Course detail
Management of Change
FP-EmchPAcad. year: 2018/2019
a) Successful company, successful manager (qualities, knowledge).
b) McKinsey and the 7S approach. An analysis of the individual factors of the 7S approach in Me Kinsey.
c) Development of the company success evaluation models - the EFQM model and its practical applications in Czech and foreign companies.
d) Major approaches to management, decision-making (operative, tactical, strategic).
e) Poorly structured problems, decision-supporting systems, expert systems.
f) Substance of change, essentials of Lewin's model.
g) Change implementation methodology.
h) The learning organization concept.
i) Software tools for firm's decision making process.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
b) Identify appropriate supporting methods of decision making.
c) Correctly select and apply in practice the earlier studied models of controlled change in a company.
d) Evaluate the decision-making systems currently used within his/her organization.
e) Critically analyse conflicts in a company in connection with the implementation of controlled changes in a company
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Course curriculum
b) McKinsey and the 7S approach. An analysis of the individual factors of the 7S approach in Me Kinsey.
c) Development of the company success evaluation models - the EFQM model and its practical applications in Czech and foreign companies.
d) Major approaches to management, decision-making (operative, tactical, strategic).
e) Poorly structured problems, decision-supporting systems, expert systems.
f) Substance of change, essentials of Lewin's model.
g) Change implementation methodology.
h) The learning organization concept.
i) Software tools for firm's decision making process.
Work placements
Aims
b) To critically evaluate and apply appropriate strategic modules and techniques which may be relevant in implementing changes (both strategic and operative) within the organization.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Dostal, P., Rais, K. : Methods of Large Investment Unit Modelling. Transformation of CEE Economies to EU Standards. Conference Proceedings. University of Trento. November 2001. Pp. 5 3-57.
Fotr, J. : Podnikatelsky plan a investicni rozhodovani. GRADA Publishing. Praha 1999.
Johnson, G. and Scholes, K., 2002. Exploring corporate strategy: text and cases, 6th ed. London: FT Prentice Hall.
Kaplan, R.S., Norton, D. P. : Balanced Scorecard. Strategicky system mefeni vykonnosti podniku. Management Press, Praha 2001. Str. 267.
Rais.K., Smejkal.V.: Rizeni rizik. Grada Publishing.,a.s. Praha 2003. Str. 270.
Vodacek,L., Vodackova,O. : Management .Teorie a praxe pro 90. leta. Management Press, Praha 1996.
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b) McKinsey and the 7S approach. An analysis of the individual factors of the 7S approach in Me Kinsey.
c) Development of the company success evaluation models - the EFQM model and its practical applications in Czech and foreign companies.
d) Major approaches to management, decision-making (operative, tactical, strategic).
e) Poorly structured problems, decision-supporting systems, expert systems.
f) Substance of change, essentials of Lewin's model.
g) Change implementation methodology.
h) The learning organization concept.
i) Software tools for firm's decision making process.