Course: Forwarding Business

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Course title Forwarding Business
Course code KDMML/DZASP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kudláčková Nina, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Chocholáč Jan, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Forwarding business - its meaning and fundamental terms. Forwarder - his sphere of action and quality of his services. Legal regulation of intranational and international forwarding business. Contract of forwarding. General Conditions of Freight Forwarding and Code of Conduct for Czech Forwarders. INCOTERMS 2010. Strategy of forwarding firm and price policy. IS in transport and forwarding business. Marketing and forwarding business.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities, Projection
  • unspecified - 6 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 2 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 26 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
To make students acquainted with the problems of forwarding business in compliance with requirement FIATA and Association of Forwarding and Logistics of the Czech Republic.
After the passing this subject the student will have premises to work in forwarding company or transporting firm.
Prerequisites
The tutorial is independent of others subjects.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

The student has to understand solving problems in forwarding business during the term and the final exam, first of all calculation awards behind transportation, business activity of forwarder and he learns to apply piece of knowledge to his possible final work. The tutor communicates to students the particular specifications during the first week of the term.
Recommended literature
  • Obchodní zákoník - platný od 1.1.2014.
  • Cempírek, Václav. Zasílatelství v letecké dopravě. Pardubice: Institut Jana Pernera, 2008. ISBN 80-86530-45-0.
  • David, Petr. Vnitrostátní přeprava a zasílatelství. Praha: Česká technika - nakladatelství ČVUT, 2010. ISBN 978-80-01-04535-0.
  • Kampf, Rudolf. Spediční expert.. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 1998. ISBN 80-7194-136-0.
  • Kampf, Rudolf. Zasílatelství. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2005. ISBN 80-7194-745-8.
  • Radek Novák. Přepravní, zasílatelské a logistické služby. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7357-735-3.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Applied Informatics in Transport (2016) Category: Informatics courses 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter