CVABKPOH Entrepreneurship in the hotel business

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Winter 2021
Extent and Intensity
12/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Miroslava Kostková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Pavlína Pellešová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Pavlína Pellešová, Ph.D.
Department of Tourism and Leisure Activities – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: doc. Ing. Pavlína Pellešová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Fri 1. 10. 13:55–15:30 VC008, Fri 5. 11. 13:55–15:30 VC008, Fri 3. 12. 13:55–15:30 VC008
Prerequisites
FAKULTA(OPF) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(K)
The course may be enrolled independently on other courses.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basic concepts of business corresponding with the relevant legal standards. Furthermore, the problems of establishing a business, its operation, human resources, business strategy, with regard to the environment of catering, hotel and spa management in the Czech Republic are focused on.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- identify and summarize important features of management and business in the hotel industry;
- identify and describe current domestic and foreign trends in business in the hotel industry;
- describe the factors that affect business in the hotel industry;
- apply business principles to a practical problem;
- analyze current scientific knowledge in the field of business.
Syllabus
  • 1. Business environment in the hotel business
    2. Entrepreneurship in the hotel industry, enterprise, integration processes in the hotel business
    3. Characteristics of the business entity, its types and features
    4. Basic principles and legal aspects of establishing a business, business activities
    5. Forms of business structures in catering, hotel and spa businesses
    6. Business plan
    7. Business risks
    8. Product in catering, hotel and spa businesses, its characteristics
    9. Quality of product, quality standards, evaluation of service quality in the hotel business
    10. Management of human resources in the hotel business
    11. Business ethics and socially responsible entrepreneurship related to the hotel business
    12. Analysis of competition and forms of cooperation in the hotel business
    13. Support of entrepreneurship activities in the Czech Republic
Literature
    required literature
  • RYGLOVÁ, K., BURIAN, M., VAJČNEROVÁ, I. Cestovní ruch - podnikatelské přístupy a příležitosti v praxi. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-4039-3. info
  • KORÁB, V., PETERKA, J., REŽŇÁKOVÁ, M. Podnikatelský plán. 1. vyd. Brno: Computer Press, 2007. ISBN 978-80-251-1605-0. info
  • KOUBEK, J. Řízení lidských zdrojů - základy moderní personalistiky. Praha: Management Press, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7261-168-3. info
  • KOSMÁK, P. Hotelové podnikání a integrační procesy. Praha: VŠH, 2005. ISBN 80-86578-50-X. info
  • BERÁNEK, J. Provozujeme pohostinství a ubytování. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2004. ISBN 80-86724-02-6. info
    recommended literature
  • NOVACKÁ, L. a kol. Cestovný ruch, udržateľnosť a zodpovednosť na medzinárodnom trhu. Bratislava: EKONÓM, 2013. ISBN 978-80-225-3475-8. info
  • INDROVÁ, J. a kol. Kvalita ve službách cestovního ruchu. Praha: VŠE, 2011. ISBN 978-80-245-1766-7. info
  • HASSANIEN, A., C. DALE a A. CLARKE. Hospitality Business Development. Oxford: Elsevier L.t.d., 2010. ISBN 978-1-85617-69-5. info
Teaching methods
Lecturing
Interactive lecture
Lecture with a video analysis
Presentation of seminar work
Seminar classes
Assessment methods
Grade
Written test Defense of seminar work
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 12 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Student is supposed to work out and defend a seminar work, an on-going test
ActivityDifficulty [h]
Konzultace12
Ostatní studijní zátěž55
Přednáška12
Zkouška40
Summary119
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2022.
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