Course detail

Personal Management

FP-PpmPAcad. year: 2011/2012

The course focuses especially on the following topics:
personality of the manager, self - management, stress management, description and characteristics of human resource management, staff selection and recruitment, methods of leading and evaluating of employees, motivation of employees, the importance of further education for the effective team leading , specifics of intercultural, gender, and age management and leadership.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. PhDr. Martina Rašticová, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Management (ÚM)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will acquire the theory, as well as with the knowledge and skills in the areas of:
Social perception and attribution, prevention of and coping with stress in managerial work, self-management, activities and processes of HR manager, recruitment, leading and motivating of employees, evaluating of workers, replacement etc.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge in the field of personality psychology and management.

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 graded course-unit credit is awarded on the following conditions:
Submitting of written assignment according to the explicit criterias and presenting of the paper during seminars, passing the oral exam.

Course curriculum

1. The Introduction to the Course
2. The Behaviour in Organisation
3. Personal Management
4. Personality of manager and self-management
5. Stress-management
6. Selected topics of HR management

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of the course is to provide students with synthetic view on the importance of a the human element in a working process. Students will acquire basic skills and social competence enabling adaptation of a human in social situations. They will be made familiar with the process of leading of employees in the company.

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

Active participation in seminars, submitting the requested written assignment according to the explicit criterias and presenting of the paper in term.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ARMSTRONG, Michal. Řízení lidských zdrojů. 10. vydání. Nejnovější trendy a postupy. Praha: Grada, 2007. ISBN: 978-80-247-1407-3. (CS)
KOCIÁNOVÁ, Renata. Personální činnosti a metody personální práce. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN: 978-80-247-2497-3. (CS)
KOUBEK, Josef. Personální práce v malých a středních firmách, 4. aktuální a doplněné vydání. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN: 978-80-247-3823-9. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR Master's

    branch MGR-PFO , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. PhDr. Martina Rašticová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Topics of lectures are the following:
- Social system in the company, working groups
- Professionalism in life and work
- Requirements laid on a successful manager
- Structure and importance of personal management in the company
- Selection procedure and recruitment
- Professiography
- Motivation of employees towards performance
- Employees evaluation methods
- Corporate culture

The seminars are focused on exercising of lectured topics and elaboration of partial studies and concluding written work.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Valery Senichev, Ph.D.