Course detail

Traineeship 1

FP-PRX1Acad. year: 2011/2012

The objective of the course is to verify student’s theoretical knowledge acquired in the basic courses of his/her major in the form of a placement in industrial and administrative organizations. Obtained knowledge and information are base for processing bachalor thesis.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student is given possibility to apply the theoretical knowledge to specific tasks under industrial conditions. He/she will be made familiar with particular problems that may be chosen as objectives of his/her bachelor thesis.

Prerequisites

The course is a follow-up o all completed courses related to the economic areas – accounting, law and taxes.

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 condition of having submitted written reports in size of 10 pages, presented and defended them answering teacher’s questions

Course curriculum

Mention company name, company residence and basic information about company.
Mention legal form of organization and describe its characteristics.
Describe subject of enterprise, range of products or products category.
Evaluate business situation of company:
Analyse markets, where firm operates, trends of sales, market share, competition and etc.
Analyse resource process.
Consider subject of enterprise from further point of view:
economic and finance – how much firm earns, how much is firm liquidity and stable, how does firm provide financial resources,
personal side of firm - labour market, where firm operates, qualification requirements on employees in different functions.
ecologic, ethic or other important aspects of business (its depend on each concrete firm)
Describe in detail your daily working activities in the firm.
In firm consider and describe possibilities of working up bachelor thesis (goals, data etc.).
Publish contacts of responsible person in company, his/her phone, mobile phone number, email (only from inspection reason).

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course is focused on verification of the theoretical knowledge applied to concrete conditions of entrepreneurial sphere or legislative environment. Students should apply general methods such as observation, comparison, and analogy and using them work out a written report according to the assigned task.

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

Students will be given individual assignments, which state the name of organization, responsible person in the organization, and the contact to this person. Student’s placement in the organization may be inspected by the tutors who can contact the responsible person

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BURIÁN,A. a kol. Kultura projevu. 1.vyd. Brno MZLU 1995 (CS)
POKORNÝ,J. Diplomová práce příležitost k seberealizaci. 1.vyd. Brno, VUT v Brně 1994 (CS)
Pokorný,J. Umění tvořivé práce. 1.vyd. ICB 1996 (CS)

Recommended reading

SYNEK,M.a kol.anažérská ekonomika. 1.vyd. Praha Grada Publishing 1996, 456s. ISBN 80-7169-211-5 (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK Bachelor's

    branch BAK-DP , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Internships

40 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Describe organization structure in the selected firm (organization), eventually describe relation to the higher organizational unit.Describe the information system of the firm and information flows.Evaluate information technologies used in the firm (hardware, software, data files, information connection, data protection etc.)Analyse strengths and weakness firm with regard to entrepreneurship.Consider possibilities and opportunities with regard to entrepreneurship.How does the company financing work? Indicate basic financing arrangements.What kind of problem does the firm have in daily operations most frequently ?Describe in detail your daily working activities in the firm.Specify the objective of your bachelor thesis. How can you benefits from the placement when working out your bachelor thesis?List at least 10 information resources related to the topic of your bachelor thesis.