N_PH_MMR_p Managerial Decision Making

NEWTON University
summer 2026
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Lukáš Mazánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Ondřej Kocian (seminar tutor)
Ing. Petr Souček, MBA (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. PaedDr. Eva Ambrozová, Ph.D., MBA
Centre for Management – Academic Department – NEWTON University
Timetable
Wed 15:10–16:40 Zoom.Praha6
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
N_PH_MMR_p/01: each even Friday 8:00–9:30 PH Učebna 01, P. Souček
N_PH_MMR_p/02: each even Friday 9:40–11:10 PH Učebna 01, P. Souček
N_PH_MMR_p/03: each even Friday 11:20–12:50 PH Učebna 01, P. Souček
N_PH_MMR_p/04: each even Friday 13:30–15:00 PH Učebna 01, P. Souček
N_PH_MMR_p/05: each odd Thursday 9:40–11:10 PH Učebna 08, O. Kocian
N_PH_MMR_p/06: each odd Thursday 11:20–12:50 PH Učebna 08, O. Kocian
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce students to rational methods of solving decision-making problems in the public and private sectors, to gain knowledge about decision-making processes and their structure, to introduce the application of the principles of teamwork and the choice of decision-making style, to explain the basic methods and tools of decision-making under certainty, risk and uncertainty, to describe risk management. Last but not least, to develop the ability to create and apply theoretical knowledge in accordance with the principles of critical thinking.
Syllabus
  1. Introduction to the issue of managerial decision-making 
  2. The course of decision-making processes, classification of decision-making problems and processes 
  3. Situational analysis and identification of decision-making problems 
  4. Analysis of decision-making problems, methods of causal analysis 
  5. Information acquisition, types and sources of data. 
  6. Methodology of acquisition and verification 
  7. Selection of criteria and methods of determining the weights of criteria 
  8. Creation of variants and determination of their consequences 
  9. Evaluation of variants, multi-criteria decision-making 
  10. Specifics of decision-making under uncertainty and risk 
  11. Group decision-making, methods, styles, procedures 
  12. Choice of decision-making style Risk management in business systems
Literature
  • KAHNEMAN, Daniel. Myšlení: rychlé a pomalé. Online. Pod povrchem. V Brně: Jan Melvil, 2012. ISBN 978-80-87270-42-4.
  • MAZÁNEK, L. Metody manažerského rozhodování. Newton University, 2022. ISBN: 978-80-87325-53-7
  • GRASSEOVÁ, Monika. Efektivní rozhodování, implementace a hodnocení. Brno: Edika, 2013, 392 pp. ISBN 978-80-266-0179-1. info
Assessment methods
Credit: preparation and submission of a credit seminar paper that meets the specified requirements. 

Exam: written final test.

Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2025.
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