Course detail

Construction Company Economy

FAST-HV52Acad. year: 2014/2015

Management of the production in the structural firm
Efficiency of firm’s structural activity
Planning in the structural firm. Firm’s evidence and information
Control of firm’s activity with the use of control systems

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Structural Economics and Management (EKR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Gaining knowledge about the basic disciplines of business economics with a focus on construction. The ability to understand the economics of building production in pricing with regard to the conditions of the construction market. The acquisition of basic skills, particular in the field of contractual relations, contractor, customer, wages, finances, taxes, and investments in the construction business. The ability to compile construction budget for the pricing and costing of a structure. The ability to assemble the unit price works using cost-benefit calculation. The ability to orientate in the construction and obtain information about financial resources for construction investment.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of labour engineering and fundamentals of costing and price setting in civil engineering, company finances and accounting.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through practical classes and self-study assignments. Attendance at practical classes is compulsory.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Passing the exam is partly completed with oral exam. Evaluation of crafts is done in seminars. Into account the attendance is taken and passing the written test with examples of calculation of economic indicators and estimating.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To acquire ability to manage production costs in construction firm with utilisation of control systems.

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

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

MARKOVÁ, Leonora: Základy ekonomiky stavebnictví. Brno: CERM, s.r.o., 2009. ISBN 978-80-7204-623-2. (CS)
MARKOVÁ,Leonora a kol.: Principles of economy of building firm. Brno: CERM, s.r.o., 2002. ISBN 80-214-2179-7. (CS)

Recommended reading

Související platná legislativa. 0. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-P-C-GK Master's

    branch G , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch GD , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1.–3. Costs in the firm, the costs theory
4.–5. Material economy
6. Wages, salaries and the labour power
7. Working machines and machinery
8. Efficiency of the firm’s activity
9.–10. Planning
11.–12. Basic attributes of the controlling in the civil firm
13. Basic attributes of the benchmarking. Firm’s evidence