Business and Markets in CEE

Dr hab. Jacek Klich

E-mail: uuklich@cyf-kr.edu.pl
Office hours: Wednesday, 11.00-12.30 (or upon request)
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Course: 30 hours, 4.5 ECTS points
Time: Autumn 2008/09, Wednesday 13.45 - 15.15
Venue: Auditorium Maximum, ul. Krupnicza 33, Conference Room, 2nd floor

Course Goals

The course is designed to provide a basic knowledge about business environment in Central Eastern European Countries: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic and Hungary (with a special emphasis on Poland) from the point of view of a potential investor and/or a researcher. Consequently, fundamentals of business law, investment climate, development of private small and medium-sized enterprises as well as privatisation and reprivatization issues will be presented during the course.

Objectives

The major objectives of the course are:
•  to introduce students to transition economies of Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC), especially to the Polish economy,
•  to rise students' awareness of business culture differences in CEEC in comparison to Western economies,
•  to introduce investment opportunities resulted from privatisation and liberalisation in CEEC,
•  to familiarise students with the nature of entrepreneurial processes in CEEC,
•  to encourage students to develop a lifelong interest in CEEC economies.

Class Format

The classes will be interactive, with an emphasis on student involvement and participation. Mini case-studies will be used during the classes. One guest-speaker lecture is planned.

Grading

Students are expected to come to class prepared to discuss reading assignments and to participate in discussion.

Each participant of the course is expected to prepare:
•  a short in-class presentation/a book-review/an essay (30% of final grade)
•  written exam (60% of final grade)

The third component of the final grade is:
attendance and class participation (10% of final grade)

ad. A)

A short in-class presentation/contribution is planned for 10-15 minutes. The participants may choose a topic from the list of topics in the syllabus. It is possible, however, to address issues of the interest of the students other than presented below. It is possible to work in pairs depending upon the topic chosen for presentation. The topics chosen require prior acceptance from the instructor.

A book-review is planned to be a short (up to 1500 words) piece on a book/ a topic of students' choice.

If there are particular issues of the interest of the students not addressed in the syllabus, there is an opportunity to elaborate on them in a form of an essay (up to 2000 words). The books and topics chosen require instructors' prior approval.

Criteria for essay evaluation:

• relevance to the topics stated in the syllabus
• clearly stated goals
• organization of the essay
• theoretical discourse (only if it is needed)
• evidence/way of reasoning
• sources

ad. B)

A written exam will take form of two (out of three given) questions/problems.

Full syllabus (PDF)