Course detail

Corporate economics

ÚSI-1SAEPAcad. year: 2011/2012

The course deals with the basic information in the field of: Entrepreneurship, company, company characteristics, functions of company, surrounding environment of the company, categorization, property and capital structure, costs and their classification, revenues and their classification, economic results and their classification, property pricing, company assesment, company activities (production, commercial, financial, investment), business accounting, specific economies.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Alena Kocmanová, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Forensic Engineering (ÚSI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will be made familiar with professional terminology used in company economics. They will acquire the basic skills necessary for study of economic disciplines.

Prerequisites

Students are expected to have general economic knowledge.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Submitting of two continuous control tests 30 points

Passing of the final exam 70 points
Total maximum 100 points

Grading
Grade Number of points
A 100 – 90
B 89 - 80
C 79 – 70
D 69 – 60
E 59 – 50
F 49 - 0

Course curriculum

Topics lectures are as follows:
- Basic information, substance of company and entrepreneurship.
Typology company. Surroundings company. Foundation company - budget.
- Property and capital structure of the company
- Property pricing and capital
- Costs and Revenues their classification
- Investment activity and Financial Management of the company
- Costing. Controlling.
- Economic results and their classification.Production activity of the company.
- Marketing.Market.Publicity.
- Economic informative system company(accounting,budgets,analyses).
- Specific economics

The seminars are focused on practising the lectured topics and elaboration of case studies (both individually and in teams).
Each seminar is related to the topic of previous lecture emphasising practical application of acquired knowledge in the following fields:
- Balance sheet and Cash Flow
- Costing and Pricing
- The relation between profit, production volume, price and costs
- Calculation of Wages

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The main objective of the course is to provide students with knowledge of and terms related to the company economics

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Preparation for the final exam
Final exam

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

SYNEK, M. a kol. Podniková ekonomika. 4.vydání Praha: C. H. BECK, 2006. 479 s. ISBN 80-717-989-24.
KOCMANOVÁ,A.,LUŇÁČEK,J.Ekonomika podniku.1.a 2.díl.1.vyd.Brno:CERM,2005.131s.ISBN 80-214-3017-6.
MIKOVCOVÁ,H.,SCHOLLEOVÁ, H. Praktikum.Podniková ekonomika pro magisterské studium.1.vyd.Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš čeněk,2006.205s.ISBN 80-86898-91-1.

Recommended reading

KONEČNÝ, M. Podniková ekonomika. 3. vyd. Brno:PC DIR, 2001, 254 s. ISBN 80-214-1908-3.
BOUKAL, P, MIKOVCOVÁ, H., SCHOLLEOVÁ, H. Podniková ekonomika: Cvičebnice. Praha:VŠE, 2001. 143s. ISBN 80-245-0141-4.
WÖHE,G. Úvod do podnikového hospodářství. Praha:C.H.BECK, 1995. 748 s. ISBN 80-7179-014-1.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MSoI Master's

    branch EID , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch REI , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Alena Kocmanová, Ph.D.

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Tomáš Heralecký, Ph.D.