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Legal and Psychological Issues

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Course Unit Code711-0505/04
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated2 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
JAK22Ing. Dagmar Jakubcová
PAL04Mgr. Libuše Páleníčková, Ph.D.
MAT17Mgr. Jana Matochová, Ph.D.
Summary
In this course, students will be able to describe selected areas of public and private law, will be familiar with selected institutes of labour law, business area and selected matters of financial law. Students will gain an overview of current legislative changes before entering practice.
The course is also focused on learning basic of psychology and to help students better understand ourselves, other people and the regularities of psychic phenomena impact on their personal life and work performance.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
- to understand some important low and psychological theories
- to characterize the fundamentals of business law
- to know the aktual change in the law
- to characterize the basic methods of psychology
- to understand basic concepts of motivation and application of theories in working life
- to distinguish of personality types and traits
Course Contents
1. Labour law, conception of law, subject matter of law, sources of law.
2. Business legislation, business companies, trade.
3. Tax system in ČR, revenue tax, property tax.
4. Personal finance.
5. Selected banking products, insurance.
6. Subject of Psychology,the basic psychological schools.
7. The psychological methods.
8. The concept of personality.
9. Typologie of personality.
10. Temperament,character.
11. Motivation and personality.
12. Attitudes and aspirations, values.
13. Stress. Possibilities to getting it under control.
14. Burn-out syndrome.Possibilities to prevent it.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
NOLEN-HOEKSAMA Susan and Barbara FREDRICKSON and Richard ATKINSON and Geoffrey LOFTUS and Ernest HILGARD and Christel LUTZ. Atkinson & Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology. London, 2014. ISBN 978-1-408-08902-6.
BELL, Ian David. Contemporary issues in business and legal matters. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2009. ISBN 978-80-244-2279-4.
ATKINSON, Rita L. Psychologie. Přeložil Erik HERMAN, přeložil Miroslav PETRŽELA. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995. ISBN 80-85605-35-X.
ŘÍČAN, Pavel. Psychologie osobnosti. Vyd. 5., rozš. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007. Psyché (Grada). ISBN 978-80-247-1174-4.
TÝČ, Vladimír. Základy práva Evropské unie pro ekonomy. 5. aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Linde, 2006. Vysokoškolské právnické učebnice. ISBN 80-7201-631-8.
NOLEN-HOEKSAMA Susan and Barbara FREDRICKSON and Richard ATKINSON and Geoffrey LOFTUS and Ernest HILGARD and Christel LUTZ. Atkinson & Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology. London, 2014. ISBN 978-1-408-08902-6.
Recommended Reading:
GIBLIN, Les. How to be People Smart. Les Giblin Books, 2011. ISBN 9781937094034.
PAUL, David. Communication strategies level 2. Heinle ELT, 2010. ISBN 9789814232623.
SOUŠKOVÁ, Milena. Legal regulation of the labour market in the Czech Republic. Praha: Economica, 2008, 22 s. Faculty of International Relations Working papers, vol. II, 28/2008. ISBN 978-80-245-1495-6.
MATOCHOVÁ, Jana. Psychologie práva: speciální část. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2008. ISBN 978-80-248-1929-7.
ELIÁŠ, Karel. Občanské právo pro každého: pohledem (nejen) tvůrců nového občanského zákoníku. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7478-013-4.
SOUŠKOVÁ, Milena. Legal regulation of the labour market in the Czech Republic. Praha: Economica, 2008, 22 s. Faculty of International Relations Working papers, vol. II, 28/2008. ISBN 978-80-245-1495-6.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Seminars, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
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Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Graded exercises evaluationGraded credit100 51