OPF:MPBPMAA Management - Course Information

MPBPMAA Management

Extent and Intensity

3/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Guaranteed by

Ing. Werner Bernatík, 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

Goal of the subject is to introduce to students principles and importance of management and its interdisciplinary characteristics, then to provide a brief outline of the development and the current state of this area. Attention is paid to the content of the managerial functions (basic, ongoing and safeguarding), and to managerial negotiation. Management is understood as a system (organic unity of structure and managerial process). Determination of the function of a manager, styles and principles of the management in relation with the use of modern information technologies and the communication in management systems is included.

Syllabus

• 1. Determination of the definition of management, functions and division of management. Managerial responsibilities, characteristics of a manager and his roles. Types of managers in the course of a company
  2. Progress of management, characteristics of its progress and contribution for these days
  3. Modern trends in management progress, current management and its methods
  4. System of business management, formation of organization structures in an enterprise
  5. Characterization of the process of management - basic managerial functions
  6. Characterization of the process of management - ongoing and safeguarding functions
  7. Strategic management, its position and goals in organization managing. Choice of strategies and their implementation
  8. Risk and depreciation in business, effective communication and checking process. Risky human factor. Crisis management and its importance
  9. Bases of ethics in management and an enterprise culture, ethic code and demonstration of enterprise culture
  10. Innovative management and information management
  11. Specific forms of management (quality management, ecological management)
  12. Some specific features of management in the USA, Japan and Europe, their comparison. Business environment at present and its influence on management development. Special forms of management
  13. Balanced Scorecard Method.
  

Literature

required literature
• HORVÁTOVÁ, P. Essentials of Management. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita, 2010. ISBN 978-80-218-2362-1. info
• GREY, Ch., WILLMOTT, H. Critical Management Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-928608-6. info
• BODDY, D. Management. An Introduction. Essex: Pearson Education, 2005. ISBN 978-0-273-69586-8. info
• FARNHAM, D. Managing in a Strategic Business Context. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Dev, 2005. ISBN 978-0-85292-998-8. info
• ROBBINS, S. P., COULDER, M. Management. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2004. ISBN 80-247-0495-1. info
• COLE, G. A. Management. Theory and Practice. London: Thomson Learning, 2004. ISBN 1-84480-088-1. info
• GIBSON, J. L., IVANCEVICH, J. M., DONNELLY, J. H. Management: principles and functions,4th ed. Homewood: Illinois, 1989. ISBN 0-256-06671-X. info

recommended literature
• GREENBERG, J., BARON, R.A. Behavior in Organizations. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, 2003. ISBN 0-13-111592-8. info
• BURNS, P. Entrepreneurship and Small Business. Hampshire UK: Palgrave Publisher Ltd., 2001. ISBN 0-333-91474-0. info
• DRUCKER, P. Innovation and Enterpreneurship. New York: Harper&Row, 1985. ISBN 0-0601-542-84. info

Teaching methods

Skills demonstration

Assessment methods

Grade

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Test (min. average of the 60% successfulness required).
Course final work - The subject of the work and its extent will be given until 3-rd week.
Final exam (combined form).

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž	38
Přednáška	39
Zkouška	40
Summary	117

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