Course detail

Economy of Construction Industry

FAST-CV02Acad. year: 2014/2015

Position of industry of building materials in national economy. Organisation of building materials production. Basic characteristic of industrial firm. Foundation, lifetime and closure of industrial firm. Property and sources of property coverage. Inventory management and financing. Costing and price setting in building materials production. Management of operational and investment costs and returns. Standardization and remuneration. Accounting and taxation. Principles of marketing. Controlling and quality management.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Leonora Marková, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Structural Economics and Management (EKR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

To get ability to orient in organization and economy of industry production. To come in useful in production profitability management and price setting.The acquisition of basicskills, particular in the field of contractual relations, contractor, customer, wages, finances, taxes, and investments in the constriction industry.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of particular basic disciplines of business economy. Ability to orient in business economy.

Co-requisites

Costruction- technical knowledge of construction proces, especially the production of building materials

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures, practical classes and self-study assignments. Attendance at lectures is optional, but attendance at classes is compulsory.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Evaluation of gained knowledge is in form of written test. Test is passed with obtaining 50 points as minimum. Passing the exam is partly completed with oral exam. Evaluation of crafts is done in seminars. Into account is taken the attendance and passing the written test with examples of calculation of economic indicators and estimating.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction, basic terms, specifications
2. Industrial and construction firm
3. Organization structure of firm
4.-5. Structure of property and capital
6. Supply
7. Revenues, costs, economic result and relations among them
8. Prices and costing
9. Standardization and remuneration in industrial production
10. Accounting
11. Investment management
12. Taxation system
13. Marketing and management

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To get ability to orient in organization and economy of industry production. To come in useful in production profitability management and price setting.

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: Stavební podnik. Brno: VUT FAST Brno, 2008. [http://www.fce.vutbr.cz/studium/materialy/autocad/ucebnice.pdf] (CS)
SYNEK, Miloslav a kolektiv.: Manažerská ekonomika. GRADA Publishing Praha, 2007. [ISBN 978-80-247-1992-4] (CS)

Recommended reading

MARKOVÁ Leonora a kol..: Principles of economy of building firm. Brno: CERM, s. r.o., 2002. ISBN 80-214-2179-7. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-K-C-SI Master's

    branch M , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme N-P-C-SI Master's

    branch M , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme N-P-E-SI Master's

    branch M , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Leonora Marková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction, basic terms, specifications
2. Industrial and construction firm
3. Organization structure of firm
4.-5. Structure of property and capital
6. Supply
7. Revenues, costs, economic result and relations among them
8. Prices and costing
9. Standardization and remuneration in industrial production
10. Accounting
11. Investment management
12. Taxation system
13. Marketing and management

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Leonora Marková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Introduction, program of instruction, instructions and guidelines
2.Classification
3.Contract for work, an action for payment of the work price
4.Investment
5.Depreciation
6.Taxation
7.Accounting and finance
8.The cost of material and equipment
9.Wages
10.Calculation works
11.Building price
12.Credit test
13.Credit