115-3700/01 – Introduction to Management (ZM)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of ManagementCredits5
Subject guarantorIng. Kateřina Kashi, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorIng. Kateřina Kashi, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year1Semestersummer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2020/2021Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesFASTIntended for study typesFollow-up Master, Master
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
HAS70 prof. Ing. Petra Horváthová, Ph.D., MBA
KAS348 Ing. Kateřina Kashi, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 2+2

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

1.To identify basic ideas, opinions, principles, conceptions and theories relating to management area. 2.To characterize manager, his activities, roles and responsibilities. 3.To list and to explain basic managerial functions - planning, decision-making, organizing and control. 4.To describe importance and content of human resource management. 5.To clarify leadership theories and styles. 6.To characterize individual activities within the staffing. 7.To describe the training and development cycle of employees and possibilities of their remuneration. 8.To clarify the meaning, function and procedure of employee appraisal. 9.To explain the principle and ways of motivating employees. 10.To characterize the nature and process of communication. 11.To clarify the principle, importance and function of strategic management.

Teaching methods

Lectures
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Summary

The aim of the subject is to identify the basic terms, views, principles and concepts related to management, to characterize the manager, his/her activities, roles and responsibilities and explain all managerial functions - planning, decision-making, organizing, controlling and managing people. The subject also deals with selected areas of human resources management - recruitment, selection, adaptation, learning and development of employees, their evaluation and remuneration. The aim of the subject is also to clarify motivation and communication and explain the nature, function and importance of strategic management.

Compulsory literature:

BODDY, David. Management. Harlow: Pearson, 2020. ISBN 978-1-292-27181-1. LUSSIER, Robert N. Management Fundamentals. Concepts, Applications, and Skill Development. 8th ed. USA: Sage, 2019. ISBN 9781544331331. McCORMIC, Jim. The First-Time Manager. Nashville: HarperCollins Leadership, 2020. ISBN 978-1400233588.

Recommended literature:

PACHTER, David. Remote leadership: how to accelerate achievement and create a community in a work-from-home world. Herndon, VA: Amplify, 2021. ISBN 978-1-64543-539-6. STERNAD, Dietmar. Effective management: developing yourself, others and organizations. London: Red Globe Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1-352-00729-9. VARNEY, Sharon. Leadership in complexity and change: for a world in constant motion. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021. ISBN 978-3-11-071306-0.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Credit test, final written test.

E-learning

Other requirements

At least 70% attendance at the exercises. Absence, up to a maximum of 30%, must be excused and the apology must be accepted by the teacher (the teacher decides to recognize the reason for the excuse). Tasks assigned on the exercises must be hand in within the dates set by the teacher.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1.Management. 2.Manager. 3.Planning. 4.Decision making. 5.Organizing. 6.Control. 7.Human resource management. 8.Leadership. 9.Staffing. 10.Training, development and remuneration of employees. 11.Employee appraisal. 12.Work motivation. 13.Communication. 14.Strategic management.

Conditions for subject completion

Conditions for completion are defined only for particular subject version and form of study

Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2024/2025 (N0732A260029) Civil Engineering - BIM Engineering P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (N0732A260029) Civil Engineering - BIM Engineering P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (N0732A260029) Civil Engineering - BIM Engineering P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (N0732A260029) Civil Engineering - BIM Engineering P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (N0732A260029) Civil Engineering - BIM Engineering P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan

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Assessment of instruction



2022/2023 Summer