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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY
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Foundation of Mathematical Statistics
Univeristy of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
prof. Czesław Domański
Students interested in economy and management
Written examination
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
prof. Czesław Domański
The subject of mathematical statistics. Statistical model. Sample distributions of statistics. Types of statistical inference.
Confidence interval estimation for the mean, variance and fraction. Parametric tests of signifiance for the means, variances
Description: and fractions. Nonparametric estimation. Nonparametric test of signifiance: run, sign and rank test. Fitness tests: the chsquare test, test Shapiro-Wilk test. The analysis of variance. Estimation for regression parameters. The verification of
hypotheses in regression and correlation analysis. Time series. The decomposition of time series.
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Statistical Analysis of Financial Instruments
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
prof.. Czesław Domański, dr Jerzy Korzeniewski
Students interested in economy and management
Written paper and oral examination
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
prof.. Czesław Domański, dr Jerzy Korzeniewski
Basic financial instruments (fundamental and modified). The models of the changes of paper titles. The probability
distributions and correlationsof shares prices, return rates. The application of statistical measures, discrimination analysis and
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factor analysis to the investigation of financial instruments on capital and insurance market. Term contracts of forward, swap
and future type options. Options pricing- discret model, the Black-Scholes formula. Protection from risk – Greek parameters.
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Financial Mathematics
Univeristy of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
prof. Czesław Domański
Students interested in economy and management
Written examination
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
prof. Czesław Domański
The calculation of money value in time: simple interests, compound interest, present value of money. Debt repayment
calculations: debt payments, inconsistent debt repayments in equal capital instruments, debt repeyment in established capital
instalments or established payments, the calculation of debt repayment in presence of high inflation rate. Loan repayment:
Description: loans with delayed repayment period, loan with additional payments, average time of loan repayment, effective loan cost.
Pension funds: types of annuities: creating pension capital, annuity certain for n years, annuity for certain annual payments,
perpetual annuity with m annual payments, perpetual annuity with arbitrarily changing annual payments, annuity with
increasing payments, annuities with decreasing payments.
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Risk in Strategic Management
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
prof.. Czesław Domański, dr Jerzy Korzeniewski
Students interested in economy and management
Written paper
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
prof. Czesław Domański, dr Jerzy Korzeniewski
The nototion of risk and uncertainty. Types of risk. The classification of risk and uncertainty. Risk measures. The trends of
risk elimination in management: management board flexibility, production concentration and specialization, reserves
Description: accumulation, creating insurance funds, self – insurance. Risk in investment decisions, pricing of capital reserves, investment
risk analisys. Risk in company’s activity: the methods of risk estimation and elimination. The multicriterial models of
production designs in the presence of risk.
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Statistical Methods for Management
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
prof.. Czesław Domański, dr Jerzy Korzeniewski
Students interested in economy and management
Preparing of project
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
prof. Czesław Domański, dr Jerzy Korzeniewski
The foundations of probability – probability, join and conditional probability and their applications in decision making. The
methods of data collecting and analysing. Random variables and their applications. Parameter estimation and hypothesis
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testing for univariate- applications in operation and strategic decisions. Time series inference and forecasting – applications in
marketing research.
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Risk Theory and its Applications
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
prof.. Czesław Domański, dr Jerzy Korzeniewski
Students interested in economy and management
Written paper
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
prof. Czesław Domański, dr Jerzy Korzeniewski
The nototion of risk and uncertainty. Risk classification. The factors and sources of investment risk. Risk measures: expected
value, correlation coefficient variance, changeability coefficient. Markovitz rule. The criteria of the mode of type I and type II
Description: distribution. Risk as the criterion of the construction of optimal portfolio. The analysis of investment risk. Insurance risk.
Banking risk: inappropriate interest risk, credit risk, currency risk, liquidity risk. New instruments and techniques of
minimization.
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Statistics for Economics
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
prof.. Czesław Domański, dr Dariusz Parys
Students interested in economy and management
Written examination
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
prof. Czesław Domański, dr Dariusz Parys
The foundations of index theory. Individual and aggregate indices. Agregate indices absolute and relative quantities.
Relations between indices. The economical interpretation of indices. The arithmetic and geometric mean of indices.
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Productions and labour efficiency indices. Synthetic price index of life level. Statistical inference based on sample indices.
The analysis of income and salary distributions.
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Expert Systems
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
2 semester
Seminar
prof.. Czesław Domański, dr Agnieszka Rossa
Students interested in economy and management
project
Good command of English
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prof. Czesław Domański, dr Agnieszka Rossa
Problem classification for creating expert system. The concept of expert systems. The organization and coding of knowledge
Description: – creating data bases. The construction of the mechanism of inference and communication with users. Types of neutral
networks and their learning algorithms. Hybrid experts systems.
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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY
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Computer assisted economic modeling I
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
5
30
1 semester
Seminar
prof. Jan Gajda
Students interested in economy and management
Written paper + test
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Prof. Jan Gajda
Description of course unit: in modern economics one verifies economic theory confronting it with statistical data. The results
– econometric model either is consistent with the theory thus confirming it or rejects the theory. One builds econometric
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models to verify economic theories, to estimate some specific parameter of interest, to stimulate effects of economic policy or
to forecast the future.
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Computer assistes economic modeling Iimultiequational models
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
5
30
1 semester
Seminar
prof. Jan Gajda
Students interested in economy and management
Paper describing student’s project
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Prof. Jan Gajda
In modern economics one builds multiequational models to stimulate effects of economic policy or forecast the future. The
Description: course is practically oriented nevertheless basic knowledge in economics, statistics and economerics – roughly on the level of
computer assisted economic modelling I is expected.
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Practical forecasting of economic phenomena
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
5
30
1 semester
Seminar
prof. Jan Gajda
Students interested in economy and management
Written paper + test
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Prof. Jan Gajda
The course covers both structural and non-structural methods of forecasting of economic phenomena. The course is
practically oriented and requires basic econometrics and worksheet (Excel) is desirable but not crucial.
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Computer assisted optimization of economic decisions
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
5
30
1 semester
Seminar
prof. Jan Gajda
Students interested in economy and management
Written paper + test
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Prof. Jan Gajda
Comparative analysis of optimization problem of linear criterion under linear constraints vs. optimization of nonlinear under
Description: nonlinear constraints, decision making under risk and uncertainty, techniques for project evaluation and management.
Prerequisite basic: calculus and statistics, knowledge of worksheet (Excel).
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Simulation in economic decisions and forecasts
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
5
30
1 semester
Seminar
prof. Jan Gajda
Students interested in economy and management
Written paper + test
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Prof. Jan Gajda
Deterministic simulation assumes no uncertainty in the model elements; in most cases it is an alternative for analytic solution
Description: of the model. Stochastic simulation refers to models with uncertain elements – parameters, restrictions, variables. Prerequisite
basic: calculus and statistics, knowledge of worksheet (Excel).
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Multivariate Statistics
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
prof. Krystyna Pruska, dr Dariusz Parys
Students interested in economy and management
Written paper + oral examination
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
prof. Krystyna Pruska, dr Dariusz Parys
Some multivariate distributions of fundamental multivariate statistics. Estimation and statistical tests for the expectation
Description: vector. Analysis of variance (ANOVA and MANOVA). Statistical tests for covariance matrix. Discrimination analysis.
Cluster analysis. Factor analysis.
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Calculus of the Probability
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
prof. Krystyna Pruska
Students interested in economy and management
Written examination
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
prof. Krystyna Pruska
The definition and properties of probability. Conditional probability. The independents of events. Probability of spaces.
Description: General characteristics of uni and multivariate discrete and continuous random variables. Some discrete and continuous
distributions: Bernoulli, binomial, Poisson, normal, chi-square, Student, F. The low of large numbers etc.
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Statistical Methods of Decision Making
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Dariusz Parys
Students interested in economy and management
Project and exam
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Dr Dariusz Parys
The elements of decision models, information in decision processes, modelling, decision situations. Subjective probability
Description: and utility function. Statistical decision problems. Decision trees, payoff matrixes, opportunity loss table, the strategic games
decisions under uncertainty. Game theory: optimal solution of two – person and zero – sum games, mixed strategies.
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Exploratory Data Analysis
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Agnieszka Rossa
Students interested in economy and management
Written paper and oral examination
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Dr Agnieszka Rossa
General rules of working with computer packages STATGRAPHICS and STATISTICA. The methods of graphical date
presentation with data’s numerical characteristics. Detecting development tendency and modelling dependence correlation
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between investigated variables. Formulating hypotheses on the future development of investigated phenomenon and the rules
of their behaviour.
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Collective Bargaining
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Prof. Stanisława Borkowska, prof. Bogusława Urbaniak
Students interested in economy and management
Test of knowledge and skills, paper
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Prof. Stanisława Borkowska, prof. Bogusława Urbaniak
Nature and significance of collective bargaining. Structure and models of negotiations. Tripartite negotiations. Negotiation
Description: procedures. Content of collective bargaining. Evolution one the best subject of collective bargaining: Wages. Simulation
game
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Human Resources Management
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Prof. Stanisława Borkowska, prof. Bogusława Urbaniak
Students interested in economy and management
Test of knowledge and skills, paper
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Prof. Stanisława Borkowska, prof. Bogusława Urbaniak
The labour market: Definitions. Facts and Trends. Determinants, level and structure of labour cost in a firm, Main HRM
Description: models. Personal strategies. Recruitment and selection of employees. Investment in human capital. Components of
performance appraisal system. Salary and other benefits.
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Capital Market
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Jerzy Gajdka
Students interested in economy and management
Written examination
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Dr Jerzy Gajdka
Financial markets – functions and classification. Capital market – organization and basic regulations. Rate of return and risk
assessment, portfolio theory. Market’s equilibrium models. Stock analysis and pricing. Bond analysis and pricing with
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duration concept. Option market characteristics, equilibrium on the market and pricing of instruments. Strategic investments
using options.
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Corporate Finance
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Monika Rychter-Wojtczak
Students interested in economy and management
Written examination
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Dr Monika Rychter – Wojtczak
Introduction to corporate finance. Case flow analysis. Cost capital. Capital budgeting. Long – term financial planning. Capital
Description: structure. Sources of long – term financing. Dividend policy. Working capital management. Short-term financing. Derivatives
in financial management.
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Derivative Market
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Monika Rychter-Wojtczak
Students interested in economy and management
Written examination
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Dr Monika Rychter – Wojtczak
Derivative market versus base financial market. Futures and forwards characteristics. Futures and forward pricing models.
Risk management – reducing risk using hedging strategy. Investment and speculation. No equilibrium state and arbitrage
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strategy. Swaps characteristics. Swaps pricing and strategy. Options and option market characteristic. Option pricing models.
Risk management strategy using options.
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Polish women's and feminist movements
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
3
10
1 semester
Seminar
Prof. Ewa Malinowska
Students interested in sociology
Oral examination
Good command of French
For installation with instructor
Prof. Ewa Malinowska
The first wave of the women’s movement in the USA, Europe and in Poland. The second wave of the feminist movement in
Description: Europe, status and conditions of the women’s organizations in Poland under the communist rules (1945-1989). Feminist
movement in the post communist Polish society (afeter 1989)
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Elements of sociology of culture and art.
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Prof. Anna Matuchniak-Krasuska
Students interested in sociology
Participation at seminars and written essay
Good command of French
For installation with instructor
Prof. Anna Matuchniak-Krasuska
The main topic are: definitions of culture, culture and communication, cultural participation of Polish society; institutions and
Description: public, sociology of culture in Poland, national culture as sociological problem, censorship in Europe and Poland, sociology
of art.
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Rhetoric of the collective in the political discourse
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Prof. Andrzej Piotrowski
Students interested in sociology
essay
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Prof. Andrzej Piotrowski
One of the basic elements of the political discourse is a range of meaning – structures as well as rhetoric – argumentative
devices that can be persuasively used in defining “wethey” relationship as vehicles of collective identifications and loyalties
Description: on various level of social organization of membership, be the class, nation or state. The seminar is intended to reflect upon
meaning / argumentative devices of the political discourse as well as textual communicative and interactional forms and
strategies of their realization
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Local Community Studies
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
3
15
1 semester
Seminar
Prof. Paweł Starosta
Students interested in sociology
Oral examination
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Prof. Paweł Starosta
Theory of community developpement in Europe and USA, sociological ideas and theory of community, community action,
Chicago-School – social sociology, theories of local power.
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Culture and communication
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
prof.. Bogusław Sułkowski, prof. Anna Matuchniak - Krasuska, dr Emilia Zimnica, dr Tomasz Ferenc
Students interested in sociology
Participation at seminars and written exam
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
prof.. Bogusław Sułkowski, prof. Anna Matuchniak - Krasuska, dr Emilia Zimnica, dr Tomasz Ferenc
The main topic link with great area of sociology of art as mass media, visual art, theatre, photography. Culture and
Description: communication. Media communication. Pathology of media communication. Sociology of culture in Poland. Sociology of art:
problematic and methods. Sociology of theatre. Theory and sociology of photography.
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Social deviance
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
5
20
1 semester
Seminar
prof. Jolanta Grotowska-Leder
Students interested in sociology
Oral examination
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
prof. Jolanta Grotowska-Leder
The goal is to introduce students to the sphere of social reality which constitutes the arena of the application of broadly,
understood social services. The cognitive goal of the course includes theoretical and empirical findings in the field of social
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deviance. Depicting the essence of deviant phenomena, causes of their occurrence, scale, dynamics and ways of fighting
specific deviant behaviour fulfils practical tasks.
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Sociology of poverty
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
5
20
1 semester
Seminar
prof. Jolanta Grotowska-Leder
Students interested in sociology
Oral examination
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
prof. Jolanta Grotowska-Leder
The cognitive goal of the course includes theoretical and empirical findings in the field of sociology of poverty. Depicting the
Description: nature of poverty, cause of their occurrence, dynamics and ways of fighting. Causes of poverty according to the various
concepts. Faces of poverty. Counteracting poverty – institutional aspects.
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Rural areas in transition: the case of Poland
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
15
1 semester
Seminar
dr Andrzej Pilichowski
Students interested in sociology
Written paper on chosen topic
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
dr Andrzej Pilichowski
Course unit focuses on social aspects of changing rural areas at local and global level. The main aim is to analyse the rural
world particularly in view of Poland’s accession to the European Union. The main topic are: Rural development as a multiDescription: level process rooted in historical traditions. The type of the social-politic discourse in the countries of the EU and in the
CEFCs on the present and future aspects of agriculture and rural areas in the globalising world and uniting Europe. The rural
Poland. One day – long excursion in the field.
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Social inequality
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
3
15
1 semester
Seminar
Prof. Ewa Rokicka
Students interested in sociology
essay
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Prof. Ewa Rokicka
The course is intended to provide the students with the knowledge about Polish society and Western societies – their
structure, functioning and dynamics of changes. The course programme covers the following types of questions: 1) Social
Description: classes and stratification 2) Class structure as an inequality system 3) Research on inequality in Western countries and in
Poland 4) Social inequality dimensions 5) Measures of social inequality 6) Inequality and social mobility 7) Research on
reception of social inequality 8) Social structure transformation in modern societies
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Sociological workshop of photography
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
20
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Tomasz Ferenc
Students interested in sociology
Participation and activity during workshop
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Dr Tomasz Ferenc
Basic ideas of sociological workshop of photography are: practical analyzing and discovering cognitive possibilities, which
photography offer to us, studying different ways of analysing an image, developing the ways of the perception of our social
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environment. Finally it is also good opportunity for reconsidering our own photographical practices and to developed
photographical skills.
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Social aspects of management
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
3
10
1 semester
Seminar
Mgr Anna Kubczak
Students interested in economy and management
Essay and group work
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Mgr Anna Kubczak
Course unit focuses on social aspects of management. It’s main aim is to analyse structure, functioning and the dynamics of
human relations within an organization. The course programme covers the following topics: organization as social system,
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Human Resources Management, leadership, group decision making, recruitment and selection, motivation theory, evaluation
and organizational culture.
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Collisions of cultures
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Prof. Ryszard Piasecki
Students interested in economy and management
Written examination
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Prof. Ryszard Piasecki
The definition of cultural values the description of cultural differences and their impact on economic development and
Description: business behaviour. Categorising of cultures, description of cultural values of chosen countries like USA, France, UK,
Germany, Japan, Russia and Poland. Correlation between cultural and institutional features and economic progress.
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Macroeconomics with the elements of economy policy
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Joanna Działo
Students interested in economy and management
For installation with instructor
Good command of English
Participation in discussion, written and oral presentation of a topic based on a bibliography
Dr Joanna Działo
National Income Accounting. Major problems of macroeconomics. The business cycle. Unemployment; inflation; The
Description: Keynsian approach; Aggregate spending; Fiscal policy; The public sector, The banking system and creation of money;
International economics. Long –term growth.
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Evolution and evaluation of corporate governance models in the chosen countries
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Joanna Działo
Students interested in economy and management
Participation in discussion, written and oral presentation of a topic based on a bibliography
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Dr Joanna Działo
Corporate governance – theoretical background. Legislation of corporate governance in some (model) countries. Evaluation
of the corporate governance models and development tendencies. Corporate governance in the Central and East Europe.
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Applied macroeconomics
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Bogna Gawrońska-Nowak
Students interested in economy and management
Participation in discussion, test
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Dr Bogna Gawrońska-Nowak
Macroeconomics vs. microeconomics; GDP; Employment, unemployment, flexibility of labour market. Inflation, deflation.
Description: Incomes policy; Complete IS-LM model; Fiscal policy, monetary policy, government expenditures, government transfers,
crowding-off effect; Philips Curve.
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Linear programming in modelling and solving economic decision problems
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
3
15
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Iwona Konarzewska
Students interested in economy and management
Individual project, written form
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Dr Iwona Konarzewska
Introduction to linear programming. Simplex algorithm. Duality and sensitivity analysis. Interpretation of the dual problem
and its optimal solution. Transformation problem.
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Macroeconomics
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Jerzy Kropiwnicki
Students interested in economy and management
For installation with instructor
Good command of English
Participation in discussion, written and oral presentation of prepared topic
Dr Jerzy Kropiwnicki
National Accounts, GPD, Factors influencing the level of GPD. Economic Growth part1 and part2. Business cycles. Philips
Description: Curve, Okun’a law, Laffer’s curve, Inflation, inflation – by main reason. Transformation of Polish economy; structural
changes. Economic and social consequences of transformation in Poland.
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International trade and forgein direct investment
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Joanna Wyszkowska-Kuna
Students interested in economy and management
Participation in discussion, written and oral presentation of prepared topic
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Dr Joanna Wyszkowska-Kuna
The current global recovery and imbalances in a longer-term perspective. The world economy: performance and prospects.
International trade and finance. Crisis and recovery in East Asia. Towards reform of the international financial architecture;
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which way forward? Exchange regimes and the scope for regional cooperation; Foreign Direct Investment, trade and
development; policy issues. International investment agreements; flexibility for development. Transfer of technology.
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Elements of economics
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Mgr Anna Myślińska
Students interested in economy and management
Participation in discussion, test
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Mgr Anna Myślińska
Economics – why is it worth studying? Working with graphs: mathematics for economists. Basic microeconomics definitions.
Description: National accounts. Traditional Keynesian theories of fluctuations. Economic growth I and II. Real business cycle theory.
Open economy.
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Micro- and macroeconomics
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
3
15
1 semester
Seminar
Mgr Kamila Paszyn
Students interested in economy and management
Written examination
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Mgr Kamila Paszyn
Working with graphs. Elementary definitions of macroeconomic. National accounts. Traditional Keynesian theory of
fluctuations. Economic growth. Open Economy.
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International accounting standards
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Monika Marcinkowska
Students interested in economy and management
essay
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Dr Monika Marcinkowska
Lectures will cover the theme of accounting harmonization and convergence worldwide and in Europe. Specifically the
Description: “Framework” and the Financial Reporting Standards issued by International Accounting Standards Board will be addressed.
The differences between IAS US GAAP and Polish Accounting Regulations will be discussed.
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Management of corporate finance
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
3
15
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Radosław Pastusiak
Students interested in economy and management
For installation with instructor
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Dr Radosław Pastusiak
Main goal of this meeting is to recover or learn students about basic problems in management of corporate finance. Theory
will be backed practical case’s, which should be solve during classes. Students activity is very important and apart short test
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will be basic reason of successful ending of the classes. The plan of lectures. Cost of the capital. Financial sentiment analyze.
Financing investments projects. Credits, debenture, leasing, Corporate efficiency. Management of working capital.
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Fiscal policy in theory and practice
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Mgr Tomasz Uryszek
Students interested in economy and management
Preparation of the paper and perforation of the presentation by every student
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Mgr Tomasz Uryszek
The main goal of the classes is to formalize students with different theories relevant to fiscal policy as well as to present the
most important problems of Polish fiscal policy during the transformation period in EU enlargement process. Students will
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have an opportunity to focus on causes and results of the fiscal deficit in Poland and to have closer look at Polish fiscal
system.
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Commercial Policies under the WTO
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
3
15
1 semester
Seminar
Prof. Maria Bijak-Kaszuba
Students interested in economy and management
Reports prepared and presented by students on the basis of literature, participation in discussions
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Prof. Maria Bijak-Kaszuba
Options of commercial policies. Overview of the multilateral trading system under the GATT/WTO, his functions and rules
Description: governing commercial policies of member countries. Multilateral trade liberalization. Regional trade liberalization as a
challenge for the multilateral system. Future challengers for commercial policies under the WTO.
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Selected issues on monetary integration
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Joanna Bogołębska
Students interested in economy and management
Written examination and participation in discussions
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Dr Joanna Bogołębska
The course unit is concentrated mainly on central bank’s view of the monetary integration. It comprises the following items:
The political economy of monetary union (Historical perspective – implications for EMU etc.); European System of Central
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Banks – as an integrated central banking. Challenges of the European monetary integration to the central bank in accession
country. The case of The National Bank of Poland. New initiatives of monetary integration in the world economy.
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Contemporary Problems of the World Economy
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Bogdan Buczkowski
Students interested in economy and management
This will consist of course work such as case study exercise and a short essay to be written and presented by students
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Dr Bogdan Buczkowski
The objective of this course is to familiarize students with some recent developments in the global economy. The topics
covered will include specific aspects of trade regulations and a new round of negotiations under WTO, financial crisis and its
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consequences and conclusion for Asian countries; Protectionism practices in developed countries (the USA, EU, Japan), new
aspects and problems of economic integration in Europe, Asia, Latin and North Americas.
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Business systems
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Bogdan Buczkowski
Students interested in economy and management
This will consist of course work such as case study exercise and a short essay to be written and presented by students
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Dr Bogdan Buczkowski
The objective is to show make participants aware of the fact that there is no single way of organising firms and markets even
in Europe. The topics covered will include the characteristics of business systems: the nature of the firm, market organisation,
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authoritative coordination and control systems. The institutional contexts and national specificity of business systems in
Europe, Japan, Hong-Kong and Australia.
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Economic policy in the European Union
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Małgorzata Czernielewska-Rutkowska
Students interested in economy and management
Written thesis, participation in discussions
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Dr Małgorzata Czernielewska-Rutkowska
The seminar is aimed to familiarising the students with the conduct of macroeconomic policy in the EU. It’s objective to
Description: disseminate knowledge on the objectives, the principles as well as the instruments of macroeconomic policy in EU, to
scrutinise the theoretical and practical rationale for economic policy at EU level, to assess its implications and efficiency.
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The integration of the Polish financial market and common financial market of the European Union
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
3
15
1 semester
Seminar
Małgorzata Janicka, Ph.D.
Students interested in economy and management
For installation with instructor
Good command of English
test
Małgorzata Janicka, Ph.D.
The lecture is devoted to the problem of the accession of Polish financial market to the European structures. The two
Description: processes are to be discussed simultaneously. On the one hand – the actual and institutional integration of the markets in
question and on the other one – finishing the process of building the truly single financial market within the European Union.
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Economic integration in NAFTA and European Union
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Anna Midera
Students interested in economy and management
Written essay, oral presentation+ participation in general
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Dr Anna Midera
Regionalism has been important phenomenon in the world of international trade in recent decade. Groups of countries,
typically geographically concentrated are banding together to liberalise trade and investment among themselves. The course is
Description:
designed to provide an understanding of two different processes of economic integration in North America (NAFTA) and
Western Europe (EU), to present their divergent histories, structures and ideologies.
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Leasing as one of the finance forms of the activity of a company 1.1.
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Tomasz Motowidlak
Students interested in economy and management
Written examination
Good command of German
For installation with instructor
Dr Tomasz Motowidlak
The goal of the lecture is to disseminate among students the knowledge about finance forms of the companies activity. The
lecture presents the classification of the finance forms which includes the internal and external finance sources. The subject of
Description:
the lecture also are the main dependences existing between own and foreign capital and the advantages and disadvantages
connected with their use.
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Theoretical aspects of foreign investment
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Mgr Beata Andrzejczak
Students interested in economy and management
Written examination
Good command of German
For installation with instructor
Mgr Beata Andrzejczak
The classes are designed to offer knowledge concerning selected problems of foreign investments. The following subjects
shall be covered: Changes in the size and structure of FDI in Central and Eastern Europe in 1990s against the flows of FDI
Description: capital in the world. Theories explaining the motivation of multinational companies and host countries. Micro- and
macroeconomic effects and development prospectives for FDI; Poland’s investment attractiveness in the eyes of foreign
investors.
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Policy of regional development and environmental protection
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
3
15
1 semester
Seminar
Prof. A. Jewtuchowicz
Students interested in economy and management
Oral examination
Good command of French
For installation with instructor
Prof. A. Jewtuchowicz
Problems and complexity of development of regions in processes of globalisation and European integration. Explanations of
processes of development of territorial units in the market economy. European context of regional development and territorial
transformation in Poland. New economical map of Europe. Process of transformation of European space. Policy of
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development of cities and regions in process of globalisation of world economy. New conceptions and factors connected with
development of cities and regions. Transformation of government and development on the level of development, regions with
disparities.
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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY
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Urban sociology
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
6
30
1 semester
Seminar
Prof. Andrzej Majer
Students interested in economy and management
Suitable attendance, written exam-test
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Prof. Andrzej Majer
Key theories of the cities and urban society. City as a social aggregate. Urbanism and urbanites. Neighborhood and
communities. Spatial and social structure of the city space. Social production of the space. Urbanization and it present
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aftermath. Urban decline. Urban renewal. Urban policy. Local government, institutions, organizations and theirs
representatives. Social aspect of urban policies and governance. Social planning of the city space.
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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY
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Environmental Protection in Poland - economical issues
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
3
15
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Zbigniew Głuszczak
Students interested in economy and management
Preparation of the paper and perforation of the presentation by every student
Good command of Hungarian
For installation with instructor
Dr Zbigniew Głuszczak
Introduction –environment and its elements. Main information about Polish environment. Hazard of main environment –
Description: reasons, tendencies and effects. Environments organization on management. Eco – development and tools of its fulfilment
with concentration of economical tools. Polish problems with implementation of European ecological standards.
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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY
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Regional Politic. Theory and Practice
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
3
15
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Adam Dąbrowski
Students interested in economy and management
Written or oral examination
Good command of German
For installation with instructor
Dr Adam Dąbrowski
Introduction to regional policy. Presentation of the theory of space order and practice of regional policy. The essence of
Description: regional policy. Theory of space order. Regional policy in practice. Introduction to the regional policy; Goals instruments,
strategies of the regional policy; Regional policy in EU. Case study: Germany and Poland.
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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY
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IT technology in foreign language
University of Lodz, Lodz
Faculty of Economics and Sociology
3
15
1 semester
Seminar
Dr Konrad Woźnicki, mgr Łukasz Murowaniecki
Students interested in economy and management
Preparation of the paper and perforation of the presentation by every student
Good command of English
For installation with instructor
Dr Konrad Woźnicki, mgr Łukasz Murowaniecki
Selection of the topic from the list proposed by lecturer. Preparation of the paper and materials for the class. Presentation of
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the prepared materials. After presentation: discussion, Q&A, teachers comments.
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