115-0358/04 – Career Development (RK)
| Gurantor department | Department of Management | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Terezie Krestová, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Terezie Krestová, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
1. Define careers and identify the factors that influence them, as well as the different types of careers available.
2. From both a personal and organizational perspective, explain career management and its importance.
3. Discuss various individual career management strategies and career assessment methods that can aid in personal and professional development.
4. Discuss current trends in career management, such as the importance of lifelong learning, improving the quality of working life, promoting employee well-being, and addressing age management issues.
5. To better prepare students for entering the job market, provide guidance and support in areas such as career exploration, job search strategies, and professional networking.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Summary
The objective of this course is to shed light on the evolving nature of career challenges and to examine current and conventional methods of career development. It delves into both individual and organizational perspectives on career planning and management. The course also covers novel topics like diversity in gender and culture, as well as contemporary themes like lifelong learning, work-life balance, and wellbeing. By the end of the course, students will be equipped with the skills necessary to manage their career and personal development, including job searching. The course also examines various career assessment criteria and the root causes of career difficulties, while emphasizing the importance of a strategic approach to career development.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
credit - completing individual activities from seminars
exam - written
E-learning
Other requirements
Basic knowledge of management.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Career and the factors that influence it
2. Career development from a historical perspective (traditional approaches in industrialism and post-industrialism)
3. New concepts of career management
4. Career types and models of careers
5. Career management from a personal and organisational perspective
6. Individual career management strategies
7. Individual career planning, self-assessment, sub-goals
8. Application of SWOT analysis and personal canvas methods in career planning
9. Methods of career assessment
10. Differences in career approaches (men and women, generational differences, etc.) and in different cultures
11. Current trends in the labour market
12. Continuous professional development, long-life learning, identifying career challenges
13. Current topics in QWL, WB, age management, etc.
14. Entering the labour market (documents, methods, options, interviews, specifics)
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction