Course: Management II

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Course title Management II
Course code KDMML/XAMN2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Švadlenka Libor, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Lejsková Pavla, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Gottwald Dalibor, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Change in the philosophy of the management, Change Management. Knowledge Management. Process Management ( philosophy, basic principles, differences between process and operational management). Processes and their characteristics, process maps. Process management in the transport. Reengineering. Management and company´s prosperity (soft factors of the prosperity). New organizational structures. Couching, leadership, team leading. Strategic management, strategic cycle, positional analysis. Methods and techniques of strategic management. Quality management.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
  • Home preparation for classes - 20 hours per semester
  • Excursion - 4 hours per semester
  • Contact teaching - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for a credit (assessment) - 22 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 35 hours per semester
  • Preparation of a presentation (report) - 16 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
To familiarise students with management development at the end of 20th century and start of 21th century and with the changes in tis philosophy, with modern trends in managing organizations with emphasis on the procedural control and tools for increasing company's prosperity.
After passing this subject, the student has ability to bearing himself in the modern managerial approaches. He knows modern management theories and modern trends in the leading organisation forcefully on increasing company´s prosperity.
Prerequisites
There are expected basic knowledge from the management (passing subject Management I in the bachelor study level, or the similar one at other University).

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

The student must prove during the term and also by the exam, that he/she understands solved problems and the ability to solve ser case studies individually or in the group of students. The tutor will notify the concrete requirements to the students within the first week of the term.
Recommended literature
  • Základy moderního managementu . Praha: Management Press, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7261-449-3.
  • Drucker, Peter Ferdinand. The essential Drucker : the best of sixty years of Peter Drucker?s essential writings on management. New York: HarperCollins, 2008. ISBN 978-0-06-134501-2.
  • Fišer, Roman. Procesní řízení pro manažery : jak zařídit, aby lidé věděli, chtěli, uměli i mohli. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-5038-5.
  • HAMMER, M., CHAMPY, D. Reengineering - Radikální přeměna firmy.. Praha: Management Press, 2000.
  • Lejsková, Pavla. Management II studijní opora na CD. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7395-628-8.
  • Lukášová, Růžena. Organizační kultura a její změna. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-2951-0.
  • Nenadál, Jaroslav. Systémy managementu kvality . Praha: Management Press, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7261-426-4.
  • Veber, J. a kol. Management: Základy - moderní manažerské přístupy - výkonnost a prosperita.. Praha: Management Press, 2014.
  • Veber, Jaromír. Management inovací. Praha: Management Press, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7261-423-3.


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