152-0507/02 – Business Administration (BE)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Business AdministrationCredits4
Subject guarantordoc. Dr. Ing. Pavel BlecharzSubject version guarantordoc. Dr. Ing. Pavel Blecharz
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2022/2023Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
BLE50 doc. Dr. Ing. Pavel Blecharz
FRA135 Ing. Jiří Franek, Ph.D.
STV02 Ing. Hana Štverková, Ph.D.,MBA,LL.M.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 2+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Students will acquire basic knowledge of the company and its functions, fundamentals of managerial skills in strategic and financial management, but also in the field of production management, suppliers and personnel management. In addition, they will acquire skills and competences for fundamental business activities.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials

Summary

It`s cross-sectional subject which provides basic theoretical knowledge about business economics. Students obtain knowledge about foundation, development, operation and termination of a business. Students acquaint with individual business activities as well. The economic aspect of the issues is emphasized and the accent is put on acquirement of the specialized terminology. Students further extend their knowledge in special subjects in the following courses.

Compulsory literature:

RIDGE, Simon a Ken O'NEILL. Understanding enterprise: entrepreneurs & small business. 5th edition. London: Palgrave, 2018. ISBN 978-1-137-58454-0. KURATKO, Donald F. Entrepreneurship: theory, process, practice. 10th edition. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2017. ISBN 978-1-305-57624-7. MANKIW, N. Gregory, Mark P. TAYLOR a Andrew ASHWIN. Business economics. Third edition. Andover: Cengage, 2019. ISBN 978-1-4737-6277-0.

Recommended literature:

BARRINGER, Bruce R. a R. Duane IRELAND. Entrepreneurship: successfully launching new ventures. Sixth edition. Harlow: Pearson, 2019. ISBN 978-1-292-25533-0. CAVUSGIL, S. Tamer, Gary A. KNIGHT a John R. RIESENBERGER. International business: the new realities. Fifth edition. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2020. ISBN 978-1-292-30324-6. MAHADEVAN, Jasmin, Henriett PRIMECZ a Laurence ROMANI, ed. Cases in critical cross-cultural management: an intersectional approach to culture. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. Routledge studies in international business and the world economy. ISBN 978-0-8153-8348-2.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Elaboration and submission of 5 tasks related to topics (evaluation: 0-8 points for each task) + presentation of 1 to 3 tasks in a class. (For late submission only 50% of points can be awarded). Written or online test (min 31, max 60 points)

E-learning

https://lms.vsb.cz/course/view.php?id=88524

Other requirements

Participation on case studies, elaboration of tasks.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

Main topics (syllabus) of lectures: 1. Introduction to business economics. 2. Typology of companies and companies. 3. Business surroundings and business environment. 4. Business life cycle and its phase. 5. Capital and property structure of the company. 6. Economic efficiency of the company and its basic category. 7. Organization and organizational structure of the company. 8. Strategic business management. 9. Financial management. 10. Production activity of the company. 11. Purchasing Management. 12. Sales and marketing. 13. Personnel management. 14. Modern trends in corporate governance and entry of companies into foreign markets.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2022/2023 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Credit Credit 40  21
        Examination Examination 60  30 3
Mandatory attendence participation: 70 %

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: ISP 50%, project elaboration

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty

Occurrence in special blocks

Block nameAcademic yearForm of studyStudy language YearWSType of blockBlock owner
Incoming students- BS 2024/2025 Full-time English Choice-compulsory 163 - International Office stu. block
Incoming students- BS 2023/2024 Full-time English Choice-compulsory 163 - International Office stu. block
Incoming students- BS 2022/2023 Full-time English Choice-compulsory 163 - International Office stu. block

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