Business in Trade and Services
- Credits: 6
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 2P + 2C
- Semester: winter
- Year: 2
- Faculty of Business Economics with seat in Košice
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
The aim of the course is to identify activities and analyze problems and opportunities in business activities of various types of small and medium enterprises that do business in trade and services. The output is the elaboration of a business plan, its structure, knowledge of labor relations in choosing a form of business.
Knowledge:
The graduate of the course will have theoretical and practical information about business in trade and services. Ability to work with information to support knowledge in terms of solving basic problems associated with business in relation to its specifics and their application.
Competence:
Acquired in the teaching process allow to creatively assess the basic context in the management and functioning of business entities and make decisions based on their knowledge. The goal is to achieve a high degree of independence and foresight in a known and unknown environment. Work proactively and responsibly as part of a work team.
Skill:
Students deepen their ability to work with data used for analysis in a market environment, the ability to apply theoretical knowledge in solving model examples based on real data of selected businesses in the field of trade and services, as well as the ability to learn.
Indicative content
Lectures:
Entrepreneurship, business enterprise, entrepreneur, business services - definition of the conceptual apparatus.
Theoretical basis of business in trade and services - development cross-section. Theoretical schools of services.
Theory of network economy.
The position of trade and business services in the economy, assumptions and conditions of business activity.
Classification of trade and services according to various criteria.
Importance of business and entrepreneurial services. Factors influencing the development of trade and services
Business process and business plan.
The concept and types of business plans, an outline of the content of business plans.
Evaluation of selected parts of the business plan.
Support of business activity in trade and services
Family business as a special form of business. Counseling and education for family businesses as a specific form of support.
Small and medium business, their support. Interest and professional associations.
Analysis of problems in the field of small and medium business.
Seminars:
Introductory exercise, acquaintance with the conditions of work on the exercise, with the conditions for granting a continuous assessment and passing the exam. Repetition of basic concepts and definitions. Division of assignments.
World indices of measuring the quality of the business environment, index of the business environment in Slovakia.
Characteristics of the business environment in Slovakia according to international and domestic surveys
Market analysis, market growth rate, such as competition. market situation analysis of the founder 's personality - examples, modeled situations.
Interim evaluation no. 1 - written examination in the 5th week - alternative presentation of partial assignment
Creating a business plan - analysis of the initial state, the next step, proof of achievement of goals, the importance of the company for customers and society
Characteristics of the business process - business opportunity, examples, modeled situations.
Development of a business plan
Business financing, examples, model situations.
Business management
Interim evaluation no. 2 - written examination in the 11th week.
Presentation of the semester project
Summary of the curriculum, corrective continuous assessment. Submission of seminar work
Support literature
Elementary literature:
HESKOVÁ, M.: Teorie, management a marketing služeb. VŠERS České Budějovice, 2012. ISBN 978-80-87472-25-5.
STRAŽOVSKÁ, H. a kol.: Podnikanie malých a stredných podnikov. Bratislava: Sprint 2, 2013. ISBN 978-80-89393-88-6
CLAUDE M,J.: International business and trade: theory, practice, and policy ,CRC Press, Year: 2019, ISBN: 9781003075998
FILHO,W.,BORGES DE BRITO,P., FRANKERBERGER,F.: International Business, Trade and Institutional Sustainability, Springer International Publishing, 2020, ISBN: 978-3-030-26758-2,
Supplementary literature:
STRÁŽOVSKÁ, Ļ.: Malé a stredné podnikanie a rodinné podnikanie. Nové Zámky: SECOS, 2007. 138 s. ISBN 80-969389-5-7.
STRAŽOVSKÁ, H. a kol.: Podnikanie. Bratislava: Merkury, 2009. ISBN 978-80-89143-79-5
KASSAY, Š.: Podnik a podnikanie. Prvý zväzok: Podnikateľské prostredie. Bratislava: Veda, 2006. ISBN 80-224-0775-5
Syllabus
Lectures: Entrepreneurship, business enterprise, entrepreneur, business services - definition of the conceptual apparatus. Theoretical basis of business in trade and services - development cross-section. Theoretical schools of services. Theory of network economy. The position of trade and business services in the economy, assumptions and conditions of business activity. Classification of trade and services according to various criteria. Importance of business and entrepreneurial services. Factors influencing the development of trade and services Business process and business plan. The concept and types of business plans, an outline of the content of business plans. Evaluation of selected parts of the business plan. Support of business activity in trade and services Family business as a special form of business. Counseling and education for family businesses as a specific form of support. Small and medium business, their support. Interest and professional associations. Analysis of problems in the field of small and medium business. Seminars: Introductory exercise, acquaintance with the conditions of work on the exercise, with the conditions for granting a continuous assessment and passing the exam. Repetition of basic concepts and definitions. Division of assignments. World indices of measuring the quality of the business environment, index of the business environment in Slovakia. Characteristics of the business environment in Slovakia according to international and domestic surveys Market analysis, market growth rate, such as competition. market situation analysis of the founder 's personality - examples, modeled situations. Interim evaluation no. 1 - written examination in the 5th week - alternative presentation of partial assignment Creating a business plan - analysis of the initial state, the next step, proof of achievement of goals, the importance of the company for customers and society Characteristics of the business process - business opportunity, examples, modeled situations. Development of a business plan Business financing, examples, model situations. Business management Interim evaluation no. 2 - written examination in the 11th week. Presentation of the semester project Summary of the curriculum, corrective continuous assessment. Submission of seminar work
Requirements to complete the course
Daily study:
Evaluation: total for semester 100%
Continuous assessment: 30% (written examination 2x) + presentation of assignments 10%
Exam: 60% Total: exercises + exam - at least 51% for evaluation sufficient and at the same time at least 51% of the exam In order to meet the conditions of continuous evaluation, it is necessary to process assignments, which are evaluated in such a way that 90% of the evaluation intended for the assignment represents creativity and 10% represents technical, stylistic, grammatical and other aspects.
Student workload
156 hours in total, of which:
• 26 hours participation in lectures
• 26 hours preparation for ectures
• 26 hours of exercises
• 26 hours preparation for mid-term evaluation
• 52 hours exam preparation
Language whose command is required to complete the course
Slovak
Date of approval: 14.02.2023
Date of the latest change: 12.01.2023