| Nature of Construction Business
Primary Causes of Business Failure, External and Internal lnfluences
Business Strategies to Minimize the Risk of Business Failure
Business Development, Marketing and Bidding
Planning Strategies
Plan Implementation/Control Strategies
Financial Management Strategies
Construction Risk Management
Leadership Challenges
Organizational Behavior
Corporate & Employee Ethics
Company Performance Checklist
Managing Profitable Construction Business
Lectures are based on the real practice experience of all course''s lecturers and various case studies are studied and solved.
Online Building Industry Game (BIG) will be played by all course participants through the whole semester (a computer simulation of a realistic business environment where participants play the role of contractors, competing in a market with variable demand for construction work). In this online game, developed and directly operated by the California Polytechnic State University, students act as contractors, managing both, their companies and projects. |
Povinná literatura:
[1] Schaufelberger, John: Construction business management, Pearson Education, Inc., 2009,ISBN 0130907863
[2] Sears, S.K., Sears, G.A., Clough, R.H.: Construction Contracting: A Practical Guide to Company Management, 8th edition, Wiley, 2009,ISBN: 978-1-118-69321-6
[3] Langford, D., Male, S.: Strategic Management in Construction, Blackwell Science, 2001, ISBN-13: 978-0632049998
Doporučená literatura:
[4] McCaffer, R., Harris, F.: Modern Construction Management, Wiley-Blackwell, 7th edition, 2013, ISBN-13: 978-0470672174
[5] Civitello, A.M., Levy, S.M.: Construction Operations Manual of Policies and Procedures, McGraw-Hill, 5th edition, 2014, ISBN-13: 978-0071826945
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