Course detail
Social Interaction, Rhetoric and Ethics of Business Enterprise
FP-IsrepPAcad. year: 2015/2016
The course addresses the problem of etiquette and business ethics, provides information and develops students’ skills in the area of communication in person or in a written form. Business ethics deals with a social and ethical attitude to business. Students will be able to use the tools of cultivation of business ethics. The course develops the communication skills of students and forms their business behavior. It brings the knowledge that enhance the competitiveness of the students in the labor market.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
They will master basic skills necessary for solving ethical dilemmas.
They will be able to participate in creation and application of tools intended for improving the business ethics in a company or institution.
Students will be able to speak in front of an audience and will be familiar with the rules of etiquette.
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Student has to demonstrate his/her ability to apply the theoretical knowledge in practice.
1. Fulfilling the assignment and submitting written reports of required content and form. 5 %
2. Presentation in required range. 5 %
3. Test in written form. 90 %
Course curriculum
Social responsibility of business
The tools of improving of Business ethics
Rhetoric for mangers
Technique of speech
Etiquette
Image of managers
On the exercises the topic of lectures are trained. The case studies are solved by team of students or individually by student.
Work placements
Aims
Case studies which are a part of exercises should help students to solve ethical dilemmas.
The knowledge of rhetoric and social interaction is the competitive advantage of the graduates in the labor market.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
PUTNOVÁ,A.: Sociální odpovědnost a etika podnikání. Skriptum pro KS FP VUT v Brne, str.57. 2004, ISBN 8021417841 (CS)
Recommended reading
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Syllabus
Social responsibility of business
The tools of improving of Business ethics
Rhetoric for mangers
Technique of speech
Etiquette
Image for mangers
Exercise
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