Course Details

Principles of Business Economics

Academic Year 2025/26

BVA002 course is part of 3 study plans

BPA-SI Summer Semester 1st year

BPC-SI / VS Summer Semester 1st year

BKC-SI Summer Semester 1st year

Area of civil engineering and the construction company, foundation, rehabilitation and the downfall of the firm
Activities in the construction company, organisation and production, outlet, sale, marketing
Investment activity in the firm, finances, taxes, construction orders and prices, contractual agreements

Credits

5 credits

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

Institute

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

Knowledge of fundamental economy terms and relations. Basics of macroeconomic and microeconomic theories.

Aims

To get knowledge about particular fundamental disciplines of business economics with re-spect to building production. Ability to orient in economy of building production and in valuation with respect to conditions on building market.
Ability to orient in economy of building production and in valuation with respect to conditions on building market.

Basic Literature

Synek Miloslav a kolektiv. Manažerská ekonomika. 5., aktualizované a doplněné vydání. 2011, Grada, ISBN: 978-80-247-3494-1 (cs)
Klee Lukáš. Stavební smluvní právo. Wolters Kluwer, 2022.  ISBN: 978-80-7552-117-0  (cs)
Myers Danny. Construction Economics. Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2022. ISBN: 9781032262611 (en)

Offered to foreign students

To offer to students of all faculties

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Position of the firm in the national economy, branch of civil engineering and construction company.
  • 2.–3. Characteristic of the firm, specifications of the construction company, production, planning, controlling, investment activity in the firm.
  • 4.–5. Firm’s finances and economic information, taxes.
  • 6.–8. Material and inventory, labour, working machines and machinery.
  • 9.–11. Construction orders and prices, bills of costs.
  • 12. Distribution, sale, marketing.
  • 13. Contractual relations.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction, program of instruction,instructions and guidelines.
  • 2. Classification.
  • 3. Contract for work, an action for payment of the work price.
  • 4. Investment.
  • 5. Depreciation.
  • 6. Taxation.
  • 7. Accounting and finance.
  • 8. The cost of material and equipment.
  • 9. Wages.
  • 10. Calculation of works.
  • 11. Price of structure.
  • 12. Credit test.
  • 13. Credit.