OPF:PEMBAMSP Small and Medium-Sized Enterpr - Course Information

PEMBAMSP Small and Medium-Sized Enterpreneurship

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 5 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
Contact Person: Ing. Žaneta Rylková, Ph.D.

Prerequisites

The course can be registered independently on the courses.

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 in Trade and Services (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)

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. Finally, case studies are used for entrepreneurial spirit support.

Syllabus

• 1. Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, sources for starting business
  2. History of entrepreneurship. Definition of small businesses.
  3. The support of small and medium sized entrepreneurship (SME) in the selected countries of the EU and in the Czech Republic
  4. Management in small businesses, life cycle of a small company
  5. The family firm and Leadership.
  6. Women Entrepreneurship. Gender issues.
  7. Entrepreneurship in Services
  8. Social Entrepreneurship
  9. The use of the networks in the entrepreneurship of small and Medium sized enterprises
  10.Financial management in SMEs
  11. Crisis management in SMEs
  12. Personnel policy in SMEs
  13. Case studies
  

Literature

required literature
• 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
• COONEY, T.M., MOORE, R.A. European Cases in Entrepreneurship. Dublin: Blackhall Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1842181447. info
• LUNDSTRÖM, A., STEVENSON, L.A. Entrepreneurship Policy. Theory and Practice. New York: Springer, 2005. ISBN 0-387-24140-X. info
• BURNS, P. Entrepreneurship and Small Business. Hampshire UK: Palgrave Publisher Ltd., 2001. ISBN 0-333-91474-0. info

Teaching methods

Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
One-to-One tutorial
Skills demonstration
Seminar classes

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

Attendance in seminars 60 %, ongoing test (0-20 points), case study (0-30points), course credit test (0-50points). Minimum requirement 60 points.

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž	76
Přednáška	26
Seminář	13
Zápočet	30
Summary	145

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