Course detail
Managerial Techniques
FAST-CV72Acad. year: 2014/2015
Group and team work in sequential teams are typical for industry branch as Building Engineering.
This Course deals with extensional leading and managing operations of workgroups in building engineering and follows progress and dynamics of the teamwork. Main aim of this course is to gain company manager knowledge and experience managing techniques, leading of working teams, communication and individual development. Ability to manage leading position in construction company.
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Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Basic leading techniques and skills, meaning of theory of management and leading of people, prognostication, basic notions and literature.
Motivating and methods of planning, training, fundamentals of efficient speech.
Decision making, evaluation and control, organization, trust and delegation.
Teamwork, roles, processes in group life time, interdependent needs in leading the team.
Support for synergy, creativity and innovation in working teams.
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Knowledge of theory is proved in written test and the application by oral exam.
Written exam - series of question oriented in general knowledge and their application. Limits for each grade of evaluation will be set. The limit for oral exam approval is 50%.
Oral exam is the supplement to written exam. The objective of oral exam is to prove deeper understanding of the issue.
Course curriculum
2. Management according to aims. Motivating and methods of positive stimulation, pyramid of needs, consideration and appreciation, interestingness of work, responsibility and dependence, theory X and Y, the two factors theory – motivational hygienic.
3. Planning (methods, how to reach to aim, finding of alternatives, rate of participation, building-up creativity, generating instruments of ideas). Defining of tasks, identification of aims and objectives, distribution of general objectives to particular ones.
4. Training and its functions, fundamentals of efficient speech. Communication and coaching of organization and individuals. Control and management, meeting managing, managing in organizations, methods of control, management systems.
5. Decision, evaluation of results, considering consequences, deciding and evaluating of team efficiency, evaluating and training of individuals, questioning, people selecting and reporting, self-valuation.
6. Organisation, organizing of groups and sub groups, leading of leaders, organisation of organisation and their survey, factors of work groups size, organisation structure, dependence and delegation. Self-example leading and team management, self-organisation, deciding in managerial work.
7. Characteristics of working groups. Individuals, work teams, organisations and communities. Group participation, communication and solidarity, atmosphere, standards, structure and organisation.
8. Basic parts and functions in groups. Characteristics of roles, their types, conflicts of roles and role of leading worker. Mutual needs in group lifetime, their basic demonstrations. Needs and function of leading and its basic categories (instigation, regulation, information, assistance, evaluation, etc.).
9. Processes in group life time (formation, agitation, standardization = solidarity building). Team rules and procedures (deciding, reactions to authority, conflict and getaway, defensive mechanisms). Teams in teams, relation management between teams.
10. Teams and team work, sequential teams in building industry, establishment and up keeping of high duty teams. Leading styles, leader and his basic liabilities. Actual questions of leading and management.
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Hrabincová D., Linkeschová D.: Právo a management ve stavebnictví. 91 s.. CERM Brno, 2005. (CS)
Linkeschová, D.: Educating Leading Managing. Konvoj, 2003. ISBN 80-7202-052-1. (EN)
Linkeschová, D.: K otázkám managementu ve stavebnictví. CERM Brno, 2005. ISBN 80-7204-396-X. (CS)
Šuleř, 0.: Manažerské techniky I - III. Rubico Olomouc, 2003. ISBN 80-85839-89-X. (CS)
Recommended reading
Covey, S.R.: Vedení založené na principech. Management Press, Praha, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7261-202-4. (CS)
Koubek: Řízení lidských zdrojů. Management Press, Praha, 2000. ISBN 80-85943-51-4. (CS)
Veber,J.a kol.: Management. Management Press, Praha, 2004. ISBN 978-80-7261-200-0. (CS)
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2. Management according to aims. Motivating and methods of positive stimulation, pyramid of needs, consideration and appreciation, interestingness of work, responsibility and dependence, theory X and Y, the two factors theory – motivational hygienic.
3. Planning (methods, how to reach to aim, finding of alternatives, rate of participation, building-up creativity, generating instruments of ideas). Defining of tasks, identification of aims and objectives, distribution of general objectives to particular ones.
4. Training and its functions, fundamentals of efficient speech. Communication and coaching of organization and individuals. Control and management, meeting managing, managing in organizations, methods of control, management systems.
5. Decision, evaluation of results, considering consequences, deciding and evaluating of team efficiency, evaluating and training of individuals, questioning, people selecting and reporting, self-valuation.
6. Organisation, organizing of groups and sub groups, leading of leaders, organisation of organisation and their survey, factors of work groups size, organisation structure, dependence and delegation. Self-example leading and team management, self-organisation, deciding in managerial work.
7. Characteristics of working groups. Individuals, work teams, organisations and communities. Group participation, communication and solidarity, atmosphere, standards, structure and organisation.
8. Basic parts and functions in groups. Characteristics of roles, their types, conflicts of roles and role of leading worker. Mutual needs in group lifetime, their basic demonstrations. Needs and function of leading and its basic categories (instigation, regulation, information, assistance, evaluation, etc.).
9. Processes in group life time (formation, agitation, standardization = solidarity building). Team rules and procedures (deciding, reactions to authority, conflict and getaway, defensive mechanisms). Teams in teams, relation management between teams.
10. Teams and team work, sequential teams in building industry, establishment and up keeping of high duty teams. Leading styles, leader and his basic liabilities. Actual questions of leading and management.
Exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2.-13. The content of singles exercises is the work of everybody on his/her own project, sequential realization and presentation and the feedback from the participants and the teacher.
14. The handover of the closing reports and the credits.