PHNOPI_M Corporate Economics I

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Jiří Novotný, CSc. (lecturer)
Ing. Petr Mikuš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Jiří Novotný, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Bc. Petr Suchánek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Viliam Záthurecký, MBA, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Jiří Novotný, CSc.
Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Vlasta Radová
Timetable
Tue 12:50–14:30 P101
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Předmět je určen pro 2. ročník prezenčního studia studentů Fakulty sportovních studií - oboru Tělesná výchova a sport - směru Management sportu.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Corporate Economics I (PHNOPI) The main aim of the course is an introduction to the field of business economics, giving the basic knowledge of a company, production factors and their mutual relations. It is a follow-up to the course of Microeconomics. The content of the course covers general issues of business economics regardless of a company's affiliation to a concrete sector or industry. It acquaints students with such categories as enterprise and business economics. It clarifies the basic notions of business economics, such as corporate factors of production, legal forms of enterprise, associations of businesses and the selection of a business location. Special attention within the framework of lectures on the factors of production is paid to human performance and its influencing and remuneration. The nature of production process is also clarified. Problems connected with the acquisition of production factors and their deployment in the production process are explained with the use of production functions. The knowledge gained here is enhanced in an immediately follow-up course Corporate Economics II. Credit requirements: active participation in seminars, elaboration of an assigned seminar papers and success at tests. Examination: written and oral (the mark includes the results of activities in seminars).
Syllabus
  • 1) Corporate production factors and company management as a production factor

  • 2) System of corporate goals, tools and management principles

  • 3) Planning nad decission making in corporation

  • 4) Organisation of a corporation

  • 5) Human labor performance and influencing factors

  • 6) Remuneration

  • 7) long-term tangible assets and material as production factors

  • 8) Legal form of corporations

  • 9) Association of enterprises

  • 10) Sole traders and small and middle-sized businesses

  • 11) Selection of corporate location

  • 12) Recapitalization and shutdown of a corporation

Literature
  • WÖHE, Günter and Eva KISLINGEROVÁ. Úvod do podnikového hospodářství. Translated by Zuzana Maňasová. 2. přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2007, xxix, 928. ISBN 9788071798972. info
  • NOVOTNÝ, Jiří. Nauka o podniku- výstavba podniku. 1st ed. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, s.r.o., 2007, 213 pp. ISBN 978-80-7380-071-0. info
  • SYNEK, Miloslav. Podniková ekonomika. Vyd. 1. Praha: C.H. Beck, 1999, xxii, 456. ISBN 8071792284. info
  • NOVOTNÝ, Jiří and Petr SUCHÁNEK. Nauka o podniku I (The Business Economics I). 1st ed. Brno: MU ESF Brno, 2004, 164 pp. 1. ISBN 80-210-3333-9. info
Assessment methods
Conditions for successful completion of the course: passing the final examination test.

Exam: one-choice test, 20 questions. Limit for successful completion is 60% of total points
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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