Course detail

Managment Basics for Owner of Architectural Design Office

FA-MMIAcad. year: 2011/2012

The aim is to make the students acquainted with the most frequently used techniques of business management, and to teach the students to use some of them.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jan Lojda, CSc.

Department

Department of Engineering (USold)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The student will learn the basic skills in leadership, management of changes in social systems, and self-control. He or she will gain the knowledge of the principal management techniques as basis of further personal development.

Prerequisites

Practical experience in an architectural office as motivation to management study.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The assessment is based on a progressively developed project of a small architetonical office. The project is discussed in the group and the subject is concluded by a credit.

Course curriculum

Story management.
Approaches to management I.
Approaches to management II.
Experiential management.
Analyses for support managerial decision making.
Introduction to the linear programming.
Method time scheduling.
Decision - making method and mock - up. Work with informations.
Setting and elaboration news.
Fundamentals for negotiation problems.
Motivational techniques and their training.
Project management.
Principles management diversification.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the subject is to give to the studebnts opportunity to recognise principles of the management behaviour to give them chance to be be equal partners in negotiations of orders and to offer them the overview of the management technics, whioch are necessary for the successfull leadership and management of the small architectonical company.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The control consist in monitoring the conclusion of the individual stages of the project of an architectural office.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Donnelly J.H., Gibson J.L., Ivancevich J.M., Management, Grada Praha, 2002 (CS)
Koontz H., Weihrich H., Management, Victoria Publishing Praha 1993 (CS)

Recommended reading

Brooks I., Firemní kultura, Computer Press Brno, 2003 (CS)
Lukášová R., Nový I., Organizační kultura, Grada Praha, 2004 (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme ARCHURB Master's

    branch ARCH , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jan Lojda, CSc.

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jan Lojda, CSc.