BPH_BMCR Business Management in the Czech Republic

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Ondřej Částek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Michael Doležal (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Bc. Petr Suchánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Eva Štěpánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Eva Švandová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Petr Valouch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Bc. Sylva Žáková Talpová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Bc. Petr Suchánek, Ph.D.
Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Vlasta Radová
Supplier department: Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Mon 12:50–14:30 P106
Prerequisites
General knowledge in business administration on bachelor's level.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The subject consists of several lectures, each of them analyzing particular segment of Czech business environment. At the end of this course, students should understand the general trends of development of Czech firms in course of transformation the state-planning economy to the market economy in context of political and social changes. The second aim is to provide the students with current view on Czech business environment. The specific of this course is the micro-economic and branch-level point of view.
Syllabus
  • 1 Economic transition of corporate sector: from central planned to market ekonomy
  • 2 Consumer’s Rights In The Czech Republic
  • 3 The Czech National Quality Program
  • 4 Czech Retail and its development
  • 5 Advertising in the Czech Republic
  • 6 Mobile commerce in the Czech Republic
  • 7 Environmental Management
  • 8 The Czech accounting system and its relationship with IAS (IFRS)
  • 9 Strategic partnerships
  • 10 Innovation management
  • 11 Multistage decision-making
  • 12 The Development of FDI in the Czech Republic
Literature
  • SUCHÁNEK, Petr, Radoslav ŠKAPA, Ondřej ČÁSTEK, Michael DOLEŽAL, Eva ŠVANDOVÁ, Alena KLAPALOVÁ, Lenka JATERKOVÁ, Petr VALOUCH and Eva ŠTĚPÁNKOVÁ. Business Management in the Czech Republic. 2nd ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, 133 pp. Skripta ESF MU, 2. ISBN 978-80-210-4662-7. info
  • HAVRYLYSHYN, Oleh and Donal MCGETTIGAN. Privatization in transition countries : lessons of the first decade. Washington: International Monetary Fund, 1999, iii, 16 s. ISBN 1-55775-831-X. info
  • HABERMAS, Jürgen. The structural transformation of the public sphere : an inquiry into a category of bourgeois society. Translated by Thomas Burger. 1st ed. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1991, xix, 300. ISBN 0262581086. info
Teaching methods
Education proceeds as lectures, that are teoretical preparing of students in the framework of discussed issues (according syllabus) with accent of Czech Republic specificity.
Assessment methods
The course has a form of a lecture and is concluded by the written test.
Any copying, keeping a record of tests or carrying the tests out, using forbidden aids including any communication devices or any other breach of objectivity of the exam is regarded as a failure to meet the obligations of the subject and as a serious breach of study regulations. As a consequence, the teacher grades the student with "F" and the dean is allowed to initiate a disciplinary action, which might lead to the termination of the studies.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015.
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