MPH_EMCF Economics and Management of Czech Firms

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. Ondřej Částek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Michael Doležal (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Alena Klapalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Bc. Petr Suchánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Radoslav Škapa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Eva Štěpánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Petr Valouch, 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
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 126 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/126, only registered: 0/126, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/126
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 economy
  • 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. ISBN 155775831X. info
  • HABERMAS, Jürgen. The structural transformation of the public sphere : an inquiry into a category of Bourgeois society. 10th print. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1999, xix, 301. ISBN 0262581086. info
Assessment methods
The course has a form of a lecture and is concluded by the written test.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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