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Exam based upon personal discussion.

1. Management � basic issues, function and structure; manager and his position, levels. Management and entrepreneurship. Management history overview.

2. Innovation and its implementation � specific issues in industrial implementation of newly developed methods, technologies and products. Specific needs in development, marketing, production, financing and selling.

3. Main processes in management: planning � its use and importance, planning process, structure of the plans. How to establish and maintain plans, effectiveness of planning, planning, probability and fortuity.

4. Main processes in management: organization � structures in organization and architecture of organizations, impact of organization, flexible issues, working place, description of work, factors influencing work flow.

5. Main processes in management: motivation � system of motivation and stimulation, how to motivate people, self-motivation, psychology of motivation, social base of motivation.

6. Main processes in management: decision making � processes of decision making, issues of decision making, risk and uncertainty, models and methods of decision making.

7. Main processes in management: checking and control � aim and structure of the checking and control, weak points of controlling, criteria and their setting, modern methods.

8. Main processes in management: communication � partners in communication, coding. Information in management � value of information, information as a competitive advantage. Managerial information systems � principles, utilization, decision making support, expert systems, loss of information, feedback, forms of communication, internal and external communication.

9. Leadership � leadership as an ability to lead people, as a specific form of management. Positive and negative tactics. How to deal with specific people. Ladies in management.

10. International management � specific issues, working in international companies, how to deal with cultural diversity, differences in customs, team management in international milieu. Team work � group and team, main team positions, team development, effectiveness of teamwork. How to prepare, manage and use the meetings.

11. New enterprise creation and development. Financial prerequisites and financing of the new

enterprise

12. Profile and manager‘s personality � basic competencies of managers, general principles and style of manager’s work, responsibility, attitude of manager towards his employees, time management, priorities, prevention of collapse. Organization’s identity � components, image and its change. Corporate culture / sources, surrounding, ethics. How to change the corporate culture.

13. Strategic management � strategy, its aim and importance. How to develop a strategy. Strategic concepts utilization. Strategy evaluation. System of strategic management.

Sound command of English