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Principles of Controlling

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Course Unit Code345-0542/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter 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
NEC45Ing. Libor Nečas, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject offers basic orientation in the field of corporate controlling. The individual chapters logically follow one another, from the general themes of controlling history, objectives, functions and breakdowns, to the information base and relationship to the accounting system, to corporate planning and the cost side of business activities.
The course will provide an overall and basic orientation in the main disciplines of economics. It focuses mainly on general and macroeconomics and the basic concepts of financial systems. Graduates will gain the necessary knowledge to analyze and estimate the impact of economic policy on the business community.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The goal of subject is to gain orientation in the field and understand the links to related subject matter of follow-up articles.
Course Contents
Lecture:
1. Introduction to the subject of controlling
2. Historical development of controlling
3. Controlling as a business management subsystem
4. Controlling tasks
5. Controller and its organizational integration
6. Operational and strategic controlling
7. Types of controlling
8. Basic terms and criteria of managerial accounting
9. Differences between managerial and financial accounting
10. Classification of costs
11. Enterprise planning
12. Cost controlling
13. Summary of chapters
14. Follow-up Business Management Studies
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
BURTON, M., LOMBRA, R.The financial system and the economy. Mason: Thomson South-Western, 695 s.

KERZNER, Harold. Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. 11th ed. Hoboken: Wiley, c2013. ISBN 978-1-118-02227-6.
ESCHENBACH, R.;SILLER, H. Profesionální controlling. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2012. ISBN 78-80-7357-918-0.
LAZAR, J. Manažerské účetnictví a controlling. Praha: Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-4133-8.
KUTÁČ, J., JANOVSKÁ, K. Podnikový controlling, 1 vyd. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita, 2012. ISBN 978-80-248-2593-9.

KERZNER, Harold. Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. 11th ed. Hoboken: Wiley, c2013. ISBN 978-1-118-02227-6.
Recommended Reading:
Slovník controllingu česko-anglický, anglicko-český: 120 nejdůležitějších termínů pro práci controllera. Přeložil Daniel BÁČA, přeložil Tomáš SLOVÁK, přeložil Eva KALINOVÁ. Praha: Management Press, 2003. ISBN 80-7261-085-6.
HIGGINS, Robert C. Analýza pro finanční management. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 1997, 399 s. ISBN 80-716-9404-5

BURTON, M., LOMBRA, R.The financial system and the economy. Mason: Thomson South-Western, 695 s.
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
Graded creditGraded credit100 51