The graduate has knowledge in the field of industrial engineering, design of production systems, their modeling and simulation, production management, with a focus primarily on pre-production and innovative processes and trends in production, complex quality management, human resources management, ergonomics, innovation, project, investment and intercultural management. He has knowledge of critical system analysis of the theory and practice of sustainable strategic management and knows how to characterize the relevant requirements of customers and other interested parties related to products and services provided. At the same time, he also has knowledge in the field of social science disciplines.
The graduate has practical skills in the field of designing production systems, their modeling and simulation. He can plan, design, implement and monitor engineering projects in the fields of production, innovation, logistics, ergonomics, human resources and quality. In the mentioned areas, he can use selected methods of operational analysis, work rationalization tools and methods of continuous improvement, in order to ensure the sustainable performance of the company. He knows how to create corporate and business strategies with an emphasis on the sustainable development of the organization, he can apply appropriate performance indicators, create performance standards, compile evaluation criteria and employee performance evaluation systems, considering the categorization of job positions, with a focus on increasing the efficiency of the production unit process. The graduate can provide support in the implementation and adoption of changes, advice in career management, economic evaluation of investments in employees, create succession systems and talent search and management systems, prepare and organize an internal personnel audit, create competence models, employee evaluation systems, complex education systems and employee development and apply individual personnel indicators in the context of the principles of socially responsible business. The graduate can also use tools for modeling the processes of creation and development of system approaches in strategic management, can analyze the possibilities of using different approaches to solve specific strategic tasks of industrial enterprises, can create mathematical models of processes and tasks related to the management of production, transport and logistics systems, can evaluate the importance innovations from a business point of view, can explain the essence of innovation strategies and their importance for innovation planning, identify the phases of the innovation process in the company, practically use the basic methods and tools of new product development in the innovation process, identify the procedures for innovation of production processes and services and use management systems according to ISO standards for ensuring the quality of products and services provided At the same time, he can communicate professionally in a foreign language, develop his own language skills and manage the creative work of himself and the team.
The graduate is able to solve complex problems both in the technical and managerial fields with a high degree of independence. It can optimize processes in an industrial enterprise in a way that brings about an increase in the overall efficiency of the organization's activity. He is able to identify the key causes of problems and subsequently propose corrective measures to increase work productivity and reduce production costs. Furthermore, he is able to plan the investment intentions of the company, evaluate the investment intentions of the company, manage information, financial and project security of the investment development of the company and manage the implementation of the investment intentions of the company. The graduate is able to work in national and global international and interdisciplinary teams. It can integrate management systems and use their hardware and software support. He has mastered ethical, environmental and process thinking and systematic work. Based on the above, the graduate is able to manage production, logistics, quality and human resources at the level of first-line, middle, and top management. At the same time, he is able to establish and lead small companies or companies or be a member of the management of individual components of larger organizations.
The graduate will find employment in organizations of various branches of industry, primarily at middle and top levels of management and wherever the synergy of managerial, economic, technical and humanitarian-social knowledge and skills is needed, with the application of progressive tools, methods and techniques of industrial engineering. It can integrate and optimize processes in an industrial enterprise in a way that brings about an increase in the overall efficiency of the activity of the given organization. He will find employment as a production manager, quality manager, HR manager, specialist in the field of ergonomics, corporate logistics, corporate finance, controlling, or project or process engineer. The graduate is prepared to study in the follow-up doctoral study program and to build a scientific perspective in the entire range of industrial engineering areas. Based on the portal https://uplatnenie.sk/, according to available information from 2019, 86% of graduates of the PMA module, which is part of the Industrial Management study program, are employed, 3% are SZČO (independently self-employed), 4% of graduates are unemployed and 6% continue their studies at the 3rd level or at another university. Within the PPP module, it is as follows: 85% are employed, 3% are SZČO, 3% are on maternity leave, 6% work abroad or are voluntarily unemployed.
A graduate of the Industrial Management study program, or its modules: • is ready to apply flexibly on the labor market, • according to the System of Occupations (at sustavapovolani.sk and https://www.kvalifacie.sk/kartoteka-kariet-kvalifikacii#/) apply to specific job positions such as: production manager, manager in engineering production, engineering specialist in production management, manager in corporate logistics, quality manager, quality engineering specialist, ergonomics specialist, control manager, auditor, chief accountant, specialist accountant, payroll specialist, chief project manager, project manager, project specialist, process specialist in engineering production , strategy manager, procurement manager, recruitment and selection manager, employee training and development manager, career advisor, human resources manager, personnel director, personnel administration and employee relations manager, etc. • is ready to study the 3rd degree of university studies and can use the acquired knowledge and skills to directly continue his studies in the follow-up doctoral study program Industrial Management.
The study program Industrial Management, as a continuation of the study programs Economics and Management of Engineering Production, Management of Industrial Enterprises, Industrial Engineering and Management, Personnel Work in an Industrial Enterprise, Production Quality Engineering, has produced a number of successful graduates in its 69 years of existence, who have applied themselves in commercial and academic fields. sphere. For the commercial sphere, it is possible to mention, for example, the following graduates: Ing. Ľuboš Lopatka, PhD. (1984) - MH Management (general director); Ing. Andrej Juris (1988) - Office for the Regulation of Network Industries (Chairman); Ing. Juraj Janáč (1991) - Volkswagen Slovakia (head of logistics); Ing. Miroslav Daniš (1995) - ZF Boge Elastmetall Slovakia (technical director); Ing. Martin Dzama (1998) - Stellantis (CEO); Ing. Jana Bogyóová (1998) - Reydel Automotive Slovakia (director); Ing. Andrea Vaňová (2000) - Gotec Slovakia (Quality Manager); Ing. Branislav Horváth (2002) - IAC Group (Senior Injection Molding Engineer); Ing. Kristína Šmída (2003) - Autocont (HR Director); Ing. Martina Jakábová, PhD. (2003) - Vision Consulting (Project Manager); Ing. Yulia Šurinová, PhD. (2006) - Sky Medical (Plant Manager); Ing. Rastislav Beňo, PhD. (2008) - Stellantis Trnava (chief ergonomist); Ing. Viktória Talnagiová, PhD. (2009) - Osram (Controlling Manager); Ing. Veronika Beluská, PhD. (20011) - Honeywell (Project Planning and Control Analyst); Ing. Jaroslav Patka (2012) - Schaeffler Slovakia (CEO); Ing. Marián Hodulík (2012) - Volkswagen (Logistics Manager); Ing. Lenka Púčiková (2012) - Faurecia (Product Manager); Ing. Tomáš Podhradský (2013) - Edymax (Project Manager); Ing. Matej Daňo, PhD. (2013) - LEONI (Product Section Manager); Ing. Lenka Lörincziová (2017) - Kongsberg Automotive (process engineer). Graduates are very successful in the academic and research sphere, we can mention e.g. prof. Ing. Jozef Sablik, CSc. (1967) - Faculty of Materials Technology, STU (dean); prof. Ing. Miloš Čambál, CSc. (1988) - Faculty of Materials Technology, STU (dean); doc. Ing. František Hornák (1992) - STU (vice-rector); doc. Ing. Andrea Chlpeková (1992) - Faculty of Materials Technology, STU (director of the institute); prof. Ing. Ján Závadský, PhD. (1999) - UMB Banská Bystrica (manager of the internal quality system)
The Industrial Management study program is compiled in accordance with current trends and requirements of practice in various industrial enterprises. Employers positively evaluate the ability of graduates of the study program to creatively apply theoretical and technical knowledge in solving specific problems of industrial practice. Graduates are motivated, but in some cases they expect support from employers in the form of tutoring. It is also emphasized by employers that the Industrial Management study program emphasizes the inclusion of subjects with the use of project work, whether individual or group, thereby preparing them for working in a team. They also positively evaluate the inclusion of subjects in which graduates acquire soft skills, especially in the area of effective communication and presentation of their ideas, solutions and results.This is not the case for regulated professions.
