Course: Regional Management

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Course title Regional Management
Course code UPEM/KREM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
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)
  • Kantorová Kateřina, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Introductory information about the course. New approaches in management. Management principles. Knowledge-based management. Management of change. Management of innovations. Management of public sector. Approaches exercised in regional development. Regional development strategy. Regional marketing. Project management. Quality control approaches.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint the students with basic knowledge of regional management. The course follows up with the Management discipline lectured at the end of the Bachelor study. The set of lectures is started with the information about regional approaches. The interpretation further includes strategic and project management as well as the problems f quality control in public administration.
Graduates of the course acquire knowledge in the field of regional policy and regional management. They 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

The graded assignment is granted upon completion of one correspondence task focused on analysis of management in any selected regional institution of public sector.
Recommended literature
  • SIEGL, M.:. Management veřejného sektoru (pomocné texty). Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, FES, 2006.


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 (2014) Category: Economy 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
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