BPH_BAS2 Bachelor Thesis Seminar 2

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Mgr. Jakub Procházka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Bc. Petr Suchánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Bc. Alena Šafrová Drášilová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Alena Klapalová, 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
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BPH_BAS1 Bachelor Thesis Seminar 1
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is a) to teach students to solve professional and research problems in the fields of business, management or business informatics using scholary publications and primary and secondary data; b) to teach students to think critically about existing scientific knowledge and data obtained using various research methods. In the short term, the course helps students write a quality bachelor thesis. From a long-term perspective, it prepares them to work with new knowledge in the field and to solve new problems in various positions in companies or in research.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to:
- write a comprehensive professional text;
- reflect the strengths and reserves of the own professional text;
- propose and justify a solution to a managerial or research problem;
- present and defend the results of their own professional work;
- evaluate the costs and economic benefits of proposed solutions; - interpret primary or secondary data with respect to scientific theories and the real situation in the enterprise(s); - follow the rules of research and publication ethics.
Syllabus
  • Individual consultation with the supervisor during the semester. The output is a finalized bachelor thesis.
Literature
    required literature
  • Fakultní pravidla pro závěrečné práce: https://www.econ.muni.cz/studenti/statni-zaverecne-zkousky
  • Katedrová pravidla pro závěrečné práce: https://www.econ.muni.cz/o-nas/organizacni-struktura/562000-katpodnikoveho-hospodarstvi/szz-na-kph
  • SAUNDERS, Mark, Philip LEWIS and Adrian THORNHILL. Research methods for business students. Eight edition. Harlow: Pearson, 2019, xxxiii, 83. ISBN 9781292208787. info
Teaching methods
Reading, consultations, learning by doing (writing the thesis), feedback
Assessment methods
Students pass the course if they submit the final thesis in the following form and follow the deadlines agreed with the supervisor:
- the thesis fulfills the assigned objective,
- the method is well reasoned,
- the procedure is clearly described and justified,
- the text is coherent and comprehensive,
- the text meets language, typographical and formal standards,
- the text complies with the ISO 690 citation standard and connot be considered plagiatorism,
- the length of the text meets the faculty standards and internal norms.

The students will not pass the course in the case of submission of a thesis that does not meet several of the above mentioned points or does not significantly meet at least one of them.

Unless otherwise agreed with the supervisor, the students are obliged to consult their thesis and submit the full-text for final consultation no later than 4 weeks before the deadline (if they want to defend the thesis in the same semester) or 4 weeks before the end of the exam period (if they don't want to defend the thesis in the same semester). If the students fail to comply with the deadline, the supervisor does not have enough time to assess the quality of their work and does not have to award ECTS.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Note related to how often the course is taught: Výuka probíhá pouze formou konzultací s vedoucí/m práce.
Teacher's information
Current standards for theses and their evaluation are listed on the department's website: https://www.econ.muni.cz/o-nas/organizacni-struktura/562000-katpodnikoveho-hospodarstvi/szz-na-kph
The studnet should follow the described structure of the thesis. The text of the thesis should fulfill all points of the check-list published on the department's website.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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