PRI_a Business management

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Peter Gallo, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Jaroslav Kollmann, MBA (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Yaroslava Kostiuk, PhD. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Jarmila Straková, Ph.D., MBA (seminar tutor)
prof. Ing. Jan Váchal, CSc. (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
PRI_a/E4: Sat 6. 4. 11:25–12:55 E1, 13:05–14:35 E1, Sat 4. 5. 14:50–16:20 E1, 16:30–18:00 E1, Sat 18. 5. 14:50–16:20 E1, 16:30–18:00 E1, Sun 2. 6. 11:25–12:55 E1, 13:05–14:35 E1, P. Gallo
PRI_a/P01: Mon 9:40–11:10 E1, J. Straková, J. Váchal
PRI_a/S01: Thu 14:50–16:20 N214, J. Kollmann
PRI_a/S03: Tue 11:25–12:55 N006, Y. Kostiuk
PRI_a/S04: Tue 13:05–14:35 N006, Y. Kostiuk
PRI_a/S05: Tue 9:40–11:10 N006, Y. Kostiuk
PRI_a/S06: Thu 9:40–11:10 N214, Y. Kostiuk
Prerequisites
Not required.
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 course is to provide the foundations of the theory of business management for students. The students will acquire knowledge and practical skills in terms of the nature and content of managerial functions (planning, organising, decision-making, managing, personnel management, communication, controlling), position, profile and managerial roles, management styles, organisational structures and the principles of their design.
Learning outcomes
Upon the successful completion of the course the student:
- understands the foundations of business management (difference between management and leadership, manger, typology of manager, profile, personality and role of manager),
- can define business as a system, categories of entrepreneurship, business activity, primary and secondary business functions,
- can characterise the content and meaning of basic managerial functions (planning, organising, decision-making, managing, personnel management, communication, controlling),
- masters the principles of designing classical and modern organisational structures.
Syllabus
  • Lectures
  • 1. Definition of the concept of management, developmental stages of management.
  • 2. Business, entrepreneurship, primary and secondary functions of a business.
  • 3. Systemic definition of a business.
  • 4. Position, profile and personality of a manager, establishingf the profession of manager, styles of management.
  • 5. Planning.
  • 6. Organising.
  • 7. Classical organisational structures.
  • 8. „Modern“ organisational structure.
  • 9. Leadership (motivation and stimulating).
  • 10. Decision-making and decision-making processes.
  • 11. Personnel management.
  • 12. Communication in the process of management.
  • 13. Company control.
  • Seminars
  • 1. The selection and classification of a business (in terms of legal form, size, competence, sectoral specialisation and life cycle of the business) including the basic description of primary and secondary functions.
  • 2. The typology of managers (vertical and horizontal) and their characteristics.
  • 3. Managerial competences and skills in accordance to the position of managers within the hierarchy of management.
  • 4. The identification and description of the roles of managers within the hierarchy of management.
  • 5. The selection and description the style of management.
  • 6. The composition of management grid and its interpretation.
  • 7. The identification of business aims (strategic, tactical and operative) in the main areas of activities of the selected business with the use of the rule of SMART.
  • 8. The design of organisational structure of the selected business and its characteristics including providing advantages and disadvantages.
  • 9. Setting the levels and scope of the selected organisational structure.
  • 10. The motivation and stimulation of workers at the individual levels of management.
  • 11. The identification of well and badly structured decision-making problems and an example of structure of the specific decision-making process.
  • 12. The characteristics and assessment of communication flow / direction in the selected business.
  • 13. The classification of business control in accordance to the areas and levels of management of the selected business.
Literature
    required literature
  • STRAKOVÁ, Jarmila a VÁCHAL, Jan a PÁRTLOVÁ, Petra. Podnikové řízení. 1. vydání. České Budějovice: Vysoká škola technická a ekonomická v Českých Budějovicích, 2016. 232 s. ISBN 978-80-7468-113-4.
  • VÁCHAL, Jan. Podnikové řízení. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2013. 685 s. ISBN 978-80-247-4642-5.
    recommended literature
  • DVOŘÁČEK, Jiří a SLUNČÍK, Peter. Podnik a jeho okolí : jak přežít v konkurenčním prostředí. Vyd. 1. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2012. xvii, 173 s. : Beckova edice ekonomie. ISBN 978-80-7400-224-3.
  • MEIXNEROVÁ, Lucie a ZAPLETALOVÁ, Šárka a STEFANOVOVÁ, Zuzana. Mezinárodní podnikání : vybrané strategické, manažerské a ekonomické aspekty. Vydání první. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2017. xix, 203 stran : Beckova edice ekonomie. ISBN 978-80-7400-654-8.
Forms of Teaching
Lecture
Seminar
Tutorial
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Brainstorming
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Preparation for the Mid-term Test3045
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial48
Preparation for the Final Test4360
Final test11
Attendance on Lectures26 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion2616
Total:130130
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Exam – written 70 %
Test – mid-term 30 %
Exam conditions
Seminar test:

Test – mid-term – 30 points (i.e. 30 %)

Final test: final test – 70 points (i.e. 70 %)

For successful completion of the course, the students are required to achieve at least 70 points both from seminar work and final test (together) under the conditions specified below. The maximum number of points for seminar work is 30 points (30 %). The maximum number of points for final test is 70 (70 %). The grading of the course is thus 0 - 70 points for the final test and 0 - 30 points for seminar work: 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
Full-time students are obliged to attend at least 70 % of the seminars. Information for students with an ISP (Individual Study Plan). If a student with an ISP is unable to attend the interim assessment of a course, he/she will complete the interim assessment at a time agreed with the teacher. A student with an Individual Study Plan is required to contact the instructor immediately upon approval of the ISP. If the student fails to do so, his/her ISP will not be considered. If students with an ISP have any questions, they may contact the course guarantor via email at strakova@mail.vstecb.cz.

Supplementary study material: e-learning Supporting modern trends in teaching with regard to Best practice - https://projectbestpractice.cz/cs/e-learning/

The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2021, summer 2022, SUMMER 2023.
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