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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Business Activities

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 116-0401/01
Abbreviation OC
Course title Business Activities
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Marketing and Business
Course coordinator Ing. Miluše Hluchníková, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1.The origins of trade. The periods of trade development.
2.The Principles of trade.
3.The theories of trade. Functional and institutionalapproach.
4.Purchase as the function of the enterprise.
5.Sale as the function of the enterprise.
6.The human resources in the process of trading.
7.Wholesale and its role in the distribution process.
8.Retail and its role in the distribution process.
9.Principles of the retail site formation. Spatial analysis, purchase potential setting.
10.Business operations and its elements.
11.Future trends of trade. Processes of conceatration and cooperation.

Literature

LEVY. ISE Retailing Management. Columbus: McGraw-Hill Education, 2018. 1216 p. ISBN: 978-12-600-8476-4.

Advised literature

BERMAN, Barry and Joel R. EVANS. Retail Management. A Strategic Approach. 13 th ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2017. 592 p. ISBN 978-0-13-379684-1 .
JOBBER, David a Geoffrey LANCATER. Selling and Sales Management. London: Pearson Education, 2014. 592 p.ISBN 978-02-7376265-2 .