The internship aims to inform the students about the problems of agriculture in the various regions of the country.
It is carried out in the laboratories of the Foundation, in laboratories of state institutions, in services and institutions of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food or other Ministries with a related subject.
It is also carried out in agricultural cooperatives or in private companies and laboratories that, at the discretion of the Foundation, have the possibility of providing systematic experience and knowledge.
The internship is four months long and is carried out by the 3rd and 4th year (6th and 8th semester), 10th semester and graduate students, who each year carry out a two-month internship (in two consecutive years) or consecutively. Specifically, 3rd and 4th year students (6th and 8th semesters) can do the internship after the end of the spring semester exam and until September 30. Part of the internship, up to two (2) months can be carried out during the 10th semester of studies.
The relevant decision is taken by the General Assembly of the relevant Department based on specific requests of the students and criteria, which will be determined in accordance with the current legislation.
Students who have completed the 10th semester but have not completed the required time of practical training, can carry it out throughout the year.
The first two months of the internship is dedicated to gaining experience in agricultural practice and takes place outside the Institution.
The second two months of the internship can be done in the Foundation's workshops and tutorials as long as the necessary conditions for providing experience and knowledge are ensured.
The process of student internships is the responsibility of the Department, which determines the internship locations and the allocation of students to them, depending on their interests.
The purpose of the course is:
The course is based on the material of the Accounting courses and focuses both on the practical familiarization of the students with the methods used to analyze and evaluate the financial situation and liquidity of an agricultural enterprise and on the way of raising funds in order to finance it. In this context, different forms of liquidity assessment are examined as well as possible sources of capital raising with a detailed discussion of their individual characteristics.
The discussion of the topics extends to the Analysis of Financial Statements and the Finance of Businesses by examining the methods used to evaluate the financial position of an agricultural business, its liquidity and the management of its capital.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Uses the provided knowledge with critical thinking to select appropriate Financial Analysis methods for evaluating agricultural businesses.
- Uses the techniques available in business finance in order to gather, analyze and interpret data related to the evaluation of the financial statements of an Agricultural Company
- Knows the range of possible financing tools for an agricultural business and assesses the potential risks involved in each case.
- Develops critical thinking for the collection and interpretation of financial data and the selection of appropriate analysis methods for assessing the financial requirements of agricultural enterprises.
This is an introductory course in the main concepts, methodologies and practices of didactics with emphasis on vocational/occupational education and esp. agricultural education
By successfully completing the course students will be able to:
- Describe, distinguish and explain the fundamental concepts, theories and methodologies of general and technical education and training
- Select and justify the appropriate strategies and teaching forms/techniques, and teaching aids which, under certain circumstances, will secure the success of the teaching intervention/event.
- Develop appropriate teaching/learning objectives, teaching plan and evaluation method within a given curriculum.
- Evaluate a teaching intervention/event.
Cooperate with peers to collect appropriate materials so as to put together and present a piece of work related to the course contents/interests.
The aim of the course is:
- To present to the students the concept of strategy and its importance for a company-organization as well as to focus on the strategic decision-making process and on the main strategies used by the company.
- To direct them to contemporary strategic business issues, with the help of examples and case studies.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
● Understand the basic concepts and importance of business strategy and policy
● Recognize and analyze the parameters of the company's internal and external environment that affect its strategy.
● Analyze the factors that lead to the achievement and development of a sustainable competitive advantage
● Organize strategic goals and analyze the processes and methods to fulfill them.
The aim of the course is:
The aim of this course is to help students understand what Digital Marketing is, how it works and how it can help them optimize their marketing campaign by leveraging the challenges, techniques and tools of Digital Marketing. The combination of ICT & digital technologies and their various possibilities leads to a very wide range of options that come to enrich and reshape the strategy, development policy and the mix of Digital Marketing.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- focus on the specific features of Digital Marketing development and promotion techniques
- distinguish the different types of online advertising
- understand how to apply the different types of digital projection
- distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of banners, popups, text-ads, flash ads & rich advertising media, 3D Visualization, advertorials, native advertising, online sponsorship
- understand SEO / SEM Search Engine Optimization
- manage paid search engine marketing campaigns.
- distinguish between different forms of media & digital projection techniques with application examples.
- understand email display formats.
- understand the methods and techniques of personalization & recommendations.
- give relevant examples of these applications
The aim of the course is:
- Introduce students to the basic principles and techniques of risk management that may arise within an organization, as well as the effective management of crises, with the main aim of limiting the extent and impact, in the event that they arise.
- To encourage the detailed and critical view of the students, so that they are able to distinguish the type of risk, but also the effects of crises in an organization, in the context of the modern global dynamic environment.
• To develop the skills of students to choose the appropriate techniques for managing risks and possible crises, including those of mass communication and information.
Upon successful completion of the course the students will be able to:
• Recognize the systemic approach to risk management and the effective management of emerging crises in an organization.
• Analyze and examine the full range of risks faced by businesses in the 21st century.
• Recognize the roles and responsibilities of directors in managing an event before it causes the crisis.
- Locates the appropriate executives and agencies inside and outside the organization who should be involved in the management of emergencies and situations.
• Identify problematic leadership behaviors, and inappropriate crisis management strategies
• Familiarize yourself with implementing emergency plans and developing and implementing a Business Continuity Management (BCM) strategy
• Distinguish ways of dealing with the crisis in communication.
• Identity the psychological factors that affect crises management.
• Explain the supply chain's practices and techniques for dealing with and managing a crisis.
The aims of the course are the following:
• To teach the students basic terms and concepts of Economics (Supply and Demand, Business Cycles, Inflation, Investment, Competition, ‘Greenification’ / ‘Green’ Economy, Business Planning, Entrepreneurship, Capital, Factors of Production, Elements of Economic Theory, GDP, Unemployment) in English.
• To teach the students basic terms and concepts of Business English (Founding / Starting a Business / Startups, Trade terms, Tax-related lexical terms, Loans, Commercial Funding, Money / Finances, Careers, Human Resources (HR), Corporate terms / language, Soft Skills, Problem-solving activities / skills, Employment, Staff, and General Business Communication).
• To teach the students basic terms and concepts regarding various disciplines pertaining to Economics and Business English (Management, Business Administration, Banking, Finance, Customer Service, Accounting, Tax-related terms / Taxes, Negotiations, Conferences, Business Correspondence, Cover Letters, Customer Relations, Counter offers, Job Interviews, Project Management, Sales, Trade shows, Stock Markets, Contracts and Agreements, Quality Control, Advertising, Leadership / Leaders, Ethical Investment, Empowerment, Cash flows, Insurance / Warranties and Basic Math (Numbers, Decimals, Fractions, Percentages).
• To train the students in all the above topics / subjects through many language exercises and relevant texts of Economic and Business English content.
Upon successful completion of the course the students will be able to:
- Understand and define / identify clearly basic terms and concepts of Economics (Supply and Demand, Business Cycles, Inflation, Investment, Competition, ‘Greenification’ / ‘Green’ Economy, Business Planning, Entrepreneurship, Capital, Factors of Production, Elements of Economic Theory, GDP, Unemployment ) in English.
- Understand and define / identify clearly basic terms and concepts of Business English (Founding / Starting a Business / Startups, Trade terms, Tax-related lexical terms, Loans, Commercial Funding, Money / Finances, Careers, Human Resources (HR), Corporate terms / language, Soft Skills, Problem-solving activities / skills, Employment, Staff, and General Business Communication).
- Comprehend, define / identify, and distinguish between basic terms and concepts regarding various disciplines pertaining to Economics and Business English (Management, Business Administration, Banking, Finance, Customer Service, Accounting, Tax-related terms / Taxes, Negotiations, Conferences, Business Correspondence, Cover Letters, Customer Relations, Counter offers, Job Interviews, Project Management, Sales, Trade shows, Stock Markets, Contracts and Agreements, Quality Control, Advertising, Leadership / Leaders, Ethical Investment, Empowerment, Cash flows, Insurance / Warranties and Basic Math (Numbers, Decimals, Fractions, Percentages).
- Work out Business language exercises / problems and comprehend relevant texts of Economic and Business English content.
Demonstrate a comprehensive and working knowledge / notion of the language of Business and Economics as it is expressed and used in the (Global) Labour Market.
The aim of the course is to:
- examine the concept of sustainability and how it affects the design and operation of supply chains.
- examine the three pillars of sustainability (economic, social, environmental), the systems, methods and tools that support the relevant decision-making processes.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- describe the basic concepts of sustainability
- explain the importance of sustainability in the modern business environment
- explain the role of the stakeholders
- consider alternative supply chain scenarios that take into account economic, social and environmental criteria
assess the performance of supply chains in terms of sustainability dimensions.
The aim of the course is:
• To analyze the peculiarities and main implications of agri-food supply chains.
• To examine the main trends and aspects covered by agriculture, the agri-food processing industry, trade, catering and consumption are addressed.
• To analyze the policy issues, market structure and international trade.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
• describe the structure and components of agri-food supply chains
• understand the importance of managing agri-food supply chains
• recognize the parties involved in agri-food supply chains
• explain the peculiarities of agri-food supply chains
• evaluate the drivers that shape the market
The aim of the course is to:
- examine the role of procurement management in businesses and organisations both in their internal and their external environment.
- analyse the supplier selection criteria
- analyse the modern tendencies of globalisation of supply and e-procurement.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- describe the basic concepts of procurement management.
- explain the role of procurement departments.
- explain the relationship between procurement and globalization.
- examine alternative approaches to assessing procurement procedures.
assess the performance of procurement procedures.