545-0190/01 – Trading in raw materials (OSS)
Gurantor department | Department of Economics and Control Systems | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Roman Kozel, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Roman Kozel, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2021/2022 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Define the importance of trading in raw materials. Distinguish between different trading approaches. Analyze business models. Choose the right business strategy. To formulate the key instruments of international trade in raw materials.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Project work
Summary
The course focuses on the issue of trading in raw materials both in physical form and in the form of commodity derivatives. In the lectures, students gradually become acquainted with various business approaches and the international context of business is emphasized. As part of the exercise, students solve a semester project focusing on trading with a selected group of raw materials.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Semester project presentation and written and oral exam.
E-learning
The Moodle Learning Management System (lms.vsb.cz) is used to communicate beyond the scope of attendance at present, through which communication is made not only between the teacher and students, but also between the students.
Other requirements
Semester project
Minimum participation 50%
Individually according to the instructions of the teacher
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Trade and business institutions
2. Commodity exchanges
3. Investing in commodities
4. Technical analysis of trading
5. Fundamental analysis of trading
6. Models of trade in raw materials
7. Electronic auctions in the purchase of raw materials
8. Instruments of raw materials policy
9. Trading in secondary raw materials
10. Domestic raw material base and prices of mineral raw materials
11. Trade in raw materials in the international context
12. Securing participants in international trade
13. Customs duties and taxes on trade in raw materials
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction