Course detail

Personal Management

FP-pmPAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course focuses especially on the following topics:
Structure of personal activities, staff selection and recruitment a personality of the manager, professionalism, methods of leading people, professiography, methods of evalution of employees

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Štěpán Konečný, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Management (ÚM)

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge in the field of personality psychology and management.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

A condition for successful completion of the course is the completion of the final written test at the end of the semester with a success rate of at least 50%. All test preparation materials will be supplied to students in electronic form.
Completion of the course for students with an individual study plan and completion of the course by distance learning (applicable only when objective external circumstances do not allow the study programme to be carried out in accordance with the accreditation granted) is also subject to successful completion of the final test with a minimum of 50% pass rate.
Attendance at lectures and tutorials is recommended, but is not part of the students' assessment.

Aims

The objective of the course is to provide students with synthetic view on the importance of a the human element in a working process. Students will acquire basic skills and social competence enabling adaptation of a human in social situations. They will be made familiar with the process of leading of employees in the company.
Students will be made familiar with the theory, as well as with the knowledge in the field of personal management, professiography, labour recruitment, leading people, motivation of employees, professional manners at work, evaluation of employees.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ARMSTRONG, Michal. Řízení lidských zdrojů. 10. vydání. Nejnovější trendy a postupy. Praha : Grada, 2007. ISBN: 978-80-247-1407-3. (CS)
KOCIÁNOVÁ, Renata. Personální činnosti a metody personální práce. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN: 978-80-247-2497-3. (CS)
KOUBEK, Josef. Personální práce v malých a středních firmách, 4. aktuální a doplněné vydání. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN: 978-80-247-3823-9. (CS)

Recommended reading

HRONÍK, F. Rozvoj a vzdělávání pracovníků. Praha: Grada, 2006, 240 s. ISBN 978-80-247-1457-8. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR-UFRP Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Štěpán Konečný, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Topics of lectures are the following:
- Social system in the company, working groups
- Professionalism in life and work
- Requirements laid on a seccessful manager
- Structure and importance of personal management in the company
- Selection procedure and recruitment
- Professiography
- Motivation of employees towards performance
- Employees evalution methods

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Štěpán Konečný, Ph.D.