152-0542/05 – Business Diagnostics (BD)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Business AdministrationCredits3
Subject guarantordoc. Dr. Ing. Pavel BlecharzSubject version guarantordoc. Dr. Ing. Pavel Blecharz
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2021/2022Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesBachelor, Follow-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 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

Verification of studying results is done by written test and oral examination.

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:

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

Full-time form (validity from: 2021/2022 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Examination Examination 100  51 3
Mandatory attendence participation: Lectures: recommended Completion of a business diagnostic case study with a presentation. Points awarded: min 25 – max 50 points. Exam: Knowledge test based on lectures (test questions, open-ended questions. Points awarded: min 26 – max 50 points.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: - possibility of individual project

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Occurrence in special blocks

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Incoming students - MS 2024/2025 Full-time English Choice-compulsory 163 - International Office stu. block
Incoming students - MS 2023/2024 Full-time English Choice-compulsory 163 - International Office stu. block
Incoming students - MS 2022/2023 Full-time English Choice-compulsory 163 - International Office stu. block

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