Course: Management

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Course title Management
Course code UPEM/PMEN1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
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)
  • Brodský Zdeněk, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Moravcová Jana, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Šatera Karel, Ing. Ph.D., MBA
Course content
Basic terms, basic managerial approaches. Development of management theories, schools of western management. New trends in management. Planning, its essence, aims, system of plans, strategic processes. Organization, its essence and aims, organization structures, organization documents. Human resources management, selection of people, their deployment and evaluation.Remuneration. Management, motivation, styles of management. Control, main principles and aims of control, styles, types and phases of control processes, feedback and feedforward. Decision making processes, its essence, aims and phases, risks and uncertainties, managerial games. Internal Communications. Summary lectured topics.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint the students with theoretical ground needed for the follow-up courses and further placing of graduates in managerial positions in production and administrative organizations. The course focuses on basic terms, principles as well as historical development. The main part of the course deals with function of planning including decision making and forecasting, organization, human resources management, management and control. The final part of the course presents main characteristics of the world management and new management moments at the beginning of the 21st century.
A student will understand the causes and consequences of various management processes, he can benefit from the theoretical knowledge in the field of management and related areas.
Prerequisites
This course does not require previous special professional knowledge.

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

The assignment is granted upon attendance at seminars and submission of the seminar paper and all given tasks. The examination is written or oral or both (conditioned by assignment granting).
Recommended literature
  • Bělohlávek,F. Management. Brno, Computer Press, 2006. ISBN 80-251-0396-X .
  • Brodský, Z., Siegl, M., Zemanová, B. Management. Pardubice, 2014.
  • BUCHTA, M., SIEGL, M.:. Základy managementu. Pardubice: Skripta UPa - FES, 2005. &, &. ISBN 8071945404.
  • Dědina, Jiří. Management a moderní organizování firmy. Praha: Grada, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-2149-1.
  • Donelly, J.H., Gibson, J.L., Ivancevich, J.M. Management. Praha, Grada 1997.
  • Veber, Jaromír. Management : základy, moderní manažerské přístupy, výkonnost a prosperita. Praha: Management Press, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7261-200-0.


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): Economics and Operation in Enterprises (2013) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Enterprise Management (2014) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Enterprise Management (2015) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics and Operation in Enterprises (2014) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Security Management in Enterprises (2015) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics and Operation in Enterprises (2016) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Enterprise Management (2013) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Security Management in Enterprises (2014) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Enterprise Management (2013) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Public Economics and Administration (2015) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Enterprise Management (2016) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Enterprise Management (2015) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics and Operation in Enterprises (2015) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Security Management in Enterprises (2013) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Security Management in Enterprises (2016) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Public Economics and Administration (2014) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Enterprise Management (2016) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Public Economics and Administration (2014) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Public Economics and Administration (2015) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Enterprise Management (2014) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter