Course detail

Economy of Construction Industry

FAST-CV02Acad. year: 2015/2016

Position of industry of building materials in national economy. Organisation of building materials production. Basic characteristic of industrial firm. Foundation, lifetime and closure of industrial firm. Property and sources of property coverage. Inventory management and financing. Costing and price setting in building materials production. Management of operational and investment costs and returns. Standardization and remuneration. Accounting and taxation. Principles of marketing. Controlling and quality management.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Leonora Marková, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Structural Economics and Management (EKR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge about organization and economy of industry production.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of particular basic disciplines of business economy. Ability to orient in business economy.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction, basic terms, specifications
2. Industrial and construction firm
3. Organization structure of firm
4.-5. Structure of property and capital
6. Supply
7. Revenues, costs, economic result and relations among them
8. Prices and costing
9. Standardization and remuneration in industrial production
10. Accounting
11. Investment management
12. Taxation system
13. Marketing and management

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To get ability to orient in organization and economy of industry production. To come in useful in production profitability management and price setting.

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

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

SYNEK, Miloslav a kolektiv.: Manažerská ekonomika. GRADA Publishing Praha, 2007. [ISBN 978-80-247-1992-4] (CS)
MARKOVÁ,Leonora: Stavební podnik. Brno: VUT FAST Brno, 2008. [http://www.fce.vutbr.cz/studium/materialy/autocad/ucebnice.pdf] (CS)

Recommended reading

MARKOVÁ Leonora a kol..: Principles of economy of building firm. Brno: CERM, s. r.o., 2002. ISBN 80-214-2179-7. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-P-C-SI Master's

    branch M , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme N-K-C-SI Master's

    branch M , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme N-P-E-SI Master's

    branch M , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Leonora Marková, Ph.D.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Leonora Marková, Ph.D.