Current topics in management

  • Credits: 10
  • Ending: Examination
  • Range: 16sP
  • Semester: summer
  • Year: 1
  • Faculty of Business Management

Teachers

Included in study programs

Business Economics and Management

Business Economics and Management

Teaching results

Knowledge:
A doctoral student has:
• a deep knowledge of contemporary management topics, on the basis of which he/she can clearly identify, analyse, find connections and compress approaches to management in the context of ensuring sustainable development of enterprises and society, technological change and the resulting expected trends in management in the future,
• knowledge of the priorities needed for the development of society in the context of a clear and coherent understanding of management at the individual, enterprise and societal level,
• professional and methodological knowledge of research on management problems, serving as a basis for innovation and originality in research and practice necessary for designing research and development or the development of the field of management practice.
Competence:
A doctoral student is characterised by
• Critical, independent and analytical thinking in the unpredictable, changing conditions of the development of management as a science, with emphasis on the ability to set directions, strategies and tools in the context of future trends,
• taking into account the social and ethical implications of research and scientific considerations in guiding the further development of research in the field and society,
• the ability to work with interdisciplinary knowledge of the social sciences in accordance with the academic culture and ethics of scientific research and publishing,
• the ability to present research results in scientific debate to the professional and scientific community,
• responsibility for the advancement of the discipline,
• planning their own development, the development of the field of management as a science and society in the context of scientific progress.
Skills:
In the area of cognitive skills, the doctoral student can:
• recognize the scope for scientific research in management, identify and define a relevant research gap in the topic under study,
• identify connections with related research areas and define the research subject in relation to these areas,
• generate and formulate new hypotheses, judgements and strategies for the further development of management science,
• evaluate theories, concepts and innovations in this field of science,
In the area of practical skills, the doctoral student can:
• apply his/her own findings resulting from theoretical analysis and his/her own scientific research of a complex and/or interdisciplinary nature in management practice,
• design, validate and implement new research procedures in the field of management research,
• reflect on research conditions, barriers and limits to research and its implications for management practice
• interpret the knowledge gained and translate it into the application of specific company practice.

Indicative content

I. Sustainability Management
II. Agility in business management
III. The enterprise as a virtual organisation
IV. The impact of technological change on business management

Support literature

1. ABARCA, M. G. Victor – PALOS-SANCHEZ, R. Pedro – RUS-ARIAS, Enrique. Working in Virtual Teams: A Systematic Literature Review and a Bibliometric Analysis. In IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 168923-168940, 2020, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3023546.
2. BEUSCH, Peter et al. Management control for sustainability: Towards integrated systems. Management Accounting Research, november 2021 (in Press).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mar.2021.100777.
3. JUNITA, Imelda. Transformational Leadership in Digital Era: Analysis of Nadiem Makarim (Founder of GOJEK Indonesia) Leadership Figure. In IJBE (Integrated Journal of Business and Economics) [online]. 2019, roč. 3, č. 1, s. 80.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330907270_Transformational_Leadership_in_Digital_Era_Analysis_of_Nadiem_Makarim_Founder_of_GO-JEK_Indonesia_Leadership_Figure
4. KLOTINS, Eriks - UNTERKALMSTEINER, Michael - CHATZIPETROU, Panagiota - GORSCHEK, Tony - PRIKLADNICKI, Rafael – TRIPATHI, Nirnaya and POMPERMAIER, B. Leandro. Use of Agile Practices in Start-up Companies. In e-Informatica Software Engineering Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 47–64, 2021. DOI: 10.37190/e-Inf210103.
5. LUKIĆ, M. Jelena – VRAČAR, M. Milan. Building and nurturing trust among members in virtual project teams. In Strategic Management, vol. 23, no. 3, 2018, pp. 10-16. DOI.org https://doi.org/10.5937/StraMan1803010L.
6. RAHIM, M. Afzalur. Current Topics in Management – Intelligence, Sustainability and Strategic Issues in Management. Taylor&Francis. Routlege. 2016. 234 s. ISBN 9781412864138.
7. REVUTSKA, Olga - MARŠÍKOVÁ, Kateřina. Agile Approach in Human Resource Management: Focus on Generation Y. E&M Economics and Management, 2021. 24(2), 65–83. https://doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2021-2-005
8. SHAMIM, Saqib, et al. Management approaches for Industry 4.0: A human resource management perspective. In: 2016 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC). IEEE, 2016. p. 5309-5316.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7748365
9. SZABO, Ľuboslav - ČAMBALÍKOVÁ, Andrea. Moderné trendy v manažmente a ich uplatňovanie v podnikoch na Slovensku. 1. vyd. Brno : Tribun EU, 2017. 143 s. ISBN 978-80-263-1365-6.
10. TALBOT, David, RAINERI, Nicolas, DAOU, Alain. Implementation of sustainability management tools: Thecontribution of awareness, external pressures, and stakeholderconsultation. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, 2021; 28: 71–81
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/csr.2033
Compulsory literature:
1. BACON, Brian, MOLLER, Kim. Redefining Leadership for the fourth Industrial Revolution. Oxford Leadership Oxford Centre for Innovation, 2016. Dostupné na: file:///C:/Users/EU/Downloads/3living-research-fourth-industrial-revolution.pdf
2. BLŠTÁKOVÁ, Jana - JONIAKOVÁ, Zuzana - JANKELOVÁ, Nadežda - STACHOVÁ, Katarína - STACHO, Zdenko. Reflection of Digitalization on Business Values: The Results of Examining Values of People Management in a Digital Age. In Sustainability : [International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability]. - Basel : MDPI. ISSN 2071-1050, 2020, vol. 12, no. 12, pp. [1-17] online. (2020 - Current Contents).
3. CANTELE, Silvia, ZARDINI, Alessandro. What drives small and medium enterprises towards sustainability? Role of interactions between pressures, barriers, and benefits. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, 2020, vol. 27(1), pages 126-136, January.
4. EIKELENBOOM, Manon, DE JONG, Gjalt. The impact of dynamic capabilitieson the sustainability performance of SMEs. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019, 235, 1360–1370
5. JANKELOVÁ, Nadežda et al. Innovative approaches to Management With Emphasis on Soft Factors and Their Impact on the Efficiency of Agribusiness Companies. - Registrovaný: Web of Science, Registrovaný: Scopus. In Agricultural economics. - Prague : Czech academy of agricultural sciences, 2019. ISSN 0139-570X, 2019, vol. 65, no. 5, pp. 203-211 online.
6. JANKELOVÁ, Nadežda et al. How to Support the Effect of Transformational Leadership on Performance in Agricultural Enterprises. In Sustainability : [International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability]. - Basel : MDPI. ISSN 2071-1050, 2020, vol. 12, no. 18, pp. [1-18] online. (2020 - Current Contents).
7. JANKELOVÁ, Nadežda et al. How Companies Overcome Crisis through the Sharing of Information and Teamwork Performance during the COVID-19 Pandemic. - Registrovaný: Web of Science. In Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues : Peer-reviewed Scientific Journal. - Vilnius : The General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania. ISSN 2345-0282, 2021, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 757-772 online.
8. JOINER, Bill – JOSEPHS, Stephen. Leadership Agility – Five levels of Mastery for Anticipating and Initiating Change.Wiley Imprint, San Francisco. 321 s. ISBN 978-0-7879-7913-3.
9. KELLY, Richard. Constructing Leadership 4.0. Swarm Leadership and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. [elektronický zdroj]. 2019. [cit. 2021-10-7]. Dostupné na: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-98062-1.pdf
10. KLEIN, Muge. Leadership Characteristics In The Era Of Digital Transformation, In BMIJ [online]. 25.3.2020, roč. 8, č. 1, s.883-902. Dostupné na: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_ylo=2020&q=digital+leader+&hl=sk&as_sdt=0,5
11. LALOUX, Frederic. Reinventing organizations : a guide to creating organizations inspired by the next stage of human consciousness. Brussels : Nelson Parker, 2014. xviii, 360 s. ISBN 978-2-960133-50-9.
12. MEDINILLA, Angel. Agile Management – Leadership in and Agile Environment. Springer-Verlag Berlin. 183 s. ISBN 978-3-642-28908-8.
13. MUISYO, Kivinda Paul, QUIN, Su. Enhancing the FIRM’S green performance through green HRM: The moderating role of green innovation culture, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 289, 2021, 125720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125720.
14. OBERER, Birgit - ERKOLLAR, Alptekin. Leadership 4.0: Digital Leaders in the Age of Industry 4.0. In International Journal of Organizational Leadership [online]. 2018, roč. 7, s. 404-412. Dostupné na: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331515074_Leadership_40_Digital_Leaders_in_the_Age_of_Industry_40
15. REMEŇOVÁ, Katarína - SKORKOVÁ, Zuzana - JANKELOVÁ, Nadežda. Span of Control in Teamwork and Organization Structure. - Registrovaný: Scopus, Registrovaný: Web of Science. In Montenegrin Journal of Economics. - Podgorica : Economic Laboratory for Transition Research. ISSN 1800-6698, 2018, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 145-155.
16. SKORKOVÁ, Zuzana - JANKELOVÁ, Nadežda - JONIAKOVÁ, Zuzana - BLŠTÁKOVÁ, Jana - PROCHÁZKOVÁ, Katarína. How to Lead Self-Government Employees through the Crisis. - Registrovaný: Scopus. In Scientific papers of the University of Pardubice. - Pardubice : Fakulta ekonomicko-správní Univerzity Pardubice, 2021. ISSN 1804-8048, Special Issue, vol. 29, no. 1
17. TRIPATHI, Varun et al. An Innovative Agile Model of Smart Lean–Green Approach for Sustainability Enhancement in Industry 4.0. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 2021, no. 4: 215. https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc7040215

Syllabus

I. Sustainability Management 1. Reflection of sustainability challenges in business management. Focus areas of sustainability management. Sustainability strategies. 2. Implementation of sustainability principles in the enterprise. Critical factors in increasing the implementation of sustainability management tools. Challenges of incorporating sustainability principles into business strategies. II. Agility in corporate governance 3. Implementation of agility principles in business management. Agility as a tool for improving organizational performance - the importance of values and culture for proper implementation of agile techniques. Comparison of selected techniques. 4. Managing agile teams and agile leadership. Transforming team dynamics in an agile way. Decision making and management strategy of agile teams. Engagement and transparency of team communication in agile enterprise conditions. III. The enterprise as a virtual organisation 5. Virtual enterprise as a cooperative network - a platform for harmonization of strategic goals of participating enterprises. Virtual identity. Virtual organization - advantages and risks of its functioning. 6. Management of virtual teams. Dynamics and performance of a virtual team. Trust and values in virtual teams. Traditional versus virtual teams. IV. The impact of technological change on business management 7. Management 4.0. Challenges of implementing technological innovations for business management. Impacts on individual management functions. Innovation climate and innovation organizational potential. 8. Transformational leadership in the digital era. Characteristics of a digital leader. Shift in leaders' thinking in VUCA environment (variability, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity). Creating highly effective and high performing teams.

Requirements to complete the course

10 % continuous performance of assigned tasks, 30 % continuous written work (scientific essay), 60 % oral examination

Student workload

260 h - participation in consultations 16 h, preparation for consultations 32 h, processing of continuous assignments 16 h, processing of scientific state 90 h, preparation for the exam 106 h)

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Slovak, English

Date of approval: 11.03.2024

Date of the latest change: 18.05.2022