Course Details

Management of Construction Company

Academic Year 2023/24

NVA051-A course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-SIE Winter Semester 2nd year

Procedures and methods of cost management in construction company.
Enterprise purchasing management, evaluation of contractors and subcontractors.
Utilization of electronic reverse auctions in construction sector.
Enterprise performance and utilization of benchmarking in construction industry.

Credits

5 credits

Language of instruction

English

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Tomáš Hanák, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Structural Economics and Management

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

Basics about cost management of production in construction company. Ability to manage building production with the support of management systems.

Aims

To obtain capabilities to improve enterprise performance and to manage enterprise purchase efficiently.
Ability to measure and enhance performance of construction company, application of purchasing management methods.

Basic Literature

Synek Miloslav a kolektiv. Manažerská ekonomika. 5., aktualizované a doplněné vydání. 2011, Grada, ISBN: 978-80-247-3494-1 (cs)
Taušl Procházková Petra, Jelínková Eva. Podniková ekonomika - klíčové oblasti. 2018, Grada, ISBN: 978-80-271-0689-9 (cs)
Grunenberg Stephen , Francis Noble. Economics of Construction. 2018, Agenda Publishing, ISBN: 9781788210140 (en)

Syllabus

1.–2. Cost and profit management in construction company.
3. Management of enterprise purchasing and its functions.
4. Selection and evaluation of contractors and subcontractors in construction industry.
5.–6. Electronic reverse auctions.
7.–8. Enterprise performance measurement.
9.–10. Benchmarking in construction industry.

Prerequisites

Basics about cost management of production in construction company. Ability to manage building production with the support of management systems.

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/271112

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1.–2. Cost and profit management in construction company.

3. Management of enterprise purchasing and its functions.

4. Selection and evaluation of contractors and subcontractors in construction industry.

5.–6. Electronic reverse auctions.

7.–8. Enterprise performance measurement.

9.–10. Benchmarking in construction industry.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1.-2. Management of company's costs
3.-5. Enterprise purchasing
6.-7. Data analysis in company, enterprise performance measurement
8.-9. Benchmarking in construction company
10. Verification of knowledge, credit