SA_OCN Business Activities

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
summer 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Kateřina Kvěchová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Radim Dušek, Ph.D.
Department of Tourism and Marketing – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Department of Tourism and Marketing – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SA_OCN/S10: each even Wednesday 11:25–12:55 N119, K. Kvěchová
Prerequisites
OBOR ( CAP )
Are not required
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to provide basic knowledge of business studies, its importance, about activities and developement tendencies and to create theoretical basis for the study of the following applied subjects. Students get familiarized with basic theoretical principles from the field of business activities, cooperation tendencies and they will understand the importance of sustainable development in business studies. After passing the subject successfully students will be able to analyse development and globalisation tendencies in business, their influence on consumers and enterprises including deduction of their own opinions.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able:
to understand the basic concepts of business activities;
to distinguish between wholesaling and retailing;
to understand the issues of the commercial assortment and the sorting of goods;
to describe the principles of international trade, including foreign-trade policy;
to explain the essence of e-commerce;
to pay into account the issue of sustainable development in business.
Syllabus
  • 1) Business, basic concepts, business function, history of business development
  • 2) Business categories, business assortment, classification of goods and their identification
  • 3) Wholesaling and its importance, wholesale headquarters
  • 4) Retail, kinds of retail activities
  • 5) Typology of retail units, cooperation and cooperative associations in business
  • 6) Retailing and its trends, shopping centers
  • 7) Logistics in international and domestic trade
  • 8) International trade and its importance, basic operations and techniques of trading on foreign markets
  • 9) Foreign-trade policy, world trade, foreign trade relations of the Czech Republic
  • 10) Economic integration and trade, EU - internal and external trade, purchase agreement in the international trade
  • 11) E-commerce
  • 12) The development of Fair Trade and its current conception
  • 13) Corporate social responsibility and sustainable development in business
Literature
    required literature
  • MULAČOVÁ, Věra, Petr MULAČ, Petra BEDNÁŘOVÁ, Lukáš KUČERA, Vendula SIMOTOVÁ and Marie SLABÁ. Obchodní podnikání ve 21. století (Trade Business in the 21st Century). 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing. 520 pp. Finanční řízení. ISBN 978-80-247-4780-4. 2013. info
  • ŠTĚRBOVÁ, Ludmila. Mezinárodní obchod ve světové krizi 21. století. Praha: Grada, 2013. Expert (Grada). ISBN 978-80-247-4694-4.
  • • HES, Aleš. Obchodní nauka. Česká zemědělská univerzita, Provozně ekonomická fakulta, 2014. 311 s. ISBN 978-80-2132-408-4. (kapitola 2)
Forms of Teaching
Lecture
Seminar
Consultation
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Project Teaching
Critical Thinking
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Preparation for Lectures13 
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial13 
Seminar Work52 
Attendance on Lectures26 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion26 
Total:1300
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Seminary Work 100 %
Exam conditions
A 100 – 90, B 89,99 – 84, C 83,99 – 77, D 76,99 – 73, E 72,99 – 70, FX 69,99 – 30, F 29,99 - 0.
Language of instruction
English
Teacher's information
• Students work out a seminar paper on a given topic and consult the course of this work only with the seminar group exercising. Seminar work is submitted in writing in electronic form only through the IS VŠTE delivery room in MS Word, by the date specified by the teacher. Likewise, a presentation is submitted in MS PowerPoint. Seminar work is presented and defended in front of the college of students according to a binding schedule of submission and presentations of seminar papers intended for teachers.

• To achieve a successful completion of the subject, 70% of the total score is required.

• Total classification of the subject, ie points for the test (70 - 0) + points from the interim evaluation (30 - 0): A 100 - 90, B 89.99 - 84, C 83.99 - 77, D 76.99 - 73, E 72,99 - 70, FX 69,99 - 30, F 29,99 - 0.

• If a student fails to attend, he will not be awarded an interim rating and will not be allowed to take the exam.

The seminars will take place in real time according to the timetable. Attendance at seminars is monitored.

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