Course: Company Economics and Management

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Course title Company Economics and Management
Course code KFC/PEM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Michalec Aleš, Ing.
  • Berka Karel, prof. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Nevěčná Taťjana, doc. RNDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Business and businessman, characteristics of business. Trade licensing, trade register. 2. Legal forms of business: legal entities, commercial companies. Starting a business. Commercial register. 3. Business assets and sources of financing. Fixed and current assets. 4. Investment activities of a business - acquisition, depreciation, capacity. Phases of investment activities. 5. Supply activities of a business - types of supplies, supply planning and management, purchasing, storage, and logistics. 6. Human resources activities of a business - human resources work, employee selection, labor relations. 7. Remuneration, types and components of wages, income tax and statutory insurance, employee benefits. 8. Company management - revenues, costs, and economic results. Calculations and their functions. 9. Financial management of a company - budgets, financial analysis, operational financial management, sources of financing. 10. Main business activities - own production, sales activities, and provision of services. 11. Marketing - market analysis, marketing research, product, price, promotion, and distribution. 12. Management - concept and development, management hierarchy, manager personality, management styles. 13. Basic management functions I - planning, organizing, leading, and motivating. 14. Basic management functions II - controlling, decision-making, and communication. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration, Projection (static, dynamic)
  • Preparation for the Exam - 120 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The subject Company economics and management react within its boundaries to the current need of more general knowledge of the university degree holders. The aim of the subject is to get the students acquainted with the basic economic terms such as market, supply and demand and then understand the economic function of a company in market economy and understand the actual ways of financing and creation of profit or reaching the primary goal of existence of the company in question.
Manage a company existing in the field of chemical business.
Prerequisites
There are not any special condicions set.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Written exam, Dialog

1. Active participation in practical lessons 2. Minimum of 50% correct answers at the end of term test
Recommended literature
  • Barrow, C. (1996). Základy drobného podnikání. Praha.
  • Bohanesová, E. (2007). Podnikové finance. Olomouc.
  • Fotr, J. (1995). Podnikatelský plán a investiční rozhodování. Praha.
  • Hrdý, M., Karlovec, K., Součková, R. (2006). Sbírka příkladů z podnikových financí. Plzeň.
  • Kislingerová, E. a kol. (2004). Manažerské finance. C. H. Beck Praha.
  • Kotler, P. (2000). Marketing podle Kotlera.
  • Mlčoch, J. (1996). Podniková ekonomika. Praha.
  • Synek, M. a kol. (2007). Manažerská ekonomika. 4. akt. a rozšířené vyd.. Grada, Praha, 452 s.
  • SYNEK, M. a kol. Podniková ekonomika. 4.přepracované a doplněné vydání. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2006. 475 s. ISBN 80-7179-892-4..
  • Zlámal, J., Bellová, J. (2013). Podniková ekonomie a management. Olomouc.


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