PHERP Business Management in the Czech Republic

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Ondřej Částek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Michael Doležal (lecturer)
Ing. Lukáš Gottwald (lecturer)
Ing. Lenka Jaterková (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Alena Klapalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Bc. Petr Suchánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Radoslav Škapa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Eva Štěpánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Petr Valouch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Bc. Petr Suchánek, Ph.D.
Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Vlasta Radová
Timetable
Wed 17:10–18:45 P106
Prerequisites
General knowledge of business administration on bachelor level.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course consists of several lectures, each analyzing a particular segment of Czech business environment. At the end of the course, students should understand general trends of development of Czech companies in the transition process from central planning to market economy in the context of political and social changes. The other aim is to provide students with the current overview of the Czech business environment. The course is specific of its micro-economic and branch-level points of view.
Syllabus
  • 1 Economic transition of corporate sector: from central planning to market economy
  • 2 Consumer’s Rights in the Czech republic
  • 3 The Czech National Quality Program
  • 4 Czech Retail and its development
  • 5 Advertising in the Czech Republic
  • 6 Mobile commerce in the Czech Republic
  • 7 Environmental Management
  • 8 The Czech accounting system and its relationship with IAS (IFRS)
  • 9 Strategic partnerships
  • 10 Innovation management
  • 11 Multistage decision-making
  • 12 The Development of FDI in the Czech Republic
Literature
  • SUCHÁNEK, Petr, Radoslav ŠKAPA, Ondřej ČÁSTEK, Michael DOLEŽAL, Eva ŠVANDOVÁ, Alena KLAPALOVÁ, Lenka JATERKOVÁ, Petr VALOUCH and Eva ŠTĚPÁNKOVÁ. Business Management in the Czech Republic. 2nd ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, 133 pp. Skripta ESF MU, 2. ISBN 978-80-210-4662-7. info
  • HAVRYLYSHYN, Oleh and Donal MCGETTIGAN. Privatization in transition countries : lessons of the first decade. Washington: International Monetary Fund, 1999, iii, 16 s. ISBN 1-55775-831-X. info
  • HABERMAS, Jürgen. The structural transformation of the public sphere : an inquiry into a category of bourgeois society. Translated by Thomas Burger. 1st ed. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1991, xix, 300. ISBN 0262581086. info
Assessment methods
The course takes form of lectures and finishes in written test.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008.
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