Course detail

Team and Company Development

FP-BBCDEAcad. year: 2022/2023

Course is focused on development and training of entrepreneurial and managerial skills and competencies. Students establish real team company and start their real projects. Developed areas cover team development, self-development, establishment and development of company, organizing, planning, control, identification of business opportunities, marketing, research and validation, project launching, financial aspects of business, basic principles of brand development.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Robert Zich, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Management (ÚM)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will learn legal, managerial, and entrepreneurial aspects, principles, techniques and methods for company foundation and development of company’s activities. Students will be able to use techniques of team communication and apply dialogue in learning and problem solving. Students will learn principles of realization of projects in real company. Students will gain knowledge and skills for development and management of team.

Prerequisites

The basic prerequisites for the course Business Competences Development are the fundamental knowledge of business areas at the level of higher education and skills in communication and teamwork. Customer experience gained in the market environment is also beneficial. This course is deeply bound with the subjects Marketing and Principles of Entrepreneurship.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Seminars are organized as team sessions and workshops. All activities are based on practical training, presentations, problem solving, dialogue and coaching. Self-study plays an important role – both in the form of teamwork and individual work.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Evaluation is based on continuous evaluation of outputs and evaluation of the final presentation and defense. Evaluation takes into consideration team work and individual performance.

Team work evaluation

  • Establishment and development of team company – 40% (up to 40 points)
  • Development of own projects – 40% (up to 40 points)
  • Participation in program development – 10% (up to 10 points)

Evaluation of individual work

  • Elaboration of individual project – 10% (up to 10 points)

The final evaluation is summarized in the meeting during exam period where students need to present their progress in the team company and in their projects. Specific requirements for the presentation will be posed in e-learning and discussed with team companies. Final mark covers all above mentioned areas and it is based on ECTS principles and points student gets in all areas.

Participation at the team sessions and other activities is compulsory, controlled and it is included in the final evaluation. Students can miss up to four team sessions per semester including exam period, except the final session focused on evaluation. Those four absences can be compensated by extra projects and tasks defined by lectures. If not compensated, the final score will be reduced for two points per each missed sessions.
ABSENCE EXCEEDING FOUR TEAM SESSIONS/ACTIVITIES means that student WILL NOT PASS the course.

Course curriculum

Sessions are organized on the base of the development of team, company and projects and they are focused on areas as following:

  • Company foundation – legal, managerial, and entrepreneurial view
  • Realization of company foundation project
  • Characteristics of team company
  • Setting of planning, control, and organizational systems
  • Individual and team roles
  • Presentation and communication of team company

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Objective of course is a foundation of functional company, creation of environment for team development and development of student project.

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

Participation at the team sessions and other activities is compulsory, controlled and it is included in the final evaluation. Students can miss up to four team sessions per semester including exam period, except the final session focused on evaluation. Those four absences can be compensated by extra projects and tasks defined by lectures. If not compensated, the final score will be reduced for two points per each missed sessions.
ABSENCE EXCEEDING FOUR TEAM SESSIONS/ACTIVITIES means that student WILL NOT PASS the course.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

EGWALI, Mayokun, Catherine. The Competent Entrepreneur: How to Hack Your Way to Competence Through Quality Training at Low Or No Cost. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017.

Recommended reading

DOEPFER, Benedict C. Co-Innovation competence: A strategic approach to entrepreneurship in regional innovation structures. Springer Science & Business Media, 2012.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK-E Bachelor's

    branch BAK-ESBD , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme BAK-ESBD Bachelor's, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

52 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Robert Zich, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Sessions are organized on the base of the development of team, company and projects and they are focused on areas as following:

  • Company foundation – legal, managerial, and entrepreneurial view
  • Realization of company foundation project
  • Characteristics of team company
  • Setting of planning, control, and organizational systems
  • Individual and team roles
  • Presentation and communication of team company
  • Development of business projects in team company
  • Principles of team communication and dialogu