Course detail

Actual Trends in Management

FP-atmKAcad. year: 2025/2026

The aim of the lectures is to present, discuss and practice basic knowledge related to managerial functions corresponding to basic concepts from management theory and organizational theory.
The first part focuses on the processes of planning, organizing, leading and controlling, at a scale appropriate to most universities and schools of similar specialization.
The second part introduces students to the basic concept of organizing and the issues of organizing multinational companies, including future developments in management development trends.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Pirožek, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Management (ÚM)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Active participation in the exercises during the presentation and subsequent discussion of the seminar papers is (among other things) required for the award of graded credit.
During the semester, individual activities in the exercises are graded on a point system that is updated each semester according to the types of assignments.
A student must earn at least 50% of the points in order to receive graded credit.
Students have the opportunity to earn points for:
term paper - required activity - up to 30 points
presentation of the term paper - compulsory activity - up to 30 points
knowledge test - compulsory activity - up to 40 points, for successful completion of the knowledge test it is necessary to obtain at least 50%, i.e. 20 points.Requirements for the knowledge test: knowledge of the lectured material and its practical application.
The knowledge test is graded according to the ECTS scale, at least 50% of the points must be obtained for successful completion. The course grade includes the grade of the work during the whole semester.

Completion of the course for students with ISP:
1) preparation and submission of a term paper.
2) knowledge test

Aims

The aim is to teach students the modern understanding and application of management, including the context of management development, to provide them with the knowledge and experience needed to manage employees and to apply the most commonly used management models in practice.
Students will gain an overview of the development trends in management, the origins of important changes in management. They will gain expertise in process and systems approaches to management, including many examples of practical applications. 

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

CRAINER, S., Moderní management – základní myšlenkové směry, Management Press 2000. 250 s. ISBN 80-7261-019-8 (CS)
DAFT R.L. Management. Cengage Learning; 12. vydání, 2015. 800 s. ISBN-13: 978-1285861982
DONNELLY J.H., GIBSON J.L., IVANCEVICH J.M. Management. Praha: Grada Publishing, 1997. 821s. ISBN 80-7169-422-3
BAUER, Talya; ERDOGAN, Berrin a SHORT, Jeremy. Principles of management: version 5.0. Boston: FlatWorld, 2022. ISBN 978-1-4533-3770-7. (EN)
GRIFFIN, Ricky W. Fundamentals of management. 10th edition. Boston: Cengage, 2022. ISBN 978-0-357-51734-5. (EN)
KINICKI, Angelo a SOIGNET, Denise Breaux. Management: a practical introduction. Tenth edition. New York: McGraw Hill, 2022. ISBN 978-1-265-01775-0. KINICKI. ISE eBook Online Access for Management. 10th edition. McGraw-Hill, 2021. ISBN 1265017751. (EN)
ROBBINS S.P., COULTER M. Management. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2004. 600s. ISBN 80-247-0495-1

Recommended reading

BECKOVÁ, Monika. Revize ISO 9001:2015: jak aktualizovat stávající systém managementu kvality?. Praha: Verlag Dashöfer, [2016]. ISBN 978-80-87963-22-7.
ČESKÝ NORMALIZAČNÍ INSTITUT ČSN EN ISO 9004:2010. Řízení udržitelného úspěchu organizace – Přístup managementu kvality. Praha: Český normalizační institut, 2010. 72 s. Třídící znak 01 0324.
ČSJ Praha. Model excelence EFQM: excelentní organizace dosahují a trvale udržují vynikající úrovně výkonnosti splňující nebo překračující očekávání všech svých zainteresovaných stran. 1. vydání. Praha: ČSJ Praha, 2012. 30 s. ISBN 978-90-5236-698-2.
KAPLAN, R. S. a NORTON, D. R. The Balanced Scorecard: Strategický systém měření výkonnosti podniku. 4. vyd. Praha: Management Press, 2005. 267 s. ISBN 80 – 7261 – 124 – 0
ÚNMZ (2016). ČSN EN ISO 9001 (01 0321) Systémy managementu kvality – Požadavky. Praha: Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví.
WEIHRICH H., KOONTZ H. Management. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1993. 659 s. ISBN 80-85605-45-7

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR-SRP-KS Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme MPC-EVM Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

16 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Pirožek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1.The meaning and practice of management. Definition of management, managerial work. The importance of management in practice, reasons for studying management.
2.Development trends in management. Introduction of management schools influencing the development of management. Introduction of the different concepts of management development.
3. The Managerial Environment. External environment and internal environment. Implications for managerial decisions. SWOT analysis. The nature of the environment affecting the management of the organization.
4.Vision, mission and goals of the organization. Basic assumptions for setting the organization's mission and goals. Types of objectives, hierarchical breakdown, time breakdown. Conflict of objectives.
5.Planning, definition, hierarchical and time breakdown. Comprehensive planning system in the organization. Control - definition, concepts. Standards of control. Control process and requirements for its efficiency and effectiveness. Types of controls. Audit with a focus on management audit.
6.Organizing - definition, concepts. Contingency approach to the development of organizational structure. Aspects of horizontal and vertical differentiation of structure formation. Integration and types of organizational structures. Management span, centralization and decentralization of management. Competence in organisational design.
7.Motivation and leadership in the organization. Communication. Definition of concepts, theoretical approaches. Content and process motivation theories. Leadership styles theory, managerial grid and situational theories.
8.Decision making in management - organizational hierarchy for decision making. Well and bad structured problems. Steps in the decision making process. Types of decisions.
9.Internal and external organizational networks. Business network organizational structures, Ameba, Franchising, Fractal organization. Holding organizational structures, types of holding organizational structures, characteristics and features of holding companies.
10.International Management - Internationalization, entry into foreign markets.
11.International Management - Joint Ventures
12.Corporate Governance, CSR
13.Reserve