Presented by Hana Lorencová, Tereza Králová, and Eva Jarošová (University of Economics, Czech Republic) during the 1st European Summit for Critical Thinking Education

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University of Economics, Prague
• founded in 1953,
• approx. 15,000 students,
• more than 600 qualified academics and business experts.
1. Faculty of Finance and Accounting
2. Faculty of International Relations
3. Faculty of Business Administration
4. Faculty of Informatics and Statistics
5. Faculty of Economics
6. Faculty of Management (Jindřichův Hradec)

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Faculty of Business Administration
• Approx. 3,000 full-time students at the FBA.
• Programmes at bachelor‘s, master‘s and doctoral levels.
• Programmes International Management (CEMS MIM) and
Management are regularly placed in the prestigious Financial
Times global business education rankings.
13 minor specializations
Business and Management, Consulting, Human
Resource Management, Quality Management
and Lean Six Sigma, Arts Management,
Logistics, Marketing, Managerial Psychology
and Sociology, Entrepreneurship, Project
Management, Turnaround Management, Sales
Management or Family Business.

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Departments of the FBA
Department of Logistics
Department of Arts
Management
Department of Management
Department of Marketing
Department of Managerial Psychology and
Sociology
kam.vse.cz
klog.vse.cz
km.vse.cz
kmg.vse.cz
kmps.vse.cz
Department of Human
Resource Management
Department of
Entrepreneurship
Department of Strategy
kmae.vse.cz
kp.vse.cz
kpo.vse.cz
ksg.vse.cz
Department of Managerial
Economics

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Study Programmes

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Internationalization of Study
Applicants can study programs offered in English.
Classes in foreign languages are mandatory for students of all fields.
• Exchange programs with more than 250 partner
universities all around the world.
• The Master in International Management
program (CEMS) - the FBA’s key postgraduate,
pre-experience degree offered in English.
• Within the CEMS Alliance, 32 world-class
academic institutions collaborate together, only
one business school per country can be
a member.

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Science and Research
The FBA‘s academic members and students are involved
in quality and socially relevant research in various business
and managerial areas.
• The FBA is currently dealing with a number of
projects within The Czech Science Foundation
(GAČR) and The Technology Agency of the
Czech Republic (TAČR).
• Contractual research projects are
implemented in cooperation with public
sector companies and organizations (e.g.
smart city issues, effective family
management, energy management etc.).
• The FBA’s researchers regularly publish in
prestigious world journals.

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Opportunities for Students
Honors Academia MBA for students
high-quality education and
training programme designed
for talented students, beyond
their standard bachelor studies
in cooperation with one of the
foremost Swiss universities,
ZHAW Zurich, designed for
master level students

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Acknowledgement
In the QS Masters in
Management Rankings the
CEMS MIM consistently
ranks in the Top 10 of 135
evaluated programs.
The Faculty of Business Administration has, as
the only faculty in the Czech Republic,
the prestigious international EQUIS
accreditation. This means the FBA ranks among
the 1% of best business schools in the world.
The CEMS MIM
programme is placed
among the Top 10 of The
Economist Master in
Management Ranking.
Two of our programmes are
regularly placed in the
Financial Times global
business school rankings.
The MBA programme taught at
the FBA is consistently evaluated
as one of the Top 3 MBA
programs in Eastern Europe.
The FBA is a winner of the Czech Republic’s
National Award for Social Responsibility
and Sustainable Development in the area
of the public sector.

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Executive Education
The FBA provides an executive MBA programme accredited
by the FIBAA (Foundation for International Business
Administration Accreditation).
• The MBA programme is regularly
placed as one of the top MBA
programmes in Eastern Europe in
the prestigious Eduniversal Best
Masters & MBA’s ranking.
• The FBA also provides customized
and open education programmes.

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Corporate Relations
Relations to the business community are one of the top
priorities of the FBA. The faculty has contracts with almost
100 corporate partners.
• The companies‘ managers are involved in
teaching, provide consultations for
bachelor’s and master’s theses, offer
internships, organize fields trips, and
participate in the FBA’s research activities.
• In terms of social responsibility, the faculty
cooperates with NGOs such as Centrum
Paraple or Spolu dětem.

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Main Corporate Partners

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Faculty of Business Administration
Our mission is to generate and transmit knowledge, develop
skills, and form attitudes for the successful management of
companies and organizations in a changing global environment.
Our vision
is to be an
acknowledged
ang referenced
higher education
institution in
management in
Europe.
Key values:
• Rigor and relevance in
pedagogics and research.
• Creative and critical thinking.
• Personal development beyond
one‘s narrow field of expertise.
• Partnership.
• Decisiveness and responsibility.
• Ethics and sustainability.
• Equal opportunities.

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What has been changed?
• Graduate profile
• Structure of compulsory subjects
• The field of study (renamed)
Support
• Development of pedagogical and
social-psychological skills for
teachers course
• Management
• Projects

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Leadership learning outcomes and
competences
Upon successful completion students will be able to:
• explain differences between given theories of leadership and
motivation;
• apply leadership and motivation theories and critical thinking skills
when analysing problem situations in organization practice;
• discuss the benefits of knowledge of work groups and teams’
structure and dynamics regarding effective leadership and of dealing
with power in organizational leadership;
• apply teamwork skills in problem solving team tasks and in facilitation
of team or group activities;
• describe rules and principles for the application of selected managerial
skills and principles of leader development through self-reflection,
education, experience, mentoring and coaching;
• formulate criteria for creating and forming desirable organization
culture.

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Final state exam
Traditional knowledge
approach
Knowledge & skills
approach
Top
management
decision

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Form of the final state exam
Case study
• real, complex, different types of organizations
• 7-9 pages
• 1,5 hour for preparation of the student
• 3 member examining committee
• 3 questions

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Structure of the final state exam
Leadership + Management + Human
Resources Management
Strategy + Managerial Decision Making +
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Marketing + Logistics

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Assessment of the final state exam
„Excellent“ – The student is able independently to demonstrate
global knowledge of the topic, he/she is able to discuss and answer
questions beyond the specific problem – in width as well as in
depth. He/she is able to demonstrate the skills. That is, the student
is able to apply theoretical knowledge while solving a case study.
“Very good” – The student is able independently to demonstrate
global knowledge of the topic. He/she needs support from the
examining committee just in one of the domains - knowledge or
skills one, e.g. in the form of an additional question or explanation
of certain part of the case study.
“Good” – The student is able to demonstrate knowledge of the
topic, however he/she needs additional or leading questions. The
student is able to apply theoretical knowledge while solving a case
study.
“Failed” – The student is NOT able to demonstrate knowledge of
the topic, neither with additional or leading questions. The student
is NOT able to apply theoretical knowledge while solving a case
study. (The student is not able to compensate the lack of
knowledge or skill within the other domain.)

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Students‘ and teachers‘ point of view

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Discussion
What experience do you have with CT skills assessment? What
criteria do you base your critical thinking (CT) skills assessment?
Based on what CT criteria would you recommend to assess the
state exam we have described?

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Thank you for your attention
Faculty of Business Administration
University of Economics, Prague
W. Churchill Sq. 4
130 67 Prague 3, Czech Republic

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CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
SKILL SUB SKILL
Interpretation Categorize
Decode significance
Clarify meaning
Analysis Examine ideas
Identify arguments
Identify reasons and
claims
Inference Query evidence
Conjecture
alternatives
Draw logically valid or
justified conclusions
SKILL SUB SKILL
Evaluation Assess credibility of
claims
Assess quality of
arguments that were
made using
inductive or
deductive reasoning
Explanation State results
Justify procedures
Present arguments
Self-regulation Self monitor
Self correct