Course: Business Support and Sustainability

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Course title Business Support and Sustainability
Course code MUPE/2PPU
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Tučková Zuzana, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Kopřivová Šárka, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Vaculčíková Zuzana, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
The structure of the course copies the following topics: - Enterprise and business environment (Czech Republic versus EU) - Starting and closing a business (legislation, case studies) - Development programs and subsidy policy - public support for entrepreneurship - Public sources of financing, state budget - Sustainable Development - Sustainable business in the Czech Republic - The concept of corporate social responsibility - Social economy - Social entrepreneurship - Examples of "best practices" - Financial instruments of business support, sources of financing social business - Concepts of business performance management in the conditions of sustainable business development - Socially responsible investing - definition and its role

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Teamwork
learning outcomes
Knowledge
describe the initiation and termination of business
describe the initiation and termination of business
characterize developmental programs and subsidy policies
characterize developmental programs and subsidy policies
explain the role and significance of sustainable development and sustainable business
explain the role and significance of sustainable development and sustainable business
define social economy and social entrepreneurship
define social economy and social entrepreneurship
enumerate financial instruments for supporting entrepreneurship
enumerate financial instruments for supporting entrepreneurship
Skills
compare different legal forms of business in the Czech Republic and abroad
compare different legal forms of business in the Czech Republic and abroad
search for current grant programs based on the selected field
search for current grant programs based on the selected field
assess the utilization of sustainable practices in selected businesses.
assess the utilization of sustainable practices in selected businesses.
identify the distinctive features of social economy
identify the distinctive features of social economy
find and compare the options for supporting entrepreneurship for both novice and experienced entrepreneurs
find and compare the options for supporting entrepreneurship for both novice and experienced entrepreneurs
teaching methods
Knowledge
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Teamwork
Teamwork
assessment methods
Composite examination (Written part + oral part)
Composite examination (Written part + oral part)
Recommended literature
  • AMAESHI, K., NNODIM, P., OSUJI, O. Corporate social responsibility, entrepreneurship, and innovation. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013. ISBN 978-0-415-88079-4.
  • DOHNALOVÁ, M. Sociální ekonomika, sociální podnikání: podnikání pro každého.. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7357-269-3.
  • JANATKA, F. Podnikání v globalizovaném světě.. Praha: Wolters Kluwer,, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7552-754-7.
  • MIKOLÁŠ, Z., PETERKOVÁ, J., TVRDÍKOVÁ, M. a kol. Konkurenční potenciál průmyslového podniku.. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7400-379-0.
  • MOSEY, S., NOKE, H., KIRKHAM, P. Building an entrepreneurial organisation. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017. ISBN 978-1-138-86113-8.
  • PADRNOS, J. Vhled do právní úpravy českého obchodního práva. Základy podnikání fyzických a právnických osob, 1. díl.. Ostrava: KEY Publishing, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7418-180-1.
  • SRPOVÁ, J., ŘEHOŘ, V. a kol. Základy podnikání. Teoretické poznatky, příklady a zkušenosti českých podnikatelů.. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3339-5.
  • ZADRAŽILOVÁ, D. a kol. Udržitelné podnikání.. Praha: Nakladatelství Oeconomica., 2011. ISBN 978-80-245-1833-6.


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