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Information on degree branches

CodeDegree Branch TitleLanguage of InstructionStandard Length of Study
6208T123Economics and Management in IndustryCzech, English2.0 years
Qualification AwardedMaster degree, Ing.
Level of QualificationSecond Cycle
Access to Further StudiesThe graduates may continue in a Third cycle
Graduation Requirements120 ECTS Credits, Final state examination, Diploma thesis
Mode of StudyFull-time
Branch Director or EquivalentPersonal IDName
LEN36doc. Ing. Radim Lenort, Ph.D.
Course Structure Diagram with ECTS Credits1. year / Winter semester1. year / Summer semester
30 ECTS Credits30 ECTS Credits
2. year / Winter semester2. year / Summer semester
30 ECTS Credits30 ECTS Credits
Specific Admission Requirements
Specific admission requirements are determined by the Dean of the faculty. For more information please click here.
Specific Arrangements for the Recognition of Prior Learning
Informal learning - max. 60% of credits gained in prior lifelong learning can be recognized, as determined by the Dean of the Faculty.
Qualification Requirements and Regulations
Qualification Requirements:
Finished higher education in Bachelor's degree programme.
Regulations:
The Czech educational system is regulated by the Higher Education Act (Act 111/1998). Studies at VŠB-TUO are regulated by the Statute of VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava.
Profile of the Branch
This field of study is based on the synergy of economic theory, knowledge of economic practices, methods and tools of industrial management and the necessary technical and technological knowledge of metallurgical, chemical and mechanical engineering production. The principles of process-oriented and logically oriented integrated management of industry - production entity are reflected in all phases and spheres of strategic, tactical and operational management. The emphasis is placed on management of changes and innovation, while respecting the methodological base of decision making under risk and uncertainty conditions. Financial management as an element of the curriculum provides financial literacy of a graduate in a global sense. Interpretation of personnel management provides foundations for awareness about the crucial role of human factors in the economy of industrial entrepreneurial subjects.
Key Learning Outcomes
Key Lerning Outcomes are Expressed in following Structure: Knowledge, Skills, General competencies
Knowledge:
- Industrial company as an economic system with complicated endogenous and exogenous material and value relationships which must be respected by managerial decisions. - Understanding and quantification of these relationships through modelling and multi-criteria evaluation of their status, changes and the expected development. - Production planning and scheduling. - Exact methods of decision-making and computer environment of methodologies for supporting the management decision-making. - Management of asset and capital structure of the industrial company (company and banking, loans, leasing, receivables, factoring and forfeiting), financial analysis. - Economic diagnostics, evaluation of entrepreneurial subjects. - Process management and industrial logistics, the theory of constraints and its practical application in the logistically driven processes. - Principles and methods of project management, functions and personal profile of the project manager.
Skills:
- Creation of the concept of entrepreneurial subject strategy (continuous planning) using the methodological elements of industrial marketing. - Identification and solution of bottlenecks in the logistics chain - using the theory of constraints. - Forming and managing a working team, argument evaluation of the teamwork results. - The application of exact methods of decision making and methods of artificial intelligence in the search for optimal solutions of the given problem.
General competencies:
- Independent decision-making on issues related to changes in internal or external entrepreneurial environment, with the knowledge of direct responsibility for the consequences of the decision - in broader economic context. - Assigning special tasks to subordinate employees, evaluation and reward for their performance levels. - Ability to deal with people according to their work performance and social status, with the personality profile. - Ability to present economic and managerial competence in at least one foreign language. - Support and create conditions of continuous education.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples
The contents of the economic and managerial training creates conditions for competent application not only in the sphere of industrial and entrepreneurial activity management, but also in various other areas of industrial practice - in financial, marketing, design, and research institutions and other activities.
Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading
Examination regulations, assesment and grading are described in the Study and Examination Rules.
Curriculum:
Remark:
Course block: Compulsory - all courses are compulsory.
Course block: Choice-compulsory - student has to choose at least one course from the list of courses.
Course block: Optional - student can choose any course from the list of courses.
 
IMPORTANT: Student has to select so many courses to reach 30 ECTS credits per semester. Rules in detail and convenient selection of courses can be consulted with the programmme director.
 
1. Semester1. yearWinter semester30 ECTS Credits
2. Semester1. yearSummer semester30 ECTS Credits
3. Semester2. yearWinter semester30 ECTS Credits
4. Semester2. yearSummer semester30 ECTS Credits


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