MPPMSFA Enterprising in Small and Medium Companies

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Summer 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Ing. Jarmila Duháček Šebestová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Ing. Jarmila Duháček Šebestová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Ing. Jarmila Duháček Šebestová, Ph.D.
Department of Business Economics and Management – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Prerequisites
The course can be registered independently on other courses.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course sets itself a task to make students familiar with the specifications of entrepreneurship in SMEs, as early as in a phase of the creation of the plan, the selection of the locality, the size of the enterprise, along with its operation. It proceeds from the standard conception of the SME in the EU, theory and practice in the Czech Republic and EU.
Syllabus
  • 1. The significance of small and medium sized enterprises, its definition and functions. The comparison of the state, development and current position of small and medium sized entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic and in the EU
    2. The use of the networks in the entrepreneurship of small and medium sized enterprises, examples in the EU, and comparison with the state in the Czech Republic
    3. The support of small and medium sized entrepreneurship in the selected countries of the EU and in the Czech Republic, factors influencing a successful entry into the market. Industrial policy in the Czech Republic, its basic classification and tools. The implication of globalization of the economic processes and industrial policy
    4. Municipal government and small and medium sized enterprises, contractual relation between the enterprise and environment, the use of the non-residential spaces and further conditions for the development of entrepreneurship
    5. Establishing small and medium sized enterprises, evaluating the dissimilarities and procedures in the EU countries and in the Czech Republic. The most common legal forms of SMEs
    6. Business plan of small and medium sized enterprises, principles of its creation. Examples of establishing trades, micro-companies small and medium sized enterprises
    7. Entrepreneurs as employers and employees, principles of enumeration and motivation. HR work in the small and medium sized enterprise, the profile of the manager, self-motivation
    8. The importance of managerial skills and knowledge of the essentials in economics and law for entrepreneurship
    9. Management activities and corporate culture as a significant factor of in-house management. Management style of the small enterprise
    10. The performance of small and medium sized enterprises, methods and indicators for evaluating the performance
    11. The impact of the outer and inner factors on the outcomes of the economic activity. The essence and significance of economic tools for managing the economy in the SME
    12. The characteristics and social significance of non-profit organizations
Literature
    required literature
  • SUCHÁNEK, P., ŠKAPA, R. Business Management in the Czech Republic. Brno:Masaryk University, 2008. ISBN 978-80-210-4662-7. info
  • BENNET, R. Small Business Survival. London: Sales Departnem, Pitman Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-273-03624-6. info
  • BRIDGE, S., O´NEILL, K., CROMIE, S. Understanding Enterprise, Entrepreneurship & Small Business. London: Macmillan, 1998. ISBN 0-333-68348-X. info
    recommended literature
  • Commercial Code as amended. info
  • Income Tax Law as amended. info
  • Trading Law as amended. info
  • LUNDSTRÖM, A., STEVENSON, L.A. Entrepreneurship Policy. Theory and Practice. New York: Springer, 2005. ISBN 0-387-24140-X. info
Teaching methods
One-to-One tutorial
Skills demonstration
Seminar classes
Students' self-study
Assessment methods
Credit
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Obligatory seminar's attendance at least 60%.
Test (min. average of the 60% successfulness required).
Visiting the company and elaborating the report after the specimen.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2007, Winter 2009, Summer 2010, Winter 2010, Summer 2011, Winter 2011, Summer 2012, Winter 2012, Summer 2013, Winter 2013.
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