WiSe 19/20: Module offerings

• 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 ... read more

  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
  • 101015 Lecture
    Supply and Operations Management (V) (Jörg Sydow)
    Schedule: Mo 14:00-16:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2019-10-14)
    Location: HFB/B Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
    
  • 101016 Practice seminar
    Supply and Operations Management (Ü) (Ignas Bruder, Alice Rettig)
    Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00, Do 16:00-18:00, Fr 10:00-12:00, Fr 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2019-10-17)
    Location: Do Hs 106 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21), Fr Hs 108 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
    

• Strategisches Management (Strategic Management)

  0170dA1.8
  learning objectives: Students gain a fundamental understanding of current challenges involved in the strategic management of businesses ... read more

  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
  • 101035 Lecture
    Strategisches Management (V) (Thomas Mellewigt)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-13:00 (Class starts on: 2019-10-14)
    Location: , HFB/D Hörsaal
    
  • 101036 Practice seminar
    Strategisches Management (Ü) (Johann Voigtsberger)
    Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2019-11-28)
    Location: HFB/D Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
    

• Grundlagen der Personalpolitik (Introduction to Employment Relations)

  0170dA1.9
  learning objectives: Students gain knowledge about current issues and theoretical approaches in personnel policy research. They acquire ... read more

  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
  • 101043 Lecture
    Grundlagen der Personalpolitik (V) (Gregory Jackson)
    Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2019-10-16)
    Location: , HFB/C Hörsaal
    
  • 101044 Practice seminar
    Grundlagen der Personalpolitik (Ü) (Julia Bartosch)
    Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00, Di 12:00-14:00, Di 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2019-10-22)
    Location: Di Hs 103 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21), Di Hs 104a Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
    

• Unternehmenskooperation (Business Cooperation)

  0170dB1.1
  learning objectives: Students gain an overview of fundamental questions and recent developments in inter-firm cooperation: from research ... read more

  learning objectives:
  Students gain an overview of fundamental questions and recent developments in inter-firm cooperation: from research and development to production and marketing. They learn about the typical strategic and organizational challenges of inter-firm cooperation. They become familiar with and understand selected concepts and theories related to the management of inter-organizational relations and learn how to use them in analyzing problems that arise in in handling concrete cases.
  
  

  course content:
  Management as a function, institution and practices; organizational and legal forms of inter-firm relations; from a system of internal contracts and putting-out system to project networks and virtual companies; reflective network development through network management.
  
  

  types of course units / workload per unit / obligatory or optional participation
  Vorlesung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
  Methodenübung / 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
  • 101037 Lecture
    Unternehmenskooperation (V) (Jörg Sydow)
    Schedule: Mi 16:00-18:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2019-10-16)
    Location: Hs 104 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
    
  • 101038 Methods Tutorial
    Unternehmenskooperation (Ü) (Alice Rettig, Jörg Sydow)
    Schedule: Mi 18:00-19:30 (Class starts on: 2019-10-16)
    Location: Hs 104 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
    

• Modules w/o courses in this semester

  5 Modules
  • Management – Eine problemorientierte Einführung (Management - A problem-oriented introduction) 0518bA1.1
  • Organisationstheorie (Organization Theory) 0518bA1.2
  • Organisationsforschung (organizational research) 0518bA1.3
  • Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility (Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility) 0170dB1.2
  • International Management (International Management) 0170dB1.3