MPH_AMBE Management and Business Economics (Basics)

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Petr Smutný, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Petr Smutný, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Petr Smutný, Ph.D.
Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Bohdana Čechová
Supplier department: Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Thu 11:05–12:45 P403
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MPH_AMBE/01: Fri 10:15–11:50 P101, P. Smutný
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 64 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/64, only registered: 0/64
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is focused on management in business organizations as well as in non-business organizations.
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- explain the nature of an organization and the impact of organizational strategy and organizational culture on the organizational structure
- describe basic types of organizational structures
- apply the principles of organization on the creation of organizational structures
- explain the nature of planning and decision-making
- apply methods of decision analysis to solving decision-making problems
- explain the nature of influencing
- describe the principles of selected motivational theories and explain their relationship to the incentive instruments and motivational system
- explain the essence of leadership, motivation and communication
- describe the trends of management in the context of economic, social and political conditions of the twentieth century and further development on the threshold of twenty-first century
Syllabus
  • Introduction to Management
  • The Evolution of Management Thought
  • Organizational Culture and Environment
  • Decision Making
  • Planning
  • Organizing
  • Human Resource Management
  • Communication
  • Managing Groups and Teamwork
  • Motivation and Leadership
  • Controlling
  • Information Systems in Management
  • Managing Change and Innovation
  • Self-Management
  • Examination
Literature
    required literature
  • ROBBINS, Stephen P. and Mary K. COULTER. Management. 10th ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009, xiv, 565. ISBN 9780132090711. info
    recommended literature
  • HERSEY, Paul, Kenneth H. BLANCHARD and Dewey E. JOHNSON. Management of organizational behavior : utilizing human resources. 7th ed. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1996, xxv, 627. ISBN 0132441128. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and discussion, team project, presentation.
Assessment methods
Written exam.
Assessments of team projects and their presentation is also part of the final classification.

Requirements:
- to present the results of your work;
- to hand in a written paper.

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 annually.
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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Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
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