115-0400/01 – Management A (MANAG)
Gurantor department | Department of Management | Credits | 4 |
Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Petra Horváthová, Ph.D., MBA | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Petra Horváthová, Ph.D., MBA |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2007/2008 | Year of cancellation | 2012/2013 |
Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
1. To identify basic ideas, opinions, principles, conceptions and theories relating to
management area.
2. To describe classical and modern schools of management.
3. To clarify the principle and main atributes of present management.
4. To list and to explain basic managerial functions - planning, decision-making,
organizing, personnel management, leadership and motivation, control.
5. To clarify the principle and function of strategic management and ethics and corporate
culture.
6. To explain basic ideas, definitions and context in risk and business crisis area.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
Basic information about problems of business management are shown in the
subject instruction. A short information about management development and
theoretical access is shown too.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
General secondary school knowledge.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1.Definition of management. Nature and purpose of management. Basic managerail functions – planning, decision-making, organizing, personnel management, leadership and motivation, control. Manager, his characteristics and skills, roles. Levels of managers.
2.Evolution of management – classical and modern schools of management, present management.
3.Planning. Nature of planning. Types of plans. Steps in planning. Planning process.
4.Decision-making. Desision-making process. Types of decisions. Decisions under certainty, uncertainty and risk conditions.
5.Organizing. Definition of organizing and organization. Types of organizations and organization structures.
6.Personnel management. Definition and specification of personnel activities, its organizing. Role of managers in personnel activities delivery.
7.Leadership and motivation. Definitions. Leadership behaviour and styles. Motivations and motivators, satisfaction. Motivation theories and techniques.
8.Control. Basic control process. Critical control points and standards. Fedback system, requirements for effective control.
9.Communication function in oprganizations. Communication process, its barriers and breakdowns. Effective communication.
10.Principle and function of strategic management. Strategic management process. Organization ´s mission and its goals. Strategic analysis of external and internal environment of organization. Strategy selection and implementation.
11.Business ethics and social responsibility. Ethics categories, terms and theories. Code of ethics. Business ethics implementation. Organizational culture, its definition, elements, types.
12.International and comparative management. Differencies in selected countries. Multinational corporations. Managerial function in international business.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction