Course: Management of Services

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Course title Management of Services
Course code KEN/KRS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Škodová Parmová Dagmar, doc. Dr. Ing.
Course content
Lecture Topics: 1. The importance of services in modern society. Definition, characteristics and types of services. 2. Business in services. 3. Leadership and Human Resource Management + Flexible Business Model. 4. Demand and supply management. Queuing Theory. Inventarization of Demand . 5. Fifth P in Services - PEOPLE - Role of Employees, Customers and Reference Markets + Internal Marketing. 6. Product policy. 7. Pricing policy. 8. Communication policy. 9. Customer Relationship Management - history, philosophy, system and current meaning. 10. Distribution of Services. 11. Business / Company consulting: characteristics, development, phases. 12. Specifics of particular service sectors.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
  • Preparation for exam - 28 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 42 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 16 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 14 hours per semester
  • Preparation for classes - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim is to teach students not only to differentiate management approaches in companies producing tangible goods and service companies, but also understand the importance of services in modern society, to give students the basic skills of managers of enterprises engaged in services and companies that provide services only like a supplement to its main offer of material products. An integral part of teaching is the student's own work on management and marketing project in the service companies.
The students understand the basic principles of corporate management. They are able to create the project offer of services, to develop the project, to prepare business plans and calculate them.
Prerequisites
General knowledge of Management, Marketing.

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined exam, Seminar work

Credit Requirements: Seminary work (business plan, proposal of marketing concept of services company, project documentation for drawing subsidy etc. application of SERVQUAL method). Examination Requirements: During the exam, students demonstrate knowledge of managing business.
Recommended literature
  • Hazdra, A., Jiřinová, K., Kypus, L., Harazínová, V., & Lunga, P. Skvělé služby: jak dělat služby, které vaše zákazníky nadchnou. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4711-8.
  • Škodová Parmová, D. Konkurenceschopnost a služby pro podnikatele: význam řízení služeb pro podnikatele při zvyšování konkurenceschopnosti vybraných národních ekonomik. Praha: Alfa Nakladatelství, 2012. ISBN 978-80-87197-46-2.
  • Vaštíková, M. Marketing služeb: efektivně a moderně (2., aktualiz. a rozš. vyd.). Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-5037-8.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture and Technology Study plan (Version): Agribussines (2014) Category: Agriculture and forestry 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter