Course detail

Business Management

FIT-IPMAAcad. year: 2010/2011

Corporate Management is an introductory course intended to provide basic knowledge of management, its methods, structure and methods. It is is focused on specification of individual trading companies. The course deals especially with the following topics: knowledge of the principle, goals and structuralization of management. Requirements laid on managers, his expected qualities and role. Structuralization of management according to the functions and elements. Detailed explanation of individual elements. Planning, organisation, stimulation and control. Decision-making process.
An introductory course intended to provide a basic knowledge of management, its methods, structure and intent. The course is also focused on specification of individual trading companies. The course focuses especially on the following topics: knowledge of principle, goals and structuralization of management. Requirements laid on managers, his expected qualities and role. Structuralization of management according to the functions and elements. Detailed explanation of individual elements. Planning, organization, stimulation and control. Decision making process.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. RNDr. Anna Putnová, Ph.D., MBA

Department

Faculty of Business and Management (FP)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will have a clear idea of modern approaches to and application of management in terms of its individual parts: organisation, stimulation and control.

Prerequisites

Knowledge acquired on rudiments of a corporate economics, functions of company, its economics and results.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

To fulfil conditions for seminar activities.

Course curriculum

  1. Introduction to management.
  2. Properties of businessman, requirements, personal limits.
    Management, aims, function, elements, definitions, position, structure.
  3. Strategy, planning, basic elements of management.
  4. Investment subjects, licence.
  5. Public commercial organisation.
  6. Limited partnership company.
  7. Investment subject: limited company.
  8. Investment subject: joint stock company.
  9. Organising - organisation structure, principles of establishing, typology. Structure, demonstration of used structure.
  10. Stimulation.
  11. Motivation: reasons, types, applications.
  12. Control, controlling - meaning, ways, applications.
  13. Methods and tools of management.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The main objective of the course is to provide students with knowledge of fundamentals of marketing, its terms, content, structuralization and methods.

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

Active participation in seminars regarding presented topics, participation in discussion, quality. >Presentation of semester work on given topic, knowledge test.
Attendance at lessons and exercises 13x 4 hours 52 hours.
Continuous preparation for seminars (individual study of literature)
Case study solution.
Semester work elaboration.
Preparation for final exam.
Final exam and discussion over semester work.
In case of excused absence from seminars, the teacher can set an additional condition if appropriate, usually elaboration of partial written task.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's

    branch BIT , any year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. RNDr. Anna Putnová, Ph.D., MBA

Syllabus

  1. Introduction to management.
  2. Properties of businessman, requirements, personal limits.
    Management, aims, function, elements, definitions, position, structure.
  3. Strategy, planning, basic elements of management.
  4. Investment subjects, licence.
  5. Public commercial organisation.
  6. Limited partnership company.
  7. Investment subject: limited company.
  8. Investment subject: joint stock company.
  9. Organising - organisation structure, principles of establishing, typology. Structure, demonstration of used structure.
  10. Stimulation.
  11. Motivation: reasons, types, applications.
  12. Control, controlling - meaning, ways, applications.
  13. Methods and tools of management.

Fundamentals seminar

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. RNDr. Anna Putnová, Ph.D., MBA

Syllabus

  1. Introduction to management. Properties of businessman, requirements, personal limits.
  2. Management, aims, function, elements, definitions, position, structure.
  3. Strategy, planning, basic elements of management.
  4. Organising - Investment subjects, licence.
  5. Organising - Investment subjects, public commercial organisation, limited partnership company.
  6. Organising - investment subject: limited company.
  7. Organising - investment subject: joint stock company.
  8. Organising - organisation structure, principles of establishing, typology.
  9. Organising - organisation structure, demonstration of used structure.
  10. Stimulation, motivation - reasons, types, applications.
  11. Control, controlling - meaning, ways, applications.
  12. Methods and tools of management.
  13. Decision-making process, types and objectifying of the process.