Course Details

Water Management

Academic Year 2024/25

NPA018 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-SIV Summer Semester 1st year

Essential principles of management theory (planning, organisation, personal work, control) in relation to modern trends and methods. General theory and practical experience of management in the span of ecology and in the branch of water management. Basics of marketing (customer orientation, marketing mix, publicity etc.).

Credits

3 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

prof. Ing. Petr Hlavínek, CSc., MBA

Institute

Institute of Municipal Water Management

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

Economy of civil engineering

Aims

Basics of planning, organizing, management of company, marketing of products focused on water industry.
Student will manage basics of planning, organizing, management of company, marketing of products focused on water industry.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/281815

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. State of art of water management in Czech.
  • 2. Design company in water management.
  • 3. Engineering company in water management.
  • 4. Construction company in water management.
  • 5. Municipality in water management.
  • 6. Operational utilities in water management.
  • 7. Consulting company in water management
  • 8. Business in water management.
  • 9. Water research, education.
  • 10. Water manager in industry.
  • 11. Preparation and control of foreign projects.
  • 12. Crisis management.
  • 13. Work with public in water management.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction, entering essay and presentation.
  • 2. Example – Analysis loss – profit, break point, presentations.
  • 3. Example – Finantial analysis of dommestic waste collection, presentations.
  • 4. Example – Net Present Value of sewerage network, presentations.
  • 5. Example – Earned Value Analysis, presentations.
  • 6. Presentations, credit.