The Department of Management covers a wide range of management fields, the most important of which are the compulsory subjects in the full-time and combined bachelor's degree programme in Economics and Management, focusing on various approaches to management in organisations, human resources management, logistics and operational management, project, strategic and process management.

These pillars of the department are followed by a number of other optional subjects that allow students to broaden their professional profile, e.g. in the areas of quality management, change management, business ethics, communication, development of management techniques and skills, systematic building of corporate culture, issues of small and medium-sized businesses or motivation and stimulation of the workforce. The Department of Management also plays a significant role in teaching other subjects at the Faculty of Economics, as well as at other faculties of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. Teaching is often supplemented by lectures by external experts from practice.

The research and scientific direction of the Department of Management is primarily oriented towards the management of small and medium-sized enterprises and the search for effective and efficient management of business processes and human resources participating in these processes. Current research projects in which the members of the Department participate include TAČR TQ01000074 (2023-2026) Digitalization of project management education using the concept of serious games, virtual and augmented reality with regard to current business needs, Visegrad ID22410040 (2024-2025) Improving soft skills for the 21st century in career counseling: Transfer of V4 experience, GA JU 068/2024/S (2024-2026) Business models and their use in SME management. Another direction of the Department is the area of ​​process management in the non-production sphere (public administration, local government, social services and entrepreneurship).

The research results are part of lectures or case studies that students solve as part of the exercises. Students participate in solving the GAJU project, and use the outputs in their final theses. The internal university project IRP supports publication activities and innovation of subjects in the field.

Department research topics
Creative activities related to the field are based on the focus of the Department of Management of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Ljubljana, which focuses on management in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), specifically on:

Process management in small and medium-sized enterprises.

Human resource management in small and medium-sized enterprises.

Strategic management and competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises.
The department annually organizes a specialist section of the international scientific conference Inproforum entitled SME Management.

JEL classification: L10, L20, L30, M10, O30

Collaboration
Collaboration with companies takes place in the form of lectures by company representatives that relate to a selected problem of managing their organization. Excursions are also organized to selected companies. Companies also submit proposals for topics for final theses, or they prepare a topic with the student that interests the student and is also beneficial for the company.

Cooperation with the Food Bank of the South Bohemian Region is within the course Company I, where students carry out their entrepreneurial activities and donate all their income to this bank. As part of the national collection, they have the opportunity to participate in pre-agreed activities where they can try out and improve their soft skills.

Cooperation with the JA Czech organization is within the course Company II and III. Students conclude a contract with JA Czech, which authorizes them to start a business within the JA Entrepreneur program. In the course Company II, students develop a business plan, which they implement in Company III. Finally, they develop an Annual Report, which they present to their teachers and send to JA Czech at the same time.

In the field of international cooperation, the Department of Management cooperates with:

with the University of Belgrade, Technical faculty in Bor (Serbia) - publication of the monograph: Environmental awareness as a universal European value (2016), chapter CSR strategy of SMEs in environmental conditions of the Czech Republic. The form of cooperation took place mainly on the joint grant project Visegrad 11540386 Environmental Awareness as a universal European Value. The outputs of the monograph are presented to students of the field.
with the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Economics and Management - doc. M. Šajbidorová and JUDr. M. Dobišová - lectures on Human Resources Management for students of the Faculty of Economics and Management in the subject Management II.
with the Vocational School in Nowy Sacz (Poland) - Robert Rodowski, Ph.D. - lecture Economic Ethics for students of the Faculty of Economics and Management in the subject Ethics in Business.
with the University of Thessaly (Greece) - doctoral studies, at the Department of Management he is studying MSc. loannis Koukoumpliakos.
with Johannes Kepler University in Linz (Austria) - prof. H. Renöckl, lectures on Ethics for students of the Faculty of Economics and Management, excursion of students and teachers to the Science Park in Linz.
with Armstrong State University USA, where research is being conducted on student entrepreneurship. The results of the research are applied in teaching.
Junior Quality Manager Certificate
As part of cooperation with the Czech Society for Quality, we prepare students to obtain the Quality Manager certificate