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WiSe 24/25: Bachelor's Programmes

Bachelor's programme in Business Administration (as of winter semester 2017/18)

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  • Introduction to Business Informatics

    0170dA2.3

    learning objectives:
     Students gain an overview of operational user systems and the implementation of modern information technology in business. They receive basic knowledge in the areas of Internet technology, e-business as well as encryption and system development. They learn how to recognize problem areas in practical systems and are aware of user-related issues when implementing information technology in business.

    course content:
     The module consists of three main sub-areas: Technology, applications, and system development basics: Introduction to operational user systems: levels of support, architecture, standard operating software with practical examples. System platforms and networking: search architectures, in particular client-server architectures, Von Neumann architecture, total cost of ownership for systems, EDI, computer networks, chip card technologies Internet technology: World Wide Web, HTML, http protocol, web browsers and plugins, web applications and web services Electronic business (EB): Definitions and differentiation of concepts and terms, phases of development and forms of EB, digital products, electronic commerce, payment systems, security issues, implications and problems with EB Introduction to cryptography: Symmetric and asymmetric encryption, RSA algorithm, message integrity, digital signatures and trust center, Internet security, SSL encryption Computer supported information systems development: Methods, techniques and principles of system development, business processes modeling, data view and data design, data modeling, algorithms, Visual Basic for Application (VBA) Databases: Relational database systems, SQL, relational database design

    types of course units / workload per unit / obligatory or optional participation
     Vorlesung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Übung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen

    test
     Klausur (ca. 120 Minuten)

    language of instruction:
     German

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / every winter semester

    close

  • Mathematics (for Students of Business and Economics)

    0171cA1.4

    learning objectives:
     Students learn the essential mathematical methods they need in order to understand the formalized economic relationships that they will encounter during their studies. The methods will also enable them to develop solutions to problems related to these economic relationships. The methods include a fundamental understanding of linear algebra and analysis as well as how to apply that to economic problems. In addition, the module treats the students’ individual and cultural diversity as a positive contribution that supports student and teacher success.

    course content:
     Vectors, matrices, determinants, linear systems of equations, functions of one or more variables, ordinary and partial derivatives, extreme values of functions with and without constraints, integral calculus.

    types of course units / workload per unit / obligatory or optional participation
     Vorlesung / 3 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Übung / 1 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Studentisches Tutorium / - SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen

    test
     Klausur (ca. 120 Minuten)

    language of instruction:
     German

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / every winter semester

    close
    • 10120301 Lecture
      Mathematics for Economists (V) (Ulrich Schneider)
      Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-14)
      Location: Hs 101 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
    • 10120302 Practice seminar
      Mathematics for Economists (Ü) (Ulrich Schneider)
      Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-15)
      Location: Hs 101 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
    • 10120305 Tutorial
      Mathematics for Economists (T) (Tutor*innen)
      Schedule: Mi 08:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-16)
      Location: div. Hörsäle

  • Öffentliches Recht (Public Law)

    0171cA1.11

    learning objectives:
     Students gain basic knowledge of public law, especially in the context of business and economics. They get an overview of the most important aspects of state organization, constitutional principles, and law enforcement. This will enable them to solve problems related to constitutional and administrative law.

    course content:
     Introduction to public law, overview of the structural principles of state and state objectives, presentation of doctrine of fundamental rights, discussion of specific fundamental rights important to business and economics (especially, freedom of occupation and ownership), discussion of basic questions in general administrative law and trade law, as a selected area of special administrative law.

    types of course units / workload per unit / obligatory or optional participation
     Vorlesung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Übung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen

    test
     Klausur (ca. 120 Minuten)

    language of instruction:
     German

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / irregular

    close
    • 10120701 Lecture
      Public Law (V) (Markus Beham)
      Schedule: Di 08:30-10:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-17)
      Location: Hs 105 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
    • 10120702 Practice seminar
      Public Law (Ü) (Christian Janssen)
      Schedule: Fr 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-25)
      Location: Hs 105 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)

  • Arbeitsrecht (Labor Law)

    0171cB3.3

    learning objectives:
     Students gain structured basic knowledge of labor law. They learn about the basic concepts, regulations on concluding contracts, regulations on the exchange of services under employment contracts, and regulations on terminating employment relationships. Students will also become familiar with the principles of free collective bargaining and labor relations as essential elements in the world of work.

    course content:
     Employment contracts and labor law as basic concepts, protection against discrimination and fraud claims when concluding contracts, checking content of employment contracts, reciprocal rights to work performance and remuneration, protection against dismissal and fixed-term employment regulations, collective bargaining and industrial action law, employee representation and codetermination in companies, employee representation on supervisory boards.

    types of course units / workload per unit / obligatory or optional participation
     Vorlesung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Übung / 1 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen

    test
     Klausur (ca. 120 Minuten)

    language of instruction:
     German

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / irregular

    close
    • 10121701 Lecture
      Labor Law (V) (Florian Rödl)
      Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-17)
      Location: HFB/D Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
    • 10121702 Practice seminar
      Labor Law (Ü) (Undine Christian)
      Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00, Do 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-12-12)
      Location: HFB/D Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)

  • Einführung in die Volkswirtschaftslehre (Introduction to Economics)

    0171cA1.1

    learning objectives:
     Students gain essential basic knowledge about economics. They learn to describe economic terms, methods, and content and interpret economic concepts and relationships. They learn about the importance of scarcity and choice, the role of supply and demand in markets, macroeconomic relationships, and the effects of economic policy decisions. This knowledge helps them to better understand economic issues and events as well as economic policy problems and to develop potential solutions. In addition, they gain knowledge regarding basic conditions related to gender, fields of action, economic instruments, and how to use them.

    course content:
     The module presents basic questions in economics, supply, demand, market equilibrium, welfare, incomplete competition, national accounts, consumption and investment, money market, labor market, aggregate demand and aggregate supply.

    types of course units / workload per unit / obligatory or optional participation
     Vorlesung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Studentisches Tutorium / - SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen

    test
     Klausur (ca. 120 Minuten)

    language of instruction:
     German

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / every winter semester

    close
    • 10120001 Lecture
      Introduction to Economics (V) (Ronnie Schöb)
      Schedule: Do 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-17)
      Location: Hs 101 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
    • 10120005 Tutorial
      Introduction to Economics (V) (Svenja Miltner, Tutor*innen)
      Schedule: Mo 08:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-28)
      Location: keine Angabe

  • Introduction to Business Administration

    0170dA1.1

    learning objectives::
     The students have basic knowledge about key issues, basic theories and methods of analysis of business administration. They have an overview of the key issues of modern business administration, the classification of the subject and know its problem-solving approaches. The students are able to analyze business models and apply them to practical problems.

    course content:
     Classification of Business Administration; business administration doctrines; internal company regulations and economic order, legal forms; corporate governance; value creation processes; control theory; operational planning; corporate strategies.

    types of course units / workload per unit / obligatory or optional participation
     Vorlesung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Übung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen

    test
     Klausur (ca. 120 Minuten)

    language of instruction:
     German

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / every winter semester

    close

  • Grundlagen externer Unternehmensrechung (Fundamentals of Financial Accounting)

    0170dA1.2

    learning objectives:
     The students have basic knowledge of the annual financial statements and accounting. They have an understanding of tasks and techniques of accounting as well as of double-entry bookkeeping. Students are able to capture business transactions for accounting purposes and solve simple accounting issues. The students will further be qualified to enroll in subsequent modules (particularly " Accounting and Taxation", " International and National Corporate Disclosure" and" Group Accounting and Company Evaluation ")

    content:
     Basics and purposes of accounting and the annual financial statements, accounting technique, booking of ongoing business transactions in the trading and industrial company, balancing of the accounts, basics of the annual financial statements, organization of accounting.

    types of course units / workload per unit / obligatory or optional participation
     Vorlesung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Übung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen

    test
     Klausur (ca. 120 Minuten)

    language of instruction:
     German

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / every winter semester

    close

  • Grundlagen des Marketings (Fundamentals of Marketing)

    0170dA1.4

    learning objectives::
     Students have basic knowledge on analytical methods, instruments and strategies of marketing. Theoretical depiction as well as processing of case studies put the students in the position to analyze marketing activities and their connection with other functional business areas to (basically) develop their own approach to the solution. The obtained basic knowledge on marketing principles enable the students to communicate and cooperate with different specialized business managers.

    course content:
     characterization of output markets; exchange and competitive advantages; market research; consumer behavior; product policy; product innovation; pricing policies; communication policy; distribution policy; marketing planning.

    types of course units / workload per unit / obligatory or optional participation
     Vorlesung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Übung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen

    test
     Klausur (ca. 120 Minuten)

    language of instruction:
     German

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / every winter semester

    close
    • 10110301 Lecture
      Fundamentals of Marketing (V) (Sascha Raithel, Andreas Eggert)
      Schedule: Di 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-15)
      Location: Hs 101 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
    • 10110302 Practice seminar
      Fundamentals of Marketing (Ü) (Florian Völkl, Jan von Schlieben-Troschke, Catalina Wache)
      Schedule: Mi 12:00-14:00, Mi 14:00-16:00, Do 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-23)
      Location: Hs 107 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)

  • Supply and Operations Management (Supply and Operations Management)

    0170dA1.7

    learning objectives:
     Students are sensitive to the centrality of the production of goods or services as a core function of any operational occurrence. They also know the challenges associated with the transformation of inputs into output factors under given resources. They have basic knowledge of the current, field-tested strategies, methods and models to solve production-economic problems, in particular with respect to the time schedule of the individual production steps, taking into account the quantitative link between inputs and output objects. The students also have an overview of the procurement management (supply management), where development of and cooperation with suppliers is an important topic.

    course content:
     Demand forecast, materials management (especially storage), choice of production processes and suppliers, procurement strategies and organization, human resource planning, approaches to quality assurance, production theory and production planning, work organization within production.

    types of course units / workload per unit / obligatory or optional participation
     Vorlesung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Übung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen

    test
     Klausur (ca. 120 Minuten)

    language of instruction:
     German

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / every winter semester

    close

  • Strategisches Management (Strategic Management)

    0170dA1.8

    learning objectives:
     Students gain a fundamental understanding of current challenges involved in the strategic management of businesses today. They learn about the goals and responsibilities involved with this field as well as its main instruments and methods. They learn the essential theoretical principles of strategic management and can analyze the stages of strategic decision-making based on these theories. They also become familiar with alternative competitive strategies, which come at the end of strategic analysis and can appraise them critically.

    course content:
     Responsibilities of strategic decision-makers, analysis of resources and capabilities, analysis of market conditions, assessment of alternative competitive strategies and collective corporate strategies.

    types of course units / workload per unit / obligatory or optional participation
     Vorlesung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Übung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen

    test
     Klausur (ca. 120 Minuten)

    language of instruction:
     German

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / every winter semester

    close
    • 10110801 Lecture
      Strategic Management (V) (Johann Voigtsberger)
      Schedule: Mo 09:00-13:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-28)
      Location: Mo HFB/C Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
    • 10110802 Practice seminar
      Strategic Management (Ü) (Johann Voigtsberger)
      Schedule: Di Do 17:00-20:00 (Class starts on: 2024-11-07)
      Location: Hs 103 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)

  • Fundamentals of Employment Relations

    0170dA1.9

    learning objectives:
     Students gain knowledge about current issues and theoretical approaches in personnel policy research. They acquire basic knowledge on areas of activity and the parameters of personnel policy. They learn about current debates and can make connection to practical applications, including international contexts. They develop the ability to interpret personnel policy cases based on the application of theoretical approaches and concepts. They also learn to formulate and evaluate courses of actions for specific cases. They learn to assess theoretical, conceptual research as well as empirical research using criteria from the social sciences. Student gain knowledge about the role of gender in the workplace and the challenges and perspectives surrounding social diversity in businesses. The methods that the students learn and apply enable them to put their knowledge to practice based on theoretical reflection, which is important for anyone working in management.

    course content:
     Problems and theoretical approaches to personnel policy as a research field; courses of action in human resources management (e.g., recruiting, qualification, personnel placement, work organization, remuneration, dismissals, diversity management); social parameters of personnel policy (e.g., historical developments, gender and labor, digitalization) in both national (e.g. democratic decision-making, labor market, labor law) and international contexts (e.g. personnel policy in multinational corporations, comparative international labor relations, global labor standards).

    types of course units / workload per unit / obligatory or optional participation
     Vorlesung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Übung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen

    test
     Klausur (ca. 120 Minuten)

    language of instruction:
     German

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / every winter semester

    close

  • Modules w/o courses in this semester

    7 Modules
    • Einführung in die Statistik (Introduction to Statistics) 0171cA1.5
    • Privatrecht (Private Law) 0171cA1.12
    • Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht (Commercial Law and Corporate Law) 0171cB3.4
    • Grundlagen der Mikroökonomie (Fundamentals of Microeconomics) 0171cA1.2
    • Grundlagen interner Unternehmensrechung (Fundamentals of Managerial Accounting) 0170dA1.3
    • Investition und Finanzierung (Investment and Corporate Finance) 0170dA1.5
    • Year-End Accounting and Taxes 0170dA1.6
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