AlmaU faculty became co-authors of the first collection of business-cases of “Bolashak” Association
November 26,2015. “Bolashak” Association jointly with Almaty Management University (earlier IAB), National Management Holding “Baiterek” and JSC “Bank RBK” presented the first collection of business-cases “Bolashak business cases”, where the experience of the biggest Kazakhstan companies are presented.
According to the speech of chairman of the board of “Bolashak” Association, chairman of the management of “Baiterek” holding Kuandyk Bishimbayev, the collection includes real business cases related to the activity of Kazakhstan companies, such as JSC “Alageum Electric”, JSC “Agroindustrial company “Adal”, JSC “Bayan Sulu”, JSC “Ust-Kamenogorsk poultry”, LLC “Shin-Line” and others (in total 11 companies of “Baiterek” Holding). Herewith, for the work on book companies created their own working groups, every of which was mentored by the teacher of Graduate School of Business of Almaty Management University.
AlmaU actively participated in development of the collection of cases at every stage of its creation. At the initial stage, in July of 2015 by invitation of “Bolashak” Association, faculty of GSB of AlmaU conducted training for entrepreneurs about what business-cases are and how to write them. Then primary consultations of experts was held, which helped working groups to determine the direction of the work, analysis of provided business-cases, editing and recommendations from mentors on further work.
As the result 31 cases were created in co-authorship with faculty of Alma University. Among them such cases as: “Solving problems of share participant” (JSC “Baiterek Development”, co-author – Bulat Karibdzhanov, c.e.s.), “Launch of the new tool on support of non-resource export” (JSC “SK “KazExportGarant”, co-author – Irina Leontyeva, MPhill), “Non-material and non-material increase of labor efficiency “Everybody plays” (JSC “NATD”, co-author – Leila Kukuzova, MBA), “DEVALUATION: does it influence on Kazakhstan banks?!” (JSC “HCSBK”, co-author – Galiya Sultanbekova, c.e.s.), “New approach to realization of the state programme of housing construction” (JSC “KMC”, co-author – Hairolla Musaripov, MBA), “Launch of the start-up with minimum risk on the example of LLC “Reisswolf Kazakhstan” company’s case (JSC “Damu”, co-authors – Ozat and Saule Baisserkeyev) and others.
Besides, other faculty member of GSB of AlmaU: Bayansulu Markhayeva, PhD in Economics, Sultanbek Tultabayev, PhD in Technical Sciences, and Akmaral Altaliyeva, candidate in Economics., also became co-authors.
During the process of work themes of cases were attached to mini-groups by directions: marketing, finance, HR, behavioral unit, management. The main editor of the book was the candidate of economic sciences, faculty member of GSB of Alma University Bulat Karibdzhanov.
“This book, firstly, familiarize you with the new method of learning and analysis of domestic economic situation through the prism of Kazakhstan companies’ cases, and, secondly, teaches you to build appropriate algorithm of actions, strengthening research and creative skills of decision-making for solving non-structured crisis situations of the young generation of Kazakhstan managers. – thinks rector of AlmaU Assylbek Kozhakhmetov. – We hope that this fruit of our joint labor of the spheres of education (Almaty Management University), business (national management holding “Baiterek”), and energy of youth (“Bolashak” Association), will let broad circle of readers deservedly assess innovational for Kazakhstan method of Case study with illustratively represented actual situations from the experience of Kazakhstan companies”.
The collection will be spread on gratuitous basis in Kazakhstan universities, foreign business-schools.
According to the words of organizers, presentations of the collection will also take place in such big cities as London, Washington, Beijing, Moscow, and also in regional and city libraries of Kazakhstan.