Course: Economics and Business Management

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Course title Economics and Business Management
Course code KEMCH/C832
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bednaříková Marie, Ing. CSc.
Course content
Introduction to the economic system. Company and business. Company's life cycle. Legal forms of business. Asset and capital structure. Balance Sheet. Nature of costs and revenues. Income statement. Cash flow. Business management. Objectives and goals. Content and functions. Planning, implemantation and control. Marketing management. Financial management. Investments decisions. Operating management, Inventory management, Sales and distributions. Supply chain management. Technical-economic production issues. Normatives, technical-economical standards. Economical calculation of production. Costing. Quality management. Environmental management and HSMS. Innovation management. Organization of enterprises. HR management - leading, renumeration systems, motivation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Demonstration
  • Contact teaching - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 35 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for a final test - 23 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The goal of lessons is to make students acquaint with the scope of corporate economy - basic principles, common tools, methods and calculations used in practice of industrial enterprises. Following goal is to create at students a complex knowledge and skills in business management in contemporary market conditions.
After finishing are students acquainted with elementary economic consequences on the field of business economics and business management. They are able to understand elementary items and calculations required for common business management, included investment management and corporate development. Students are able to define corporate vision, mission, evaluate company environment and corporate position on the market as well as interpret basic budgets, manage them and control them according to process management rules. Completing of the course is basic premise for following study of economic and managerial courses.
Prerequisites
Knowledge in mathematics on high school level is needed for study of the subject.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

Oral exam required. Level of acquired knowledge, approaches, as well as skill in practice application is examined. During term the knowledge is verified by one examination paper, its result is considered as a part of final classification.
Recommended literature
  • Bateman S. T., Snell A. S. Management: Leading & Collaborating in a Competitive World, 12. vyd., New. York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2016.
  • Kolektiv autorů. Učební text k předmětům Ekonomika a management. Univerzita Pardubice, 2006, dostupné on-line http://stag.upce.cz.
  • Lošťáková H., Branská, L., Bednaříková M., Vávra J. Podniková ekonomika a management II, 1. vyd. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2012.
  • Synek M. a kol. Manažerská ekonomika, 5. vyd., 2011, Grada Publishing, Praha.
  • Synek M. a kol. Podniková ekonomika, 6. vyd., 2015, C. H. Beck, Praha.
  • Tetřevová L., Branská L., Pecinová Z., Vávra, J. Podniková ekonomika a management I, 1. vyd. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2011.
  • Vávra, J. Soubor prezentací k předmětu Podniková ekonomika a management ? 13 přednášek. Univerzita Pardubice, 2017, dostupné on-line http://stag.upce.cz.
  • Veber J. Management, 2009, 2. vyd., Management Press, Praha.


Study plans that include the course
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