115-0377/05 – Individual Career Development (IRK)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of ManagementCredits4
Subject guarantordoc. PhDr. Iva Kirovová, Ph.D.Subject version guarantordoc. PhDr. Iva Kirovová, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementChoice-compulsory
Year1Semestersummer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2013/2014Year of cancellation2013/2014
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesFollow-up Master
Instruction secured by
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KIR30 doc. PhDr. Iva Kirovová, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 1+1

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

1.To explain career changes in a global changing context. 2.To compare traditional and contemporary approaches to a career. 3.To explicate and analyze fundamental principles of individual career planning and management. 4.To explicate and analyze an issue of career assessment. 5.To explain causes of career problems. 6.To give reasons for the need of a strategic approach to a career. 7.To prepare students for a job search.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Seminars

Summary

The aim of the course is to focus on explanation the importance of a career in one's overall well-being. The course facilitates and enhances the development of skills needed for individual career planning and management. Main factors influencing individual career are explained, career context is analyzed. The course prepares students for a job search (CV, motivation letters and so forth). During the course students are acquainted with labor market requirements, with organizations’ requirements for graduates, and with the issue of type positions. Following topics are also analyzed: self-assessment issue, individual SWOT analysis, individual portfolio, career problems, and career assessment. An issue of career structure is included too. Attention is given to career choices.

Compulsory literature:

GREENHAUS, Jeffrey H., Gerard A. CALLANAN a Veronica M. GODSCHALK. Career Management. 4th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4129-7826-2. MIEDANER, Talane. Coach Yourself to a New Career. London: McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-170309-3. PEDLER, Mike, John BURGYONE a Tom BOYDELL. Manager´s Guide to Self-development. 5th ed. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill, 2007. ISBN 978-0077114701.

Recommended literature:

ARMSTRONG, Michael. Armstrong´s Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice. 11th ed. London: Kogan Page, 2009. ISBN 978 0 7494 52421. GUNZ, Hugh and Maury PEIPERL. Handbook of Career Studies.Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2007. ISBN 978-0-7619-3039-6. HARRINGTON, Brad and Douglas T. HALL. Career Management & Work-Life Integration: Using Self-Assessment to Navigate Contemporary Careers.London: Sage Publications, 2007. ISBN 978-1-4129-3745-0.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

Individual preparation for seminars is required including having read recommended information sources, organizing one´s thoughts on relevant concepts and question preparation for further exploration and discussion.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

-Career development, main factors influencing a career -Career choices; career stages -Individual career planning -Individual career management strategies -Conducting a job search -CV, cover and broadcast letters -Selection process and methods, preparation -Successful career-criteria, career problems, strategic approaches

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2013/2014 Winter semester, validity until: 2013/2014 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Exercises evaluation and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Exercises evaluation Credit 36  19
        Examination Examination 64  32 3
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2013/2014 (N6208) Economics and Management (6208T020) Business Economics P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan
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2013/2014 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T040) Regional Development (00) Regional Development P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (N6208) Economics and Management (6208T020) Business Economics (00) Business Economics P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan

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