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Economics of Safety

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 152-0514/01
Abbreviation ES
Course title Economics of Safety
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Business Administration and Law
Course coordinator Ing. Hana Štverková, Ph.D.,MBA,LL.M.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to business economics and business.
2. Typology of business entities.
3. Business life cycle.
4. Property and capital structure of the company.
5. Business environment.
6. Business plan and strategy.
7. Marketing and business management.
8. Personnel activities of the company.
9. Financial management of the company.
10. Business efficiency.
11. Specifics of small and medium enterprises.
12. Production and operation management.
13. New forms of business.
14. Trends in business.

Literature

AYYUB, Bilal M. Risk analysis in engineering and economics. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-4665-1825-4.
HARMS-RINGDAHL, Lars. Safety analysis: principles and practice in occupational safety. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2001. ISBN 0-415-23655-X.
OXENBURGH, Maurice, Pepe MARLOW a Andrew OXENBURGH. Increasing productivity and profit through health & safety: the financial returns from a safe working environment. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2004. ISBN 0-415-24331-9.

Advised literature

RENIERS, Genseric, L.L. and H.R. Noël Van ERP. Operational Safety Economics: A practical approach focused on the chemical and process industries. Chichester, West Sussex: & Sons, 2016. ISBN 978-11188-7112-6 .
RUSER, John and Richard BUTLER. The Economics of Occupational Safety and Health. Hanover, MA: Now Publishers, 2010. ISBN 978-1-60198-382-4 .


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