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FP-Kme1PAcad. year: 2025/2026
The course focuses on the interconnection of individual knowledge and skills, acts as an integrating element connecting particular areas of business economics. Students will acquire a methodological approach to the study of business processes. The next part is to clarify the specifics of individual business sciences, emphasizing practical applicability in solving complex numerical managerial problems.
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Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Credit conditions:During the semester, the student must obtain at least 50% of the maximum possible points, ie, 20 points out of 40.Suppose illegal cooperation in written tests is discovered. In that case, the credit will not be awarded the possibility of considering disciplinary proceedings initiation.Points can be obtained for two tests, which will occur in the middle and at the end of the semester. The following applies to both tests:Tests are written answers that can be the choice of one correct of several possible, verbal solutions or combinations thereof and computational examples. The correction period is possible only for severe reasons for non-participation (typically medical reasons - it is necessary to document).Half semester test - maximum 20 points.Semester test - maximum 20 points.In the case of online teaching, the tests will take place through e-learning.Test conditions:The final exam is written; it consists of open questions and numerous examples from the discussed issues. The maximum number of points achieved is 60. To successfully pass the exam is necessary to prepare the written part of the exam to evaluate at least 20 points.The final classification scale is given by the sum of points for credit and points from the exam. The rating is as follows:A: 90 - 100 b.B: 80 - 89 b.C: 70 - 79 b.D: 60 - 69 b.E: 50 - 59 b.F: less than 50 b.In the case of online teaching, the exam will take place through e-learning.The conditions are identical to ISP. The date of individual tests and examinations is agreed individually according to the requirements approved by the ISP.Attendance at seminars and lectures is voluntary.
Aims
The course aims to provide a comprehensive explanation of business management's general problems, regardless of its affiliation to a particular field or industry.The global goal is to summarize comprehensive knowledge and skills, emphasizing the context and links in business and management economics. Students will learn a methodological approach to the study of business processes and, at the same time, clarify the specifics of individual business sciences, which are the content of the area.The student will know at an advanced level the formulation of methodological procedures for solving general managerial problems. Based on the input conditions, he will be able to apply a suitable method. He will be able to evaluate and explain the results critically.
Study aids
Study support is provided by course materials - lecture slides, assignments, and solutions to practice examples, quiz questions, and case studies in the IS BUT.
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Classification of course in study plans
specialization BAK-EAM-EP , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
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Syllabus
1. Introduction to the subject, managerial economics as a theoretical science, scientific methods used in the subject, historical development of the approach to managerial economics, and comparison of European and Anglo-Saxon concepts of managerial economics.
2. Formation of business economic models, comparison of deterministic and stochastic approaches, game theory, principles of the Schmalenbach and Nicklisch model of the firm, comparison with the neoclassical approach, barriers to practical application.
3. Form of business as a decision problem, theoretical aspects for optimal size of business, the concept of transaction costs, the concept of transaction cost optimization by Coase and Williamson, model of business formation under Bay.
4. Economic problems of mergers, quantification of input factors of the enterprise model, comparison between qualitative and quantitative merger models, economic efficiency of cooperation, concentration, reasons for cartel formation, reasons for tacit collusion and its effects on the objectives of the enterprise.
5. Objectives and Enterprise Development - Criteria for setting goals, Methods of resolving conflicts between objectives, Methods, and forecasting tools, Concept of export and ex-ante models, Building a model on fundamental enterprise indicators.
6. Objectives and business development - Business life cycle, estimation of the development of the life of the enterprise based on market prediction, the effect of innovation factors and their economic quantification, and reasons for innovation in terms of the impact of market structures.
7. Non-standard models of investment planning and decision making - correction method, sensitivity analysis, use of sensitivity analysis limits for optimal time of use, use of simulation principles for NPV model
8. Dean model, simultaneous investment planning, use of decision trees, theoretical aspects and disadvantages of using Monte Carlo method, practical use of Monte Carlo simulation.
9. Risk in decision making, theoretical model of decision making under risk, concept of removing subjectivity, use of statistical tools.
10. Expected value as a starting tool for risk assessment, defining a "suitable" bet and insurance, certainty equivalent, using decision trees to describe more complex decision models under risk.
11. Fixed asset management, Renewal and replacement models, the classical concept of the "bathtub curve," approaches to individual and group Renewal of units and Renewal of repairable and non-repairable units.
12. Energy management models, economic reasons for the use of RES, the concept of RES investments in terms of classical and non-traditional evaluation models, Energy management.
13. A comprehensive concept of decision-making models, a combination of stochastic and deterministic procedures, application of multi-criteria decision-making and Monte Carlo simulations to investment, pricing, and corporate strategy issues.
Exercise
Exercise 1 - Organisation of teaching. Requirements for credit. Initial test of knowledge of the subjectExercise 2 - Enterprise development processes, life cycle forecasts, forecasting models.Exercise 3 - Economic models of the enterprise. Selection of initial models, mathematical al model design, approaches to solve union, translation of solution into economic reality—half-semester test.Exercise 4 - Investment projects. Stochastic methods, uncertainty prediction, sensitivity analysis for investment projects. Exercise 5 - Simulations in investment planning, distribution choices in Monte Carlo simulations, and Monte Carlo applications in MS Excel.Exercise 6 - Dynamic models for unit renewal and replacement, equipment reliability, and comparison of energy management efficiencies between spot forward markets.Exercise 7 - Semester test.
Learning outcomes:
The student will gain an overview of the practical use of general management procedures to solve decision-making tasks in the most frequently solved management problems. The emphasis is placed on connecting individual methods and their effective combination.
Professional competencies:
The student can define the correct theoretical solution procedures for a specific practical problem, use them in reality, and ultimately decide on their implementation or rejection. They are aware of the particular limitations of these methods and can eliminate them.
Professional skills:
Professional skills are the ability to solve management tasks of various types; another skill is the ability to combine different approaches and methods to the solution, which ensures a comprehensive concept from the point of view of possible solution options.
Individual preparation for an ending of the course
Self-study