Course detail

Company Management

FEKT-NPMAAcad. year: 2010/2011

Basis of management, access to managing of prosperous companies Summary of modern management methods. Business, business subjects. Managing process. Process of decision-making.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:
Develop and understanding of management concepts, research, and theories.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Active participation in laboratory lessons. Passing of semester project.
Final test.

Course curriculum

Introduction to management.
Properties of businessman, requirements, personal limits.
Management, aims, function, elements, definitions, position, structure.
Strategy, planning, basic elements of management.
Organising - Investment subjects, licence.
Organising - Investment subjects, public commercial organisation, limited partnership company.
Organising - investment subject: limited company.
Organising - investment subject: joint stock company.
Organising - organisation structure, principles of establishing, typology.
Organising - organisation structure, demonstration of used structure. Stimulation, motivation - reasons, types, applications.
Control, controlling - meaning, ways, applications.
Methods and tools of management.
Decision-making process, types and objectifying of the process.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The goal of this course is to provide complex view of the basic management principles.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Obligatory participation in teaching.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Coleman,R.: 525 způsobů jak se stát lepším manažerem. Praha, MP 1994. 156 s.
Eliáš.K.: Obchodní společnosti. Praha, BECK 1994, 340 s.
Pražská,L. aj.: Řízení obchodních firem. Praha, VŠE 1993. 346 s.
Truneček,J.: Management podniku. Praha, VŠE 1993. 177 s.
Weihrich,H. - Koontz,H. : Management. Praha, Victoria Publisching 1993. 659 s.
Žáček,V. aj.: Akciová společnost. Praha, MP 1994. 139 s.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EECC-MN Master's

    branch MN-EVM , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Introduction to management.
Properties of businessman, requirements, personal limits.
Management, aims, function, elements, definitions, position, structure.
Strategy, planning, basic elements of management.
Organising - Investment subjects, licence.
Organising - Investment subjects, public commercial organisation, limited partnership company.
Organising - investment subject: limited company.
Organising - investment subject: joint stock company.
Organising - organisation structure, principles of establishing, typology.
Organising - organisation structure, demonstration of used structure. Stimulation, motivation - reasons, types, applications.
Control, controlling - meaning, ways, applications.
Methods and tools of management.
Decision-making process, types and objectifying of the process.

Fundamentals seminar

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Assignment of seminary tasks
Role of manager
Evaluation of own business limits
Advantages of Taylor theory, Fayol theory of management
Solving of case study
Baťa management system - strategy of company
Baťa management system - commercial activities, social and educational activities
Solving of case study
Business Register - proposal of company record
Effective delegation of authority
Teamworks: Description of successful company