OPF:PEMNAMEK Managerial Economics - Course Information
PEMNAMEK Managerial Economics
School of Business Administration in KarvinaWinter 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. Žaneta Rylková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Ing. Roman Šperka, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Ing. Roman Šperka, Ph.D.
Department of Business Economics and Management – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: Ing. Žaneta Rylková, Ph.D. - Timetable
- Mon 8:55–10:30 B307
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- FAKULTA ( OPF ) && TYP_STUDIA ( N ) && FORMA ( P )
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 3/50, only registered: 0/50 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Business Economics and Management (programme OPF, N_EKOMAN, specialization Accounting and Taxes)
- Business Economics and Management (programme OPF, N_EKOMAN, specialization Business)
- Business Economics and Management (programme OPF, N_EKOMAN, specialization Corporate Finance)
- Business Economics and Management (programme OPF, N_EKOMAN, specialization Marketing and Trade)
- Economy of Enterprise in Trade and Services (programme OPF, N_EKOMAN)
- Course objectives (in Czech)
- The aim of this course is to provide students with knowledge of economic concepts, economic analysis, managerial decisions and to apply their knowledge of managerial economics in practice. Managerial economics integrates many concepts from a wide variety of managerial problems. Problems can be related to various departments in a company like production, accounts and sales. Managerial economics helps recognize how economic forces affect organizations and describes the economic consequences of managerial behavior.
- Syllabus (in Czech)
- 1. Basic concepts of business economics
Importance and consequence of the study of business and managerial economics, basic concepts and subject matters of business economics and the basic problems of business economics are examined in order to properly understand the business activities.
2. Cost volume and profit analysis
Understanding the product cost structure is critical to comprehending the process of estimating. Selling costs are costs directly related to selling products. Costs are categorized according to their behavior in relation to product quantity. Cost volume profit analysis is based on relationship between quantity and sales revenues.
3. Profit and cash-flow differences
Several important profit measures, economic profit, Economic Value Added are examined. Cash flow statement is explained through three segments, namely: cash flow - operating activities, cash flow - investment activities and cash flow - financing activities.
4. Non-linear revenues in economics and in break-even point graph
Break-even analysis provides businesses a wide variety of information that can be used in decision-making processes, in business and managerial economics. Mentioned are conditions for comprehensive utilization of the break-even point based on incorporation of demand function in the current broadcasts in the break-even point graph construction.
5. Production planning
Production planning is used in companies in several different industries. Different types of production methods, such as single item manufacturing, batch production, mass production, continuous production, are explained with accent put on differences.
6. Economies of scale
Economies of scale apply to a variety of organizational and business situations. Economies of scale are explained at various levels, such as business or manufacturing unit, plant or an entire enterprise. Economies of scale is classified to two main types – internal and external.
7. Capital and factors of production
Factors of production are classified in four groups (land, labor, capital, entrepreneur). Capital is the produced means of production. Examples of capital and an increase in the capital are explained. Capital goods, fixed capital, working capital and capital used to boost the productivity of labor are characterized.
- 1. Basic concepts of business economics
- Literature
- required literature
- ADÁMEK, P. and Ž. RYLKOVÁ. Managerial Economics. Selected Aspects of the Business. Karviná: OPF SU, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7248-991-6. info
- BHAT, M. S. and A. V. RAU. Managerial Economics and Financial Analysis. Hyderabad: BS Publications, 2008. ISBN 978-817-800-153-1. info
- recommended literature
- ALTENDORFER, K. Capacity and Inventory Planning for Make-to-Order Production Systems. New York: Springer, 2014. ISBN 978-3-319-00843-1. info
- TATICCHI, P. Business Performance Measurement and Management. New Contexts, Themes and Challenges. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2010. ISBN 978-3-642-04799-2. info
- Teaching methods (in Czech)
- Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture with presentation in Power-point - Assessment methods (in Czech)
- Requirements on a student: attendance at seminars (min. 50 %).
Assessment methods : solving of real cases (40 % of assessment), combined exam (60 % of assessment). - Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2022, recent)
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