B_RP_2 Business Management 2

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2026
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
Ing. Mgr. Jaromír Tichý, Ph.D., MBA
Department of Economics and Management – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Bc. Kateřina Konupková
Prerequisites
B_RP_1 Business Management 1
The requirement for the completion of this course is completion of the course B_RP_A1.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to build on the knowledge acquired in the course Business Management 1 and to acquaint students with the basic processes of management of other business departments. Students will primarily get acquainted with the role of business owners and managers, the creation of medium-term strategies and the nature of operational management processes in finance, investment decision-making, quality management, innovation, IS / IT, crisis management and restructuring. Special attention will be paid to the role of managers, their competencies and responsibilities in managing key business activities. The lectures will end with a list of prerequisites for the managerial work of the relevant section of the company.
Learning outcomes
Student should be theoretically prepared to manage the company after completing this course. During the course the emphasis is on the practical verification of the acquired knowledge in practice, especially in the following disciplines: • process management, • strategic management, • marketing management, • Business management, • Financial management, • Quality management, • Innovation management, • managing a business in a crisis and restructuring it, • management and development of human resources. The course emphasizes examples of a real business management environment, then students should be ready to take up management positions in a real environment.
Syllabus
  • 1. Financial management I. – Management of costs, revenues, EBITDA, EBIT, EBT, EAT, cashflow, FCF
  • 2. Financial management II. – asset management, liability management, balance sheet planning and enterprise value management
  • 3. Investment decision-making – investment triangle, business plan and break-even point, DCF method, IRR, financial derivatives, capital markets, speculation
  • 4. Quality management - quality management objectives, competitiveness and quality, approaches to quality management (QMS, TQM)
  • 5. Quality management - Deming - 14 points of quality, selected methods of achieving quality and improvement (QM, EFQM, BSC, Six Sigma, LEAN, ...)
  • 6. Innovation I. – goals, resources, implementation, innovation environment, change and innovation management, product life cycle, III (invention, innovation, investment)
  • 7. Innovation II. – strategic innovation, product innovation, process innovation, technologies of the near future, change management, Blue Ocean Strategy (Blue Ocean Strategy BOS)
  • 8. Industry 4.0 technology in business management I. – remote collaboration, Home-office, business applications, IS, ERP, shared data, RFID, IoT and M2M, data collection and their processing (relevance, validation, costs), Big Data , issues of technology, security, implementation
  • 9. Industry 4.0 technology in business management II. – automation, robotization, corobotization, digitization, autonomous robotics, production shadowing, additive manufacturing, augmented reality, virtualization, virtual reality, artificial intelligence and cybernetics
  • 10. SOF (Corporate Social Responsibility) - the meaning of the CSR concept for the company, customers (suppliers, employees). 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), TOP Socially Responsible Company, National Awards of the Czech Republic and competitions for social responsibility, circular economy, shared economy
  • 11. Logistics processes of the company - logistics, logistics activities and their division, structure of logistics processes in a manufacturing company, trends in logistics strategies (e-shops, software, intelligent management and technology, Internet of smart things, robotization, etc.),
  • 12. Dissolution of the enterprise - ways and causes, differences between the dissolution of the enterprise without liquidation and during its liquidation, rules for financial settlement in the framework of the liquidation of the enterprise
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Literature
    required literature
  • HAVLÍČEK, Karel. Management: malé a střední firmy. 1. vyd. Praha: Vysoká škola finanční a správní, 2011, 210 s. ISBN 978-80-7408-056-2.
  • JANIŠOVÁ, Dana a Mirko KŘIVÁNEK. Velká kniha o řízení firmy. Praktické postupy pro úspěšný rozvoj. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada. 2013. 400 s. ISBN 978-80-247-4337-0.
  • SYNEK, Miloslav a Eva KISLINGEROVÁ. Podniková ekonomika. 6., přeprac. a dopl. vyd. V Praze: C.H.Beck, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7400-274-8.
    recommended literature
  • VÁCHAL, Jan a Marek VOCHOZKA. Podnikové řízení. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada. 2014. 688 s. ISBN 978-80-247-4642-5.
  • FIŠER, Roman. Procesní řízení pro manažery. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada. 2014. 176 s. ISBN 978-80-247-5038-5.
  • HAVLÍČEK, Karel. Small business: management & controlling. Kyjiv: Unyversitet Ukrajina, 2014. ISBN 978-966-388-494-3.
  • KISLINGEROVÁ, E. a kol.: Manažerské finance. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2010, 811s. ISBN 978-80-7400-194-9.
  • JANUŠKA, Martin. Úvod do operativního řízení podniku. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, 2018. ISBN 978-80-261-0800-9.
  • BURIAN, Stanislav. Manažerská ekonomie (pokročilý kurz). Vyd. 2. Praha: Vysoká škola ekonomie a managementu, 2015. ISBN 978-80-87839-58-4.
Teaching methods
Teaching in the full-time form of study will take place on the basis of interactive lectures, in which the theory will be supplemented by practical examples, on the basis of which the student will get an idea of the actual role of business management for its successful development. The lectures will include discussions on the topic, group work, etc. It will also include assignments for home preparation for the next lesson. Teaching in combined study will take place in the form of guided consultation. It presupposes continuous preparation of students for guided group consultations, which will focus on practical applications with the aim of optimal use of knowledge from the subject in business practice. If contact teaching and consultation in the personal presence of the student in full-time and combined form of study will be impossible, teaching is replaced by distance form of study (online transmission via MS TEAMS) and self-study.
Assessment methods
Conditions for completing the course:
1. Meet the mandatory attendance requirements for seminars 75% full-time study, 50% combined study for study concentration and ISP students. If not met, the student will prepare a substitute seminar paper of at least 10 pages in the BP template. The student will choose a topic for this paper and have it approved by the teacher. The condition is the use of at least 3 references from the ProQuest database available for free from IS.VSFS
2. Prepare a seminar paper, the topic will be published during the course (the seminar paper will be evaluated with a maximum of 100 points, awarded by the instructor of the seminar).
3. Successfully complete 3 continuous electronic tests (the availability of tests is published by the course guarantor), the results are automatically recorded (in points and percentages) in the notebook in the course evaluation B_RP_2.
4. After receiving credit for completing points 1, 2, 3, take the EXAM TEST (electronically). The test lasts 30 minutes, 20 questions including arithmetic. Each correctly answered question is evaluated with 1 point. The results are automatically written (in points and percentages) in the notebook in the course evaluation B_RP_2. Evaluation of the test results (20-18 points = 1, 17-14 points = 2, 13-11 points = 3, 10-0 points = 4).
5. It is possible to take the exam - orally or physically in writing according to the decision of the teacher (examiner). The exam will consist of 4 questions and each question will be evaluated with a maximum of 5 points. So a total of 20 points. In total, the student can get a maximum of 120 points.
Grading scale: A 120-100 points, B 99-90 points, C 89-80 points, D 79-70 points, E 69-60 points, F less than 60 points.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, summer 2012, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024, Summer 2025.
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