OCN Business activities/ activity

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)
Ing. et Ing. Nikola Sagapova, 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
OCN/A7: Sat 13. 3. 9:40–11:10 B1, 11:25–12:55 B1, 13:05–14:35 B1, 14:50–16:20 B1, Sun 11. 4. 13:05–14:35 E1, 14:50–16:20 E1, 16:30–18:00 E1, 18:10–19:40 E1, Sun 2. 5. 8:00–9:30 B2, 9:40–11:10 B2, K. Kvěchová
OCN/P01: Mon 13:05–14:35 N121, K. Kvěchová
OCN/S01: Wed 14:50–16:20 N205, K. Kvěchová
OCN/S02: Tue 9:40–11:10 N010, N. Sagapova
OCN/S03: Tue 11:25–12:55 N010, N. Sagapova
Prerequisites
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
Tutorial
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
Essay2525
Fulfilling continuous tasks55
Preparation for Lectures13 
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial1320
Preparation for the Final Test2270
Attendance on Lectures26 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion2610
Total:130130
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Test – final 70 %
Essay 25 %
Fulfilling continuous tasks 5 %
Exam conditions
Continuous evaluations:

essay - 25 points (i.e. 25 %)

fulfilling continuous tasks - 5 points (i.e. 5 %)

Final evaluation:

final test – 70 points (i.e. 70 %)

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
Teacher's information
Lectures will be realized via MS Teams in real time according to the relevant timetable. The lectures will be also recorded and made available for part-time students in the VSTE IS. 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.

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 course is also listed under the following terms summer 2018, summer 2019, winter 2019, summer 2020.
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