Course detail
Managerial Psychology
FP-mpKAcad. year: 2017/2018
The course focuses on relevant psychological knowledge necessary for efficient corporate management and increasing the efficiency of the company. Mastering and development of social and managerial as well as entrepreneurial skills are emphasized. Also dealt with is the practical application of acquired knowledge to management of individuals, teams and other organizational units.
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Number of ECTS credits
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
- health ability and competences
- professional ability and competences
- methodical ability and competences
- social ability and competences
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
1. Self-management
2. Personality
3. Motivation
4. Creativity and Innovation
5. Management
6. Decision making
7. Interpersonal communication
8. Market Psychology
9. Next by e-mail (konecnys@fbm.vutbr.cz)
The range of the seminar work is at least 8 standard pages (1 standard page = 1 800 characters, symbols and spaces). Citations used according to ISO 690.
The structure of the seminar work is as follows:
- introduction + theoretical knowledge (max. 1/3 work) from the Czech professional literature
- analysis of selected foreign / research article / articles (second third of work) from the ScienceDirect database https://www.vutbr.cz/en/knihovny/eiz/seznam-databazi/science-direct
- introducing the issue of the article - what is involved with, who created it, when ...
- introducing interesting parts of the article
- summary of knowledge from the article
- a description of your chosen problem (real case - case report - see selected topics) + proposals for original solutions based on the first two parts of the thesis (final third of the thesis)
- conclusion
- list of used literature (quote)
Course curriculum
Conception of the course. The enterprise as a social system. Categorizations of efficiency influencing factors. Formal and informal authority of a manager and entrepreneur. Substance and acquirement of power and influence.
2. Ability to work and competences of a manager and entrepreneur, their importance, connections and consequences. Methods of its recognition, preservation and development.
3. Health ability and competences of manager and entrepreneur, their importance, connections and consequences. Methods of its recognition, preservation and development.
4. Professional ability and competences of manager and entrepreneur, their importance, connections and consequences. Methods of its recognition, preservation and development.
5. Methodical ability and competences of manager and entrepreneur, their importance, connections and consequences. Methods of its recognition, preservation and development.
6. Social ability and competences of manager and entrepreneur, their importance, connections and consequences. Methods of its recognition, preservation and development.
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
FRANKOVÁ, E. Manažerská psychologie. Brno: VUT,1996. ISBN 80-214-0752-2. (CS)
LUKÁŠOVÁ, R., NOVÝ, I. a kol. Organizační kultura. Od sdílených hodnot a cílů k vyšší výkonnosti podniku. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2004. ISBN 80-247-0648-2. (CS)
O´BRIANOVÁ, P.: Pozitivní řízení: asertivita pro manažery. Praha: Management Press, 2003. ISBN 80-7261-077-5. (CS)
PETERS, TJ., WATERMAN, R.H. Hledání dokonalosti. Praha: Svoboda-Libertas, 1993. ISBN 80-205-0313-7. (CS)
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme MGR-KS Master's
branch MGR-ŘEP-KS , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
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Syllabus
Guided consultation in combined form of studies
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