Seminar with Experts from Practice 1 Honoris 1
- Credits: 3
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 2P + 2C
- Semester: winter
- Year: 1
- Faculty of Business Economics with seat in Košice
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
The course is oriented to current real problems of practice. In a holistic cross-section of the selected topics, the only point is the need for interactions of different areas within the selected enterprise. The course contributes not only to theoretical understanding, but especially to the development of practical skills necessary for the work of an economist and manager. It prepares students for the demands of the real business environment and equips them with skills for successful employment in practice. The aim of the course is to prepare students to deal with complex problems and challenges in the dynamic environment of specific enterprises, with an emphasis on the use of a multidisciplinary approach, enabling them to develop the skills necessary for effective process management in modern companies.
Knowledge:
• to understand the context of business processes,
• to understand the synergy of business processes,
• to identify key processes in the enterprise,
• to understand key processes in the company, their specifics and management, including project and financial aspects of business.
Skills:
• to apply theoretical knowledge to specific practical situations,
• to analyze and optimize key processes in the enterprise,
• to evaluate critically situations and to propose solutions to problems on a tactical and strategic level,
• to apply effective strategies for managing business processes, projects, financial and accounting operations,
• to interpret complex data about processes in the company,
• to apply multidisciplinary approaches in business process management.
Competences:
• the ability to think with integrity,
• the ability to interpret complex data about processes in the company,
• the ability to realize team-work in coping with the challenges of modern business.
Indicative content
Lectures:
1. Bases of an integrated approach in management, the importance of integration for business practice.
2. Integration of process management, projects, accounting, and reporting. Advantages and challenges of an integrated approach.
3. Effective management and optimization of business processes – starting points.
4. Methodologies, tools and modern approaches for managing and improving processes in the company – basic overview.
5. Integration of project management with business processes. Bases of project management.
6. Critical and systematic thinking in project management applied in practice.
7. Principles, methodologies and tools of project management.
8. Integration of accounting with business processes. Basic concepts of accounting, its importance in business and decision-making.
9. Accounting processes in the context of accounting standards and current legislation.
10. Financial reporting for strategic and operational management and decision-making.
11. Theoretical preparation for case study 1.
12. Theoretical preparation for case study 2.
13. Theoretical preparation for case study 3.
Seminars:
1. The importance of integrated approach in management for operational and strategic management and decision-making in companies – discussion.
2. Successful and unsuccessful integration of business processes – case studies.
3. Optimization and innovation of processes in companies – discussion.
4. Digital technologies in process management – discussion and practical examples.
5. Organization of project management on an example of a specific company.
6. Planning, control and evaluation of the project in practice.
7. Practical tools used in project management in the company.
8. International and national accounting standards – principles, statements – case studies.
9. Accounting data in process management – practical applications.
10. Communication and presentation tools for managers (in preparation for the presentation of semester assignments/projects) – presentation tools and platforms, effective communication strategies.
11. Case study 1. Presentation of semester assignments/projects.
12. Case study 1. Presentation of semester assignments/projects.
13. Case study 3. Presentation of semester assignments/projects.
Support literature
Elementary literature:
1. BARTOŠOVÁ, V. – PALIDEROVÁ, M. – JAROŠ, J. – KOVALOVÁ, E. 2020. Finančný reporting a analýza. Edis, 2020. 187 s. ISBN 978-80-5541-661-8.
2. DOLEŽAL, J. 2023. Projektový management. Komplexně, prakticky a podle světových standardů. Grada, 2023. 432 s. ISBN 978-80-2713-619-3.
3. GÁŽOVÁ, A. – PAPULA, J. – PAPULOVÁ, Z. 2022. Procesný manažment. Analýzy, modelovanie, implementácia. Wolters Kluwer, 2022. 188 s. ISBN 978-80-7676-425-5.
4. STEJSKALOVÁ, I. 2021. Finanční účetnictví pro manažery s netradičně pojatými případovými studiemi. 3. aktualizované vydání. Wolters Kluwer, 2021. 196 s. ISBN 978-80-7552-773-8.
Supplementary literature:
5. ELLIOTT, B. – ELLIOTT, J. 2022. Financial Accounting and Reporting. 20th Edition. Pearson, 2022. 832 p. ISBN 978-1-292-39980-5.
6. JESTON, J. 2022. Business Process Management: Practical Guidelines to Successful Implementations. Routledge, 2022. 596 p. ISBN 978-0-367-77160-7.
7. PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE. 2021. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. (PMBOK® Guide) – Seventh Edition. Pennsylvania: Project Management Institute, 2021. 250 p. ISBN 978-1-62825-664-2.
8. VŠETEČKA, P. a kol. 2024. Projektové riadenie. Tipy a triky expertov IPMA®. IPMA, 2024. 192 s. ISBN 978-80-9707-243-8.
Syllabus
Lectures: 1. Bases of an integrated approach in management, the importance of integration for business practice. 2. Integration of process management, projects, accounting, and reporting. Advantages and challenges of an integrated approach. 3. Effective management and optimization of business processes – starting points. 4. Methodologies, tools and modern approaches for managing and improving processes in the company – basic overview. 5. Integration of project management with business processes. Bases of project management. 6. Critical and systematic thinking in project management applied in practice. 7. Principles, methodologies and tools of project management. 8. Integration of accounting with business processes. Basic concepts of accounting, its importance in business and decision-making. 9. Accounting processes in the context of accounting standards and current legislation. 10. Financial reporting for strategic and operational management and decision-making. 11. Theoretical preparation for case study 1. 12. Theoretical preparation for case study 2. 13. Theoretical preparation for case study 3. Seminars: 1. The importance of integrated approach in management for operational and strategic management and decision-making in companies – discussion. 2. Successful and unsuccessful integration of business processes – case studies. 3. Optimization and innovation of processes in companies – discussion. 4. Digital technologies in process management – discussion and practical examples. 5. Organization of project management on an example of a specific company. 6. Planning, control and evaluation of the project in practice. 7. Practical tools used in project management in the company. 8. International and national accounting standards – principles, statements – case studies. 9. Accounting data in process management – practical applications. 10. Communication and presentation tools for managers (in preparation for the presentation of semester assignments/projects) – presentation tools and platforms, effective communication strategies. 11. Case study 1. Presentation of semester assignments/projects. 12. Case study 1. Presentation of semester assignments/projects. 13. Case study 3. Presentation of semester assignments/projects.
Requirements to complete the course
Seminars: 100 %, of which:
team-work presentation of the semester assignment/project and problem solving in seminars 100 %
Student workload
• participation in lectures - 26 hours
• participation in seminars - 26 hours
• preparation of the semester assignment - 26 hours
Total: 78 hours
Language whose command is required to complete the course
Slovak
Date of approval: 05.03.2024
Date of the latest change: 04.04.2025