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Systems of Prices

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Course Unit Code545-0293/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated6 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third 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
CER25Ing. Igor Černý, Ph.D.
ROL74Ing. Markéta Laštůvková, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject concerns fundamentals of price formation, cost analysis, calculations, types of calculation formulas, calculation methods and calculation techniques (i. e. division costing, overheads costing, variable costing, standard calculation).
The content of the subject is the cost budget, break-even point, pricing policy.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Learning outcomes of the course unit the aim of the course is to understand the costing systems, the importance of the cost in practice and the process of pricing. Students will acquire theoretical knowledge and professional skills in the field of costing, budgeting and cost analysis.
Course Contents
1. Price, price function in market economics, Act of price.
2. Relationships among cost, price and accounting, costs accounting, managerial accounting, financial accounting.
3. Costs and expenditure, yield and income, different way and significance of cost classification.
4. Cost calculation of output: calculation, basic terms, basic term of calculations, calculation tables, costing methods and techniques
5. Costing techniques: division costing, overheads costing, time lump-sum costing, dynamics calculations, X diagram.
6. Non-absorbing costing, break-even point analysis.
7. Costing methods: costing by division, job-order costing, multistage costing, costing joint products.
8. Planning and budgeting: basic terms and relationships, short-time budgeting.
9. Budgeting of overhead cost, medium and long-time budgeting.
10. Method of standard costs.
11. Transfer prices.
12. Decision tasks.
13. Pricing decisions.
14. Controlling
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
LUCEY, Terry. [i]Costing.[/i] Seventh edition. Cengage Learning EMEA, 2008. ISBN 1844809439.
1. DUCHOŇ, Bedřich. [i]Inženýrská ekonomika.[/i]1. vydání. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2007. ISBN 978-807179-763-0.
2. HRADECKÝ, Mojmír; LANČA, Jiří; ŠIŠKA, Ladislav. [i]Manažerské účetnictví.[/i] 1. vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2008. 264 s. ISBN 978-80-247-2471-3.
3. KEŘOVSKÝ, Miroslav. [i]Ekonomie pro strategické řízení.[/i] Teorie pro praxi. 1. vydání. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2004. 184 s. ISBN 80-7179-885-1.
4. POPESKO, Boris; PAPADAKI, Šárka. [i]Moderní metody řízení nákladů. Jak dosáhnout efektivního vynakládání nákladů a jejich snížení.[/i] 2. Aktualizované a rozšířené vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2016. 264 s. ISBN 978-80-247-5773-5.
5. ŠOLJAKOVÁ, Libuše; FIBÍROVÁ, Jana. [i]Reporting.[/i] 3 rozšířené a aktualizované vydání. 3 vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2010. 224 s. ISBN 978-80-247-2759-2.
6. Zákon č. 526/1990 Sb., Zákon o cenách, ve znění pozdějších předpisů. Dostupné na https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/1990-526.

Recommended Reading:
1. DRURY, Colin. [i]Management and Cost Accounting.[/i] Third Edition. Springer, 2013. ISBN 9781489968289.
1. Lazar, Jaromír. [i]Manažerské účetnictví a controlling.[/i] 1. vydání. Praha: Grada, 2012. 280 s. ISBN 978-80-247-4133-8.
2.MACÍK. K. [i]Jak kalkulovat podnikové náklady.[/i] 1. vydání. Ostrava: Montanex, 1994. ISBN 80-85-780-16-X.
3.SYNEK, Miloslav a kol. [i]Manažerská ekonomika.[/i] 5. aktualizované a doplněné vydání. Praha: Grada, 2011. 471 s. ISBN 978-80-247-3494-1.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
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 evaluationCredit33 (33)17
                PísemkyWritten test33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 34