College of Dunaújváros
Final Year Course
Business Administration BA
study program
College of Dunaújváros
Department of Management and Enterprise Sciences
22nd Aug. 2011.
Table of Contents:
DESCRIPTION OF THE DEGREE PROGRAM:.............................................................................. 1
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS ................................................................................................................ 3
RESEARCH THESIS.......................................................................................................................... 3
PROJECT MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................................. 3
MATHEMATICS I. ............................................................................................................................ 4
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................................... 4
SOCIAL SCIENCES ........................................................................................................................... 5
MATHEMATICS II. ........................................................................................................................... 6
ERGONOMICS................................................................................................................................... 7
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANCY ........................................................................................................ 7
METHODS OF REGIONAL ANALYSES ........................................................................................ 8
SPATIAL AND SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................... 8
REGIONAL AND SETTLEMENTS DEVELOPMENT.................................................................... 8
SPATIAL LOGISTICS ....................................................................................................................... 9
SPATIAL STRATEGIES AND MONITORING ............................................................................... 9
INFRASTRUCTURE ........................................................................................................................ 10
REGIONAL ECONOMICS .............................................................................................................. 10
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT ...................................... 10
LABOUR MARKET POLICY ......................................................................................................... 11
VALUE BASED MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC VALUE .......................................................... 12
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT AND VALUE ANALYSES............................................................. 12
DESCRIPTION OF THE DEGREE PROGRAM:
FINAL YEAR COURSE- BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BA
The higher educational institution responsible
College of Dunaújváros
for the study program:
Identification number of higher educational
FI60345
institution:
Address of higher educational institution:
Táncsics Mihály utca 1/A, H-2400 Dunaújváros,
Level of qualification:
Degree:
Scheme of Study:
Credit points to be acquired:
The objectives of the training and the professional
competencies to be acquired:
bachelor (BSc)
Bachelor of Sciences in Business Administration BA
2 semesters (1 year) part-time program
90 credits
The objective(s) of the training is to train economic
experts who have have acquired adequate knowledge
of economics, social sciences, administration, applied
economic methods in order to be able to plan and
analyse the processes of companies, enterprises,
financial institutions and budgetary organizations and
to control and organize the company and enterprise
processes and tasks. Furthermore, they must have indepth knowledge that is adequate to enable them to
continue with their studies in the graduate, master
level.
Business Administrators know:
- Basic concepts and major correlations of the area of economics and administration;
- The principles of organisation and control of resources and production factors, the methods and tools of
economic and financial planning, analysis, evaluation and implementation;
- The methods and principles to organise and control economic processes;
- The principles and methods how to establish financial organizations and enterprises, and how to form the
company structure and organisational behavious of them.
.
Business Administrators can and are able to:
- meet the requirements of positions at financial institutions, enterprises, companies in accordance with their
special field of expertise;
- the application of problem-solving methods to fulfil company-decision-preparatory tasks;
- fulfill manager positions of companies, enterprises and financial institutions on the field of career
opportunities, such as financial management, managerial accountancy, regional management and tourismhospitality management.
- to communicate efficiently in English language and by the use of informatic tools both in domestic and
international business environment;
- to adapt to environmental changes by the evaluation of his career-related experience and his continuous
professional self- improvement in order to extend his professional base of knowledge.
Modules and fields of knowledge that are essential for the qualification:
In the framework of the training the students are taught in the following major educational areas.
mathematics, management, logistics, social sciences, economics and value analyses.
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Final Year Course - Business Administration BA
Curriculum
Semesters- classes per week
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Codes
GTK-019
GTV-998
KIM-001
GTV-613
KTN-142
KIM-002
GTV-339
Modules/ Courses
lec
tut
lab
req
cr
lec
Prerequisites
2
tut
lab
req
cr
3
lec
tut
lab
req
cr
4
lec
tut
lab
req
cr
5
lec
tut
lab
req
cr
lec
Research Thesis
Project Management
Mathematics I.
1
1
2
2
0F
1V
tut
lab
req
cr
7
lec
0
15
0A
0
2
3
1
2
0
2
0V
0V
1F
5
5
5
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
F
F
F
F
V
5
5
5
5
5
1
2
0F
5
17
13
tut
lab
req
cr
5
5
Strategic Management
Social Sciences
Mathematics II.
Ergonomics
2
2
0F
5
Financial Accountancy
GTK-008
GTK-020
Methods of Regional Analyses
2
1
2
2
0F
0F
5
5
GTK-021
Spatial and Settlement Development
2
2
0F
5
GTK-022
GTK-023
GTK-024
GTK-025
GTK-012
Regional and Settlements Development
Spatial Logistics
Spatial Strategies and Monitoring
Infrastructure
MUT-511
Regional Economics
Environmental Protection and Energy
Management
2
1
1F
5
GTK-015
Labour Market Policy
3
0
0V
5
GTK-016
Value Based Management and Public Value
GTV-610
Product Management and Value Analyses
2
2
0F
5
Weekly lec., tut., lab., credit
Total number of classes per week
Total number of credits
16
15
2
6
0
45
33
1
0
45
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
90
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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
RESEARCH THESIS
GTK-019
10/5/0/A/0
Prerequisite: None
Learning outcomes and objectives: The students should be able to solve problems with a
complex view and make awareness raising and persuasive presentations in writing and
speech. By the end of the term the students should be able to identify problems; selection of
the major problem; analytically explore the reason for the problem; define to goal to be
reached and the decision-making criteria; prepare the plan of alternatives/recommendations;
assess and select the “best” of their solutions, alternatives; initiate decisions and present the
expected impacts of their recommendations.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
GTV-998
1/2/0/F/5
Prerequisites: None
Educational goal (competencies to be acquired): The goal is to develop the following
student skills: Project oriented leadership, Strategic thinking, Construction project
organizations, Project configuration, Management of project phases, Process skills, Project
documentation system development, Project controlling and monitoring system configuration,
Change management, realization of organisational project culture.
Brief description of the subject content: Application of project means new management
attitude, new processes to the experts and to the managers. The conscious use of them
requires expertise and knowledge. It is an essential part of strategical planning and
management. In the syllabus of the subject it is going to be cleared what the project is, what
its role is in the operational system, when we use projects. Through practical examples and
the introduction of project-forming elements we make the student to acquire the skills of a
manager and expert, which skills concentrate on the practical solutions of complex and
difficult professional problems. Development of skills for the management, control and
organization of projects and the way of the use of its methodical tools. Content elements:
starting points of project management. Concepts, definitions: the project, the types of project,
the definition and characteristics of project management (PM), development of PM. The
appearance of project management in the operation of companies, institutions. The system
and process technology of PM (the MASTER CHART). The relations of projects and
company strategy. The way to start a project and to plan a project, planning of PERT time
diagram, timing of project, time analysis. Diagram for the logic of tasks. The organisation of
project, the control and realisation level of the project, tasks and responsibilities. The main
operational characteristics of the project organisation. Human resources aspects of the project.
Selection, commission and motivation of the participants of the project. Resources and cost
planning, project monitoring. The structure, the content and the importance of PDD (Project
Definition Document). The modification of the project plan. The project and the quality.
Realisation and close of the project. Processing the results of the project. Project management
is practice. Case studies of various projects.
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Compulsory reading and its availability: Project Management in Practice, Samuel J.
Mantel, International Student Version, 4th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2011.
Recommended reading and its availability: Handouts from the lecturer
MATHEMATICS I.
KIM-001
1/2/1/V/5
Prerequisites: None
Educational goal (competencies to be acquired):
A mathematical theory is introduced to solve quantitative problems in technical and other
fields. Methods of problem solving in the course topics are introduced and ability for students
to use these methods is developed.
Brief description of the subject content:
Set theoretical background. Functions of one variable. Basic properties of functions of one
variable. Limits of functions and sequences. Differential calculus of functions of one variable.
Differentiation rules. Mean value theorems. Applications of derivatives. Integral calculus of
functions of one variable. The definite integral. The indefinite integral and its properties.
Basic properties of functions of several variables. Differential calculus of functions of several
variables.
Compulsory reading and its availability: Talata, I.: A Guide to Mathematical Analysis,
Dunaújváros, 2007, pp. 1-79. Electronic Study Guide.
Recommended reading and its availability: Finney, R. L. ; Thomas, G. B.: Calculus,
Addison-Wesley, New York, 1990.
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
GTV-613
2/2/0/V/5
Prerequisites: None
Educational goal (competencies to be acquired): The aim of the course is to get students
acquainted with the planning processes of work organisations. By the acquired knowledge
students will be able to understand and require the importance and necessity of the long- term
planning. Through practical examples students will be able to interpret their theoretical
knowledge and identify coherences.
Brief description of the subject content: Domain and concepts of strategic management.
Historical overview of the development and methodology of strategic thinking and
management. Developmental phases and attributes of strategic planning and the environment.
Strategic management approaches. Definitions and differences of company strategies and
competition strategies. Competition strategy of Porter. Industry and market analysis and
evaluation. Main elements of industry competition. Process and phases of strategic planning.
Strategic environment of companies (global economy, macro economy, national economy,
external and internal environmental attributes). Environment analysis techniques. SWOT
analysis. Comparison and synergy creation of external and internal environment levels.
Characterization and typology of strategic alternatives, determination of the suitable
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alternative/type. Development of the hierarchy of goals. Determination of company mission
and philosophy. Matching of strategic goals with levels of planning, conversion to tasks.
Planning of the execution of the strategy. Analysis of the organizational competencies. Value
chain development. Main relations of organisational modernization. Appointment of strategic
actions and tasks to organisations and individuals. Definition and regulation of the effect,
responsibility and task systems. Planning of the strategic control on the levels of overall, and
sub strategies and actions. Balance Score Card. Identification of the success or failure of
strategy execution with the continuous evaluation of information
Compulsory reading and its availability: Contemporary Strategy Analysis 7e, Robert M.
Grant
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2010.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
KTN-142
3/0/0/V/5
Prerequisites: None
Educational goal (competencies to be acquired): To provide the students to understand and
interpret the events of the society, the development of ethical behaviour.
Brief description of the subject content: Definition of philosophy, historical overview,
contemporary dilemma, the role of philosophy in in learning in relation to the European
tradition. Historical division of philosopy, the overview of the history of the contemporary
philosophy with the more significant philosophical dilemma and problems. Self-definition
stages of philosophy; the question of principality, the problems of standing apart, trends,
tendencies. Disciplinary differentiation within the philosophy: ontology, epistemology, theory
of science, etics, aesthetics. Philosophical anthropology (attempts to define the human
essence, the radical finiteness and the infinity of transcendence, the human being and the
cosmos, society, generality of humanity). Searching for the third starting point: transcendence
(teological and religion philosophical point), certainity forms given in cognition
(metodologism, scientism, positivism, empiricism, etc.), philosophy and history of the spirit.
Introduction to the basic problems of the ethics: the questions of the social concept of morale,
social relations and requirement systems. The moral experience and the ordinary
consciousness. The structure of the moral reality. The relationship of morale and ethics, the
position of ethics in philosophy. The question of causality and the problems of ethics in the
XX. century. The question of moral rules and the freedom of decision. The subject, methods
and basic concepts of sociology. Social structure in Hungary; poverty in Hungary; settlement
and town-sociology. The methods of sociological research; international trends in population
changes (number of population, mortality, fertility), the state of population in Hungary;
marriage making tendencies in the developed countries; trend of divorces in Hungary. The
ethnical division of Hungary. The situation of the roma population in Hungary. The historical
changes and function of the intellectual class; the characteristics of the Hungarian intellectual
class.
Compulsory reading and its availability: - Anzenbacher, A.: Introduction to Philosophy,
Herder, Bp., 1993.
- Andorka Rudolf: Introduction to Sociology, Osiris Bp., 1998.
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Recommended reading and its availability: - Giddens, Anthony: Sociology, Osiris Bp.,
1995.
- Nyíri Tamás: Basic Ethics, Bp., 1988.
- Peter Winch: The Idea of Social Science, Acadimical Publishing Co. (Akadémiai Kiadó),
Bp., 1988.
MATHEMATICS II.
KIM-002
5/10/5/V/5
Prerequisites: Mathematics I.
Educational goal (competencies to be acquired): A mathematical theory is introduced to
solve quantitative problems in technical and other fields. Methods of problem solving in the
course topics are introduced and ability for students to use these methods is developed.
Brief description of the subject content: Vectors, operations with vectors. Matrices,
operations with matrices. Determinant, inverse and rank of a matrix. Systems of linear
equations. Lines and planes in space, distances. Combinatorics. Sample space and events,
basic event operations. The probability of an event. Axioms of probability. Computing the
probability of an event. Conditional probability. Multiplication law of probabilities.
Independent events. Theorem of full probability. Bayes? Theorem. Independent trials.
Random variables and their characteristics. Markov?s inequality, Chebyshev?s inequality.
Notable probability distributions. The week law of large numbers. The Central Limit
Theorem. Basic notions in statistics. Samples. Numerical and graphic characterization of data
sets. Calculation of sample mean, sample standard deviation, sample modus, sample median,
sample quartiles and other characteristics. Inferences about a population. Theory of
estimation. Point estimation and estimation by confidence interval for the population mean,
for standard deviation and for a proportion. Statistical hypotheses. Basic concepts of testing
hypotheses, type I error, type II error. Notable probability distributions at the tests. Parametric
tests for the mean and for the standard deviation. Nonparametric tests. The bases of
correlation and regression analysis.
Compulsory reading and its availability: Ross, Sheldon: A First Course in Probability,
Pearson Education Inc.,ISBN 0-13-201817-9
Bhattacharyya, Gouri K.; Johnson, Richard A.: Statistical Concepts and Methods, John Wiley
& Sons, ISBN 0-471-07204-4
Nicholson, W. Keith: Linear algebra with applications, (Fifth Edition) McGraw-Hill Ryerson,
ISBN 0-07-092277-2
Recommended reading and its availability: Shores, Thomas S.: Applied Linear Algebra
and Matrix Analysis, Springer, ISBN 978-0-387-33195-9
Hoel, Paul G.: Introduction to Mathematical Statistics (A Wiley Publication in Mathematical
Statistics) Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York-London-Sydney
De Course, W.J.: Statistics and Probability for Engineers Applications With Microsoft Excel,
ISBN: 0-7506-7618-3
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ERGONOMICS
GTV-339
Prerequisite: None.
2/2/0/F/5
Educational goal (competencies to be acquired): To enable the students to improve the
man-machine-environment system, ergonomic aspects of the interpretation, the effective
design and operation of safe and convenient to use human. The student is familiar with: The
system of concepts and practical application of ergonomics, The stress and strain specificity,
The characteristics of sensors and perception, The cognitive problem-solving and decision
context, Ergonomic design aspects of the device, The man-machine-environment system
characteristics, the design criteria.
Brief description of the subject content: The interpretation of ergonomics, the conceptual
system, the development of history and social usefulness. Application of the ergonomics and
features, The strain and stress correlations. The munkatartalom, the relationship between
stress and performance. The man, as a consumer and user features / attitudes, perception,
cognition, cognitive processing, anthropometry. The man-machine interface system / tool
design, management and állítóelemek, jelzőelemek Design and Selection. The man-machineenvironment system characteristics, the design conditions. .Physical environment.
Compulsory reading and its availability:
Kroemer K, H. K. E.: Ergonomics ? How to design for ease and efficiency, Upper Saddle
River, NJ, Prentice Hall
Recommended reading and its availability:
Handouts from the lecturer
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANCY
GTK-008
2/2/0/F/5
Prerequisite: None
Educational goal (competencies to be acquired): The skill keeping silent it is known on a
level to miscalculate related economic events with the main substance change of the devices
and the sources in the ledger accounting. Let the ledger one and the analytic registers
recognise his contact, more important basis vouchers, the devices and the sources can be
valued.
Brief description of the subject content: The concept of the immaterial goods, his kinds,
their assessment, their more capital substance changes the concept of objective devices, his
kinds, their assessment, their more capital substance changes the concept of financial
instruments, his kinds invested, their assessment, their main substance changes were shopping
and the concept of supplies with own production, his kinds, their assessment, their more
capital substance changes the concept of claims, his kinds, their assessment, their more capital
substance changes the concept of stocks, his kinds, their assessment, their more capital
substance changes The concept of finances, his kinds, their assessment, their more capital
substance changes the concept of an own capital, his kinds, their assessment, their more
capital substance changes the concept of obligations, his kinds, their assessment, their more
capital substance changes the concept of rollovers, his kinds, their assessment, their more
capital substance changes.
Compulsory reading and its availability:
• Horvath, Zoltan: Handbook on the European Union, HVG-ORAC, Bp., 2007.
* Harmathy, Attila (ed.): Introduction to Hungarian Law. Kluwer, 1998.
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METHODS OF REGIONAL ANALYSES
GTK-020
1/2/0/F/5
Prerequisites: None
Educational goal (competencies to be acquired): Giving the students skill by which they
are capable of presenting the socio-economic features of a given region; quantification of the
intensity and driving forces of development, development correlations and the stochastic
relations among development levels; evaluation of the structural changes; exploration of
development reserves; pointing out bottlenecks; featuring stable tendencies of long-term data.
The objective is the introduction and practicing of the application of mathematical-statistical
methods and presentation techniques, and empowering the students with the ability to choose
the right methods on their own.
Brief description of the subject content: Sources of regional analyses. Spatial and time
series databases and indices. Data collection, grouping and comparison. Statistical tables and
balance sheets. Forms, solutions and tools of presentations. Templates. Application of
inductive and deductive methods. Formulation and significance of indices. Analysis of time
series. Survey of dynamism, structure and structural changes. Measurement of development
level, categorisation etc. Benneth method. Deviation from the average in % of the least
developed; definition of ranks, factorial analysis, cluster analysis. Standard deviation indices
(range of deviation, delta, sigma). SWOT analysis. Measurement of macro-incomes, specific
values. Gravity zones analyses. Comparative analyses of micro-regions. Complex and sectoral
development survey of counties. Tendencies. NUTS 2 level analyses.
SPATIAL AND SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT
GTK-021
2/2/0/F/5
Prerequisites: None
Educational goal (competencies to be acquired): In the national economy, both in the
business sector, the municipal sector and the non-governmental organisations, it is an absolute
must to know the objectives, tools and institutional systems of spatial development, which
allows the moderation of spatial disparities, and to highlight the role, significance and tasks of
developments and the complexity of developments.
Brief description of the subject content: Content, objectives and tasks of spatial
development. The roles of central state organs, the state itself, spatial development
responsibilities and competencies in practice, the position of spatial development in the
system of central state organs, the actors of spatial development, the economic management,
roles, responsibilities and tool of municipalities in spatial development. The institutional system
of spatial development; spatial development at regional and county level; multi-purpose microregional associations, regional development councils and spatial development municipal
associations.
REGIONAL AND SETTLEMENTS DEVELOPMENT
GTK-022
2/2/0/F/5
Prerequisites: None.
Educational goal (competencies to be acquired): The object of education is to the urban
and rural development within the main topic of research methods, theoretical and practical
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questions, familiarize themselves with the students. Objective is to develop skills, which leads
to the students recognize their own problems (reserves, bottlenecks, trends, relationships,
priorities, etc) to solve applied research methods, their optimal combination.
Brief description of the subject content: Concepts of rural development. The countryside
and the concept of rurality. The definitions and criteria for development. The development of
objective and subjective standards. The development of subjective scales. The concept of
region and subregion. The rural economy and the concepts of spatial development disparities.
The concept of rural development. The dimensions of rural development. Reasons for this
region is generally characterized by diversity. The criteria and policies affecting the
countryside. The region's social functions, production functions, the residential function of the
socio-cultural features. The criteria and policies affecting the countryside, rural development
and the relationship between regional development, rural development and agriculture
development. The political factors determining the regional disparities. The policy - the
omnipotence and ineffectiveness. The ineffectiveness of universal policies. The rural
development policy and the market's dilemma. Does not directly market-oriented instruments.
The principle of need and worthiness. The determinants of regional disparities. The natural,
economic, social and historical factors. In the municipal sector. The organization of
marketplaces. The theory of central places. Of agglomeration economies. The agglomeration,
the agglomeration of companies producing. The infrastructure agglomerating effect.
Innovation and industrial zones. The urban and rural development institutions, and
instruments. The rural development policy in the European Union. The locality - development
goals. Industrial jobs. Services. The rural development and consultancy. The companies, the
diffusion of innovations. Innovation and innovative capital. Analysis techniques for local
development. Data collection, data analysis. The socio-economic base analysis. In some
measure of economic growth. The "Share Shift" analysis, scalogram / hierarchy analysis.
SPATIAL LOGISTICS
GTK-023
2/1/0/F/5
Prerequisites: None.
Educational goal (competencies to be acquired): The spread of regionalisation and the
decentralisation of state functions lead to the appearance of new tasks, structures and
institutions at the regional tiers, whose establishment requires models, products and experts
with knowledge on the spatial logistics systems. The aim of the subject is to train experts who
are able to systematise the scientific achievements of spatial sciences and logistics, and
manage the unfurling spatial logistics processes.
Brief description of the subject content:
Basic logistics skills, logistics as an interdisciplinary science. Space, time and distance.
Logistics distance. Location choice. Regional science and logistics. Spatial economic
concentration. Urban development, urban logistics. Creation of spatial logistics systems.
Transport systems in the regionalising Hungary. Intermodal logistics development concept.
International tendencies of intermodal logistics. Globalisation and logistics. The strategic
appreciation of meso-level.
SPATIAL STRATEGIES AND MONITORING
GTK-024
2/2/0/F/5
Prerequisites: None.
Educational goal (competencies to be acquired): The subject is meant to familiarise
students with the theoretical foundations of regional economic development and the cutting
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edge international practices. Wit regard to the principles pf subsidiarity, programming and
partnership required by the EU regional policy, the basic issues of bottom-up economic
development capable of effectively addressing the challenges of global competition are looked
at. By acquiring the material the students are able to work in groups dealing with the bottom-up
economic development programmes of regions and micro-regions, and the professional
elaboration of the economics part of concepts, strategies and programmes designed for the
improvement of regional competitiveness. If working for businesses, students are aware of the
expected economic and business impacts of programming in the region or area.
Brief description of the subject content: Birth, objectives and main aspects of regional
economic development. Growing importance of regions in the economic development policies
of the advanced countries. Comprehension of
top-down and bottom-up economic
development, their conditions and relationship. Objectives an basic tools of bottom-up
regional economic development. Sources of the long-term competitiveness of sectors.
INFRASTRUCTURE
GTK-025
2/1/0/F/5
Prerequisites: None.
Educational goal (competencies to be acquired): Getting to know the concept, content, subsystems, sectors (elements) and territorial hierarchy of infrastructure. The students should get
to know, through Hungarian and international examples, the birth and development of
infrastructure, the spatial disparities in its development level, and its role in regional
development.
Brief description of the subject content: Concept, breakdown, role and significance of
infrastructure. Main characteristics. The birth and development of infrastructure in Hungary in
an international comparison. Development level of infrastructure, its evaluation methods.
Quantitative and qualitative elements of the main producers and communal infrastructure.
Correlations among infrastructure, economic development elements and the main indicators
featuring the quality of life of the population. Possibilities of infrastructure investments and
developments, priorities to reach the present and the future objectives. Case studies and
concrete analyses to highlight the correlations, in order to promote territorial development.
REGIONAL ECONOMICS
GTK-012
2/1/0/V/5
Prerequisites: None.
Educational goal (competencies to be acquired): Preparation of the students to get to know
the economic factors impacting the development of spatial processes, and find their way in the
theoretical system and analysis procedures of regional economics.
Brief description of the subject content: Content and objective of regional science. Relation
of global and local processes. Location theories. Spatial market structures. The spatial
concentration of the economy. Spatial mobility of the factors of production. Regional growth
models. Technical progress and regional development. Main theories of regional development.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT
MUT-511
2/1/1/F/5
Prerequisites: None.
Educational goal (competencies to be acquired):
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Learning the fundamentals of ecology, the atmosphere, and the basic air pollutants, the global
warming, the acid rain, the ozone layer and airborne dusts, the operation of the basic
equipment used in air, water, noise control, basics of soil science and radioactive pollution,
the environmental management, life cycle assessment, the basics of energy management and
to enable the students to acquire the knowledge and apply the appropriate technologies.
Brief description of the subject content:
Importance and distribution of ecology. Stability of living systems. Populations and the
relationship between. Concept of biodiversity. Appearance of biological diversity. The
ecosystem. Food chains. Flow of energy in the ecosystem. Ecology and environment
protection. The atmosphere, and the air pollutant . The settling and the buffle chambers,
cyclones and scrubbers. Odometry. Noise and vibration as pollution. Radioactive air
pollution. Water quality control. Soil protection. Classification, collection and processing of
waste.
Management systems and their relationships. Professional fundamentals in connection with
environment management systems. Strategic planning in environment protection. The basics
of environmental management. Life cycle assessment. Basics of energy management.
Laboratory practice: Environmental analysis of purity of air, soil and water.
Seminars: students are giving presentations in different fields of environmental protection and
laboratory practice.
Compulsory reading and its availability:
1. Ecology and Environmental Protection selected chapters (on O drive)
2. Environmental Science Toward a Sustainable Future Richard T. Write, Bernard J. Nebel,
Prentice Hall
Recommended reading and its availability:
3. The Biosphere, Ian Bradbury, Belhaven Press
4. Air Pollution, Its Origin and Control, Kenneth Wark and Cecil F. Warner, Harper and Row
5. Hazardous Waste Management Michael D. LaGrega, McGraw Hill
6. Drinking Water Quality, N.F. Gray, Wiley
LABOUR MARKET POLICY
GTK-015
3/0/0/V/5
Prerequisites: None.
Educational goal (competencies to be acquired):
The introduction of the practical operation of the labour market, knowledge disclosure and
approach-forming. So that the subject, on the one hand, conveys practical knowledge about
the operation and the processes of the labour market and about the policy that forms the
labour market (thought it also shows their theoretical backgrounds and considerations). On
the other hand, it tries to form the approach of the students, making the special features of
the labour market, the employment and the connection system of the employer and
employment and the entity of the social way of thinking clear.
Brief description of the subject content: The specific, distinctive features of labour market.
The characteristics of state of labour market in Europe and Hungary. Labour/employment
models. Market expectations, flexibility, and applicability. Social expectation, partnership.
The employment strategy of the EU and its realization. The aims of the national employment
policy. The devices of the national employment policy. The aims and the devices of income
policy. The entity of the labour relations. Representation of interests: economic chambers,
employer associations, trade unions. The models of labour connections (on upper operation
level). The corporatism. The appearance of labour relations in the level of EU, its outstanding
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examples in the certain countries. The national development and the characteristics, the
present institution and the practice of the labour relations.
VALUE BASED MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC VALUE
GTK-016
1/2/0/F/5
Prerequisites: None.
Educational goal (competencies to be acquired):
The aim of the subject is to acquaint the students with the basic conceptual system,
operational structure and the questions of management of the real processes of enterprise
operation (production, service and logistics). Beyond this, our aim is also to introduce the
most important developing tendencies, the newest practical solutions of the area of specialty.
The course discusses the real processes of the inner operation of enterprises and the
cooperation between the enterprises from the upper and middle level manager point of view.
So it is examines that how much and how they can conduce to the sustaining and
enhancement of enterprise competitiveness. Government performance excellence needs
instruments that help public sector managers to focus on when and how to create and measure
public value.
Brief description of the subject content:
Value-making processes in the enterprise operation. Market, competition, strategy.
Production-logistic systems: planning and operation. Resource management. The components
of the value-making processes. The achievement and the management.. Strategic methods of
achievement evaluation. The SMART. A Balanced Scorecard. EVA. The effect of the
philosophies of the modern production and enterprise management. The modern production
philosophies and the achievement measurement. The evaluation frame of the supplying chain.
Public Value. Defining Value. Measuring and Analyzing Public Service Value. Driving
Results. The Key to Unlocking Value. Public Service Value Methodology.
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT AND VALUE ANALYSES
GTV-610
2/2/0/F/5
Prerequisites: None.
Educational goal (competencies to be acquired):
The student: - Acquire the basics, tools, and main characteristics of Value Analysis, - Acquire
the forms of Value Analysis (Value Analysis, Value Engineering, Value Control, Value
Investition, Value Management) – Be capable of applying the methods of product selection, Be aware the basics of member selection for teamwork, - Be capable of forming a team in
accordance with a given task, - Be aware of the most significant steps of the procedure of
Value Analysis, - Be capable of defining product functions, - Be aware of defining the steps
of function costs, - Be capable of defining weak points, - Be aware of the methods how to
work out and examine variants.
Brief description of the subject content:
The basics and types of products and technologies. Life cycles of products and technologies.
Product development conceptions. Product development with Value Planning (construction
and technology) Product innovation. Introduction of new production technologies. Analysis of
technology portfolio. Managing key competence. Technical and economic documentations.
Product database. The emergence and validity of Value Analysis. Preparation work for Value
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Analysis. Revision and characterization of Value Analysis. Information steps. Steps of
Analysis.
Compulsory reading and its availability:
*Michael Hugos: Essential of Supplay Chain Management. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Hoboken,
New
Jersey,
2006.
ISBN-10
0-471-77634-3
*Robert B. Stewart: Fundamentals of Value Methodology. Xlibris Corporation, USA, 2005.
ISBN: 1-4134-9193-6
Recommended reading and its availability:
Handouts from the lecturer
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