In this course you will learn all necessary methods, principles, approaches, and tools, to become a successful manager of a business or a small team. You will however not only find out about theoretical aspects of being a manager, you will also improve many practical skills, such as planning, organization, leadership, control, analytical thinking, decision-making, strategy-making and its implementation, human resources, and more.
Course term: 312.08. - 23.08.
Free seats: 1
Price: 800 €
Category: Bussiness & Marketing
Status: Few places left
Deadline: 30.06.2019
Business Management will concentrate on operating a small business. While business theories and case studies will be used, the majority of this course will be a true workshop in which the student will learn real life applications on how to manage a small business. Real life issues of finance, taxes, staff and employees, marketing, vendors,inventory, ops and quality control will be utilized to give as realistic view as possible for the students enter the business world.
Through examinations of key strategic decisions taken at a number of real, successful small businesses, the learners will be creating a solid foundation for further studies in business, or will be able to apply these insights directly to their own budding business ventures. Students will be taught to write a realistic business plan.
Ciaran Seamus Kelly
CVUniversity of New York in Prague lecturer
Do you want to be taughtby someone who knows the theory in the books, or do you want to be taughtby someone with 1200 employees? By someone who sold over 200 billion Eur (that's billion!) over last 15years, and organized entire distribution networks all over West and Central Europe? By someone who has 6 million dollar marketing/branding budgets?
"Ciaran S. Kelly started off in the family Beverly Hills Interior Design firm. He moved to Prague in 1992, and entered the automotive industry. He was quickly promoted up to Sales, Ops and Marketing director for AAA AUTO where he sold 85,000 car per year and opened 39 branches in 4 countries. He transferred to VW, and became leader of the Task Force which implemented the entire new world wide business plan for SKODA cars. His markets were West Europe, and between 2011-2013, SKODA was one of only four car manufacturers to earn profits for each successive year. A TED speaker, today he is the General Manager of Zepter Intl and a member of the Board of Advisors. He is married with 6 kids, 3 dogs and 4 cats, and has the noisiest kitchen in all of Prague."
Mr. Kelly has been teaching for European Summer School since 2017.
Course is running: Monday - Friday, 9:00 - 14:00
Download SyllabusEach meeting will have tasks and assignments. These daily tasks will be a mixture of team-work and individual work. These tasks alone will determine the students grade. Students will receive immediate same day feedback on all assignments. A final project of a business plan will also be assigned.
All workshop tasks combined will comprise of 75% of the student’s grade and the business plan will comprise the remaining 25%.
You will receive an official Certificate of Attendance upon completion of your course. Please inform the organizing staff if you require any extra supplements, such as Transcript of Records. The student is eligible to receive up to 5 ECTS credits, however please follow the instructions here and consult the acknowledgment process with your university in advance.
Course fee includes the course itself, application fee, study materials, Prague public transportation ticket for 2 weeks, afternoon/evening social activities and events, welcome drink and goodbye graduation party. Other expenses, such as meals, accommodation, insurance, personal expenses, extra activities (such as trips outside of town over the weekend and entrance fees), and required equipment (i.e. pencils, paper for illustrations) are not included in the price.
Please note, after the 30th of April 2019 there will be a late enrollment fee charged in the amount of 50EUR on top of the course fee.
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