OPF:PEMBAEKO Economy of Trade - Course Information
PEMBAEKO Economy of Trade
School of Business Administration in KarvinaSummer 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Ing. Halina Starzyczná, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Halina Starzyczná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Ing. Halina Starzyczná, Ph.D.
Department of Business Economics and Management – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: Ing. Kateřina Matušínská, Ph.D. - Prerequisites
- MARBAMAR Marketing || PEMBAMAR Marketing
Successfull completion of course is conditioned by successfully passing of the basic course Marketing. - 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
- Business Economics and Management (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN, specialization Business)
- Business Economics and Management (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN, specialization Corporate Finance)
- Business Economics and Management (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN, specialization Economy of Tourism)
- Business Economics and Management (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN, specialization Marketing and Trade)
- Business Economics in Trade and Services (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)
- Course objectives
- The course introduces the role and functions of the trade and its relationship to the national economy in market economy. It includes a list of retail selling units, their life cycle and the differences between retail and wholesale. Students learn the issues of the functioning of commercial operating unit, its surroundings and the development of retail networks in territorial terms and systemic approach to business technology. Theory and practice of retail sales is amplified and focused on its management with emphasis on technique and sales psychology, including control activities.
- Syllabus
- 1. The importance of trade and its position in the national economy
2. Short development of Czechoslovak trade
3. Technology solution of trade operations
4. Management systems of retail, wholesale and logistics
5. Theory and practice of retail sales - shop establishment
6. Storage in wholesale warehouses
7. Settlement as a base of territorial organization of business
8. Retail network and the principles of its arrangement and organization
9. Introduction to retail management
10. Psychology and selling techniques
11. Protection of consumers' interests
- 1. The importance of trade and its position in the national economy
- Literature
- required literature
- BETANCOURT, R. R. The Economics of Retailing and Distribution. Cheltenham: Edward ELGAR, 2004. ISBN 1-84542-764-5. info
- recommended literature
- GITMAN, L., MCDANIEL,C. The Future of Business. Cincinnati: SouthWestern College Publishing, 2002. ISBN 0-324-1212575-5. info
- Teaching methods
- Skills demonstration
Seminar classes - Assessment methods
- Written exam
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Teacher's information
- attendance in seminars 60 %, seminar paper, defence of seminar paper, final witten exam
Activity Difficulty [h] Ostatní studijní zátěž 66 Přednáška 26 Seminář 13 Zkouška 40 Summary 145
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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