Starting from the new academic year, the Faculty of Business Informatics and Integrated Systems Management at MEPhI will launch a new bachelor's degree program "Managing the Digital Transformation of High-tech Business".
The task of the new training course will be to train managers who are proficient in digital methods of managing innovative projects, mainly in high-tech, high-tech businesses, including nuclear and conventional energy, as well as Mega-Science installations, managers who are able to manage the digital transformation of such projects.
According to Vladimir Kharitonov, Head of the program, Professor of the Department of Business Project Management at the National Research Nuclear University (MEPhI), the program is based on disciplines provided for by state educational standards in the field of Management. Of course, students will study the basics of management, economics of finance and law, but in addition, the program includes a number of subjects related specifically to digital management methods, such as "Managing digital Business Transformation", "Digital Quality Management", "Digital technologies for managing the lifecycle of high–tech products", "Digital platforms business". The program also provides for enhanced mathematical training, which, according to Vladimir Kharitonov, brings together the competencies of management specialists with the kind of management theory that is used in complex technical systems.
Students will also have to master a number of disciplines related to information technology, such as "Computing systems, networks and Telecommunications", "Information Security", "Information Security", "Corporate Information Systems", "Neural Networks". They will be led by teachers from the Institute of Intelligent Cybernetic Systems at MEPhI, one of Russia's leading IT training centers.
According to Vladimir Kharitonov, the competencies of innovation specialists should be based on three pillars: understanding technology, understanding economics and payback, and understanding the political expediency of implementing certain projects. In order to broaden students' understanding of how such decisions are made, the program will also teach courses on the history of science and technology, and especially on the history of nuclear energy and nuclear projects.
The best graduates of the program are expected to graduate from the MEPhI Department of Business Project Management, where they will, in particular, engage in scientific research in the field of economics and payback of high-tech projects.
"The intersection of topics such as "digital transformation" and "innovative development based on scientific and technological progress" has created new problems and challenges for managers, and bright creative approaches and solutions are needed here. In the search for innovative solutions, it is possible to combine interest in IT and management, business and creativity," notes Vladimir Kharitonov.
