Course detail

Managerial Techniques

FAST-CV076Acad. year: 2018/2019

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.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Structural Economics and Management (EKR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Techniques and abilities in the managerial work in building engineering company from the point of view of leadership and human resources management.
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

Knowledge of basic principles and relations in management and basic managerial habits.
Orientation in organization of construction firm. The ability to understand, speak and writte by given language.

Co-requisites

The own presentation and also leadership and management of the group.
Creation of the project from the purpose to the closing report.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit, lessons, exercises, presentations, projects, feedback and of the closing report. They are specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.
The course is taught through lectures, practical classes and self-study assignments. Attendance at lectures is optional, but attendance at classes is compulsory.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Active participation in exercises and the quality of teamwork is evaluated.
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

1. Basic leading techniques and skills, meaning of theory of management and leading of people, prognostication, basic notions and literature.
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, 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 (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.
11. Leading types and styles, coaching and leader's liabilities.
12. How to support synergy, creativity a inovation in working teams.
13. Current questions of leading and management.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Improving ability to manage the manager work in building engineering company from the point of view of leading and human resources management.

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

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

The big advantage (not an obligation) is an exeperience with the real work of the people, in the construction company, organization and leading of any project, activity, group, children and young people etc.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-P-C-SI (N) Master's

    branch N , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme N-K-C-SI (N) Master's

    branch N , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Basic leading techniques and skills, meaning of theory of management and leading of people, prognostication, basic notions and literature.
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, 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 (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.
11. Leading types and styles, coaching and leader's liabilities.
12. How to support synergy, creativity a inovation in working teams.
13. Current questions of leading and management.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. The Introduction to the exercises, the criterions for the presentations and the system of the group work for future construction engineers.
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.