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Modern Management Approaches

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Course Unit Code639-3007/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First 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
NOS35prof. Ing. Darja Noskievičová, CSc.
SMA0011Ing. Tereza Smajdorová, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject will offer the complex overview of the aspects of the application and methodology of the modern management and understanding of the importance of various managerial approaches and paradigms in the process of the innovative development of the management.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Student will
be knowledgeable in the large variety of management approaches and methodical aspects;
obtain knowledge about differences between particular managerial concepts;
obtain detailed information about principles, methods and methodology of the implementation of the selected managerial approaches (Lean production, Six Sigma, Agile, Leagile approach).

Student will be able to
apply his knowledge for the innovative development of the managerial system of the manufacturing a nonmanufacturing organizations.

Course Contents
1. Basis of management.
2. Change management, crisis management.
3. Process Management, Outsourcing, BPR.
4. Quality management, environmental management, knowledge management, logistic management.
5. Category management, brand management.
6. Managerial methods – summary.
7. Six Sigma
8. Lean production.
9. Mass customization.
10. Agile management.
11. Integrated approaches. Leagile management.
12. Synergy in management.
13. Management of the value innovations. Strategy of innovation management. Innovation nets.
14. Management perspectives (crisis a transformation).


Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
PYZDEK, T. a P. KELLER. The Six Sigma Handbook. New York: McGraw Hill, 2014. 978-0-07-184053-2.
BAKER, M. Digital transformation. Buckingham: Buckingham Business Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1500448486.
VODÁČEK, L. a VODÁČKOVÁ, O.: Moderní management v teorii a praxi. Praha: Management Press, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7261-232-1.
KOŠTURIAK, J. a Z. FROLÍK. Štíhlý a inovativní podnik. Praha: Alfa Publishing, 2006. ISBN 80-86851-38-9.
PYZDEK, T. a P. KELLER. The Six Sigma Handbook. New York: McGraw Hill, 2014. 978-0-07-184053-2.
http://katedry.fmmi.vsb.cz/Opory_FMMI_ENG/QM/Modern%20management%20approaches.pdf.

BAKER, M. Digital transformation. Buckingham: Buckingham Business Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1500448486.
Recommended Reading:
WANG, L. a S. C. L. KOH. Enterprise networks and logistics for agile manufacturing. Berlin: Springer, 2010. ISBN 978-1849962438.
KULL, H. Mass customization: Opportunities, methods and challenges for manufacturers. New York: Apress, 2015. ISBN 978-1484210086.
KOŠTURIAK, J . Kaizen – Osvědčená praxe českých a slovenských podniků. Praha: CPress, 2010. ISBN 978-80-251-2349-2.
WANG, L. a S. C. L. KOH. Enterprise networks and logistics for agile manufacturing. Berlin: Springer, 2010. ISBN 978-1849962438.
KULL, H. Mass customization: Opportunities, methods and challenges for manufacturers. New York: Apress, 2015. ISBN 978-1484210086.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit40 20
        ExaminationExamination60 31