Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowie - Centralny System Uwierzytelniania
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Agribusiness

Informacje ogólne

Kod przedmiotu: R.4s.AGB.NI.RROAY
Kod Erasmus / ISCED: (brak danych) / (brak danych)
Nazwa przedmiotu: Agribusiness
Jednostka: Katedra Zarządzania i Ekonomii Przedsiębiorstw
Grupy:
Punkty ECTS i inne: (brak) Podstawowe informacje o zasadach przyporządkowania punktów ECTS:
  • roczny wymiar godzinowy nakładu pracy studenta konieczny do osiągnięcia zakładanych efektów uczenia się dla danego etapu studiów wynosi 1500-1800 h, co odpowiada 60 ECTS;
  • tygodniowy wymiar godzinowy nakładu pracy studenta wynosi 45 h;
  • 1 punkt ECTS odpowiada 25-30 godzinom pracy studenta potrzebnej do osiągnięcia zakładanych efektów uczenia się;
  • tygodniowy nakład pracy studenta konieczny do osiągnięcia zakładanych efektów uczenia się pozwala uzyskać 1,5 ECTS;
  • nakład pracy potrzebny do zaliczenia przedmiotu, któremu przypisano 3 ECTS, stanowi 10% semestralnego obciążenia studenta.

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Język prowadzenia: angielski
Skrócony opis:

Subject “Agribusiness” will be divided into the four main topics: 1. Foundations of Macroeconomics, which is the study of behavior of the economy as a whole; 2. Microeconomics, the study which gives a description of main rules of environmental protection policy creating; 3. Corporate Social Responsibility in Agribusiness 4. Communication in the Management - the main aim of the course is to improve communication skills that are necessary to manage the company or a team. By taking this course (lectures and classes) you will learn more about yourself, your resources and how to use them, learn how to make choices, and use business management skills.

Pełny opis:

I. Subject: Foundations of Macroeconomics (15 lectures + 15 classes)

Lectures (15 hours):

1. Fundamental concepts of Macroeconomics - 3h

2. National Income Accounting - 3h

3. Central Banking and Monetary Policy - 3h

4. Budget and Fiscal Policy - 3h

5. International Trade and the World Economy - 3h

Classes (15 hours):

1. Details of the National Accounts - 2h

2. Aggregate Supply in Short and Long Run - Classical and Keynesian approach, AS-AD and the Business Cycle - 4h

3. Money Market Equilibrium - 2h

3. Fiscal and Monetary Policy effects, Model IS-LM - 5h

4. Protectionism and free trade - 2h

II. Environmental protection policy (15 lectures + 15 classes)

Lectures:

1. The basic rules of environmental policy – the need of creating consistent policy of protection (2h)

2. The instruments of the environmental policy goals realization – direct and indirect (3h)

3. The role of law in the environmental protection policy (1h)

4. The European Union environmental protection policy (2h)

5. National programs of environmental protection (5h)

6. Sustainable Development Policy and Management (2h)

Classes:

1. Describing the environmental policy goals on local and global level (3h)

2. Environmental policy in the enterprise – analysis of the identifications of environmental issues (3h)

3. Analysis of product life cycle as the method of influence assessment of economic activity (3h)

4. Describing the environmental protection goals in the enterprise on the base of environmental conditions (3h)

5. Social participation in the environmental management. Describing the environmental protection goals in the local government (3h)

III. Corporate Social Responsibility in Agribusiness (7 lectures + 8 classes)

1. Theoretical sources of CSR 1 h

2. Is there a need for CSR in Agribusiness? 2 h

3. Tools of CSR 1 h

4. Drivers in Agribusiness, levels of responsibility 1h

5. Agribusiness as a source of threat for natural environment and consumers 2h

6. The Industry of Production for agriculture and food infrastructure – case study Monsanto 2h

7. Production of food – case study – ritual slaughter, alcohol market case studies 2h

8. Fish industry – a problem of overfishing study case 2h

9. Ethical issues in forestry – case study 2h

IV. Communication in the Management (7 lectures + 8 classes)

1. Interpersonal communication in business: meanings and basic principles (1h)

2. Leadership in business: the importance of leadership in the organization, features of good leader, styles of leadership (1h)

3. Management of the employee teams: team building, team vs. group, the principles of working in group, the effectiveness of group working, the principles of effective communication among the group (1h)

4. Coaching and mentoring in communication: attitude of the coach, qualities of a good coach (1h)

5. Negotiation and mediation in business: basic principles (1h)

6. Persuasion, suggestion and manipulation in business: the use of manipulation, ways of dealing with manipulation (1h)

7. Problem solving and working with difficult people: causes of conflicts, ways of dealing with conflict, rules of effective communication (1h)

8. Public communication and communicating with the customer: principles and differences (1h)

9. Communication barriers in the organization and the ways of overcoming them: preparing scenarios of elimination of barriers depending on their types (based on the case study) (1h)

10. Techniques of active thinking and their use in the management: exercises in groups taking into account the principles of working in groups. Training of creativity (1h)

11. Assertiveness: psychological test in terms of assertiveness, creating assertive expressions, training of assertiveness (1h)

12. Mediation and negotiation. Negotiation tactics - preparing messages using negotiation techniques (1h)

13. Public speaking in business. Preparing communicatory and persuasive speeches (1h)

14. Media and business: advertising and PR as a form of communication with the outside environment, preparation of appropriate forms of communication depending on the situation and the company internal and external environment (1h)

15. The use of modern IT tools in internal and external communication: importance of the internet, intranet, email and social networks in communication and management (problem solving) (1h)

Subject statistic

1. Number of hours and ECTS credits - compulsory subject Hours: 275; ECTS: 11

2. Number of hours and ECTS credits - facultative subject Hours: -; ECTS: -

3. Total number of hours and ECTS credits, a student must earn by direct contact with academics (lectures, classes, seminars....) Hours: 90; ECTS: 3,6

4. Total number of hours and ECTS credits, a student earns in the course of a practical nature, such as laboratory, field trips and design classes Hours: -; ECTS: -

5. Expected personal workload (without or with academics participation during consultations) necessary for realization of subject objectives. Hours: 185; ECTS: 7,4

Literatura:

D. Begg, Economics, McGraw-Hill, 2002

P. A. Samuelson, Economics, McGraw-Hill, 2001

M. Burda, Ch. Wyplosz, Macroeconomics a european text, Oxford, 2005

J. Sloman, Essentials of Economics, Pitman 2001

Welford R., Gouldson A., “Environmental Management and Business Startegy”, Pitman Publ., London 1994;

Baumol W., Oates W., “The Theory of Environmental Policy”, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1975;

Portney P.R. (red) “Public Policies for Environmental Protection”, Resources for the Future, Washington 1992

Beebe A. S., Beebe J. S., Redmont V. M. Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others (fifth edition). Pearson Education, Inc. New York 2008.

Adler R. B., Rodman G. Understanding Human Communication (fifth edition). Harcourt Brace Collegue Publishers, Texas, USA 1994.

Adler B. B. Communication at work: principles and practices for business and the professions. McGreaw Hill, New York 1989.

Gration G. Communication and media studies: an introductory coursebook. Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., Walton-on-Thames 1992.

Bowe H. Communication across cultures: mutual understanding in a global world. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2007.

Samovar L. A., Porter R.E. Communication between cultures. Wadsworth Publishing Company. Belmont 1995.

Nagayova L. et al. Managerial Communication. Wyd. SUA Nitra 2012

Efekty uczenia się:

Knowledge:

- student knows the theoretical bases of agricultural extension

- student is able to identify agricultural extension systems in the world

Knowledge of basic macroeconomic and microeconomic concepts along with the improvement of economic terminology.

skills:

- student can assess and apply extension techniques in individual counselling

- student interprets the phenomena and macroeconomic and microeconomic processes in market economy, assesses their causes and outcomes,

Social competencies:

- student is able to solve the problems both on his own and in a team

- student sees a necessity for on-going upgrading of his knowledge and extension skills

Metody i kryteria oceniania:

Grade E (2.0) Very low level of understanding , less than 45%

Grade D (3.0) Basic information about the lectures and lab practicals, 45-55%

Grade C (3.5) Ability to discuss any problem at the intermediatelevel 60%

Grade B (4.0) Good understanding of the subject, ability to ask about different issues, 70%

Grade B+ (4.5) Very good knowledge about the subject, student is interested in the subject and asks for more information, works on his own 85%

Grade A (5.0) Excellent understanding, full discussion, very good lab practicals more than 90%

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