Course detail

Economics of a building company

FAST-7W7Acad. year: 2021/2022

Basic concepts of management. Position of a company under present economic-legal conditions. Types of enterprises. Tangible fixed assets of enterprise. Intangible assets of enterprise. Current liquid assets. Current assets. Kinds of enterprise activities. Business plan. Financial management of a company. Relations of enterprise to surroundings (municipality, bank). Enterprise and environment. Long-term, medium-term and operating planning in enterprise.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Department

Institute of Technology, Mechanisation and Construction Management (TST)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Basic economic knowledge. Knowledge of principles of the building production.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1/Basic terms of Commercial Code for the establishment and operation of construction companies, alternatives of obligation relations, parties in the construction, their rights and obligations.
2/Organization of construction companies with stress on economic department and its links.
3/Prognosis for the company development, long-time, medium and short time planning.
Problem sphere of the company economics, its financing, crediting and financial plan in the link to the construction production.
4/Financial and production plan of the construction company, manner of creation, sources.
5/Tax system, obligations of the company, levies into the funds, payments of credits.
6/Prices, price policy. Background documents, creation and inks to the production terms of in the company.
7/Calculation of prime costs, importance, principles, links.
8/Wage policy, creation of background documents and performance standards rationalisation of work, wage accounting
9/Material costs, their creation, monitoring and limiting, material accounting
10/Operational plan of construction production and its link to the accounting files.
11/Operationalmonitoring of costs, revenues and profit in the course of the contract realization.
12/Monitoring and evaluation of economic results of constructions, statistics, forming of technical economical criteria.
13/ Approval procedure in relation to subcontractors and in relation to the client, invoice and final accounting of the construction.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

·The subject deals with mechanical technology, tools and technology applied at finishing works in construction. It starts with machining and cutting of building materials, joining and assembly of piping, production and treatment of floors, treatment of masonry, joining and anchoring technology, wall painting and coating works and ends with maintenance of roofs and facades. Attention is given to occupational safety with small mechanisation. Diamond technology. Laser technology.

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

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Obchodní zákoník.
Zákon o živnostenském podnikání.
Zákoník práce.
Hájek, V. a kol.: Řízení stavební firmy. ČKAIT 1999
Harris, F., McCaffer, R.: Modern construction management. Oxford, Blacwel 1993

Recommended reading

Novotný: Podniková reforma.
Rozlivková, Macek: Kupní smlouva mezi podnikateli.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer