EVSBKZMI Economics I

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Winter 2025
Extent and Intensity
16/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Marian Lebiedzik, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Dr. Ing. Ingrid Majerová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Dr. Ing. Ingrid Majerová
Departament of Economics and Public Administration – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: Ing. Eva Kotlánová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Fri 24. 10. 9:45–11:20 VS, Fri 21. 11. 9:45–11:20 VS, Fri 19. 12. 9:45–11:20 VS
Prerequisites
FAKULTA(OPF) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(K)
There are no prerequisites required to complete the course and the course can be enrolled independently of other courses.
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 200 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 72/200, only registered: 0/200
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with basic economic categories and the relationships between them. The course is intended to prepare students of the Faculty of Business and Entrepreneurship for the study of other economic subjects related to acquiring basic theoretical knowledge in the field of microeconomics. It deals primarily with goods, the market and its elements, consumer and producer behavior, income, costs and profit, factor markets and the role of the state in the economy from the perspective of microeconomics.
Learning outcomes
The student understands the basic principles of economics, the role of models and economic approaches, can apply methods and tools of economic analysis and understands the division of economics. He analyzes the market, its subjects (households, firms, state), supply, demand, price and competition, including price formation and types of competition. He can define consumers, their preferences, budget constraints and utility, derive an individual demand curve and analyze the elasticity of demand and its impact on sales. He can analyze a company, production processes, costs, profit and optimum of a company in the short and long term. He understands the conditions of general equilibrium and efficiency in exchange, production and production mix, uses Edgeworth box diagrams and understands Pareto efficiency. He can describe the functioning of perfect and imperfect competition (monopolies, oligopolies), analyze markets for production factors (land, labor, capital) and evaluate their functioning. He understands the nature of market failures (externalities, public goods, information asymmetry) and the role of the state in their elimination. They can design and analyze tools such as Pigouvian taxes, emission quotas, or emissions markets to reduce negative externalities and promote sustainability.
Syllabus
1. Basic concepts and connections of economics 2. Basic elements of the market 3. Rational consumer behavior and demand formation 4. Production and choice of technology 5. General equilibrium 6. Revenue, costs and profit of the firm 7. Perfectly competitive market and the position of the firm in this market 8. Imperfectly competitive market and the position of the firm in this market 9. Land market 10. Labor market 11. Capital market 12. Market failure and the microeconomic role of the state 13. Public choice theory
Literature
    required literature
  • MAJEROVÁ, Ingrid. Ekonomie. Karviná: SU OPF, 2025, 138 pp. info
  • TULEJA, P., NEZVAL, P., MAJEROVÁ. Základy mikroekonomie. Praha: CP Books, 2005. ISBN 80-251-0603-9. info
    recommended literature
  • JUREČKA, V. A KOL. Mikroekonomie. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3259-6. info
  • MANKIW, N. G. Zásady ekonomie. Praha: Grada, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7169-891-3. info
  • MACÁKOVÁ, L. Mikroekonomie: základní kurz. Slaný: Melandrium, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86175-56-0. info
Teaching methods
One-to-One tutorial
Skills demonstration
Students' self-study
Assessment methods
Grade
Combined exam

Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Activity Difficulty [h]
Konzultace 2
Ostatní studijní zátěž 93
Přednáška 10
Zkouška 40
Summary 145
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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