PaedDr. Ing. Kateřina Bočková, Ph.D., MBA
Experienced project manager and expert in the field of management and project management with extensive academic and practical experience. She currently works as a project manager of sports and organizational projects and as a university associate professor at the DTI University in Dubnica nad Váhom, where she holds the position of deputy head of the Department of Management and Economics. Her main professional focus is project management, sports management and marketing.
In everyday practice, she implements and leads projects in the sports environment, primarily at the Empire Tennis Academy in Trnava, where she participates in the management of sports events, marketing activities and organizational processes. By connecting the academic environment with real practice, she creates an effective bridge between theory and current needs of the sports industry.
She is the author of many professional articles, publications and several important books focused on project management and modern management methods. She is also actively involved in the issue of individual and home education, especially with an emphasis on the didactics of professional subjects.
She graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Brno University of Technology, majoring in Economics and Construction Management, where she also completed postgraduate studies focused on the application of project management. She further expanded her experience by completing an MBA professional program focused on project management and completing pedagogical education in the program Teaching of Economic Subjects.
In the years 2002–2011, she worked as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Management and Economics of Tomas Bata University in Zlín, where in the period 2004–2005 she headed the Institute of Business Economics. Since 2011, she has been working at the DTI University, where, in addition to teaching, she focuses primarily on planning, managing and implementing scientific research, educational and development projects. She lectures in accredited bachelor's, master's and MBA programs at home and abroad and is a sought-after lecturer in project management courses.
The combination of many years of pedagogical, scientific research and publication work with extensive practical experience ranks her among respected experts who naturally combine theoretical knowledge with modern management principles applied in practice.