Course detail

Firm’s Management

FAST-TV03Acad. year: 2022/2023

This course is specialised on basic conceptions of leadership and Management.
It deals with identification of principles managing methods.
The communication, decision making, control processes and effective managerial habits are defined.
The course respect sequencing and creating synergy in teamwork the same as the current questions in management and fellow-worker leading in construction companies.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

PhDr. Dana Linkeschová, CSc.

Department

Institute of Structural Economics and Management (EKR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge about basic principles and relations in management.

Prerequisites

The ability to understand, speak and write by given language. Basic orientation in organization of construction firm.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Function and importance of decision making in achitectur and management work in a construction company
2. Principle of growth and change, effectivity, paradigm
3. Effective habits of leaders and managers
4. Positive activity, importance of self- awareness, range of influence and sphere of action, Frankl and model for freedom of choice
5. Leadership and management, principles of personal leadership, centre of intention, Mission statement, identification and confirming of individual roles and aims
6. Managing, planning, organisation and time management, priorities, delegation of authorities and responsibility
7. Human resources, creating and transformation of relationships, creating of teams
8. Increasing of organisation effectiveness through fellow workers, paradigms of interdependence
9. Principles of mutual advantage, interpersonal leadership, types of interpersonal interaction, dimension of win-win behaviour, supportive systems and processes
10. Fundamentals of effective communication, empathetic listening, understanding, principles of efficient presentation
11. Synergy as a principle of creative cooperation, appreciation of diversity, creativity, brainstorming, analysis of force field
12. Basic dimension of leaders personal development, equilibrium in force renewal, continuity of learning
13-14. Topical questions of nowadays management and leadership

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To get knowledge about basic principles and relations in management and basic managerial habits.

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

Linkeschová D.: Educating Leading Managing. Konvoj Brno, 2003. ISBN 80-7202-052-1. (EN)
Linkeschová, D.: K otázkám managementu ve stavebnictví. CERM, Brno, 2005. ISBN 80-7204-396-X. (CS)
Veber, J.: Management. Management Press, Praha, 2000. ISBN 978-80-7261-200-0. (CS)

Recommended reading

Covey, S.R.: Sedm návyků skutečně efektivních lidí. Management Press, Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7261-241-3. (CS)
Donnelly, Gibson, Ivancevich: Fundamentals of Management. Irwin, 1995. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-P-C-A Master's

    branch ARS , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch ARS , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Dana Linkeschová, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Function and importance of decision making in achitectur and management work in a construction company 2. Principle of growth and change, effectivity, paradigm 3. Effective habits of leaders and managers 4. Positive activity, importance of self- awareness, range of influence and sphere of action, Frankl and model for freedom of choice 5. Leadership and management, principles of personal leadership, centre of intention, Mission statement, identification and confirming of individual roles and aims 6. Managing, planning, organisation and time management, priorities, delegation of authorities and responsibility 7. Human resources, creating and transformation of relationships, creating of teams 8. Increasing of organisation effectiveness through fellow workers, paradigms of interdependence 9. Principles of mutual advantage, interpersonal leadership, types of interpersonal interaction, dimension of win-win behaviour, supportive systems and processes 10. Fundamentals of effective communication, empathetic listening, understanding, principles of efficient presentation 11. Synergy as a principle of creative cooperation, appreciation of diversity, creativity, brainstorming, analysis of force field 12. Basic dimension of leaders personal development, equilibrium in force renewal, continuity of learning 13-14. Topical questions of nowadays management and leadership

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Dana Linkeschová, CSc.

Syllabus

1. The Introduction to the exercises, the criterions for the projects and the teamwork system for architect and constructions managers. 2.-13. The content of singles exercises is the work of every team on its own project, sequential realization or presentation and the feedback from the participants and the teacher. 14. The handover of the closing reports and the credits.