Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Small Business Management

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	115-0394/02
Abbreviation	MMP
Course title	Small Business Management
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Management
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Marie Mikušová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Small enterprise - definition, role, specific features.
2. Small business manager (features, barriers, prerequisites).
3. Family business.
4. Sole trader (application of establishment, obligations, termination of existence).
5. Limited liability company (application of incorporation, departure of shareholder, share settlement).
6. Employer.
7. Business plan.
8. Joint venture - choice of partner.
9. Managing the internal workings of the family business.
10.Financing options, support.
11.Cooperation (alliances, clusters, networks).
12.Small business and the environment.
13.Family business management in the European and non-European environment.
14.Doing Business.

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.

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