ESF:BPH_EKOR Corporate Economics - Course Information

BPH_EKOR Corporate Economics

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Jiří Novotný, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Bc. Petr Suchánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Michal Kozub (seminar tutor)
Ing. Petr Mikuš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Jiří Novotný, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ing. Milan Sedláček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Bc. Petr Suchánek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Petra Štamfestová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Viliam Záthurecký, MBA, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ing. Peter Marinič, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

doc. Ing. Bc. Petr Suchánek, Ph.D.
Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Vlasta Radová

Timetable

Tue 12:50–14:30 P101, Wed 9:20–11:00 P101

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

BPH_EKOR/01: Tue 7:40–9:15 P304, M. Sedláček
BPH_EKOR/02: Tue 11:05–12:45 P104, P. Suchánek
BPH_EKOR/03: Wed 10:15–11:50 S311, P. Mikuš
BPH_EKOR/04: Thu 14:35–16:15 S309, P. Štamfestová
BPH_EKOR/05: Wed 16:20–17:55 S309, J. Novotný
BPH_EKOR/06: Wed 14:35–16:15 S309, J. Novotný
BPH_EKOR/07: Wed 16:20–17:55 S308, P. Suchánek
BPH_EKOR/08: Tue 12:50–14:30 P303, P. Suchánek
BPH_EKOR/09: Thu 16:20–17:55 P403, P. Štamfestová
BPH_EKOR/10: No timetable has been entered into IS. P. Mikuš
BPH_EKOR/11: Mon 18:00–19:35 S401, M. Kozub
BPH_EKOR/12: Tue 9:20–11:00 P304, M. Sedláček
BPH_EKOR/13: Mon 7:40–9:15 P303, P. Suchánek
BPH_EKOR/14: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Novotný
BPH_EKOR/15: Mon 16:20–17:35 S311, P. Mikuš
BPH_EKOR/16: Tue 9:20–11:00 P312, J. Novotný
BPH_EKOR/17: Wed 16:20–17:55 P304, P. Mikuš
BPH_EKOR/18: Tue 18:00–19:35 S401, M. Kozub
BPH_EKOR/19: Tue 16:20–17:55 P403, P. Štamfestová
BPH_EKOR/20: Tue 18:00–19:30 P403, P. Štamfestová

Prerequisites

! PHNOPI Corporate Economics I
The course is intended for the second year full-time students of Faculty of Economics and Administration. The course is intended for the first year full-time students of Faculty of natural sciences, field of study - analytical chemist - chemical laboratory manager. The course is intended for the first grade full-time students of Faculty of natural sciences, field of study - physics and management. The course is designed for full-time students of the Faculty of Science - field of study - mathematics-economics.

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

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Course objectives

The course of Corporate economics is an introductory and relatively independent part of teaching fundamentals of business economics. Students get acquainted with the construction of a company. It clarifies the objectives of a company, classification of corporate production factors and their mutual relations. It focuses on general issues of corporate economics and economic events in the enterprise, regardless of the affiliation to a particular field or industry, and its profit or non-profit orientation. Along with the follow-up course of Corporate Economy II, where basic business functions and activities are taught, it provides a comprehensive view of a company. The main objective of the course is to obtain basic theoretical and practical knowledge of construction of a company.

At the end fo the course the student should be able to:
- clarify the subject matter and methods of analyzing and a segmentation in business economics
- interpret the structure of corporate production factors, their relationships and structure
- Identify different types and forms of companies
- Understand the causes and forms of business association
- Analyze development of a company and to describe individual stages of its life cycle

The knowledge gained in this course is further developed in the course of Corporate Economy 2, where topics such as business activities and functions are taught. Altogether, these two courses provide a comprehensive view of a company.

Syllabus

• 1) Organization as a part of national economy and the subject of corporate economy

• 2) Life cycle of organization

• 3) Legal forms of organizations

• 4) Sole traders and small and middle-sized organizations

• 5) Production factors in organization

• 6) System of organization goals, tools and management principles

• 7) Planning and decission-making in organization

• 8) Organisation and control of a organization

• 9) Remuneration and human labour performance

• 10) Long-term tangible assets and material as production factors of organization

• 11) Functions of organization

• 12) Business associations

• 13) Financial analysis of organization

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

Teaching methods

Education proceeds as lectures, that are teoretical preparing of students in the framework of discussed issues (according syllabus). This teoretical preparing is applied in tutorials, where students solve praktical examples (problems) from respective problem issues. Students learn to solve choice problems from organization practises and they gain practises skills too.

Assessment methods

Conditions of successful completion of the course: active participation in seminars, elaboration and presentation of an essay and successfully passed mid-term test.

Examination: one-choice test, 20 questions. 12 points (60%) is the minimum number of points for a pass.
If student commits a prohibited act, such as usage of various forbidden tools, cribbing, taking out any part of the exam or any other cheating, teacher is allowed to interrupt an exam and to grade a student with F, FF or FFF according to the seriousness of the offence

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět PHNOPI.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• BPH_UPEM Introduction to business economics and management
  !BPH_EKOR  

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