Course detail

Labour Engineering (E)

FAST-MV51Acad. year: 2021/2022

Work. Information about work. Work in the productive process. Classifications in the civil engineering. The study of work. Work sciences. Working engineering. Management and its historical development. Working system. Organisation of work in the space and in the time. Measuring of work. Standardisation of human work. Standardisation of machines works. Standardisation of material, energy and fuel consumption. Remuneration. Wage theory. Wage functions. Wage categories. Wage forms. System of wages. Work evaluation. Wage accounting. Indexes for wages and work. Working hour’s fund. Productivity of work. Work legislation. Ergonomic. Working load and strain. Working surroundings. Working conditions. Work intensity. Working motivation theory. Categorisation of work. Health protection. Safety at work. Working medicine.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Alena Tichá, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Structural Economics and Management (EKR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of construction technology and labour problems. Knowledge of fundamental construction firm economy with respect to production. Knowledge of production factors and working system with respect to labour, machinery, equipment and material in civil engineering.

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. Introduction. Basic terminology. Labour sciences.
2. Information. Statistic classifications.
3. Labour. Study of labour. Organisation of labour.
4. Measurement of labour. Standardisation of labour.
5. Standards of materials. Standards of machines.
6. Remuneration. Theory of wage.
7. Remuneration. Labour law.
8. Wage and salary. Labour law.
9. Evidence of wages and alaries. Wages accounting.
10.Ergonomics. Work environment.
11.Labour protection. Occupational hygiene.
12.Labour protection in civil engineering.
13.Employment. State social support.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To get knowledge about labour engineering and economy of work in civil engineering, espe-cially knowledge and basic skills of work, material, machines and equipment standardization and of remuneration and wages with respect to construction industry. To acquire practical experience at case study processing about standardization and remuneration in concrete con-struction firm. To acquire skills about practical use of statistical classification and coding for further work with information in civil engineering.

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

TICHÁ, Alena., KOCOURKOVÁ, Gabriela: Ekonomika práce ve stavebnictví - cvičení. VUT Brno, 2002. ISBN 80-214-2194-0. (CS)
KADLČÁKOVÁ, Anna.: Pracovní inženýrství. ČVUT, Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-01-00968-8. (CS)

Recommended reading

HACKNEY, J.,W.: Control and management of capital projects. New York, 1992. (EN)
MILLS, D,.Q.: Labour - Management Relations. Mc Graw-Hill, Highstown, USA, 1994. ISBN 978-0070425125. (EN)
K\leibl, J., DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Z., HUTTLOVÁ, E.: Stimulace pracovníků a tvorba mzdových předpisů. VŠE, Praha, 1996. ISBN 80-7079-988-9. (CS)
HUTTLOVÁ, Eva: Organizace práce a pracovní podmínky. VŠE, Praha, 1998. ISBN 80-7079-068-7. (CS)
CHUNDELA, Lubor: Ergonomie. ČVUT Praha, 2001. ISBN 80-01-02301-X. (CS)
TOMŠÍ, Ivan: Mzdy a mzdové systémy. ASPI Wolters Kluwer, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7357-340. (CS)
ŠUBRT, Bořivoj a kolektiv: Inspekce práce a jiné kontroly u zaměstnavatelů. ANAG, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7263-526-9. (CS)
VYBÍHAL, V.: Mzdové účetnictví. Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-4110-7. (CS)
HUGHES, Phil, FERRETT, Ed: Introduction to International Health and Safety at Work. Routledge, 2012. ISBN 978-0-0809-6636-6. (EN)

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Alena Tichá, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction. Basic terminology. Labour sciences. 2. Information. Statistic classifications. 3. Labour. Study of labour. Organisation of labour. 4. Measurement of labour. Standardisation of labour. 5. Standards of materials. Standards of machines. 6. Remuneration. Theory of wage. 7. Remuneration. Labour law. 8. Wage and salary. Labour law. 9. Evidence of wages and alaries. Wages accounting. 10.Ergonomics. Work environment. 11.Labour protection. Occupational hygiene. 12.Labour protection in civil engineering. 13.Employment. State social support.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Alena Tichá, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction. Order of case study. 2. Classifications. 3. Standardisation of work. Research methods. 4. Standardisation of work. Calculation methods. 5. Standardisation of material consumption. 6. Standardisation of machines. 7. Wages and salaries. 8. Wages and salaries. 9. Wages and salaries. 10. Wages and salaries. 11. Presentation of case study. 12. Presentation of case study. 13. Credit test.