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The use of raw materials economics

Summary

Learning outcomes of the course unit the students will acquaint with the basics of the industrial business economy. The lectures are characterized by the enterprise in the raw material industry, its objectives and functions, the main activities and their management. At exercises the students acquire practical skills in solving case studies and calculation of examples from the environment of mining enterprises.

Literature

McGUIGAN, James R.; MOYER, R. Charles; HARRIS, Frederick H. deB. Managerial economics: applications, strategies, and tactic. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2017. ISBN 978-1-305-50638-1.
RICKARD, Thomas A. The Economics of Mining. Franklin Classics Trade Press, 2018. ISBN: 978-0353544697 .
RUNGE, Ian C. Mining Economics and Strategy. Englewood: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, 2003. ISBN 978-0873351652 .
CAMUS, Juan P. Management of Mineral Resources: Creating Value in the Mining Business. Englewood: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, 2002. ISBN 978-0873352161 .

Advised literature

BAYE, Michael R.; PRINCE, Jeff. Managerial economics and business strategy. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2017.
THOMAS, Christopher R.; MAURICE, Charles S. Managerial economics: foundations of business analysis and strategy. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2016. ISBN 978-1-259-25107-8 .
TILTON, John E.; GUZMÁN, Juan Ignacio. Mineral economics and policy. New York: RFF Press, Resources for the Future, 2016. ISBN 978-1-61726-088-9 .
DVOŘÁČEK, J. Business economics. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2014. ISBN 978-80-248-3459-7.


Language of instruction čeština, angličtina
Code 545-0146
Abbreviation MVS
Course title The use of raw materials economics
Coordinating department Department of Economics and Control Systems
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Roman Kozel, Ph.D.