(in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe dla III r. studiów licencjackich - Finanse i Rachunkowość (course group defined by Faculty of Economic Sciences)

• Seminar - 30 hours

• Lecture - 30 hours

The purpose of this lecture is to introduce a system of conceptual, theoretical fundamentals and practical knowledge of the main elements associated with the functioning of the commercial banking sector. This will be achieved both through the presentation of the theoretical basis of commercial banking, and discussion of examples of practical applications of these methods and principles.

• Classes - 30 hours
• Lecture - 30 hours

• Classes - 30 hours
• Lecture - 30 hours

The aim of the lecture and tutorials is to familiarize students with econometric techniques, their properties and their most important applications. The main purpose of the lecture is to familiarize students with the theory of econometrics. Lectures are illustrated with simple empirical examples. More extensive empirical examples will be discussed during tutorials.

The lecture will discuss the problem of estimation in the Classical Linear Regression Model using Ordinary Least Squares Method. The first part of the course will be devoted to the presentation of the model, its assumptions and the method of estimation and interpretation. In the second part students will be introduced to the methods of hypothesis testing, model diagnostics and the consequences of not meeting particular assumptions. After the lecture, the students should be able to properly examine the relationships between variables in cross-sectional data and to interpret the results of a simple econometric research

• Seminar - 30 hours

The purpose of the seminar is to teach students how to recognize and utilize the most important features of chosen financial instruments in their practical aspects. Especially we concentrate on bank-tailored products frequently used in Poland and money- and capital market securities. For simplicity, all considered instruments are divided in two groups, traditional financial instruments and clearing instruments. To the first set we reckon, for example: stocks, bonds, mutual fund’s instruments, deposits, loans, derivatives (like forward, futures, warrants, option, swaps and much more). The second group covers: guarantees, bills of exchange, factoring services, forfaiting, asset backed securities, direct debit, order payments, documentary credits and so on. Some pros and cons are discussed on the choice between different instruments realizing the same financial goals.

• Lecture - 30 hours

• Lecture - 30 hours

The course covers basic concepts and techniques of risk mitigation provided by the insurance companies. It will teach the students understanding the nature of insurable risks and the core issues of insurance economics. Students will be instructed how to price the transfer of risks and how the insurers cope with their risk portfolio. The organisation of the international insurance market will be discussed. The concepts of insurer’s solvency will be developed and the need for market regulation will be discussed. The framework of the European Solvency II will be scrutinised. Finally, the issues of market transparency will be addressed and students will students will be taught understanding the insurer’s financial statements and reports.

• Classes - 30 hours
• Lecture - 30 hours

• Classes - 30 hours
• Lecture - 30 hours

BA level course.

This course constitutes the first part of the undergraduate sequence in international economics (followed by the Open Economy Macroeconomics given in the spring semester). The main objective of the course is to provide students a non-technical introduction into the theory and policy of international trade and investment. The course consists of two parts. The first part explains reasons and gains from trade using classical and neoclassical trade theories based on absolute and comparative advantage as well as more recent theories based on increasing returns, product differentiation and demand similarity. The second part investigates effectiveness of various trade policy instruments under perfect and imperfect competition, explains the political economy of trade policy and the role of preferential trading arrangements and international trade organizations in shaping the contemporary patterns of international trade and investment.

• Lecture - 60 hours

(in Polish) • zapoznanie słuchaczy z aktualną wiedzą o współczesnych organizacjach funkcjonujących w warunkach konkurencyjnego otoczenia i procesach zarządzania nimi;

• przybliżenie siatki pojęciowej dyscypliny naukowej zarządzania wraz z podstawowymi teoriami naukowymi na temat zarządzania organizacją;

• dostarczenie wiedzy o metodach i narzędziach stosowanych w zarządzaniu organizacją, w tym metod służących podwyższania racjonalności decyzji i sprawności działań.