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Principles of Management

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Course Unit Code345-0304/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated2 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *First 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
SAJ45Ing. Ivana Šajdlerová, Ph.D.
Summary
Principle and importance of management and its interdisciplinary character;cclassification of thought management; contents of management functions; common aims of managers; management meetings; management system - the management cycle, organizational structure, characteristics of organizational structures; education; managerial conflicts; leadership; motivation.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Student
- will be able to explain the matter of management;
- get answers to what's management and what are the targets of managers and their role in management;
- will be able to describe the functions of management;
- will be able to assign the roles of managers in specific situations;
- can evaluate the skills of managers in the organizational hierarchy of the enterprise;
- can assign representatives to various stages of management;
- get your own view on the issue.
Course Contents
1. Definition of management - an interdisciplinary character, general classification of developmental stages, the control function of management.
2. Zero stage of the management.
3. The classical theory of management: scientific management - case studies - Taylor, Gilbreth, Ford, Bata.
4. The classical theory of management: Fayol, Weber, case studies.
5. The neo-classical theory - the interpersonal relationship management, case study.
6. Modern management theory.
7. A pragmatic empirical approach to management - Drucker, Peters, Waterman, case studies.
8. Present and further development trends of management.
9. Management system - management cycle, creating of an organizational structure, reorganization, case studies.
10. Strategy and tactics in management planning.
11. Organization and making decision in managerial practice, monitoring and control instruments.
12. Presentation semester project.
13. Testing of knowledges.
14. Consultation and grant credits.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
KOONTZ, H. WEIHRICH, H. Management. 9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1988. 685 s. ISBN 0-07-100542-0.


ŠAJDLEROVÁ, Ivana a Miloslav KONEČNÝ. Základy managementu [CD-ROM]. Ostrava: VŠB-TUO, 2007. ISBN 978-80-248-1520-6.

ŠAJDLEROVÁ, Ivana a Miloslav KONEČNÝ. Základy managementu. [online]. 2007. Dostupné z http://www.elearn.vsb.cz/archivcd/FS/ZMag/
Recommended Reading:
Stephen P. Robbins, Mary Coulter. Management. 6th ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, c1999 - xxiii, 645, 122 s. ISBN 0-13-921503-4
KONEČNÝ, M. Základy managementu. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 1997. 90 s. ISBN 80-7078-435-0
KONEČNÝ, M. Základy managementu (návody do cvičení). Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 1997. 156 s. ISBN 80-7078-441-5
DOKOUPIL, I. Podnikový management I. (soubory studijních materiálů). Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 1998, 350 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Tutorials, Project work, Other activities
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Graded exercises evaluationGraded credit100 (100)51
        ProjectProject35 22
        TestWritten test50 26
        Other task typeOther task type15 3