OPF:PEMBPENV Environmental Management - Course Information

PEMBPENV Environmental Management

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Ing. Werner Bernatík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Werner Bernatík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Adéla Langerová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Ing. Werner Bernatík, Ph.D.
Department of Business Economics and Management – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: Ing. Šárka Zapletalová, Ph.D.

Prerequisites

The sourse 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)
• Public Economy and Administration (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to inform students about basic principles of Environmental management - complex system of rules and procedures in Czech republic as well as worldwide which might try to create and to protect conditions of the Environment. It covers characteristics of Environment from point of view of governmental policy and, also, defines the system of management such EMS, EMAS, BS 7750, procedures of implementation the ISO 14000 and EMS audit. The risk management and crisis management within environmental issues are mentioned, too. The legislation and international cooperation is also content of the course as well as sustainable growth, issues of renewable sources of energy and its utilization, policy of Environment prevention and evaluation of harmful influence on the Environment.

Syllabus

• 1. Characteristics of Environment
  2. Politics of Environment protection
  3. Management of Environment protection - system of protection and creation
  4. Risk and threads and dangerous within Environment
  5. Risk management within Environmental system
  6. Sustainable growth, renewable resources of energy
  7. Economics of Environment
  8. Crisis management - implementation of theory within Environment
  9. Innovation and its role in Environment protection
  10. Role of information and its utilization within Environment protection
  11. Legislation within Environmental issues
  12. International cooperation
  13. Case study - examples of failures and breakdown of legislation tools of Environmental policy.
  

Literature

required literature
• http://www.env.cz/. info
• DARABARIS, J. Corporate Environmental Management. CRC Press Taylor&Francis, 2008. ISBN 978-1-4200-5546-7. info
• HILL, CH. W. L., JONES, G. R. Strategic Management: An Integrated Approach. 8th ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008. ISBN 0-547-00497-4. info
• WHETERLY, P., OTTER, D. The Business Environment. Themes and issues. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-920305-5. info
• BLACKBURN, W. R. The Sustainability Handbook. Washington, D.C. Environmental Law Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-1-58576-102-9. info
• KONEČNÝ, M. Ekologický management. Karviná: SU OPF, 2005. ISBN 80-7248-239-9. info
• KONEČNÝ, M. Management ochrany a tvorby životního prostředí. Karviná: SU OPF, 1999. ISBN 80-85879-00-X. info
• CAMBELL, D. J. Organizations and the Business Environment. Butterworth Heinemann, 1997. ISBN 0-7506-2760-3. info

recommended literature
• EMAS. Praha: CEMC. ISBN 80-85990-01-6. info
• http://ec.europa.eu/environment/index_en.htm. info
• http://unstats.un.org/unsd/class/intercop/expertgroup/2001/ac78-5.htm. info
• STONER, J. A. F., WANKEL, CH. Global Sustainability as a Business Imperative. New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. ISBN 978-0-230-10281-1. info
• HAWKINS, D. E. Corporate Social Responsibility - Balancing Tomorrow's Sustainability and Today's Profitability. New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. ISBN 978-0-230-00220-3. info
• MEZŘICKÝ, V. (ed.). Environmentální politika a udržitelný rozvoj. Praha, 2005. ISBN 80-7367-003-8. info
• ROMANČÍKOVÁ, E. Finančno-ekonomické aspekty ochrany životného prostredia. Bratislava: ECO INSTRUMENT, 2004. ISBN 80-967771-1-4. info
• Normy ISO 14000. Český normalizační institut Praha, 1997. ISBN Bez ISBN. info

not specified
• JENÍČEK, V. a kol. Vyvážený rozvoj. Praha, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7400-195-6. info
• KRAMER, M., BRAUWEILER, J., RITSCHELOVÁ, I. A KOL. Mezinárodní management životního prostředí. Nástroje a systémy environmentálního managementu. Praha: Nakladatelství C.H. Beck, 2005. ISBN 80-7179-920-3. info
• KRAMER, M., STREBEL, H., JÍLKOVÁ, J. Mezinárodní management životního prostředí. Operativní environmentální management v mezinárodním a interdisciplinárním kontextu. Praha: Nakladatelství C.H. Beck, 2005. ISBN 80-7179-921-1. info
• DIRNER, V., a kol. Ochrana životního prostředí. Praha, 1997. ISBN 80-7078-490-3. info

Teaching methods

One-to-One tutorial
Skills demonstration
Seminar classes
Students' self-study

Assessment methods

Grade

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

https://elearning.opf.slu.cz/course/view.php?id=578
Seminar paper
Defense of seminar paper
Final combined exam.

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž	80
Přednáška	26
Seminář	13
Zkouška	40
Summary	159

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