WELCOME TO PRAGUE!

UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS, PRAGUE

• key business school in country

• Financial Times ranking 2010 #2 (joint CEMS – The Global Alliance in Management Education) and #52

 

PEOPLE

• TOMÁŠ ŘÍČKA

− Microeconomics of Competitiveness

− Project management

− EU and structural funds

• RADOVAN KAČÍN

‒ Microeconomics, Microeconomics of Competitiveness

‒ IT and management (decisionmaking)

‒ EU and structural funds

‒ Project management, PMP; PRINCE2, P3O, MSP, Agile PM Registered Practitioner; MoV, ITIL Foundation, CSM,

‒ Project evaluator, expert (FP7, LLP - European Commission)

• JANA ADA KUBÍČKOVÁ– LLP project assistant

• LUKÁŠ POMAHAČ– Project manager

• DAVID KULA– Project manager

PEOPLE

FACULTY OF BUSINESS (SCHOOL)

• leading Czech business school

• provides a comprehensive business education

• bachelor´s, master´s and doctoral degrees

• programs in Czech, English and Russian language

• around 4 000 students

• cooperation with top Czech and international companies and entrepreneurs

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT

• one of the largest departments at the university

• emphasis on a practical education

• focused on general management, advanced management, managerial decision making, management of SMEs, information management, quality management and operations management

PAST PROJECTS

• graduate study programme in blended version

• undergraduate and graduate study programme Arts Management

• online and blended courses

• „Research management practice“ (with University Liechtenstein)

FOCUS ON IT

„Certification and deepening of IT knowledge of students and faculty at University of Economics, Prague“

• Microsoft IT Academy

• new courses

• certifications Microsoft Office Specialist, Adobe Certified Associate

• all faculty certified MOS or MCT

• 1/2009-6/2011

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

„Development of knowledge and competencies of students and faculty at University of Economics, Prague in the area of project management and their certification“

• 3/2010-8/2012

• faculty certified (PRINCE2, PMI, IPMA, Project+)

• new courses

• new graduate minor (30 ECTS)

RESEARCHERS

„Development and support of education of young researchers at University of Economics, Prague“

• 3/2010-8/2012

• courses on publishing, scientific English, fundraising…

• summer school

• competition of research proposals

INTERNATIONAL...

„Project management for SMEs/NGOs - exchange of experience for trainers“• LLP, Grundtvig Partnership• 08/2010 – 07/2012

Partners:• Turkey• Romania• Czech Republic

CORPORATE CONNECTIONS

„Management in practice - increasing labor competencies of students at University of Economics, Prague via company collaboration“• 11/2010 – 4/2013• with CzechTrade• joined HBS’ Microeconomics of Competitiveness

network• new courses, minicycle

INTERNATIONALIZATION

„Let's open the world to students - with Univ. of Economics, Prague into the world!“• 11/2011 – 4/2013• new courses• new partnerships• case study competitions• new travel opportunities

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

„Modern methods of quality management, lean manufacturing and services for students and faculty at University of Economics, Prague“• 3/2011 – 8/2014• lean• EFQM• CAF• Six Sigma

CURRICULAR REFORM

„Innovation of management education - toward the changes“• 3/2011 - 8/2013• undergraduate and graduate courses• better reflection of trends in management education• new minor Management• business analysis, simulations, …

Private consulting company

• * 2007

• project proposal preparation and management

• investment projects (feasibility studies, cost benefit analysis etc.)

• educational projects

• municipalities, schools, central government bodies, SMEs 

WISDOMA, s.r.o.

SAMPLE PROJECTS

• developed project selection scheme and trained all evaluators and most administrators of OP Human Resource and Employment

• ZOO Vyskov environmental education center

• projects for schools (new curricula, self-evaluation)

• entrepreneurship education projects

• reconstructions of school buildings

• advice to CzechTrade, Union of Town and Municipalities, corporations

WISDOMA, s.r.o.

LLP STUDY VISITS• 175/2010 „Project management – learning from educational

projects“, March 2010• 323/2008 „Management of Educational Institutions“, October 2008• 325/2008 „Project management – learning from educational

projects“, October 2008

LLP GRUNDTVIG PARTNERSHIP• „Project management for SMEs/NGOs - exchange of experience for

trainers“• Coordinator of the project

WISDOMA, s.r.o.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROJECTS

„Entrepreneurship for NGOs and SMEs“

•Region southern Bohemia

WISDOMA, s.r.o.

SOCIETY FOR LEGAL AND ECONOMIC EDUCATION

Nonprofit

• * 1999

• Originally focus on bringing lawyers and economists together

• Organizing regular CLE (Continuing Legal Education) programs on U.S. and comparative lwa

• Currently switch to wider educational programmes

„ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR NGOS AND SMES“• Society for Legal and Economic Education

• Region eastern Bohemia

SOCIETY FOR LEGAL AND ECONOMIC EDUCATION

COOPERATION WITH UNIVERSITIES

• „Implementation of Modern Methods from eHealth to Teaching Medicine“23 mil. CZK, 1.1.2012 - 31.10. 2014

• „Interactive Cardiology - Modern Teaching Methods“ 16 mil. CZK, 1.1.2012 - 31.12.2014

• „Building Partnerships and Developing Cooperation in the Field of Architecture outside of Traditional Centers“51 mil. CZK, 1.4.2012 - 31.3.2014

THANK YOU...