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Lecturer(s)
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Bednářová Dagmar, Ing. CSc.
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Course content
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Lecture topics: 1. Introduction to the problem, definition of basic terms - definition of SMEs, legislative definition of business, strengths and weaknesses of SMEs, role of SMEs in regional development. 2. Small and medium-sized enterprises in the Czech Republic and EU - business development, SME performance, advantages and disadvantages, push-pull methods of business 3. Establishment of a company in the Czech Republic and other countries - the process of setting up a business, doing business 4. Financial resources for start-ups, acquisition of business premises, selection criteria, business partners and business start-up contracts, partners when setting up a business, criteria for choosing them 5. Business plan - meaning, structure, processing principles, common mistakes. 6. Experience from business practice - practitioner 7. Support of Entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic - Entrepreneurial Institutions in the Czech Republic, Major Chambers of Commerce, Branch Unions, Associations of Business Subjects, Trade Unions, Clusters- 8. Termination of Business - Opportunities to Quit, Pass Business. 9. Intellectual property protection (patents, utility and industrial designs) 10. Start-up - definitions, examples, lean 11. Start-up of franchise business, its advantages and disadvantages for starting entrepreneurs 12. Specifics of family businesses and SMEs 13. Current issues of SMEs - practitioner. 5. Presentation of the business plan 6. Business Environment in the Czech Republic and the EU 7. SME support programs 8. Preparing questionnaires / interviews with entrepreneurs to get information about their business experiences. 9. Excursion - JAIP 10. Practical experience of entrepreneurs - discussions with owners of small or medium-sized enterprises 11. Participation of the entrepreneur on the exercise - completing the practical knowledge from the field of business 10. Presentation of interview results with entrepreneurs 11. JHK excursion 12. Presentation of knowledge from excursions 13. Credit test, completion of presentations 14. Credit week
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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Learning outcomes of the course unit The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the specifics of small and medium-sized enterprises and to inform them about problems of setting up and management of small and medium-sized companies.
Students will acquire basic skills of managers in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). They will receive also orientation in new approaches in the area of enterpreneurship of these enterprises and in conditions of using programmes of support in small and medium-sized enterprises.
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Prerequisites
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No special prerequisites are required.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Test
Credit Requirements: attendance - max. 1 absences credit test - pass the test min. to 70% individual seminar work active participation in excursions Exam requirements: test test - pass the test min. to 70% oral exam: knowledge of topics discussed in lectures and exercises accompanied by literature
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Recommended literature
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Bednářová, D., & Škodová Parmová, D. Malé a střední podnikání. České Budějovice: EF JU, 2010.
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Pavelková, D. Klastry a jejich vliv na výkonnost firem. Praha: Grada, 2009.
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Řehoř, V., & Srpová, J. Základy podnikání. Praha: Grada, 2010.
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Srpová, J. Podnikatelský plán a strategie. Praha: Grada, 2011.
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