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Management and Leadership

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 346-3101/02
Abbreviation EKM
Course title Management and Leadership
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Machining, Assembly and Engineering Metrology
Course coordinator Ing. Vladimíra Schindlerová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to management.
2. Planning as a key managerial function.
3. Organizational Structures and the Normative framework.
4. Long-Term company objectives (mission, vision, strategy).
5. Motivation in management, communication, and leadership.
6. Project management.
7. Fundamentals of organizational economics.
8. Financial management in the enterprise.
9. Costs in an organization and cost management.
10. Marketing and its connection with economics.
11. Innovation and organizational competitiveness.
12. Lean production.
13. Lecture by an expert from the field.

Literature

[1] ROTHAERMEL, Frank T. Strategic management. Fourth edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, [2019]. ISBN 978-1-260-09237-0.
[2] HEIZER, Jay H., RENDER, Barry, MUNSON, Chuck. Principles of operations management: sustainability and supply chain management.Tenth edition. Boston: Pearson, 2016. ISBN 978-1-292-15301-8.

Advised literature

[1] KOTLER, Philip a ARMSTRONG, Gary. Principles of marketing. 15th ed., global ed. Always learning. Harlow: Pearson, c2014. ISBN 978-0-273-78699-3.
[2] SALVENDY, Gavriel. Handbook of industrial engineering: technology and operations management. 3rd ed. New York: Wiley, 2001. ISBN 978-0-471-33057-8 .