Course: Business Models

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Course title Business Models
Course code MUPE/1BME
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
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)
  • Popesko Boris, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Slinták Karel, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Theory and practice of business Business model Personal model Canvas Value proposition design Lean canvas Lean startup Customer development model Business model design Business model patterns

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
learning outcomes
Knowledge
The student will learn to use the business model Canvas and/or lean canvas, which will be able to develop a new business project or analyze existing companies
The student will learn to use the business model Canvas and/or lean canvas, which will be able to develop a new business project or analyze existing companies
teaching methods
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
assessment methods
Essay
Analysis of seminar paper
Essay
Analysis of seminar paper
Recommended literature
  • e-learning on Moodle. The title of course: 1BME - Business models..
  • Blank, S. The four steps to the epiphany: successful strategies for products that win.. John Wiley & Sons, 2020.
  • Drucker, P. Innovation and Entrepreneurship.. Routledge, 2014.
  • Maurya, A. Running lean: iterate from plan A to a plan that works.. " O'Reilly Media, Inc.", 2012.
  • Osterwalder, A., & Pigneur, Y. Business model generation: a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers.. John Wiley & Sons., 2010.
  • Osterwalder, A., Pigneur, Y., Bernarda, G., & Smith, A. Value proposition design: How to create products and services customers want. ohn Wiley & Sons., 2014.
  • Reis, E. The lean startup. New York: Crown Business, 2011.


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