Course detail
Theory of Management
FP-tmDEAcad. year: 2020/2021
The course is designed so as to help students to find new, comprehensive solutions in management. The course offers the findings of current world trends in management, the ability to lead diversified teams of experts, and the knowledge from the area of social competences. Students are encouraged to link deep knowledge of the field with industrial practice.
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Not applicable.
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Recommended or required reading
DONNELLY, J., GIBSON, J. L., IVANCEVICH, J. M. Fundamentals of Management, Tenth Edition.The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., USA. 630 stran. ISBN 0072457856.
DONNELLY, J., GIBSON, J. L., IVANCEVICH, J. M. Fundamentals of Management, Tenth Edition.The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., USA, 630 p., ISBN 0072457856.
WILLIAMS, T. 2003. Management Science in Practice. John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.USA. 332 stran. ISBN 978047002664.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Not applicable.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
The course is completed by the oral defence of a written term paper. The assignment of the term paper is based on the topic of the dissertation; the students will be able to participate in the topic selection. In the course evaluation, up to 80 points will be awarded for the content of the written term paper, and up to 20 points for its presentation and defence.
The minimum requirement for passing the exam is 75 points.
Language of instruction
English
Work placements
Not applicable.
Course curriculum
The course is designed so as to help students to find new, comprehensive solutions in management. The course offers the findings of current world trends in management, the ability to lead diversified teams of experts, and the knowledge from the area of social competences. Students are encouraged to link deep knowledge of the field with industrial practice.
The lectures will be divided into several thematic blocks:
I. Management perspectives for the 21st century
The history and the thought legacy of management; management in a shared economy; new requirements for management in the period of the 4th Industrial Revolution
II. Success criteria for a manager and an entrepreneur
Personal effectiveness, ethics of work, team leadership
III. Advanced management methods and their application
Risk management, project management, CSR, value management
The course objective is to strengthen and deepen the knowledge of management, advanced management methods and the ability to use this knowledge in one’s own scientific work. Each student will have the opportunity during the study to focus his/her written term paper on current research issues from the perspective of management he/she is dealing with.
Aims
The course objective is to strengthen and deepen the knowledge of management, advanced management methods and the ability to use this knowledge in one’s own scientific work. Each student will have the opportunity during the study to focus his/her written term paper on current research issues from the perspective of management he/she is dealing with.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme DSP-CME Doctoral, 2. year of study, summer semester, 0 credits, compulsory-optional
- Programme DSP-CME-KS Doctoral, 2. year of study, winter semester, 0 credits, compulsory-optional
, 2. year of study, summer semester, 0 credits, compulsory-optional - Programme DSP-CME Doctoral, 2. year of study, winter semester, 0 credits, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Guided consultation in combined form of studies
10 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer