B_PH_PMT_k Practical Management Tools

NEWTON University
winter 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
Ing. Petr Novák, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Mgr. Petr Peniška (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Petr Novák, Ph.D.
Centre for Management – Academic Department – NEWTON University
Timetable of Seminar Groups
B_PH_PMT_k/01: Sun 25. 10. 8:45–14:30 PH Učebna 12, Sun 13. 12. 8:45–11:55 PH Učebna 02, P. Peniška
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(!B_BA_PMT_p Practical Management Tools) && (!B_BA_PMT_k Practical Management Tools) && (!B_BR_PMT_p Practical Management Tools) && (!B_BR_PMT_k Practical Management Tools) && (!B_PH_PMT_p Practical Management Tools) && (!B_PH_PMT_k Practical Management Tools)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives

This course focuses on developing managers’ practical skills and expanding their managerial toolkit to include a variety of management techniques - including decision-making tools and methods, negotiation strategies and approaches, and methods of managing versus leading people, among others. The course content serves as a practical supplement, particularly to the courses Management and Human Resource Management I.

The course will place a strong emphasis on interactivity and student engagement, the practice of specific techniques based on case studies, and the resolution of specific case assignments, so that students will be able to:

  • recognize and practically apply specific management techniques;
  • apply the knowledge gained from previous study of management-oriented courses in practice;
  • actively participate in solving specific case studies in interaction with other students.

Syllabus

  1. Overview of managerial tools, methods, and techniques. Management as a combination of administration, leadership, and coaching.
  2. A manager’s authority and its application
  3. Personal effectiveness, self-management, self-motivation, and time management.
  4. Managerial functions, delegation, managerial supervision, and control.
  5. Negotiating goals, establishing goal agreements. Motivation to achieve set goals.
  6. Support in achieving results, mentoring, consultation, and coaching.
  7. Performance evaluation, conducting performance review interviews.
  8. Group/team leadership, effective group work.
  9. Leading meetings. Moderation, facilitating group work, creative problem-solving.
  10. Project-based work methods.
  11. Strategic management, managerial vision, mission, strategy.
  12. Negotiation, conducting business negotiations, manipulative behavior.

Literature
  • FOTR, J., ŠVECOVÁ. L. 2016. Manažerské rozhodování: postupy, metody a nástroje. 3., přepr. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, ISBN 978-80-87865-33-0.
  • PLAMÍNEK, J. 2018. Vedení lidí, týmů a firem: Praktický atlas managementu. 5. akt. a roz. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing. ISBN 9788027108091.
  • BARTÁK, J. 2021. Osobnostní management. Praha: Grada, Pedagogika (Grada). ISBN 978-80-271-3114-3.
  • CARTER, A. 2021. Staň se mistrem vyjednávání: 10 správných otázek, díky nimž dosáhneš svého. Praha: Grada. ISBN 978-80-271-3081-8.
  • DEMANN, S. 2016. Sebekoučink: 86 nejlepších nástrojů pro osobnostní rozvoj. Praha: Portál. ISBN 978-80-262-1086-3.
  • FOTR, J., VACÍK, E., SOUČEK, I., ŠPAČEK, M., HÁJEK. S. 2020. Tvorba strategie a strategické plánování: teorie a praxe. 2., akt. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, Expert (Grada). ISBN 978-80-271-2499-2.
  • GRUBER, D. 2017. Time management: prokrastinace, konflikty, porady, vyjednávání, emaily, mobily, angličtina. 4. akt. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Management Press. ISBN 978-80-7261-480-6.
  • SOJÁK, Petr. Osobnostní a sociální rozvoj, aneb, Strom, mozaika a vzducholoď. Praha: Grada, Pedagogika (Grada). ISBN 978-80-271-0342-3.
  • ŠAFROVÁ DRÁŠILOVÁ, A. 2019. Základy úspěšného podnikání: průvodce začínajícího podnikatele. Praha: Grada, ISBN 978-80-271-2182-3.
  • ŠVECOVÁ, L., VEBER. J. 2021. Produkční a provozní management. Praha: Grada Publishing, Expert (Grada). ISBN 978-80-271-1385-9.
  • ZHUO, J. 2020. První kroky v manažerské pozici: cesta k úspěšnému a respektovanému šéfovi. Praha: Grada. ISBN 978-80-271-2893-8.
Assessment methods

Graded credit: preparation, presentation, and defense of a solution to an assigned case study (seminar paper).

Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2024, winter 2025.
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