152-0514/01 – Economics of Safety (ES)

Gurantor department	Department of Business Administration	Credits	4
Subject guarantor	Ing. Hana Štverková, Ph.D.,MBA,LL.M.	Subject version guarantor	Ing. Hana Štverková, Ph.D.,MBA,LL.M.
Study level	undergraduate or graduate	Requirement	Compulsory
Year	1	Semester	summer
		Study language	English
Year of introduction	2021/2022	Year of cancellation
Intended for the faculties	FBI	Intended for study types	Bachelor

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
FRA135	Ing. Jiří Franek, Ph.D.
KAS20	Ing. Josef Kašík, Ph.D.
STV02	Ing. Hana Štverková, Ph.D.,MBA,LL.M.

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Full-time	Graded credit	2+2

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

After finishing the subject, students will be able: · to understand the basics of a business, entrepreneurship and the basic concepts of business administration, · to know the basic business functions and their importance, · to explain operation of various business processes, · to elaborate a business plan, · to understand the financial statements and their relations, · to analyse business economy, · to use the basic marketing tools.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials

Summary

This is a cross-sectional course that will enable students to acquire the latest current knowledge in the field of business economics. During the semester study of the subject, students will get acquainted with the whole basic issues of business economics. Throughout the interpretation, the economic aspect of the issue is underlined and a strong emphasis is placed on students acquiring professional terminology. Students then deepen the acquired knowledge by studying in related subjects of higher grades.

Compulsory literature:

AYYUB, Bilal M. Risk analysis in engineering and economics. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-4665-1825-4. HARMS-RINGDAHL, Lars. Safety analysis: principles and practice in occupational safety. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2001. ISBN 0-415-23655-X. OXENBURGH, Maurice, Pepe MARLOW a Andrew OXENBURGH. Increasing productivity and profit through health & safety: the financial returns from a safe working environment. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2004. ISBN 0-415-24331-9.

Recommended literature:

RENIERS, Genseric, L.L. and H.R. Noël Van ERP. Operational Safety Economics: A practical approach focused on the chemical and process industries. Chichester, West Sussex: & Sons, 2016. ISBN 978-11188-7112-6. RUSER, John and Richard BUTLER. The Economics of Occupational Safety and Health. Hanover, MA: Now Publishers, 2010. ISBN 978-1-60198-382-4.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

zápočet - písemný test, zkouška - písemná

E-learning

Other requirements

compulsory attendance 80%

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Introduction to business economics and business. 2. Typology of business entities. 3. Business life cycle. 4. Property and capital structure of the company. 5. Business environment. 6. Business plan and strategy. 7. Marketing and business management. 8. Personnel activities of the company. 9. Financial management of the company. 10. Business efficiency. 11. Specifics of small and medium enterprises. 12. Production and operation management. 13. New forms of business. 14. Trends in business.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2021/2022 Summer semester)

Task name	Type of task	Max. number of points (act. for subtasks)	Min. number of points	Max. počet pokusů
Graded credit	Graded credit	100	51	3

Mandatory attendence participation: 80 %

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Participation in the exercises is not required. The student must meet the course graduation requirements - classified credit.

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	Type of duty
2024/2025	(B1032A020013) Safety and Security	P	English	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2023/2024	(B1032A020013) Safety and Security	P	English	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2022/2023	(B1032A020013) Safety and Security	P	English	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan

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