Course detail

Managerial Skills

FAST-NVB029Acad. year: 2022/2023

Group and team work in sequential teams are typical for industry branch as Building realization.
This Course deals with extensional leading and managing operations of workgroups in building engineering and follows progress and dynamics of the teamwork. Main aim of this course is to gain company manager knowledge and experience managing techniques, leading of working teams.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

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 to manage the manager work in building engineering company from the point of view of leading and human resources 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 managerial work.
2. Human resources, building and recreating teams.
3. Principle of growth and change, paradigms and effectivness in teamwork.
4. Positive activity of manger in teamwork, range of influence and sphere of action, Frankl's model for of responsibility.
5. Leadership and management of coworkers, principles of personal leadership, Mission statement, focus of confirming roles and aims in team.
6. Unification of corporational priorities to worker's priorities. Managing, organising and planning of activities. Delegation of authorities and responsibility.
7. Interpersonal leadership, types of interpersonal interaction, supportive systems and processes for maximum effective cooperation.
8. Principles for optimal solution of working conflicts and fundamentals of effective negotiation.
9. Synergy as a principle of creative cooperation, diversity, creativity,it's techniques and innovation.
10. Today current questions of management and leadership.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Improving ability to manage the manager work in building engineering company from the point of view of leading and human resources management.

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

JAY, Ros a Richard TEMPLAR. Velká kniha manažerských dovedností. Praha: Grada, 2006. ISBN 978-80-247-1279-6. (CS)
LINKESCHOVÁ, Dana. Educating Leading Managing. Brno: CERM, 2005. ISBN 80-7202-052-1.   (EN)
LINKESCHOVÁ, Dana. K otázkám managementu ve stavebnictví. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2005. ISBN 80-7204-396-x. https://intranet.fce.vutbr.cz/pedagog/predmety/opory.asp (CS)
PLAMÍNEK, Jiří. Vedení lidí, týmů a firem: praktický atlas managementu. 3., aktualiz. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008. Manažer. ISBN 978-80-247-2448-5. (CS)

Recommended reading

LINKESCHOVÁ, Dana a Dagmar HRABINCOVÁ. Management a právo ve stavebnictví. Brno: CERM, 2005.   (CS)
SINEK, Simon. Nekonečná hra: jak dosáhnout dlouhodobého úspěchu v podnikání. Přeložil Aleš DROBEK. V Brně: Jan Melvil Publishing, 2021. Žádná velká věda. ISBN 978-80-7555-136-8.  (CS)
ŠULEŘ, Oldřich. Manažerské techniky. Olomouc: Rubico, 1995. Učebnice pro každého (Rubico). ISBN 80-85839-89-x.  (CS)
WHEATLEY, Margaret. Vědomý lídr: jak být v dnešním světě vůdčí osobností, která přispívá k obnově zdravého rozumu. Přeložil Kamil C. PINTA. Praha: Maitrea, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7500-492-5.  (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-SIR Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Dana Linkeschová, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Function and importance of decision making in managerial work.

2. Human resources, building and recreating teams.

3. Principle of growth and change, paradigms and effectivness in teamwork.

4. Positive activity of manger in teamwork, range of influence and sphere of action, Frankl's model for of responsibility.

5. Leadership and management of coworkers, principles of personal leadership, Mission statement, focus of confirming roles and aims in team.

6. Unification of corporational priorities to worker's priorities. Managing, organising and planning of activities. Delegation of authorities and responsibility.

7. Interpersonal leadership, types of interpersonal interaction, supportive systems and processes for maximum effective cooperation.

8. Principles for optimal solution of working conflicts and fundamentals of effective negotiation.

9. Synergy as a principle of creative cooperation, diversity, creativity,it's techniques and innovation.

10. Today current questions of management and leadership.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Dana Linkeschová, CSc.
Ing. Svatopluk Pelčák

Syllabus

1. The Introduction to the exercises, the criterions for the projects and the teamwork system.

2.–9. 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.

10. The handover of the closing reports and the credits.