Course: Economics and Management

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Course title Economics and Management
Course code KEMCH/C643
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
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)
  • Munzarová Simona, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Tetřevová Liběna, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Vávra Jan, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Košťálová Jana, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Kalábová Ladislava, Ing.
Course content
Introduction to the economic system. Company and business. Company life cycle. Asset and capital structure. Nature of costs and revenues. Income statement. Financing of enterprise. Investment decision and evaluation of investments. Product-costing systems. Absorption costing and variable costing. Business management - substance, objectives and goals, contemporary trends in business management. Management functions. Marketing management - substance of marketing, strategic marketing analysis. Personnel management.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Demonstration
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.
Prerequisites
Knowledge in mathematics on high school level is needed for study of the subject.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

Written, eventually oral exam required. Level of acquired knowledge, approaches, as well as skill in practice application is examined.
Recommended literature
  • Kolektiv autorů. Ekonomika a management. Učební text k předmětům C643 a C507 Ekonomika a management a MANA Management (dostupné on line - STAG).
  • Lošťáková, H. a kol. Podniková ekonomika a management II. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2013.
  • Synek, M.; Kislingerová, E. a kol. Podniková ekonomika. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2010.
  • Tetřevová, L. a kol. Podniková ekonomika a management I. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2011.
  • Veber, J. a kol. Management: Základy - moderní manažerské přístupy - výkonnost a prosperita.. Praha: Management Press, 2014.


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