Course detail

Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises

FP-RdpKAcad. year: 2020/2021

The aim of the course is to provide students with specialisation studies in the management of the student's privately owned small businesses. Students will be informed about the philosophy of small and medium-sized enterprises and their positions in the economic system. Attention will be also paid to the management, marketing and financial aspects of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Vojtěch Koráb, Dr., MBA

Department

Institute of Management (ÚM)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will know all aspects connected with founding of own small company, including respective issues from marketing, HRM and finance of small companies. Students will be able to run business actively, e.g. to found and manage a small company.

Prerequisites

Students are expected to have the following knowledge and skills: trade act, business act, bankruptcy act and creative thinking for founding of own small company.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Graded course-unit credit is awarded on the following conditions:
1. Active participation in the meetings, which will be checked by the teacher - max. 100 points.
2. Completing a semester work in a defined term - max. 100 points.
3. Successful passing of test - 100 points.
4. Total amount of points required for a graded curse-unit credit has to be higher than 250 points.

Course curriculum

Lectures:
- Introduction to the problem of small business.
- Causes of success and fails of SME's.
- Start of SME's. Creating vs. acquisitions. Franchising.
- Successful strategies for small business.
- Resource management in small company.
- Financial aspects of small business.
- Advanced enterpreneurial methods.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to specialize the students of the study, programme Corporate Business and Management, and provide them with a plenty of information, knowledge and skills necessary for founding and managing their own small company.

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

Checking of individual study results on engaged tasks. In the case of excused absence, the teacher may set in justified cases a make-up condition, usually working out of a partial task.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

KORÁB, V. a E. DOLEŽALOVÁ.Drobné podnikání. Studijní text pro kombinovanou formu studia. Brno: CERM, 2005, 82 s. ISBN 80-214-3274-8. (CS)

Recommended reading

KORÁB, V., MIHALISKO, M.: Založení a řízení společnosti. Společnost s ručením omezeným, komanditní společnost, veřejná obchodní společnost. Computer Press Brno, 2005, 252 s. ISBN 80-251-0592-X. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR-KS Master's

    branch MGR-ŘEP-KS , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

16 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Vojtěch Koráb, Dr., MBA

Syllabus

Course curriculum is related to the following topics:
1. Introduction to small business.
2. Reasons for success and fail of small and medium-sized companies.
3. Start-up of small and medium sized companies.
4. Successful strategies for a small business.
5. Management of resources in a small company.
6. Financial aspects of a small business.
7. Modern business trends.

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

25 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Vojtěch Koráb, Dr., MBA