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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Small Business Management

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 115-0394/01
Abbreviation MMP
Course title Small Business Management
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Management
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Marie Mikušová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

- Small business – definition, task, specific features
- Manager of small business (features, barriers, assumptions)
- Family business I (history, status, definition, role of family, type, culture, life style, strengths and weaknesses)
- Family business II (management - phase, concept, types, succession)
- Trademan, employer (application of foundation, obligations, termination of existence)
- Company Limited (application of foundation, leaving a companion, settlement share)
- Family business III (cooperation within the family - an association, cooperative person)
- Joint venture - a selection of partner
- Management of the internal functioning of the family business
- Financing options, support
- Cooperation (alliance, clusters, networks)
- Small business and the environment

E-learning

LMS interactive using.

Literature

LIPMAN, Frederick D. Business exit strategies: family-owned and other business. Singapore: World Scientific, 2018. 144 s. ISBN 978-981-3233-21-8 .
MIKUŠOVÁ, Marie. Family business. SOET, vol. 30. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2018. 256 s. ISBN 978-80-248-4222-6.
ZELLWEGER, Thomas. Managing the family business: theory and practice. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017. 527 s. ISBN 978-1-78347-069-3.

Advised literature

BARON, Josh a Rob LACHENAUER. Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise (HBR Handbooks). Brighton, MA: Harvard Business Review, 2021. 320 s. ISBN 978-16-3369-904-5.
DE MASSIS, Alfredo a Nadine KAMMERLANDER, ed. Handbook of qualitative research methods for family business. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020. 439 s. ISBN 978-1-78811-644-2.
HUBLER, Tom. The soul of family business: a practical guide to family business success and a loving family. Eden Prairie: Lilja Press, 2018. 213 s. ISBN 978-1-73204-000-7.