152-0369/01 – Business diagnostics (PD)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Business Administration and LawCredits5
Subject guarantordoc. Dr. Ing. Pavel BlecharzSubject version guarantordoc. Dr. Ing. Pavel Blecharz
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2013/2014Year of cancellation2021/2022
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesFollow-up Master
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
BLE50 doc. Dr. Ing. Pavel Blecharz
FRA135 Ing. Jiří Franek, Ph.D.
KAS20 Ing. Josef Kašík, 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

The objectives of the subject: 1) to classify and structure businesses and other organizations for the purpose of their diagnosing, 2) to use systems thinking, 3) to analyze the financial health of a business, 4) to determine the value of a business, 5) to analyze business potentials.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials
Project work
Field data collection

Summary

In the subject, students are introduced to the basics of business diagnostics and will learn to classify and structure a business and other organizations for the needs of their diagnosis, to introduce a system at the business, including its decomposition into sub-systems. Students will be able to analyze and evaluate the financial health of a business and value a business using a variety of methods. Furthermore, students are introduced to the methods of identification, analysis and evaluation of the main factors in the diagnostics of the business environment. They will be able to identify, analyze and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the company and apply applicable analogies from technical diagnostics. At the same time, they will become familiar with the procedures and methodologies for detecting, classifying, evaluating and solving business problems.

Compulsory literature:

ASQUITH, Paul a Lawrence A. WEISS. Lessons in corporate finance: a case studies approach to financial tools, financial policies, and valuation. Second edition. Hoboken: Wiley, [2019]. Wiley finance series. ISBN 978-1-119-53783-0. FAIRHURST, Danielle Stein. Using Excel for business and financial modelling: a practical guide. Third edition. Chichester, United Kingdom: Wiley, 2019. Wiley finance series. ISBN 9781119520375. KALOUDA, František. Finanční a cost-benefit analýza podniku. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2019. 236 s. ISBN 978-80-7380-778-8.

Recommended literature:

PARMENTER, David. Key performance indicators: developing, implementing, and using winning KPIs. Fourth edition. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley, [2020]. 330 p. ISBN 978-1-119-62077-8. VERNIMMEN, Pierre, Pascal QUIRY, Maurizio DALLOCCHIO, Yann LE FUR a Antonio SALVI. Corporate finance: theory and practice. Fifth edition. Chichester, United Kingdom: Wiley, 2018. 993 p. ISBN 9781119424444. KOLLER, Tim, Marc GOEDHART a David WESSELS. Valuation: measuring and managing the value of companies. Seventh edition. Hoboken: Wiley, [2020]. 878 p. ISBN 978-1-119-61088-5.

Additional study materials

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Credit - credit test, project presentation Exam - oral

E-learning

Other requirements

The subject is terminated by writing a test focused on examples solved during seminars and by written and oral exam. There are no other requirements in the subject.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1) Business diagnostics and therapeutics – introduction, terminology 2) Business diagnostics and therapeutics – history 3) Business as an object of diagnostics – classification and structure 4) Business as a system 5) Business financial health 6) Business value – main concepts, asset methods 7) Business value - income and market approach 8) Selected diagnostic methods 9) Diagnostics of business environment 10) Business problems – definition, classfification, methods 11) Crisis management – anatomy of crisis, types of crises, approaches to crises 12) Business potentials and World Class Company 13) Risk management – risk definition, methods to identify, analyze and evaluate risks 14) General diagnostic models

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
2018/2019 (N6208) Economics and Management (6208T020) Business Economics P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2017/2018 (N6208) Economics and Management (6208T020) Business Economics P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2016/2017 (N6208) Economics and Management (6208T020) Business Economics P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2015/2016 (N6208) Economics and Management (6208T020) Business Economics P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2014/2015 (N6208) Economics and Management (6208T020) Business Economics P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (N6208) Economics and Management (6208T020) Business Economics P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (N6208) Economics and Management (6208T020) Business Economics (00) Business Economics P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan

Occurrence in special blocks

Block nameAcademic yearForm of studyStudy language YearWSType of blockBlock owner
Subject block without study plan - EKF - P - cs 2019/2020 Full-time Czech Optional EKF - Faculty of Economics stu. block

Assessment of instruction



2018/2019 Summer
2017/2018 Summer
2015/2016 Summer
2014/2015 Summer