MPH_AIPM Innovation in Positive Management

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/18. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught online.
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Ondřej Částek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Ondřej Částek, Ph.D.
Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Vlasta Radová
Supplier department: Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 3/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims to provide students with the necessary theoretical background and practical experiences related to positive businesses and innovations. Positive business refers to firms integrating the three pillars of sustainable development in their core business: economic, social and environmental. The course is delivered in co-operation with partners abroad (Paris Nanterre University, University of Potsdam, University of Pécs, University of Cagliari, University of Rennes) to expose students to the international environment. From week to week, students will collaborate with foreign classmates, which will improve their skills to work in a diverse cultural environment. The course will improve group work competencies and co-working IT tools competencies. The course starts with theoretical foundations but moves to very practical aspects.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to choose from a range of possible alternatives, focusing on positive decision-making within a firm and it's market environment. Students will deploy their potential to lead innovation and entrepreneurship in different areas of organizations' operations through the opportunities of positive business management. By learning different scoring methods and developing a new scoring system, students will be able to identify and analyse firms’ products/services and their value chain to propose sustainable innovations using a wide range of appropriate techniques and transform these into options and solutions. Project work will enhance both oral and written argumentation. Because of the international learning environment, students will master the effective use of ICT.
Syllabus
  • Introduction on the importance of positive thinking and course outline
  • Sustainable policies: global issues, economy and environment
  • Stakeholder analysis
  • Sustainable HR
  • Sustainable Finance
  • Ethics and management
  • Environmental, social and governance analysis
  • Positive business models
  • Sustainable Operation
  • Sustainable public administration – transparency and accountability
  • Sustainable public administration – government as an attractive employer
  • Sustainable public administration – administrative burden and citizen friendliness
  • EDUC+M tutorial for project presentation
  • Project evaluation
Literature
  • Online student's guide is available in study materials for each topic.
Teaching methods
The course is fully online. Lecturers will present each topic via Microsoft Teams. After the presentations, students will be grouped into teams of six. Masaryk University students will form teams with students from Rennes 1. In this phase, students analyze an organization and develop a scoring system to measure the "positivity"* of the organization. The group work will result in the developed scoring system and the organization's analysis, which will be evaluated using the developed scoring system. The best students (six from each university) will be selected to participate in a so-called Positive Manager Challenge (PMC) in Cagliari. More information about PMC is in the Interactive Syllabus. * Positivity: Integration of the three pillars of sustainable development in the management fundamentals: economic, social and environmental.
Assessment methods
The group work will be evaluated, and the grade will be assigned based on the group work assessment.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/econ/jaro2022/MPH_AIPM/index.qwarp
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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