152-0542/03 – Business Diagnostics (BD)

Gurantor department	Department of Business Administration	Credits	5
Subject guarantor	doc. Dr. Ing. Pavel Blecharz	Subject version guarantor	Ing. Josef Kašík, Ph.D.
Study level	undergraduate or graduate
		Study language	English
Year of introduction	2014/2015	Year of cancellation	2020/2021
Intended for the faculties	EKF	Intended for study types	Follow-up Master, Bachelor

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
FRA135	Ing. Jiří Franek, Ph.D.
KAS20	Ing. Josef Kašík, Ph.D.

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Full-time	Examination	2+0

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
Individual consultations

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. MIMICK, Richard, Michael THOMPSON a Terry RACHWALSKI. Business diagnostics: the ultimate resource guide to evaluate and grow your business. 4th edition. Victoria, BC: FriesenPress, 2021. 261 p. ISBN 978-1-03-910400-6.

Recommended literature:

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. 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.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

There are no other particular requirements for the students.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

Conditions for subject completion

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

Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Branch/spec.	Spec.	Zaměření	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	W	S	Type of duty

Occurrence in special blocks

Block name	Academic year	Form of study	Study language	Year	W	S	Type of block	Block owner
Incoming students - master study	2019/2020	Full-time	English				Choice-compulsory	163 - International Office	stu. block

Assessment of instruction

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