BA_MCE Managerial Culture and Ethics

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Tomáš Kremr, Ph.D., LL.M. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Tomáš Kremr, Ph.D., LL.M.
Department of Economics and Management – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Bc. Kateřina Konupková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
BA_MCE/pECPH: each odd Thursday 8:45–9:29 E225, each odd Thursday 9:30–10:15 E225, each odd Thursday 10:30–11:14 E225, each odd Thursday 11:15–12:00 E225, T. Kremr
Prerequisites (in Czech)
This course has no prerequisites.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives (in Czech)
Introduce students to current issues of managerial culture, managerial ethics and corporate social responsibility. Characterize the position and role of managers, explain the importance of managerial ethics. Explain the importance of corporate social responsibility. Analyze the specifics of the national and corporate culture of multinational organizations, global processes.
Learning outcomes (in Czech)
Students who successfully complete the course: 1. they will orient themselves in basic terms from all three areas, e.g. – definition of the term organizational culture, elements of organizational culture, typology of companies, etc. 2. they will be able to explain the connection between company culture and company strategy, the relationship between morals and ethics, identify key areas of SOF. 3. they will be able to argue on the topic of the advantages of applying ethical and socially responsible behavior of the company, point out possible pitfalls in this area. 4. they will know how to make changes in management culture, how to draw up a code of ethics and how to evaluate SOF. 5. they will be able to discuss the topic of ethical leadership and its contribution to the company, the manager's influence on the organizational culture.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Syllabus of lectures: 1. Organizational culture. Concept of culture, organizational culture, elements and structure of organizational culture. Schein's model. 2. Organizational culture (continued). The content, power and resources of organizational culture. The emergence and development of organizational culture. Organizational culture and strategy. Organizational culture and performance. 3. Typology of organizational culture. Typology of organizational culture, formulated in relation to organizational structure. Typology formulated in relation to environmental influence. 4. Typology of organizational culture (continued). Typology in relation to the stage of organizational development. A typology formulated in relation to organizational behavior. 5. Formation and change of organizational culture. Types and models of organizational culture change. Analysis of organizational culture as a starting point for organizational culture change. 6. Formation and change of organizational culture (continued). Implementation and evaluation of organizational culture change. Tools for shaping organizational culture change. The role of management in shaping and changing organizational culture. 7. Managerial and business ethics in the market economy. Characteristics and development of business ethics. Rationale for the study of business ethics. The situation in the Czech Republic, differences in the European and American approach. Economic reasons for fulfilling business ethics in a market economy. 8. Ethical values in economic practice. Characteristics of morality. Ethics, the relationship between morality and ethics. 9. Principles, tools and methods of ethical management. Tools and principles of ethical management. Code of Ethics. 10. Managerial ethics. Ethical management - profit from the point of view of ethics. Managerial ethics and its application (morality - erudition - application). Ethical leadership. 11. Corporate social responsibility (SOF). Development, definition, characteristic features. Areas of social responsibility. Arguments for/against the adoption of social responsibility. 12. Related concepts and concepts with SOF. Sustainable Development, Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Philanthropy. The European Union and CSR, CSR in the Czech Republic. Implementation of CSR into corporate practice.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • ARGENTI, Paul A. Corporate responsibility. Vyd. 1. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2016, 387 s. ISBN 978-1-4833-8310-1. HASKI-LEVENTHAL, Debbie. Strategic corporate social responsibility. Vyd. 1. Los Angeles: Sage, 2018, 377 s. ISBN 978-1-4739-9801-8.
Teaching methods (in Czech)
Lectures, exercises and case studies in the standard form of study, lectures and concrete examples from practice in the combined form of study. Each topic will be presented by the teacher using a PPT presentation followed by a student discussion on the given topic. The minimum mandatory participation in the full-time form of study is 75%, in the combined form of study 50%. Students who do not meet the mandatory scope of participation may be assigned additional study obligations (e.g. a wider scope of mandatory seminar work)
Assessment methods
The course ends with credit. The condition is the successful defense of written and accepted seminar paper.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin KS/semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2025.
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