MPPMCE Management in Central Europe

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Summer 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Werner Bernatík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Werner Bernatík, Ph.D.
Department of Business Economics and Management – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
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
  • The goal of the course is to explain basic features of Management in Eastern European countries. It covers topics such 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 their transition into a market economy in the light of recent changes in the European Union.
    Content Structure :
    1. The Nature of Management
    2. Managing a Business
    3. Managing Managers
    4. Structure of Management
    5. Management in V-4 Countries
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
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
The working out of the project or essay according to the teacher's specifications. The topic will be assigned within the 2nd seminar. The handing in of the project by the end of the credit week. The condition for being admitted to the exam is the handing in of the project, its assessment is part of the total assessment of the student in the given subject. The course is concluded either by the written or verbal exam.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2007, Summer 2008, Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Summer 2010.
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