Good management is art of making problems so interesting
and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants
to get to work and deal with them
(Paul Hawken)

The Production and Investment Management Department was established by the decision of the Academic Council of the University dated June 17, 2016 (Minutes №13) and the order of the Rector № 653 dated June 29, 2016 to improve the training of specialists in "Management" and to optimize staffing of educational and scientific work at the Faculty of Agrarian Management.

The need to create the Production and Investment Management Department is due to the need to train specialists to work in the field of investment management of the agri-food sector. The shortage of such specialists exists today in the labor market.

The task of the Production and Investment Management Department is the formation of a developed personality and a highly qualified competitive specialist.

The staff of the Department implements the defined tasks through research and dissemination of new knowledge, formation of key competencies and personal qualities of competitive, erudite and innovative management professionals who are able to implement their knowledge and skills.

Today it is necessary to make adjustments to the plans for training specialists in "Management" and planning new specializations which will expand employment opportunities for graduates of the Faculty of Agricultural Management and their career growth.

The founder and first head of the Production and Investment Management Department was a corresponding member of the NAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Economics, Professor Lidiia V. Shynkaruk.

Lidiia V. Shynkaruk is a personality with an extensive experience in scientific and practical work. Lidiia V. Shynkaruk is the initiator and guarantor of the new educational program "Management of Investment Activities and International Projects". This is the Educational Program chosen by the groups of students from China, Côte d'Ivoire, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

There is an educational and research laboratory of investment projecting at this Department. There is a concluded Agreement between the NULES of Ukraine and the Pomeranian Academy (Slupsk, Poland) on training the Ukrainian students in the double degree program.

The Department is the organizer of the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Inclusive Development of the National Economy: Global Trends, Opportunities of Ukraine and the Role of the Agrarian sector ".

Starting from November 16, 2021, the Production and Investment Management Department is headed by Doctor of Economics, Associate Professor Maryna M. Dielini.

Starting from June 06, 2023, the Production and Investment Management Department is headed by PhD (Economics), Associate Professor Tetiana O. Vlasenko.

The Department provides a cycle of management disciplines: investment management, strategic management, operational management, organizational management, self-management, personnel management, logistics, controlling, project management, crisis management, labor management, document management and business communication, management of financial and economic activities, etc.

Students have the opportunity to study certain profile disciplines in English.

The Production and Investment Management Department initiated in September 2017 the opening of a new Educational Program "Management of Investment Activities and International Projects".

The prior directions of the Department activities are:

• application of modern interactive forms of organization of the educational process (trainings, debates, discussions, etc.);
• strengthening the practical orientation of education, bringing its content closer to the needs of economic and social development;
• introduction of the best world experience in training specialists taking into account national specifics and traditions;
• strengthening the relationship with graduates and employers.