Department of Business Administration and Management

Teaching

The Department participates in the pedagogical process of Doctoral, Master´s and Bachelor´s studies at the Faculty of Economics of TUL, which provides a comprehensive education in the field. In addition, it is also active at other faculties of TUL (mechanical engineering, textile, mechatronics, natural sciences, humanities and pedagogical faculties). The staff of the Department is also involved in teaching in English to foreign students.

Achievements of students

At the competition of research held within the International Conference of Students and Doctoral Students YOUNG SCIENTIST 2021, out students were awarded in the category of Bachelor´s and Master´s students:

• 1st place Michaela FRITSCHOVÁ, Lucie VYTINOVÁ, Nikola PROCHÁZKOVÁ for their presentation on Risks and Opportunities of Online teaching Through the Eyes of TUL Students (supervised by Ing. Eva Šírová, Ph.D.)
• 2nd place Michaela VAŇKOVÁ for her presentation on Improvement Process in Company (supervised by Ing. Eva Šírová, Ph.D.)
• 2nd place in the category of Ph.D. students Ing. Tereza HORÁKOVÁ for her presentation on Knowledge Sharing Between Students During Covid-19 Pandemic (supervised by doc. Ing. Kateřina Maršíková, Ph.D.)

• Ing. Jakub ANDAR and Bc. Dominik KOLÁŘ were awarded the Junior Quality Manager certificate in 2021 on the basis of successful completion of a demanding examination in the Czech Society for Quality (preparation for the certificate takes place regularly within the Quality Management course).
• Within the framework of the 21st International Conference of the African Academy of Business and Development (AABD) the student Ing. Bc. Denisa SKRBKOVÁ, BA (Hons) was awarded for the best conference paper with article Comparison of African and European students' approach to entrepreneurship (supervised by doc. Ing. Petra Rydvalová, Ph.D.).
• In 2019, students Veronika DOMALÍPOVÁ and Šárka LUKÁŠOVÁ passed the exam within the Czech Society for Quality and received the Junior Quality Manager certificate. The preparation took place within the Quality Management course under the guidance of Ing. Eva Šírová, Ph.D.

Research

In terms of the focus of research and innovation activities, the Department has been dedicated to the field of "business management and economics" since its establishment. The professional focus covers the entire breadth of the scientific field, i.e. from the process of establishing a company, through the analysis of business processes, the business environment, through e.g. the issue of solving investment plans for the revitalization of abandoned buildings (brownfields) to the termination of the activities of economic entities. The Department directs its activity to solving grant projects and other research tasks commissioned by economic entities from practice, professional ministries, regional administration institutions (ARR spol. s r.o., Liberec City Council, Regional Authority of Liberec Region).