S_OBC_a Business Activities

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
summer 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Radim Dušek, Ph.D. (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
S_OBC_a/S01: Tue 13:05–14:35 N205, R. Dušek
Prerequisites
FORMA ( P )
Interest in business topics
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to provide basic knowledge about business studies and development tendencies and to create a theoretical basis for the study of the following applied subjects. Students get familiar with basic theoretical principles from the field of business activities, they will understand the importance of sustainable development in business studies and they will obtain basic knowledge about retailing. After passing the course successfully students are going to be able to analyse development and globalisation tendencies in business, their influence on consumers and enterprises including deduction of their own opinions.
Learning outcomes
Students are able:
to understand basic terms;
to describe development of trade;
to distinguish between middlemen and intermediaries;
to understand of globalisation of business;
to pay into account the issue of ethics and corporate social responsibility in business;
to explain basic principles of international trade;
to distinguish between wholesaling and retailing;
to understand the principles of e-commerce and e-business.
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic terms, development of trade, importance of trade (business)
  • 2. Middlemen and intermediaries.
  • 3. Business environment
  • 4. Globalisation of business
  • 5. Business ethics
  • 6. Corporate social responsibility in business
  • 7. Fair Trade
  • 8. International business
  • 9. Retailing, trends in retailing
  • 10. Wholesaling
  • 11. E-business, e-commerce
  • 12. Case studies of successful businesses
  • 13. Case studies of successful businesses
Literature
    recommended literature
  • BERMAN, Barry and Joel R. EVANS. Retail management : a strategic approach. 11th ed. Boston ; London : Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2010, 654 pp. ISBN 978-0-13-608758-8. info
  • CRANE, Andrew a Dirk MATTEN. Business ethics: managing corporate citizenship and sustainability in the age of globalization. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, xxv, 614 p. ISBN 9780199564330.
  • JACQUELINE DECARLO. Fair trade: a beginner's trade. Illustrated ed. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2007. ISBN 9781851685219.
  • MENIPAZ, Ehud a Amit MENIPAZ. International business. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2011, 649 p. ISBN 9781412903493.
  • THUIS, Peter a Rienk STUIVE. Business administration. Groningen: Noordhoff, 2012. ISBN 978-90-01-80976-8.
  • SITKIN, Alan a Nick BOWEN. International business: challenges and choices. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, xxi, 426 p. ISBN 0199533911.
  • WETHERLY, Paul a Dorron OTTER. The business environment: themes and issues. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, xxxiii, 482 s. ISBN 978-0-19-957960-0.
Forms of Teaching
Lecture
Seminar
Consultation
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Critical Thinking
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Essay52 
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial52 
Attendance on Lectures26 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion26 
Total:1560
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Essay 100 %
Exam conditions
Final evaluation:

essay (20 standard pages) - 100 points (i.e. 100 %)

The total course assessment, i. e. points for the essay (100 -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.

Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Erasmus.
Teacher's information
Seminars will be realized via MS Teams in real time according to the relevant timetable. 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, Summer 2016, winter 2016, summer 2017, summer 2018, winter 2018, summer 2019, winter 2019, summer 2020, winter 2021, winter 2022, SUMMER 2023, winter 2023, summer 2024, winter 2024.
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