S_PRI_1 Business Management I

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Jaroslav Kollmann, MBA (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Jarmila Straková, Ph.D., MBA
Department of Management – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Department of Management – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Timetable of Seminar Groups
S_PRI_1/S01: Thu 13:05–14:35 N214, J. Kollmann
Prerequisites
OBOR ( CAP )
English language on communication level.
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 acquiant students with the basis of company management. Students get knowledge of the character and charge of managerial functions, postition and profile of a manager, styles of managerial work, company ond organisation structures and principles of their projection. Students will also be familiarized with the principles of human resources management. Students will understand the importance of communication and control company systems, ways of decision-making at particular managerial levels. A successful graduate: - is able to define the character and content of the managerial functions, position and profile of a manager, managerial work styles, business organisation structures and principles of their projection and principles of human resources management - is able to explain the importance of company management and of particular managerial functions, managerial styles of management, company systems and principles of human resources management - is able to define basic forms of motivation and stimulation of employees - applies gained knowledge to a practical example (suggestion of organisation and managerial structures, definition of the managerial style, suggestion of a motivation and stimulation system, determination of the position of a company on the market and its position on the market environment)
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
1. Know the theory of enterprise management
2. Understand the creation of a manager, his position and profiling
3. Understand the concepts of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship
4. Can analyze the internal and external environment of the company
5. Know elements and links in the enterprise
6. Understand the managerial function of planning
7. Can analyze company position
8. Can design organizational structures in company
9. Know the content of personnel work
10. Understand motivational processes in the enterprise
11. Control decision-making business processes
12. Understand the essence of the communication system in the enterprise
13. Know the principles of corporate culture.
Syllabus
  • 1. Definition of the term management
  • 2. Position, profile and character of a manager,
  • 3. Formation of a manager
  • 4. Company – business operations, functionality of company
  • 5. Company environment, interior and exterior environment
  • 6. Planning as a managerial function
  • 7. Entrepreneurial position of a company and company portfolio
  • 8. Elements and relations of an organisation structure
  • 9. Personnel activity in a company
  • 10. Personnel leadership, motivation and stimulation of workers
  • 11. Decision-making and decision-making processes
  • 12. Communication in the management process
  • 13. Company control
Literature
    required literature
  • MAGRETTA, Joan a STONE, Nan Dundes. What management is : how it works and why it's everyone's business. London: Profile, [2013]. xii, 244 page. ISBN 9781781251478 (paperback).
  • STETTNER, Morey. Skills for new managers. Second Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, [2014]. xiii, 201 pages. ISBN 9780071827140 (pbk.).
    recommended literature
  • THAMHAIN, Hans J. Managing technology-based projects : tools, techniques, people and business processes. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley, [2014] ©2014. xiv, 511 pages. ISBN 978-0-470-40254-2.
  • DAWSON, Patrick a ANDRIOPOULOS, Constantine a ANDRIOPOULOS, Constantine. Managing change, creativity and innovation. Third edition. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2017. 1 online resource. ISBN 9781526412775 (ePub ebook).
Forms of Teaching
Lecture
Seminar
Consultation
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Brainstorming
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 the Final Test60 
Case study44 
Attendance on Lectures26 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion26 
Total:1560
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Exam – written 70 %
Case Study 30 %
Exam conditions
In the ongoing evaluation, 30 points can be obtained, ie 30%. A total of 70 points, ie 70%, can be obtained in the final evaluation. Overall classification of the subject, ie points for the final evaluation (0 - 70) + points from the ongoing evaluation (0 - 30). 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. Full-time student studies is obliged to meet the mandatory 70% attendance during contact teaching, ie everything except lectures.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Erasmus.
Teacher's information
Attendance in lessons is defined in a separate internal standard of ITB (Evidence of attendance of students at ITB). It is compulsory, except of the lectures, for full-time students to attend 70 % lesson of the subjet in a semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2015, winter 2015, Summer 2016, winter 2016, summer 2017, winter 2017, summer 2018, winter 2018, summer 2019, winter 2019, summer 2020, summer 2021, winter 2021, winter 2022, SUMMER 2023, winter 2023, winter 2024.
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