Course: Regional Management

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Course title Regional Management
Course code UPEM/AREM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kantorová Kateřina, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Course introduction. New management approaches: management principles knowledge management management of change management of innovation public sector management Regional development policy Regional development strategy Regional marketing Project management Quality management approaches Course conclusion

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Skills training
Learning outcomes
Course Description (Anotation): Teaching basic knowledge blocks in regional management. Represents continuation of the management fundamentals being taught at the end of bachelor´s program. First basic information in regional approaches - planning, organizing, leading, decision making and control - is presented. Further more conditions for stabil performance and also stabil development are shown. At the end strategic approach, project management and quality are described.
A student will master knowledge in the field of regional policy and regional management. The student will be able to solve the main problems of regions, including the application of modern approaches in regional development.
Prerequisites
management basics (planning, organizing, staffing, leading, controlling)

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation

Requirement Credit: 75% seminars attendance; 1 or 2 seminar works (studies) accepted Exam: written or oral or both; 70 points minimum (out of 100 points)
Recommended literature
  • DONNELLY, J. H. Jr., GIBSON, J. L., IVANCEVICH, J. M.:. Fundametals of Management. 8th edition. IRWIN Book Team, 1992.
  • MAYLOR, H.:. Project Management. 3rd edition. FT - Prentice Hall - Financial Times, 2003.
  • NUTLEY, S., OSBORNE, S.:. The Public Sector Management Handbook. Longman, 2000.
  • STRICKLADN, T.:. Strategic Management - Concepts & Cases. 9th edition. IRWIN Book Team, 1996.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Regional and Information Management (2013) Category: Economy 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer