SylabUZ

Generate PDF for this page

Business Management and Economics - course description

General information
Course name Business Management and Economics
Course ID 06.9-WM-MaPE-P-BMaE-23
Faculty Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Field of study Management and Production Engineering
Education profile academic
Level of studies First-cycle studies leading to Engineer's degree
Beginning semester winter term 2023/2024
Course information
Semester 1
ECTS credits to win 6
Course type obligatory
Teaching language english
Author of syllabus
  • prof. dr hab. inż. Justyna Patalas-Maliszewska
Classes forms
The class form Hours per semester (full-time) Hours per week (full-time) Hours per semester (part-time) Hours per week (part-time) Form of assignment
Lecture 30 2 - - Exam
Class 30 2 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

The aim of the course is to understand the importance of management in the enterprise and to learn the basic tools, techniques and problems of management. Developing practical skills in planning, organizing, coordinating and controlling in enterprises. In addition, the aim of the course is to understand the basic laws and economic processes taking place in a market economy and to understand the principles of operation of enterprises.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of economics as well as knowledge and skills in mathematics.

Scope

Lecture: 2h (S - full-time studies, N - part-time studies)

S1 (N1): Definitions and types of enterprises, organizational and legal forms of enterprises, taxonomy of enterprises. Characteristics of the organizational structure of enterprises.

S2 (N2): The company's mission and strategy. Characteristics of management in an enterprise at the strategic, tactical and operational level.

S3 (N3): Knowledge-based enterprise, knowledge workers. Management of knowledge. Methods of determining the value of intellectual capital.

S4 (N3): Characteristics of innovative enterprises and innovation management methods.

S5 (N4): Human resources management: selection of employees in the enterprise, recruitment and selection process. Work evaluation.

S6 (N4): Human resources management: tools and methods of motivating individual groups of employees, employee development.

S7-S8 (N5): Balanced Scorecard.

S9 (N6): Elementary issues and subject of economics. Basic categories of economics. Costs and benefits in economics. Production capabilities.

S10 - S11 (N8): Basics of production management. Definitions: enterprise, entrepreneur, economic activity. Objectives of the enterprise. Form of ownership and assets of the enterprise. Financing the company's activities. Cost accounting (costs: total, fixed, variable, average, marginal; total and marginal revenue). Enterprise profit. Economic and technological optimum. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

S12-S13 (N9) The basic models of the market.

S14 (N9) Risk in business activity.

S15 (N9) State tax system. Types of taxes. Budget.

Classes:

SC1-SC2 (NC1): Definitions and types of enterprises, organizational and legal forms of enterprises, taxonomy of enterprises. Characteristics of the organizational structure of enterprises.

SC3 (NC2): Company mission and strategy. Characteristics of management in an enterprise at the strategic, tactical and operational level.

SC4-SC5 (NC3): Knowledge-based enterprise, knowledge workers. Management of knowledge. Methods of determining the value of intellectual capital.

 

SC6 (NC4): Characteristics of innovative enterprises and innovation management methods.

SC7 (NC5): Human resources management: selection of employees in the enterprise, recruitment and selection process. Work evaluation.

SC8-SC9 (NC6): Human resources management: tools and methods of motivating individual groups of employees, employee development.

SC10 -SC 11 (NC7): Balanced Scorecard.

SC11 (NC8):  Costs and benefits in economics. Production capabilities.

SC12 (NC8): Enterprise balance sheet.

SC13 (NC8): Cost accounting (costs: total, fixed, variable, average, marginal; total and marginal revenue). Enterprise profit. Economic and technological  value.

SC14 (NC8): Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

SC14 (NC9): Risk in business activity.

SC15 (NC9): Written test.

 

Teaching methods

Conventional lecture.

Classes: problem tasks, case studies; group and individual work.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

Lecture - Written exam, preceded by obtaining a pass from practical classes.

Classes - final grade from the written test.

Final grade  - the condition for passing the course is to pass all its forms. The final grade for completing the course is the arithmetic mean of grades for individual forms of classes.

Recommended reading

  1. Patalas-Maliszewska, J.,Managing Manufacturing Knowledge in Europe in the Era of Industry 4.0, Routledge, 2022

  2. Robbins S.P., Coulter M.A., Management, , Global Edition, (15th Edition), Pearson Education, 2020
  3. Begg D., Vernasca G.,Dornbusch R., Fischer S., Economics, ‎ McGraw-Hill Education Ltd; Edition 12., 2020

  4. Patalas-Maliszewska, J., Managing Knowledge Workers - Value Assesment, Methods, and Application tools, Springer Verlag, 2013

Further reading

-

Notes


Modified by prof. dr hab. inż. Justyna Patalas-Maliszewska (last modification: 29-04-2023 14:44)