Course detail

Business

FP-BobPAcad. year: 2012/2013

The subject deliveres review of trade activities. It introduces to students the basic operations - purchase and sale, transporation and logistic, research of market and sale services providing. It characterizes the term trade category and their imporatnce for the realization of the trade activities. It explains basic form of the trade and set of conditions in which framework is business realized. To explain relation activities to the basic corporate functions.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will gain knowledge on the general overview of the business and activities associated with its implementation. They will be able to explain the concept of trade and business, to characterize the social and economic importance of trade, to define the concept of business categories and their importance to the business, explain the set of conditions in which trading takes place, to point out the business requirements in the context of the Czech Republic entry into EU.

Prerequisites

It is presupossed knowledge of basic macroeconomic and microeconomic relations, corporate functions and its economics and knowledge of trade-law relationships of the company.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Within lectures will used Power Point presentations, case studies and discussions.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Graded credit will be given on a basis of a semestral work and a written test.

Course curriculum

Lectures
Importance and funcion of trade. Characterization of terms in the area of trade. History of trade.
Basic forms of the trade and set of enviromental conditions in which the transaction occurs.
Requirements of trade activities in Europe.
Business category. Mediatrix business. Intermediaries business
activity (Dealers, agents of the trade activities).
Trading in relation to the basic functions of the company. Basic subsystems of industrial and commercial enterprise.
Characteristics of the corporate functions of purchase. Objects and forms of purchase. Purchasing Management.
Models purchasing process organization. Classic models and purchasing process end of the 20th century.
Marketing of purchasing process. Research of shopping market. Shopping marketing mix. Terms functioning shopping marketing company.
Selection of suppliers. Creating customer-supplier relationships. Administration of purchase and storage (commercial invoice, purchase order, purchase agreement, the standard classification of production, storage cards, requisitions, delivery note).
Development of sales in modern society. Characteristic function of sales. Activities related to sales and management.
Sales organization. Variants of the sales department. Selection, training and evaluation of vendors.
Work-professional seller. Consumer behavior during the purchase. Basic sales techniques. Sales negotiations.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim fo the subject is to explain relation activities to the basic corporate functions. To characterize set of enviromental conditions in which are the trade activities realized in the European envinronment.

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

It is fully in competence of the teacher. Active presentation in the lecture and continuous control of the knowledge int the lectures.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

PRAŽSKÁ, L. JINDRA, J. a kol. Obchodní podnikání. Praha: Management Press, 2002, 2.vyd. 874s. ISBN 80-7261-059-7 (CS)
VIESTOVÁ, K. Teória obchodu. Bratislava: Sprint vfra, 2001, 208s. ISBN 80-88848-88-1. (SK)
LUKOSZOVÁ, X. Nákup a jeho řízení. Brno: Computer Press, 2004. 1.vyd. 170s. ISBN 80-251-0174-6. (CS)
ROSENAU,M., D. Řízení projektu. Brno:Computer Press. 2000. 344s.ISBN 80-7226-218-1 (CS)
CLOW, K.E,BAACK, D. Reklama, propagce a marketingová komunikace. 1.vyd. Brno: Computer Press. 2008.484s.ISBN 978-80-251-1769-9. (CS)

Recommended literature

SCHIFFMAN, L., KANUK, L., L. Nákupní chování. Brno, 2004. 1.vyd. 633s. ISBN 80-251-0094-4. (CS)
URBAN, L. Evropský vnitřní trh a příprava České republiky na začlenění. Praha: Linde, 2002. 247s. ISBN 80-7201-342-4. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK Bachelor's

    branch BAK-EPM , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Importance of the trade. characterization of the terms in the area of the trade. History of the trade.
Basic forms of the trade and set of enviromental conditions.
Requests od the trade activities in European area.
trade categories.Dealers, agents of the trade activities.
Trade to the relation ot corporate functions. basic subsystems of manufacturing and commercial company.
Characterization of the purchase function. Management of purchase.
Marketing of the purchase, research.
Supplier selection. Creation of teh suplier-customer relationships.
Development of the sale. in the modern society.
Organization of the sales. Selection, training and evaluation of the salers.
Customer behaviour.