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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Principles of Management

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 345-0304/04
Abbreviation ZMng
Course title Principles of Management
Credits 2
Coordinating department Department of Mechanical Technology
Course coordinator Ing. Ivana Šajdlerová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Definition of management - an interdisciplinary character, general classification of developmental stages, the control function of management.
2. Zero stage of the management.
3. The classical theory of management: scientific management - case studies - Taylor, Gilbreth, Ford, Bata.
4. The classical theory of management: Fayol, Weber, case studies.
5. The neo-classical theory - the interpersonal relationship management, case study.
6. Modern management theory.
7. A pragmatic empirical approach to management - Drucker, Peters, Waterman, case studies.
8. Present and further development trends of management.
9. Management system - management cycle, creating of an organizational structure, reorganization, case studies.
10. Strategy and tactics in management planning.
11. Organization and making decision in managerial practice, monitoring and control instruments.

E-learning

ŠAJDLEROVÁ, Ivana a Miloslav KONEČNÝ. Základy managementu. [online]. 2007. Dostupné z http://www.elearn.vsb.cz/archivcd/FS/ZMag/

Literature

KOONTZ, H. WEIHRICH, H. Management. 9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1988. 685 s. ISBN 0-07-100542-0.

Advised literature

Stephen P. Robbins, Mary Coulter. Management. 6th ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, c1999 - xxiii, 645, 122 s. ISBN 0-13-921503-4