NE_NOP Business economics – for Master's study programme

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
winter 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Jakub Horák, MBA, PhD. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Vojtěch Stehel, MBA, PhD.
School of Expertness and Valuation – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Business Economics Group – Department of Deputy Director for Research, Development and Creative Activities – School of Expertness and Valuation – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Timetable of Seminar Groups
NE_NOP/NE5: Sat 7. 10. 8:00–9:30 B1, 9:40–11:10 B1, Sun 22. 10. 14:50–16:20 B1, 16:30–18:00 B1, J. Horák
NE_NOP/P01: Wed 14:50–16:20 N121, J. Horák
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The objective of the course is to teach students to characterize businesses of specific economics in terms of their activity, level of processing, production quantity, size, and to be able to specify such types of business by their structure, specificities, and share in GDP. Special attention is paid to the specificities of businesses operating in selected areas and current issues of the business sector.
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of the course, students are able to:
- define basic characteristics of individual businesses within specific economies,
- describe problems of individual types of specific economies,
- explain possible effects in relation to the share of total GDP of specific economies types,
- describe and quantify the main objectives of specific economies (peculiarities of agricultural production),
- decompose the impacts of measures taken in individual areas of specific economies,
- understand the corrective measures taken in the areas of specific economies.
Syllabus

  • Lectures
  • 1. Specific economies.
  • 2. Industrial production – mining and quarrying, processing industry, generation and distribution of electricity, gas, and water.
  • 3. Agriculture – specificities of agricultural production.
  • 4. Forestry companies – forest restoration and protection, logging, important activities.
  • 5. Civil engineering – its specificities in comparison with industrial production.
  • 6. Infrastructure companies – transport, flats, schools, research institutions, energy system, water managementí.
  • 7. Banking companies – risk, banking supervision, deposit insurance, capital adequacy, mandatory reserve.
  • 8. Banking companies – banking law, basic functions, specificities of bank accounting, banking products.
  • 9. Business enterprises and tourism businesses.
  • 10. Economics and business in health care.
  • 11. NGOs economics – basic forms of non-governmental organizations.
  • 12. NGOs economics – financing non-governmental organizations in the CR.
  • 13. Current issues of business sector.
Literature
    required literature
  • ČESKO, 1992. Zákon č. 21 ze dne 20. prosince 1991 o bankách. In: Sbírka zákonů České republiky. Částka 5.
  • POLOUČEK, Stanislav. Bankovnictví. In Beckovy ekonomické učebnice. 2. vyd. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2013, 480 s. Beckovy ekonomické učebnice. ISBN 978-80-7400-491-9. info
  • ČESKO, 2012. Zákon č. 89 ze dne 3. února 2012, občanský zákoník. In: Sbírka zákonů České republiky. Částka 33.
  • ČESKO, 2004. Zákon č. 235 ze dne 1. dubna 2004 o dani z přidané hodnoty. In: Sbírka zákonů České republiky. Částka 78, s. 4946-5004.
  • VOCHOZKA, M. et al., 2012. Podniková ekonomika. Praha: Grada. ISBN 978-80-247-4372-1.
  • SYNEK, M. et al., 2015. Podniková ekonomika. 6. přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha: C. H. Beck. ISBN 978-80-7400-274-8.
  • MULAČOVÁ, V. et al., 2013. Obchodní podnikání ve 21. století. Praha: Grada. ISBN 978-80-247-4780-4.
    recommended literature
  • HEJDUKOVÁ, P., 2015. Veřejné finance - teorie a praxe. Praha: C. H. Beck. 272 s. ISBN 978-80-7400-298-4.
  • VOCHOZKA, Marek, Jaromír VRBKA, Vojtěch STEHEL, Petr ŠULEŘ, Zuzana ROWLAND, Veronika MACHOVÁ, Jakub HORÁK and Tomáš KRULICKÝ. Finance podniku: Komplexní pojetí (Business finance: A comprehensive concept). 1st ed. Praha, Česká republika: Grada publishing, 2021, 312 pp. ISBN 978-80-271-3267-6. URL info
  • PEKOVÁ, J. et al., 2019. Veřejný sektor, teorie a praxe v ČR. Praha: Wolters Kluwer. 784 s. ISBN 978-80-7598-209-4.
  • ŠEDIVÝ, M. a O. MEDLÍKOVÁ, 2017. Úspěšné neziskové organizace. 3. aktual. a rozšíř. vyd. Praha: Grada. ISBN 978-80-271-9261-8.
  • BARTUNEK, J. a V. VALA, 2014. Ekonomika lesního hospodářství. Brno: Mendelova univerzita v Brně.
Forms of Teaching
Lecture
Tutorial
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Essay preparation2525
Preparation for the Mid-term Test66
Preparation for Lectures13 
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial 31
Preparation for the Final Test88
Attendance on Lectures26 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion 8
Total:7878
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Test – mid-term 30 %
Test – final 40 %
Essay 30 %
Exam conditions
Ongoing evaluation

Midterm test - 30 points

Final evaluation

Final test - 40 points

Essay - 30 points

To successfully complete the subject, it is necessary to achieve a total of at least 70% of the midterm and final evaluation under the conditions set out below. In the continuous 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 (70 - 0) + points from the continuous 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.

Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
Attendance in the course is defined in a separate VSTE internal standard (Evidence of student attendance at VSTE) for all forms of study. Students in full-time form of study are obliged to attend at least 70 % of the lessons (except for the lectures). If a student with an individual study plan is not able to participate in the mid-term evaluation, he / she will only prepare an essay and pass the final test (70% of the evaluation), which will also cover the continuous assessment with its content and scope. However, students are obliged to contact the teacher immediately after the approval of the individual study plan and to contact the examiner before the final exam. If the student does not do so, his individual study plan will not be taken into account.
The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2019, winter 2020, winter 2021, winter 2022, winter 2024.
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