545-0145/01 – Entrepreneurship in the raw material industry (PSP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Economics and Control Systems | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Věroslav Holuša, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Michal Vaněk, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Optional |
| Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Student demonstrates knowledge and understanding of:
• basic concepts and structures in business environments in the raw material industry,
• the basics of strategic management, management tools and business planning,
• entities and business environment relationships in various areas of the raw material industry.
Student can:
• implement, solve and elaborate a research of the business environment in the selected sector of enterprise in the raw material industry.
Student is able to:
• analyze, characterize and orientate in the business environment in the field of raw materials, their processing and markets,
• create, characterize and evaluate the business plan for raw materials.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Individual consultations
Project work
Summary
The course presents the specifics of business in the raw material industry with a focus on building materials, ores, energy and industrial raw materials. The area of precious metals and stones and modern technological materials and their markets is attractive. The subject introduces into new perspectives knowledge of management, marketing, business economics and law in the context of contemporary realities in the Czech Republic, the EU and the world. Students will practice to carry out business environment research in selected business sector in the raw materials industry.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Presentation of the semester project, writing examination.
E-learning
The Moodle learning management system (lms.vsb.cz) is used for communication beyond the presently realized concentration, through which it is possible to communicate not only between the teacher and the students, but also between the students.
Other requirements
Semester work: business environment research in selected business sector in the raw materials industry.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction to the subject.
2. Strategic management and market research.
3. Managerial methods, tools and systems.
4. Raw materials industry, minerals and their processes.
5. Entrepreneurial opportunities and start-up of business in the raw material industry.
6. Legal prerequisites for business in the raw materials industry.
7. Business plan for the raw materials industry.
8. Specifics of business in mining and processing of minerals.
9. Specifics of business in the field of production based on minerals.
10. Specifics of business in the field of renewable sources (RES, recycling).
11. Specifics of business in the field of modern technological raw materials.
12. The specifics of business in the field of precious metals and stones (and commodities).
13. Evaluation of semester work.
14. Conclusion.
Conditions for subject completion
Conditions for completion are defined only for particular subject version and form of study
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction