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Business Administration

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 152-0507/01
Abbreviation BE
Course title Business Administration
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Business Administration and Law
Course coordinator doc. Dr. Ing. Pavel Blecharz

Subject syllabus

It is a cross-curricular course that provides students with basic theoretical knowledge of business economics. Students will learn about the establishment, creation, functioning and cancelling of a company, get acquainted with business value-creation processes and with measuring the efficiency and performance of business activities.
Main topics (syllabus) of lectures:
1. Introduction to business economics.
2. Typology of companies and companies.
3. Business surroundings and business environment.
4. Business life cycle and its phase.
5. Capital and property structure of the company.
6. Economic efficiency of the company and its basic category.
7. Organization and organizational structure of the company.
8. Strategic business management.
9. Financial management.
10. Production activity of the company.
11. Purchasing Management.
12. Sales and marketing.
13. Personnel management.
14. Modern trends in corporate governance and entry of companies into foreign markets.

Literature

VERBEKE, Alain a LEE, Ian. International business strategy: rethinking the foundations of global corporate success. Third edition. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2022. ISBN 978-1-108-48803-7.

Advised literature

CLAYMAN, Michelle R.; FRIDSON, Martin S. a TROUGHTON, George H. Corporate finance workbook: economic foundations and financial modeling. CFA Institute investment series. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley, [2022]. ISBN 978-1-119-74381-1.
KURATKO, Donald F. Entrepreneurship: theory, process, practice. Tenth edition. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2017. ISBN 978-1-305-57624-7.