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Entrepreneurship in the raw material industry

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Course Unit Code545-0145/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Optional
Level of Course Unit *First 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
ROL74Ing. Markéta Laštůvková, Ph.D.
HOL0164Ing. Věroslav Holuša, Ph.D.
Summary
The course presents the issues and basic principles of business in general, with subsequent concretization on markets and business with raw material resources. It introduces the elements of the business environment, the legislative framework of business, tools for analyzing the business environment, the business plan, the business plan and its parts. It defines the role of the owner, his competencies and responsibilities. Exercises are focused on practical training in creating a business plan.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Student demonstrates knowledge and understanding of:
- basic theoretical and legislative knowledge of business,
- basic concepts, forms, functions and meanings of business and strategic planning,
- the structure and particulars of the business plan as the primary strategic plan of the enterprise,
- basic management methods and tools of strategic and project management,
- basic orientation in raw material markets.
Student can:
- interpret the nature, roles and functions of entrepreneurship,
- to evaluate the well-known state of practice, to appreciate the main factors of change in the current state and knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship
- grasp and understand the essence of the owner, economic decision-making, management and management of business processes,
- Apply basic management tools
- realize, solve and elaborate business plan in chosen area of ​​business with relation to raw material resources.
Student is able to:
- create a vision, mission and business goals,
- analyze, characterize and orientate in the business environment of the Czech Republic,
- create, compile into real form and defend a concrete business plan for a fictitious company (semestral work).
Course Contents
1. Introduction to the subject.
2. Strategic management and market research.
3. Managerial methods, tools and systems.
4. Raw materials industry, minerals and their processes.
5. Entrepreneurial opportunities and start-up of business in the raw material industry.
6. Legal prerequisites for business in the raw materials industry.
7. Business plan for the raw materials industry.
8. Specifics of business in mining and processing of minerals.
9. Specifics of business in the field of production based on minerals.
10. Specifics of business in the field of renewable sources (RES, recycling).
11. Specifics of business in the field of modern technological raw materials.
12. The specifics of business in the field of precious metals and stones (and commodities).
13. Conclucion and evaluation of semester work.


Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
OSTERWALDER, Alexander a Yves PIGNEUR. Business model generation: a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, c2010. ISBN 978-0-470-87641-1.
FANDEL, Günter, ed. Modern concepts of the theory of the firm: managing enterprises of the new economy. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 3-540-40509-7.
MARIOTTI, Steve a Caroline GLACKIN. Entrepreneurship & small business management. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-503031-8.
STOKES, David a Nicholas WILSON. Small business management and entrepreneurship. 6th ed. Andover: South-Western Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-1-4080-1799-9.
ČERVENÝ, Radim. Business plán: krok za krokem. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2014. C.H. Beck pro praxi. ISBN 978-80-7400-511-4.
FOTR, Jiří, Emil VACÍK, Miroslav ŠPAČEK a Ivan SOUČEK. Úspěšná realizace strategie a strategického plánu. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2017. Expert (Grada). ISBN 978-80-271-0434-5.
OSTERWALDER, Alexander a Yves PIGNEUR. Tvorba business modelů: příručka pro vizionáře, inovátory a všechny, co se nebojí výzev. 2. vydání. Přeložil Radek BLAHETA. V Brně: BizBooks, 2015. ISBN 978-80-265-0425-2.
SRPOVÁ, Jitka. Podnikatelský plán a strategie. Praha: Grada, 2011. Expert (Grada). ISBN 978-80-247-4103-1.
SVOBODOVÁ, Ivana a Michal ANDERA. Od nápadu k podnikatelskému plánu: jak hledat a rozvíjet podnikatelské příležitosti. Praha: Grada, 2017. ISBN 978-80-271-0407-9.
OSTERWALDER, Alexander a Yves PIGNEUR. Business model generation: a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, c2010. ISBN 978-0-470-87641-1.
Recommended Reading:
DAS, Satyajit. Risk management. 3rd rev. ed. Singapore: Wiley. The swaps & financial derivatives library. ISBN 0-470-82165-5.
Fundamentals of project management. 4th ed. New York: AMACOM. WorkSmart. ISBN 978-0-8144-1748-5.
TAMVAKIS, Michael N. Commodity trade and finance. Second edition. New York: Informa Law from Routledge. Grammenos library. ISBN 978-0-415-73245-1.
ROTHAERMEL, Frank T. Strategic management. Third edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education. McGraw-Hill education international edition. ISBN 978-1-259-25549-6.
PAWLICZEK, Adam, Lucja MATUSIKOVÁ a Karel STELMACH. Zakládání podniku a investování: podnikatelský záměr : pro distanční formu studia. 2., přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Karviná: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta v Karviné, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7248-838-4.
VEBER, Jaromír a Jitka SRPOVÁ. Podnikání malé a střední firmy. 3., aktualiz. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2012. Expert (Grada). ISBN 978-80-247-4520-6.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit30 (30)17
                Semestrální projektSemestral project30 17
        ExaminationExamination70 (70)34
                Písemná zkouškaWritten examination70 34