Course: Economics and Management of Enterprises

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Course title Economics and Management of Enterprises
Course code KPE/EMP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Dyntar Jakub, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Štichhauerová Eva, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Žižka Miroslav, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Topics: 1. Enterprise as a system, entrepreneurial surroundings. 2. Production and economic activities of enterprises. 3. Supplying activities. Inventory function and classification. 4. Inventory theory. Static and dynamic models of inventory management. 5. Production activities. Production management models. 6. Sales activities. Models of distribution systems management. Seminars: Numerical tasks and case studies focused on applications of quantitative methods in enterprises.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments)
  • Class attendance - 42 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to get knowledge of an entrepreneurial system, its structure and hierarchy, with fundamental knowledge and skills in the field of decision-making process models construction, and their solution through quantitative methods. The course will broaden and deepen present knowledge of students in the fields of modern managerial approaches which are more frequent used in the practice.
Students obtain knowledge of mathematical methods which can be used for solution of decision-making tasks in the business administration and management.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of mathematics, statistics and management on bachelor level.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Credit: elaboration of a seminar work focused on application of selected methods solving managerial and entrepreneurial tasks. Written exam, min. 60 % of knowledge/points.
Recommended literature
  • DUCHOŇ, B. Inženýrská ekonomika. 1. vyd. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2007.. ISBN 978-80-7179-763-0.
  • EISELT, H. A. a C. L. SANDBLOM. Operations Research: A Model-Based Approach 2nd ed. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2012. ISBN 978-3-642-31053-9.
  • GROS, I. a J. DYNTAR. Matematické modely pro manažerské rozhodování.. Praha: Vydavatelství VŠCHT, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7080-910-5.
  • GROS, I. Matematické modely pro manažerské rozhodování.. Praha: Vydavatelství VŠCHT, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7080-709-5.
  • KAVAN, M. Výrobní a provozní management. 2002. ISBN 80-247-0199-5.
  • LAGOVÁ, M. a J. JABLONSKÝ. Lineární modely. Praha: Oeconomica, 2014. ISBN 978-80-245-2020-9.
  • SYNEK, M. aj. Manažerská ekonomika. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3494-1.
  • ŠUBRT, T. Ekonomicko-matematické modely. Plzeň : Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk. 2019.
  • VEBER, J. a kol. Základy managementu. 1. vyd. Praha: Management Press, 2009.. ISBN 978-80-7261-200-0.
  • VODÁČEK, Leoe a Ol'ga VODÁČKOVÁ. Moderní management v teorii a praxi. Praha: Management Press, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7261-197-3.


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