prof. Ing. Josef Koubek, CSc. 

Emeritus Professor at the Department of Personnel Management and Professor – Consultant at the Department of Demography, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic



Address:
Nupaky 178 251 01 Říčany u Prahy Czech Republic,
e-mail: jokbk@volny.cz.

Date of Birth:
January 15, 1940.

Work experience:
1968 – 2007:
University of Economics, Prague.
1968 – 1986:
Department of Demography (lecturer and research worker).
1987 – 1991:
Department of Labour Economics (assistant professor and associate professor).
1991 – 2007:
Department of Personnel Management (associate professor and professor).
1993 – 2000:
Prague International Business School (professor).
1965 – 1968:
Ministry of Health, Department of Health Statistics, Prague (specialist in population and health statistics and demography).

Research interests:
Demography, human resource management.

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered:
Human resource management, economic demography.

Education and qualification:
1962
University: Ing. = MS econ. (University of Economics, Prague, Faculty of Macroeconomics, specialization Economic Statistics).
1977
Title CSc. = PhD. (University of Economics, Prague, Faculty of Macroeconomics, specialization Economic Statistics and Economic Demography).
1986
Scientist Degree (Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague).
1991
Executive Development Program (Ohio State University, USA).
1991
Associate Professor in field of Management, specialization Human Resource Management (University of Economics, Prague, Faculty of Business Administration).
1998
Professor in field of Management, specialization Human Resource Management (University of Economics, Prague, Faculty of Business Administration).


Scientific activities and results:
  • Solver or Chief-solver of about 40-45 scientific projects in field of demography and human resources management (e.g. in State Programmes of Basic Research and State Programmes of Applied Research, Sector Research Programs, Czech-Polish Long term Research Projects, Research project of the International Union for Scientific Study of Population, PHARE Programmes etc.).
  • Chief-solver of the Czech participation in the Cranfield Project on International HRM (two grants of Czech Grant Agency).
  • Warrant of bachelor, master and doctor study in HRM on Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economics, Prague.
  • Member of Scientific Board and Academic Senate, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economic, Prague (2001 – 2007).
  • Chairman, Board of Editors of journal Personal (1993 – 1998).

    Membership of professional bodies:
    1965 – 2000:
    Czech Demographic Society at the Czech Academy of Sciences.
    1988 – 2000:
    European Association for Population Studies.
    1993 – 2007:
    Club of Personnel Managers in the Czech Republic.
    1995 – 2000:
    Czech Association for Human Resource Development.

    Publications:
    About 370 items, from which about 90 abroad (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, USA).

    12 books translated from English language.

    Principal books:
  • Řízení lidských zdrojů. Základy moderní personalistiky (Human resource management. Principles of modern personnel management), 1st edition, Praha, Management Press 1995, 350 pp.; 2nd edition, Praha. Management Press 1997, 350 pp., reprint 1998 and 1999; 3rd edition, Praha. Management Press 2001, 368 pp., reprint 2003, 4th edition, Praha, Management Press 2007, 400 pp.
  • Personální práce v malých podnicích (Personnel management in small business), 1st edition, Praha, Grada 1996, 200 pp., 2nd edition, Praha, Grada 2003, 248 pp., 3rd edition as Personální práce v malých a středních firmách (Personnel management in small and middle firms), Praha, Grada 2007, 261 s. (Prize of Grada Publishing. The best publication in economics and management in 2007), 4th edition, Praha, Grada Publishing 2011, 281 pp.
  • ABC praktické personalistiky (ABC of personnel practice). Praha, Linde 2000, 400 pp.
  • Anglicko-český výkladový slovník personalistiky (English-Czech glossary of personnel management), Praha, Management Press 2003, 190 pp.
  • Německo-český výkladový slovník personalistiky (German-Czech glossary of personnel management), Praha, Management Press 2005, 171 pp.
  • Řízení pracovního výkonu (Performance management), Praha, Management Press 2004, 210 pp.
  • Human Resource Management in Europe. Evidence of convergence? (Brewster, C. – Mayrhofer, W. – Morley, M. /edit./), London, Elsevier 2004, 486 pp. (Co-author – contributor, 39 pp.).
  • Managing Human Resources in Central and Eastern Europe. (Morley, M. J. – Heraty, N. – Michailov , S. /edit./). London/New York, Routledge 2009, 317 pp. (Co-author – contributor, 26 pp.).
  • Základy podnikání (Basis of Enterprise). (Srpová, J. – Řehoř, V. /edit./). Praha, Grada Publishing 2010, 427 pp. (Co-author – contributor, 53 pp.), (Prize of Grada Publishing. The best publication in economics and management in 2010).