Course detail

Managerial Skills

FAST-CV17Acad. year: 2024/2025

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, communication and individual development. Ability to manage leading position in construction company.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Structural Economics and Management (EKR)

Entry knowledge

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

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

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

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Y.Faerber, CH.Stoewe: Vedení lidí v praxi. Grada Publishing, 2004. (CS)
Linkeschová, D.: K otázkám managementu ve stavebnictví. CERM, 2005. ISBN 80-7204-396-X. (CS)

Recommended literature

A.Bradbury: Jak ovlivnit druhé ( manažerské dovednosti ). Computer Press, 2001. (CS)
V.Khelerová: Komunikační a obchodní dovednosti manažera. Grada Publishing, 2007. (CS)
Jiří Plamínek: Vedení lidí, týmů a firem. Grada, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-2448-5. (CS)

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Function and importance of decision making in management work 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 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. Today current questions of management and leadership

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

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