Course: Introduction to Management

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Course title Introduction to Management
Course code KPE/UMN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Zbránková Magdalena, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures(topics): 1. Definition of managerial work. Fundamentals of managerial thinking and practice, the historical development of management. 2. Manager - personality, competence, interpersonal role, aspects of managerial work. 3. Organisational environment, organisation dimension and its formation. 4. Strategic planning. Planning in action, mission, vision, goals. 5. Managerial decision making, methods, tools. 6. Organising, forms of organisations. New trends in organisation structures. 7. Human resources management from the manager's point of view. 8. Communication, the process of communication, communication barriers, assertiveness. 9. Motivation - fundamental motivation theories, stimulation, use of approaches in managing an enterprise. 10. Leading, coaching, delegating. 11. Quality management. Basic control items. 12. Troubleshooting and risk management. Crisis management. Basics of crisis management. 13. New trends in management. Seminars (topics): Seminars are built on the lectures and students have hands-on experience with the given issues. Students work on assigned semester projects.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Active metods (simulation, situational contingency methods, drama,acting, namagerial acting ), Lecture, Seminár, E-learning, Students' portfolio
  • Class attendance - 39 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 30 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments - 10 hours per semester
  • Contacts hours - 31.5 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with managerial activities and their practical reflection in the organizations, to provide students with the knowledge how to analyze processes in the organizations and to discuss all what is relevant for their work in the teams; also to acquaint students with techniques and procedures used by the managers in the modern organizations.
Students obtain knowledge in given course in accordance with requirements and course programme.
Prerequisites
Unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined examination, Written exam

Credit: Elaboration of semester work and minimum required number of points from the exercise. Exam: Written exam. The overall assessment is given by the sum of the points from the exercises and form the written exam.
Recommended literature
  • GRUBER, D. Time management: prokrastinace, konflikty, porady, vyjednávání, emaily, mobily, angličtina.. Praha: Management Press, 2017. ISBN 9788072614806.
  • JAROŠOVÁ, E., D. PAUKNEROVÁ a H. LORENCOVÁ. Nové trendy v leadershipu: koncepce, výzkumy, aplikace.. Praha: Management Press, 2016. ISBN 9788072614790.
  • MARQUES, J. and S. DHIMAN. Leadership Today. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-3-319-31034-3.
  • PILAŘOVÁ, I. Leadership & management development: role, úlohy a kompetence managerů a lídrů.. Praha: Grada, 2016. ISBN 9788024757216.
  • VEBER, J. Management: základy, moderní manažerské přístupy, výkonnost a prosperita. Praha: Management Press, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7261-274-1.
  • VEBER, Jaromír. Management: Základy, přístupy, soudobé trendy.. Praha: Ekopress, 2021. ISBN 978-80-87865-69-9.
  • ZBRÁNKOVÁ, M. a K. MARŠÍKOVÁ. Úvod do managementu I. 3. akt. vyd.. Liberec: Technická univerzita v Liberci, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7494-367-6.


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