PEMBPMSP Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurship

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Winter 2017
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
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
  • ŠEBESTOVÁ, J., WAGNEROVÁ, E. Podnikání v malé a střední firmě. Karviná: SU OPF, 2007. ISBN 80-7248-441-6. info
  • VEBER, J., SRPOVÁ, J. A KOL. Podnikání malé a střední firmy. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2004. ISBN 80-247-1069-2. info
  • 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
  • SRPOVÁ, J. , ŘEHOŘ, V. A KOL. Základy podnikání. Praha, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3339-5. info
  • 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
  • WAGNEROVÁ, E., MARKOVÁ,V. A KOL. Vývoj malých a středních podniků v ČR a na Slovensku. Karviná: SU OPF, 2003. ISBN 80-7248-216-5. info
  • BURNS, P. Entrepreneurship and Small Business. Hampshire UK: Palgrave Publisher Ltd., 2001. ISBN 0-333-91474-0. info
  • MUGLER, J. Podnikové hospodářství malých a středních podniků I. Plzeň: ZU, 2001. ISBN 80-7082-729-7. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
One-to-One tutorial
Skills demonstration
Seminar classes
Assessment methods
Credit
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=424
Attendance in seminars 60 %, presentation (0-20 points), case study (0-30points), course credit test (0-50points). Minimum requirement 60 points.
ActivityDifficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž76
Přednáška26
Seminář13
Zápočet30
Summary145
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2018.
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