Economics and management

Lecturer:

Martin Čásenský (gar.), Aleš Tomek (gar.)

Tutor:

Martin Čásenský (gar.), Aleš Tomek (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Construction Management and Economics

Synopsis:

A-Z of construction enegineering and

management both at the corporate and project level,

concentrates on methods applicable in the context of

construction project management - i.e e.g. planning and

controlling of all vital processes, contact with external

environment of firm and projects etc.

Requirements:

none

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Challenges of construction industry, summary of key management problems

2. Short introduction to organisation of construction firm, process management

3. Review of company management handbook - operations manual

4. Application of engineering economy - capital investment evaluation

5. Project management - project mission, what the client wants, managing stakeholders

6. Project coalition ( forming and motivating), managing the supply chain

7. Project life cycle, managing the budget, risk and uncertainty,project information flow

8. Contract management as basis of the project outcome- types of contractual arrangement, program management

9. Bidding process - practical approach to the estimation area

10. Planning methods for construction project management as basis of everyday perfomance, site productivity control

11. Project administration

12. Project financing and management of financial risks

13. Procurement and purchase strategy of construction firm

14. Equipment management, total quality management

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Course is oriented on providing substantial information about management of construction contracting in corporate as well in field level. Students should acquire knowledge of construction management based on best practice concept as it is usually formulated in company´s Operation Manual

Study materials:

J.Schaufelberger,L.Holm: Management of Construction Projects, Prentice Hall, 2002, F.Gould, N.Joyce: Construction Project Management, Prentice Hall, 2003, J.Callan, H.Rice: Construction Accounting Deskbook 2000, Harcourt,2000

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	roomTH:C-217 Tomek A. 10:00–11:50 (lecture parallel1) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) C217roomTH:C-217 Tomek A. 12:00–13:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.259) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) C217
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Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: