OPF:MP326M Management in Central Europe - Course Information
MP326M Management in Central Europe
School of Business Administration in KarvinaSummer 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. Werner Bernatík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- Department of Business Economics and Management – School of Business Administration in Karvina
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 21 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives (in Czech)
- The goal of the course is to explain basic features of Management in Eastern European countries. It covers topics as the role of management, the jobs of management, the challenge to management. What is a business, what is our business, what should be our business, the objectives of a business, today's decisions for tomorrow's results, the principles of production. Typical examples, management by objectives and self-control, managers must manage, the spirit of an organisation, developing managers etc. The course considers specific management conditions of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary during transition into a market economy in the light of recent changes in European Union.
- Syllabus (in Czech)
- Structure of the course:
1. The Nature of Management
2. Managing a Business
3. Managing Managers
4. Structure of Management
5. Management in V-4 Countries
Topics covered:
1. The Nature of Management
The role of the management, the jobs of management, the challenge to management.
2. Managing a Business
What is a business, what is our business, what should be our business, the objectives of a business, today's decisions for tomorrow's results, the principles of production.
3. Managing Managers
Typical examples, management by objectives and self-control, managers must manage, the spirit of an organisation, developing managers.
4. Structure of Management
What kind of structure, building the structure, the small, the large, the growing business.
5. Management in V-4 Countries
Where do the differences come from, general problems, mobility, leadership, management realism, discretion versus systems management and status, professionalism, strategy, pressure and change.
- Structure of the course:
- Literature
- required literature
- LAWRENCE, P., EDWARDS, V. Management in Eastern Europe. Macmillan Business, 1999. ISBN 0-333-73304-5. info
- DRUCKER, P., F. The Practise of Management. Butterworth Heinemann, 1995. ISBN 0-7506-1910- 4. info
- recommended literature
- CAMPBELL, D., J. Organizations and the Business Environment. Butterworth Heinemann, 1997. ISBN 0-7506-2760-3. info
- MEJSTŘÍK, M. The Privatization Process in East-Central Europe. International Studies in Economics and Econometrics. Dordrecht-Boston-London: Kluwer Academic Publish, 1997. ISBN 0-7923-4096-5. info
- HESKETT, J., L. Managing in the Service Economy. Boston: Harvard Business School, 1986. ISBN 0-87584-130-9. info
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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