Course: Business Economics 2

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Course title Business Economics 2
Course code MUPE/1PE2E
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kozubíková Ludmila, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Zámečník Roman, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Vaculčíková Zuzana, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
- Costs, Revenues - an elementary characteristic, classification - Profit/Loss - characteristic, structure, calculation methods, reporting - Cost functions - Relations between the elementary economic values, Break-Even Point - Costing - Price - Financial management, Cash flow - Production - Sales activity of enterprise

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book), Practice exercises, Individual work of students
  • Home preparation for classes - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 40 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 39 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Business Economics I, Mathematics, Statistics, Management a Marketing
Business Economics I, Mathematics, Statistics, Management a Marketing
learning outcomes
to define costs, revenues and profit/loss
to define costs, revenues and profit/loss
to explain the difference between costs and expenses, revenues and income
to explain the difference between costs and expenses, revenues and income
to characterize the parameters of the short-term cost function, including graphical version
to characterize the parameters of the short-term cost function, including graphical version
to list the methods of constructing the short-term cost function
to list the methods of constructing the short-term cost function
to define the break-even point
to define the break-even point
to explain the costing subject, the calculation methods of full costing and direct costing, the typical and retrograde calculation formula
to explain the costing subject, the calculation methods of full costing and direct costing, the typical and retrograde calculation formula
to characterize content and principles of financial management
to characterize content and principles of financial management
to define the production capacity, its intensive and extensive use
to define the production capacity, its intensive and extensive use
Skills
to calculate the profit/loss in the required structure
to calculate the profit/loss in the required structure
to construct a short-term cost function using the two-period method, classification analysis, regression and correlation analysis
to construct a short-term cost function using the two-period method, classification analysis, regression and correlation analysis
to construct a chart of short-term cost function
to construct a chart of short-term cost function
to calculate the break-even point in natural and value terms
to calculate the break-even point in natural and value terms
to display break-even point graphically
to display break-even point graphically
to allocate indirect costs using the simple division method, the method of dividing by ratios and markup methods
to allocate indirect costs using the simple division method, the method of dividing by ratios and markup methods
to construct the cost calculation
to construct the cost calculation
to calculate gross and net working capital and liquidity ratios
to calculate gross and net working capital and liquidity ratios
to calculate time fund, the production capacity, its intensive and extensive use
to calculate time fund, the production capacity, its intensive and extensive use
teaching methods
Knowledge
Practice exercises
Lecturing
Lecturing
Practice exercises
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
assessment methods
Grade (Using a grade system)
Analysis of seminar paper
Analysis of seminar paper
Oral examination
Oral examination
Grade (Using a grade system)
Recommended literature
  • BAYE, Michael R. a Jeff PRINCE. Managerial economics and business strategy. New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2014. ISBN 978-0-07-352322-4.
  • BEGG, David K. H., Rudiger DORNBUSCH a Stanley FISCHER. Economics. London: McGraw-Hill, 2005. ISBN 0077107756.
  • BIERMAN, Harold a Seymour SMIDT. Financial management for decision making. Washington, D. C.: Beard Books, 2003. ISBN 1587982129.
  • BRIGHAM, Eugene F. a Michael C. EHRHARDT. Financial management: theory and practice. Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning, 2014. ISBN 978-1-111-97221-9.
  • HIGGINS, Robert C. Analysis for financial management. Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2004. ISBN 0071232451.
  • HIRSCHEY, Mark. Fundamentals of managerial economics. Mason, OH: Thomson/South-Western, 2006. ISBN 0324288891.
  • PORTER, Michael E. Competitive strategy: techniques for analyzing industries and competitors. New York: Free Press, 2004. ISBN 0-7432-6088-0.
  • RICKETTS, Martin J. The economics of business enterprise: an introduction to economic organization and the theory of the firm. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2002. ISBN 1840649054.
  • THOMPSON, Arthur A. a John P. FORMBY. Economics of the firm: Theory and Practice. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2002. ISBN 1840649054.
  • WEIHRICH, Heinz a Harold KOONTZ. Management. Praha: Victora Publishing, 1993. ISBN 80-85605-45-7.


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