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This entry is from Winter semester 2019/20 and might be obsolete. You can find a current equivalent here.
Introduction to Management
(dt. Unternehmensführung)
Level, degree of commitment | Basic module, compulsory elective module |
Forms of teaching and learning, workload |
Lecture, recitation class, 180 hours (attendance: 44 hours preparation and follow-up: 68 hours exam preparation: 68 hours) |
Credit points, formal requirements |
6 CP Course requirement(s): Examination type: Written examination |
Language, Grading |
German,The grading is done with 0 to 15 points according to the examination regulations for the degree program B.Sc. Business Administration. |
Duration, frequency |
One semester, each winter semester |
Person in charge of the module's outline | Prof. Dr. Michael Stephan |
Contents
Scientific-theoretical and economic foundations of business administration;
Basic concepts and theories of value-based management;
Overview of the functional areas of business administration and basic principles/tasks of corporate management;
Instruments of corporate management, esp. corporate governance systems, strategies and planning, and organization.
Qualification Goals
Students are familiarized in a scientifically sound manner with the common theoretical and institutional foundations and tools of business administration as well as the task areas and instruments of value-oriented corporate management. They will recognize the links to the course content of other modules in both business administration and economics. Students will be enabled to understand complex business management interrelationships. In this context, the aim is also to provide the students with the ability of abstraction required for solving complex (business administration) problems.
Prerequisites
None.
Applicability
Module imported from B.Sc. Business Administration.
When studying B.Sc. Business Informatics, this module can be attended in the study area Basic Modules in Business Administration.
Recommended Reading
- Burr, W./Stephan, M./Werkmeister, C. (2011): Unternehmensführung, 2. Auflage, Vahlen, München.
Please note:
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