Department Profile

Head of Department
Prof. Ing. Petr Houdek, Ph.D.

Deputy Head of Department
Ing. Klára Vítečková, Ph.D.

Department Administrator and Secretary
Ing. Jiřina Doležalová

The mission of the Department of Management at the Faculty of Business Administration, VŠE, is to equip students with the knowledge and skills they need to solve managerial problems effectively in the business world and to successfully manage themselves, teams and entire organisations. Strong emphasis is placed on the ethical dimension of management and on shaping the values that are essential to the practice of management, including from society’s point of view.

The Department of Management covers teaching, research and collaboration with practice across a wide range of management topics, in particular:

  • general management, core managerial functions, management tools and management principles;
  • management models and management innovation as sources of long-term competitive advantage, modern trends in management, change management;
  • international management, cross-cultural management;
  • organisational development, managing change and innovation, intrapreneurship as a source of improved organisational performance, organisational culture;
  • operations management, Six Sigma, lean management, quality management, process management;
  • managerial decision-making and the behavioural economics of organisations, applied informatics in management;
  • project management;
  • sustainable growth and corporate social responsibility.

We make every effort to be a respected academic department both in the Czech Republic and internationally: one that raises and develops relevant management topics, connects the academic world with the world of practice, and inspires students, colleagues, managers and other professionals. We want our work to contribute to the growth and success of both students and organisations.

The Department is organised into three sections: Managerial Decision-Making, Data and AI; Organisational Design, Coordination and Resilience (project and process management); and Ethical Management, Responsibility and Trust.