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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Business Models

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 157-0363/02
Abbreviation PM
Course title Business Models
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Systems Engineering and Informatics
Course coordinator Ing. Blanka Bazsová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introducing to the systems theory and systems thinking.
2. Economics-mathematical modeling, model classification.
3. Structural analysis of business processes. Structural models of interdisciplinary relationships.
4. Software support of structural models. Business model systém EMA.PM.
5. Product-cost model, productions model and financial model in EMA.PM environment.
6. Software support of structural models – other available products.
7. Soft systems metodology, approaches to the model creating.
8. Fundament of systems dynamics
9. Stages of creating model process by helping of systems dynamics.
10. Systems dynamics software support. Introducing of Powersim SW product.
11. Simulation model software support – other available SW products – main characteristics and differences.
12. Simulation models – creating and testing.
13. Logistic processes and its simulation model possibilities.

Literature

BOCK, Adam, J. a George GERARD. The Business Model Book: Design, build and adapt business ideas that drive business growth (Brilliant Business). Pearson, 2018. 257 s. ISBN 978-1-292-13570-0 .
MILLER, Ronald E. a Peter D. BLAIR. Input-output analysis: foundations and extensions. 3rd Eddition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. 850 p. ISBN 978-1-108-48476-3 .
PANNEERSELVAM, R. Operations research. 2nd ed. New Delhi: PHI Learning, 2012. 620 p. ISBN 978-81-203-2928-7.

Advised literature

CARTER, Michael W., PRICE, Camille C. and Ghaith RABADI. Operations Research: A Practical Introduction. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2018, 470 p. ISBN 13:978-1-4987-8010-0.
CHESBROUGH, Henry William. Open business models: how to thrive in the new innovation landscape. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, c2006. 256 p. ISBN 1-4221-0427-3.
STERMAN, John. Business dynamics: systems thinking and modeling for a complex world. Boston: Irwin/McGraw-Hill, c2000. 32 s. ISBN 0-07-231135-5.