comparison with similar study programs in Latvia and abroad

Having evaluated the Business Economics study program and compared it with similar

offered programs as a result of successful study of which the bachelor's degree in economics

is conferred, conclusions on the BAT program quality improvement could be made.

The program was compared with:

Riga Stradiņa University offered program that is accredited after the economics

profession standard and offers the second-level higher education program with the

economist's qualification accorded. The study program is implemented during 4 years

and is accredited until 2010. Its objective is to train highly qualified specialists in

international economics and business. Specialization - European economics and

business. The study program is implemented in the amount of 162 CP, of which the

obligatory part (Part A) makes 86 CP, optional subjects (Part B) - 52 CP, free

selection part (Part C) - 4 CP, and the bachelor's degree thesis - 20 CP. To achieve the

objective, the following study courses are offered being split by years of study:

In the first year of studies, to study: mathematics, economic history,

introduction into economics, statistics, mathematical statistics,

microeconomics, international communication and etiquette, information

science, macroeconomics, the Latvian language, the English language;

In the second year of studies, to study: introduction into legal theory,

commercial law, marketing, financial foundations, accounting foundations,

organization theory and management, the German language, company

strategy and policy, behavior standards, field studies, course paper;

In the third year of studies, to study: international economic relations,

international business, EU: institutions, policy, economics and laws,

International currency system and finances, international marketing,

international organizations, international advertising, securities markets in

Europe, the German language, field studies, course paper;

In the fourth year of studies, to study: innovations, international

banking business, European economic integration, international trade, the

French/Spanish language, bachelor's degree thesis.

Central State University (U.S. California) study program that is implemented

during 4 years and offers the following specialization types:

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International business and economics;

Economics and business administration;

National economy economics.

Total amount of the study program is 180 CP, of which 90 CP are the obligatory subjects, 45

CP - obligatory subjects in specialization, 4 CP - free selection subjects, 41 CP - field studies,

state examinations.

John Molson School of Business (Concordis University, Canada) study program that is

implemented during 4 years and provides for obtaining the bachelor's degree in economics

with the major of commerce. The study program is implemented every year offering 30 CP,

120 CP in total, and is split as follows:

42 CP – basic course (business statistics, business, microeconomics,

mathematics 1 and mathematics 2, computer knowledge, business communication,

financial accounting);

27 CP - optional course (business in small and medium enterprises,

marketing, management accounting, international business, economic processes in

enterprises);

12 CP - free selection courses that are not related to the subjects of business

or economics (study of languages, philosophy, psychology, history of arts);

12 CP - free selection courses that are related to the subjects of business or

economics (strategy, management systems, project management, information

systems);

27 CP – field studies, bachelor's degree thesis.

University Mannheim (Germany) operating since 1990 and specialized in the

implementation of economics and business study programs, as a result of which the diploma

of the higher education in economics and business management is obtained. The study

process is split into 8 semesters and the following courses are to be studied in those

semesters:

1st semester - basic courses: microeconomics 1,

microeconomics 2, economic processes and policy, finances,

economic theory;

2nd semester - basic business courses: marketing, finances

2, product management, corporate management, accounting,

financial management;

3rd semester - special economics and business courses:

audit, logistics, banking, taxes, international management,

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principles of scientific research, international marketing,

statistics, application and optimization of economic processes;

4th semester - special courses: sociology, economic

geography, economic and social history, civil, commercial and

public law, political science, fiscal policy, technological

processes;

5th semester - field studies;

6th semester - diploma paper.

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Supplement No 18

Limited Liability Company "School of Business Administration Turība"Reg. No. 000313588, Graudu ielā 68, Riga.

APPROVEDat SIA “School of Business Administration Turība”

28.01.2004 Senate Meeting, Minutes No. 1

with amendments approved at 26.05.2004 Senate Meeting,

Minutes No. 5

2004/2005 ACADEMIC YEAR ENROLLMENT REGULATIONS

1. General provisions1.1. This is to regulate enrollment in the School of Business Administration Turība

(hereinafter referred to as the School) in the following study programs:The first-level professional higher education programs (basic studies)

The Law

Finances and Accounting, also e–studies

Promotion Management, also e–studies

Hotel Management

Security of Organizations

Part-time studies by correspondence,** length of studies - 2.3 years. The number of places is unlimited until the 16th of August. The number of places for e–studies is unlimited.

The second-level professional higher education programs (basic studies)

No.

Study program

Full-time studies, length of studies 4 years

of studies

Part-time studies, length of studies

4.3 years of studies

Classes are held in the day-time

Classes are held in the evening Classes are held in the evening or

in the evening of each second Friday and on Saturday

1. Business Economics 50 places* 25 places* The number of places is

unlimited until the 16th of August.

2. Business Administration

100 places* 50 places* The number of places is unlimited until the 16th of August. The number of places for e–studies is unlimited.

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3. The Law 150 places* 50 places*

The number of places is unlimited until the 16th of August.

4. Public Relations 150 places* 50 places*

The number of places is unlimited until the 16th of August.

5.

Tourism and Hospitality Management

To be implemented in the English language1 (Tourism and Hospitality Management)

150 places* 50 places* The number of places is unlimited until the 16th of

August.

50 places* No enrollment is planned

No enrollment is planned

Professional master's degree study programs Business Administration

Full-time studies in the evening or by correspondence with the length of studies 1.5 to 2 years.

Tourism Strategic Management Full-time studies in the evening or by correspondence with the length of studies 2 years.

The LawFull-time studies in the evening with the length of studies 1.5 years.

1.2. Entitlement to study in the School is attributed to any Republic of Latvia citizen or persons entitled to the Republic of Latvia alien's passport as well as persons to whom the permanent residence permits are issued. To study in the School, a secondary education certifying document shall be required. The Higher Education Law regulates the entitlement to study in the Latvian higher schools of the persons to whom to whom the permanent residence permit is not issued.

1.3. To study for the master's degree, a document shall be required certifying that the academic or professional bachelor's degree is obtained or professional qualification is acquired upon completion of at least a four-year higher education program. Graduates of the second-level professional higher education programs of relevant specialties shall be enrolled for the master's degree study programs of those specialties on the basis of the higher education diplomas. Graduates of other specialties should negotiate obligatorily with the program director.

1.4. Enrollment shall be executed with the Senate decision approved by the Selection Committee and Study Information Center.

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1.5. Enrollment in the full-time basic study programs is provided on a competition basis proceeding from results of the centralized examinations in the Latvian language and foreign language (English, German, French or Russian) with the assessment level A, B, C, D or E. Enrollment in the part-time studies is provided without submitting the centralized examination certificate copy or passing entrance examinations.

1.6. One can apply for the studies since July 2, 2004 for the full-time studies and since June 7, 2004 for the part-time and professional master's degree

studies to the Study Information Center at the time of registration of candidate students.

1.7. If the number of candidate students applying for a particular study program or form of studies is insufficient for group opening, enrollment

limitation could be determined.1.8. Tuition feeFirst-level professional higher education programs:

studies by correspondence** – LVL 770 a year; studies in branches – LVL 490 a year; e–studies – LVL 670 a year.

Second-level professional higher education programs: studies in the day time – LVL 970 a year;

30 budget-supported places*** – LVL 00 a year (no tuition fee payable);

80 places*** with scholarship granted (scholarship amount – LVL 300 a year) or relevant discount from the tuition fee;

studies in the evening – LVL 870 a year; studies by correspondence** – LVL 770 a year; e–studies (computer-based remote studies) – LVL 670 a year; studies in the day time in the study program Tourism and Hospitality

Management implemented in the English language – LVL 1570 a year.

Studies for the master's degree: tuition fee for the complete study program – LVL 1470.

1.9. Student candidates who have taken either of the first three places in the international or national educational competitions for the previous three years shall be entitled until August 12, 2004 to apply for the full-time studies in the day time for reduced tuition fee of LVL 670 for the entire period of studies. Provisions of this clause shall not apply to the student candidates for the study program Tourism and Hospitality Management implemented in the English language.1.10. Applying for the studies, the student candidates shall perform the

following conditions: to fill in an application form and questionnaire; to submit the passport copy and produce its original; to submit 4 photographs**** (3 x 4 cm); to submit the secondary education certifying document or its copy and produce original. Persons leaving school in 2004 who apply for the full-time studies shall submit the given document before the 15 th of August. Student candidates who have acquired the secondary education abroad shall submit a notarized translation into the English or Latvian language of the secondary education certifying document and certificate of the acquired education to the secondary education level issued by the Academic Information Center of the Ministry of Education and Sciences of the Republic of Latvia. Student candidates for studies for the master's degree shall submit a diploma of the professional or academic bachelor's degree or professional qualification

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acquired upon completion of at least a four-year higher education program or its copy and produce original; to conclude a contract paying the familiarization fee at the rate of 10% of the annual tuition fee which shall be included in the tuition fee if studies are commenced. Graduates and students of the School shall be released from the familiarization fee payment; to settle any unregulated relations with the School (if any); student candidates for the study program Security of Organizations should submit a general health certificate (form 86–u), which certifies that the student candidate is in apparently good health; applying for the full-time studies in basic study programs, to submit the Latvian language and foreign language centralized examination certificate copies. The centralized examination assessment should comply to the level A, B, C, D or E; student candidates who have acquired the secondary education and want to study in the full-time basic study program but have not passed the Latvian language and foreign language centralized examinations could before April 1, 2004 submit an application to the Study Information Center for the centralized examination passing; student candidates who have not passed the foreign language centralized examination for the previous two years shall have the level of their foreign language command checked up for the language group determination. If the centralized examination has been passed, the certificate copy shall be submitted.

2. Competition for places in the full-time studies for the full tuition fee 2.1. The number of places for each basic study program is stipulated in clause

1.1 above.2.2. Enrollment in the full-time study places shall be carried out by way of

competition. Student candidates shall participate in the competition who have applied for the full-time studies in the basic study programs before the 15th of August and performed conditions referred to in clause 1.10 above.

2.3. The competition shall be held by summing up in computer the points corresponding to the assessment levels as showed below: Foreign language (English, German, Russian or French):

A level – 12 points B level – 10 points C level – 8 points D level – 7 points E level – 6 points

The Latvian language: A level – 10 points B level – 9 points C level – 7 points D level – 6 points E level – 5 points2.4. The competition winners shall be the number of student candidates corresponding to

the competed number of places who have gained the highest amount of points. In case of equal amount of points, preference shall be given to the student candidate with the lowest number of contract.

2.5. List of the competition winners shall be publicized on the 16th of August in BAT Internet homepage and displayed in the School information stands.

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2.6. Student candidates shall be entitled to submit an appeal in writing during two working days upon making the competition results public in the Study Information Center. The School Rector shall establish (appoint) the appeal commission.

2.7. Decision of the appeal commission shall be published on the next working day upon consideration of the appeal being displayed in the information stand in Building A of the School.

3. Competition for budget-supported places and scholarships for the full-day studies in the day time

3.1. The competition shall be arranged for the entitlement on entering the School to conclude a contract for studies in the day time in the academic year 2004/2005 not paying the tuition fee or receiving scholarship of LVL 300 a year. Instead of the scholarship, the annual tuition fee could be reduced by the scholarship amount. In the following academic years, the entitlement to study free of charge or receive scholarship shall attribute to the most successful students with regard to the examination session results.

3.2. The total number of places – 30 budget-supported places (studies free of charge) and 80 places with scholarship. The budget-supported places shall be distributed first, then those provided with scholarship in proportion to the number of student candidates who have applied for the competition in a relevant basic study program. The budget-supported place holder shall not seek for scholarship.

3.3. Student candidates shall participate in the competition who have applied for places in the full-day studies in the day time for full tuition fee.

3.4. The competition shall be conducted in accordance with the conditions set forth in clauses 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 hereof.

4. Procedure for application for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th years of studies

4.1. The persons could apply for studies in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th years of studies who have previously studied in other higher education programs.

4.2. The dean shall consider the application and documents certifying that relevant study courses have been mastered and decide on admission in the year of studies corresponding to the relevant study program.

5. Conclusion of the contract of studies

5.1. The students shall conclude with the School a contract of studies on education acquisition in the basic study programs: before the 20th of August for the full-time studies and before the 4th of September for the part-time studies.

5.2. The students shall conclude the contract before the dates stipulated herein. Should the contract be not concluded at above dates, the student shall lose entitlement to all privileges otherwise gained

hereunder.5.3. Concluding the contract after the dates stipulated in clause 5.1 above, the

student shall pay extra LVL 20.00.

6. Matriculation

6.1. The Selection Committee shall draw up the matriculation order draft.

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6.2. The student candidates could be matriculated in the School who have performed the conditions set forth in clause 1.10 hereof, but for studies for the master's degree - also conditions set forth in clause 1.3 hereof.

6.3. Matriculation shall be executed with the School Rector's order: before the 15th of August – for the full-day studies in the basic study programs and before the 31st of August – for the part-time studies in the basic study programs.

6.4. A personal file shall be made up for each student in accordance with the Higher School Law in the procedure stipulated by the School.

* During enrollment, the number of places could be increased with the Senate decision.** In Riga, classes shall be held in the evening of each second Friday and on Saturday of the same week, in the branches – on each Saturday.*** The competed places shall be distributed in proportion to the number of student candidates who have applied for the competition for the full-time studies in a relevant basic study program.**** 2 photographs for studies for the master's degree and in the 1st-level professional higher education program.______________________________ 1 Enrollment shall be based on the secondary education certifying document and TOEFEL or other test passing certificate showing the student candidate's command of the English language at the required level.

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Supplement No 19REGULATIONS OF WORKING OUT AND DEFENSE

OF STUDENT'S PAPERS1. General Provisions

1.1. Working out of the student's paper shall aim to consolidate the student's knowledge and skills acquired in a relevant year of studies or relevant course of study and facilitate mastering of the ability to argument one's point of view, to acquire knowledge and gain experience in the conduct and documentary execution of the scientific applied research. 1.2. The number of student's papers and time of its defense shall be stipulated in the program of study and calendar study schedule.2. Organization of the Working out and Defense of Student's

Papers

2.1. The chair in charge for the organization of the working out of student's papers shall be determined with the order of the dean.2.2. The chair in charge shall: draw up the list of advised themes of the student's papers; appoint supervisors of the student's papers and approve

applications for themes of student's papers; manage and control the course of working out of the student's

papers; participate in the defense and marking of the student's papers.2.3. The student's papers shall be executed in accordance with the objective and tasks formulated in the application for the student's paper theme.2.4. Obligations of the supervisor of a student's paper shall cover as follows:

participation in the working out and actualization of the advised themes of student's papers;

giving advises to the student on the working out of the student's paper;

to assess whether all requirements formulated in the student's paper assignment are performed;

to allow/disallow for the defense of student's papers;

2.5. The student's paper shall be assessed by commission approved with the order of the dean or program manager. The commission shall be formed by at least three members. At least two members of the commission for assessment of student's papers for the 2nd and 3rd year of studies shall be practicing specialists of a relevant branch.2.6. Defending the student's paper, the student should substantiate the urgency of the theme, objective and themes, defend the research and results obtained, and give conclusions and propositions.

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2.7. Content and execution of the student's paper, the student's ability to defend his point of view and present the paper could be taken into consideration for the final assessment of the student's paper.2.8. The student's paper shall be assessed after the 10-point system and the mark shall be recorded in the examination sheet.

3. Structure, Execution and Keeping of the Student Paper

3.1. The student's paper should incorporate: the title page; Application for the theme of student's paper approved in the

chair; table of content; introduction, in which the theme urgency is showed, objective of

the paper is formulated, specification of the tasks that are to be fulfilled in order to achieve the set objective and principal methods of working out of the student's paper, bibliography of the literature and written sources used for the paper;

analytical part that could consist of a number of chapters (also sub-chapters), in which research is carried out in accordance with the student's paper objective and tasks. The analytical part should incorporate obligatorily a theoretical exposition of the research (besides, it can incorporate a summary of literature and practical description on relevant problems) and practical propositions as well as feasibility or other study of such propositions;

conclusions and propositions that are to be related to the student's paper objective;

bibliography of the literature and written sources used; attachments, wherever required.3.2. The student's paper should be executed in accordance with the Requirements for Execution of Papers Worked out Independently by Students stipulated by the School.3.3. After the student's paper has been defended, the faculty shall hand it over to the Teaching Department where it is kept for at least 1 (one) calendar year.

Vice-rector for Academic Activity A. Kiščenko

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