Course detail

Company Management II

FSI-HP2Acad. year: 2011/2012

The course is intended to students knowledges from the area of company management. It means technical and managerial approaches used by the company management for successful development of companies. Also dealt with are the following topics.Business negotiation. Incorporation and building of the company. Organisation of a working day.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The main objective of the course is to provide students with theoretical knowledge and methodology regarding fundamentals of management, basic terminology, content, structure and practical application. Studens will acguire knowledge and skills necessary for proposing suitable approaches to solution of managerial tasks on corporate level. The course is a follow up of the course Corporate Management I

Prerequisites

Knowledge acguired in the course Corporate Management I.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Conditions for awarding the course-unit credit:
1. Active participation in the exercises and in presentations followed by discussion over seminar work
2. Successful completion of a credit test
3. Successful elaboration of semester work in preset deadline.

Total number of points is 100; the minimal number of points reguired for awarding the course-unit credit is 70.

Students have an opportunity to acquire points for:
- individual semester work
- team semester project
- elaboration of tasks related to the studies
- elaboration of partial tasks
- control test

Students will be penalized by negative points for:
- late submission of an individual semester project (i.e. within 6th and 10th week of the semester)
- late submission of a team project – after 5th week of the semester
- late delivery of individual or team project (after 10th week of the semester)
- late delivery of resit – supplementary individual project – term is set by the seminar teacher.

If the student does not achieve sufficient number of points, he/she is given 3 following supplementary – resit means to be awarded the course-unit credit acquirement:
- up to three supplementary – resit tests
- supplementary – resit individual project
- supplementary – resit team project
Note: these ways of resit can be accepted only if the student have already tried to acquire points at least in one individual semester project!

Conditions for passing an exam: Knowledge of taught topics and its practical application.
Form of examination: Oral – presentation of acquired knowledge and own opinions expressed in the seminar work, knowledge of taught topics, knowledge of textbooks and recommended literature. Three students examined at the same time. The course-unit credit awarding is a necessary condition for passing an exam.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Students will have a clear idea of modern approach to and application of management including development connections and possibilities of stimulation of employees, control, comparison and use of successful management in world, objectification and managerial procedures
Main aim of the couirse is to familiarise students with the theoretic foundations and methodology of basic management, fundamental terms, content, structure and practical application. Studens will acguire knowledge and skills necessary for proposing, suitable, approaches to solution of management problems, especially at the level of companies.The content of the course is a follow-up to Corporate Management I

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Active participation in seminars regarding presented topics, participation in discussion, quality
Presentation of a semester work on given topic, knowledge test.

Attendance in lessons and exercises 13x 4 hours 52 hours
Continuous preparation for seminars (individual study of literature)
Case study solution
Semester work elaboration
Preparation for final exam
Final exam and discussion over semester work
In case of excused absence from seminars, the teacher can set additional condition if appropriate, usually elaboration of partial written task.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

WEIHRICH H., KOONTZ H. Management. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1993. 659 s. ISBN 80-85605-45-7

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme M2I-P Master's

    branch M-STM , 2. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Topics of lectures are the following:
Organising – holding organisation
Merges of companies
Trends of development
Motivation and stimulation
Control
Modern approaches to management
Modern approaches to management – practical experience
Struggle for perfection
Japanese management system
Economic competition
Management of L.Iacocca, P.Drucker
Decision-making process
Business Plan
The seminars are focused on practising the lectured topics and elaboration of case studies (both individually and in teams).

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

The seminars are focused on practising the lectured topics and elaboration of case studies (both individually and in teams).