Universität Stuttgart
Office of International Affairs
Information for Visiting Students
and Information Package of the
European Course Credit Transfer System (ECTS)
for Studies in
Business Administration
 1999 Universität Stuttgart
Office of International Affairs and
Faculty of History, Social Sciences
and Economics
Office of International Affairs
General Information
Who is considered to be a visiting student?
This brochure is designed for all international students who come to study at the
Universität Stuttgart on the basis of an
 exchange agreement with partner institutions
 or a programme such as SOCRATES/ ERASMUS
 and who do not plan to complete a degree at the Universität Stuttgart.
CONTENTS:
A.
General Information
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The Universität Stuttgart
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Description of the Universität Stuttgart
The Faculties/ Departments of the Universität Stuttgart and their Web Sites
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The Office of International Affairs
The Academic Calendar
Application Information
Academic Prerequisites
Application Documents and Deadlines
Letter of Admission – Zulassungsbescheid
Registration
The German Intensive Course
The Orientation Seminar
The Structure of Studies
Which courses must I take?
What kind of courses are offered?
Transferring Credits
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Other Facilities at the Universität Stuttgart
Libraries
Computer Centre and E-mail
Sports Activities
Meals
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General Information
General Information of Practical Use
Residence Permits and Visa Regulations
Costs of Living Expenses
Dormitory Accommodation
Temporary Accommodation for Young People
Health Insurance
Medical Care
Public Transport
Banking
Telephoning
The City of Stuttgart
Climate
How to get to Stuttgart-Vaihingen
How to get to the dormitories in Ludwigsburg
How to get to the Office of International Affairs
What you need to think about before arriving in Stuttgart
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Information for Students in Business Administration
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Business Administration with a Technical Orientation
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ECTS-Coordinators
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Information for all ERASMUS Exchange Students at the Business
School
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Information about the European Credit Transfer System at the
Business School
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Information for EMBS Students
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Course Catalogue
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Explanation of Terms
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Information about the Description of Syllabus and Courses offered
Codification of Courses
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Syllabus of Stage 1 Studies
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Structure of Stage 1 Studies
Preparatory Courses
Business/ Management Studies
Economics
Basic Features of Jurisprudence
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Stage 2 Studies
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Structure of Stage 2 Studies
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General Management Studies
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Economics
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Special Business Administration: Human Resource Management
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Special Business Administration: Organisational Design
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Special Business Administration: Financial Management
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Special Business Administration: Strategic Management and Corporate Planning 48
Special Business Administration: Management Accounting
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Special Business Administration: Marketing
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Special Business Administration: Business Informatics
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Special Business Administration: R&D Management
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Economics: Economic Policy
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Economics: Innovation
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Economics: Public Finance
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Jurisprudence
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Courses in Engineering/ Science (Obligatory Technical Subjects)
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General Information
1.
The Universität Stuttgart
General Information
Description of the Universität Stuttgart
The Universität Stuttgart, which was founded in 1829, has integrated the social sciences
and the humanities with engineering and the natural sciences to become an internationally
renown future-oriented place of teaching and research. Today nearly 17,000 students are
studying to complete their degrees in one of the 44 degree courses offered by the 14
faculties. More than 2,900 of these young men and women are international students.
The Universität Stuttgart holds a leading position in both basic and applied research and is
proud of its tradition of close cooperation with industry as well as with other research
institutions such as the Fraunhofer-Society for Production Engineering, the BadenWürttemberg Materials Testing Centre and the German Aerospace Research Institute.
These close relationships also stimulate important impulses for teaching at the university.
Address:
Universität Stuttgart
Keplerstr. 7
70174 Stuttgart
Germany
Phone ++49-711-121-0
Fax ++49-711-121-2271
Faculties/ Departments of the Universität Stuttgart and their Web Sites
Most of the Universität Stuttgart is located either in the centre of the city or in a suburb of
Stuttgart called Vaihingen. The city centre campus is connected to the campus in
Vaihingen by a fast underground train system. The journey takes about ten minutes each
way.
The following faculties are located In the centre of the city:
Architecture and Urban Planning
Biological and Geo-Sciences (Geography, Geology)
History, Social Sciences and Business Administration
Philosophy
Civil Engineering and Surveying (partly)
Energy Technology, Construction and Production Engineering (partly)
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The following are in Vaihingen:
Biological and Geo-Sciences (Biology)
Civil Engineering and Surveying (partly)
Chemistry
Electrical Engineering
Energy Technology, Construction and Production Engineering (partly)
Aerospace and Aviation Engineering
Mathematics
Physics
The following are located in a different part of Stuttgart:
Process Engineering (Böblinger Straße)
Computer Science (industrial area in Stuttgart-Möhringen)
A survey of the subjects and courses offered as well as a description of the faculties of the
Universität Stuttgart can be found on the web as follows:
http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/ia/
http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/organisation/faculties/
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The Office of International Affairs
The Office of International Affairs is responsible for international relations and coordinates
the programmes that the Universität Stuttgart has with partner institutions throughout the
world. In addition, it serves as a centre for advising international students on general
questions and problems affecting study and life in Stuttgart as well as being the first place
for students to go who wish to study abroad.
Should you have any questions related to your specific study programme and require
academic counselling, please consult your academic advisor. His or her address is
available at the Office of International Affairs.
The Office of International Affairs also organises an Orientation Seminar (see page 9) as
well as short excursions to places of interest in the area around Stuttgart. Once a month,
the Office of International Affairs organises an International „Stammtisch“ where visiting
students and any German students who may be interested can meet.
The contact person for visiting students is:
Ms. Gertrud Burger
Office of International Affairs
Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 24
70174 Stuttgart, Germany
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Phone ++49 711-121-2276
Fax ++49 711-121-4104
e-mail: incoming.visiting@ia.uni-stuttgart.de
The Academic Calendar
The academic year is divided into two semesters: the Winter Semester (WS) from
October to March and the Summer Semester (SS) from April to September. Each
semester covers a period of approximately 15 weeks during which classes take place
called the Vorlesungszeit and a period when there are usually no classes called the
vorlesungsfreie Zeit.
In the WS, the Vorlesungszeit is from the of middle of October to the middle of February
and in the SS from the middle of April to the middle of July.
Please note that examinations and block courses very often take place during the
vorlesungsfreie Zeit. During the month of August no exams are taken at all.
Application Information (academic prerequisites, deadlines, registration, etc.)
Before you can study at the Universität Stuttgart you have to take the following steps:
 submit an application to study at the Universität Stuttgart at least three months prior to
the date you wish to begin your studies (see below for deadlines)
 register at the Universität Stuttgart on arrival in Stuttgart
Academic Prerequisites
Proficiency in German:
Virtually all courses at the Universität Stuttgart are held in German. For this reason, you
will be expected to have had at least 800 hours of course work in German.
We expect that visiting students whose German proficiency corresponds to less than 800
hours of German participate in our German Intensive Course (see page 9).
If you would like to receive a certificate about your German proficiency you may take a
German examination. This examination is called the DSH (Deutschsprachprüfung zur
Hochschulzulassung). It can be taken at the Universität Stuttgart at around the end of
September or March.
Academic Performance:
In order to participate in our exchange programmes visiting students must have grades of
C or above.
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Application Documents and Deadlines
 An application form Antrag auf Zulassung zum Studium
The form is either available
- at The Office of International Affairs of your home university or
- from your SOCRATES Student Advisor.
- You can also obtain a copy by contacting the Office of International Affairs at the
Universität Stuttgart (email: incoming@ia.uni-stuttgart.de) or
- you can also download the form as pdf file, see: http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/ia/
You must attach the following documents (certified copies, if possible):
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A Transcript of Courses from your current university
Proof of your German proficiency (see above and page 9)
1 Passport photo
SOCRATES students: a confirmation from your home university that you are a
SOCRATES student.
Deadlines:
15 July
Submission of the original application papers with the necessary documents if you wish to
begin your studies in Stuttgart in the Winter Semester.
15 January
Submission of the original application papers with the necessary documents if you wish to
begin your studies in Stuttgart in the Summer Semester.
SOCRATES-Students must submit their application to the SOCRATES Student Advisors
at the individual institutes.
All other visiting students submit their complete application to Ms. Gertrud Burger at the
Office of International Affairs.
Letter of Admission - Zulassungsbescheid
If you are accepted by the Universität Stuttgart you will receive the following documents
during the first two weeks in August (applications for WS) or the first two weeks in March
(applications for SS):
A Letter of Admission as well as a transfer form for the payment of the Student Services
fee (Studentenwerksbeitrag) which amounts to DM 60 (at the time of print). This fee has
to be paid by all students and is charged each semester. It is a general fee towards the
cost of running the cafeterias and dormitories and offers a number of other consulting
services for students free of charge. Do not pay the 'Studentenwerksbeitrag' until you
have arrived in Stuttgart.
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Registration
You must register in person once you arrive in Stuttgart. The necessary steps for
registration are explained in the Welcome-Guide which you can get on arrival from the
Office of International Affairs. Please do not forget to bring your Letter of Admission
(Zulassungsbescheid). It is required for registration.
The German Intensive Course
This German intensive course is designed specifically for the needs of visiting students
within partnership programmes and is taught by the staff of the Intercultural Centre of the
Universität Stuttgart. The course starts at the beginning of September (Winter Semester)
or March (Summer Semester) and runs for about five weeks. Participants, however, are
expected to have some proficiency in German corresponding to 200 hours or two
semesters of coursework in German at a university.
The course takes place from Monday to Friday from 8.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and twice a week
there are also classes from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The objectives of this intensive course are:
 to achieve proficiency in German at an advanced level corresponding to about 800
hours of German,
 to improve listening comprehension and active use of German as a scientific
language, particularly in respect to the specific subject of the participant,
 to acquire the learning techniques and communicative competence needed to study
successfully at a German university.
Application deadline:
15 July for the Winter Semester and 15 January for Summer Semester. Application
forms are available from Ms. Gertrud Burger at the Office for International Affairs, e-mail:
incoming.visiting@ia.uni-stuttgart.de.
The Orientation Seminar
The Orientation Seminar immediately follows the German Intensive Course and it takes
place the week previous to the beginning of the lecture period.
The three-day seminar offers intercultural and regional information as well as a general
introduction to studying at the Universität Stuttgart and also includes specialised academic
counselling. The seminar concludes with a one-day excursion. All participants have to
make a contribution towards the cost. At present this is DM 20.
Registration deadline: 15 September for the Winter Semester and 15 March for the
Summer Semester. Registration forms are available from Ms. Gertrud Burger, e-mail:
incoming.visiting@ia.uni-stuttgart.de.
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The Structure of Studies
A degree course is divided into the Stage 1 Studies („Grundstudium“) and the Stage 2
Studies („Hauptstudium“). Visiting students within partnership programs may take
courses in either stage.
The Stage 1 Studies last at least 4 semesters and give a general introduction into the
chosen field of study. The Stage 1 Studies are completed with a pre-diploma examination
(„Vordiplom“) in the engineering sciences or with an intermediate examination
(„Zwischenprüfung“) in the social sciences and humanities respectively before the Stage 2
Studies. In contrast to the Anglo-American system the successfully completed Stage 1
Studies do not constitute an academic degree or professional qualification.
During the Stage 2 Studies students continue their studies and extend their knowledge in
a more specialised way. At the end of the Stage 2 Studies students have to write a project
work (Diplomarbeit) in the engineering sciences or a final thesis (Magisterarbeit) in the
humanities. After having successfully passed the final examination students obtain their
degree (a Diplom degree in the engineering sciences, a Magister Artium degree in the
humanities) which enables them to start their professional career.
Which courses must I take?
In comparison to the Anglo-American university system, students at German universities
generally have more freedom in the selection of the courses they choose to take and
when they take them. However, this does vary from subject to subject. Many of the
courses in the natural sciences and engineering are obligatory whereas students studying
in the humanities and social sciences generally choose the courses they want to take on a
more individual basis.
One further difference is the time for selecting courses. This does not normally take place
at the end of the previous semester but during the first two weeks of the semester itself.
This, and the freedom of choice is often confusing for international students. For this
reason, the individual faculties offer comprehensive information seminars at the beginning
of each semester to help students in their choice. Additional information is given during
the Orientation Seminar (see page 9) and can be found in the Welcome Guide. Should
you still have difficulties do not hesitate to contact the Office of International Affairs.
What kind of courses are offered?
The Universität Stuttgart distinguishes between the following types of courses:
 Lecture
held by an instructor in front of a large group of students
 Exercises
the subject matter is reviewed again and deepened in smaller groups; often exercises
accompany lectures
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 Seminars
student active participation is very important; students present papers on a given topic
followed by discussion
 Practical courses
common in the natural sciences and engineering and usually involving experiments in a
laboratory
As a rule, a class involves two credit hours. One credit hour, Semesterwochenstunde
(SWS), corresponds to 45 minutes in the classroom over the whole semester. Generally
all courses are taught in German.
Transferring Credits
There are two possibilities for visiting students to receive credit for work done in Stuttgart:
 Visiting students can participate in regular courses and take the final written or oral
exam in each course in order to be awarded a proof of academic achievement or
Schein. In addition to receiving a Schein for successfully completing a written exam or
Klausur, it can be awarded for a project paper or Hausarbeit (an essay on a specific
topic of between 10 and 20 pages in length) or for an assignment and oral
presentation or Referat (a paper presented on a given topic usually as part of a
seminar). Grades range from 1 (very good) to 4 (sufficient). If a student receives a
grade below 4, then the course has been failed and needs to be repeated. In some
courses grades are not given.
 Students under the SOCRATES exchange-scheme will receive their credits according
to the ECTS-agreement (European Credit Transfer System), which is to be discussed
between the student and the home and host supervisors.
 Some advanced visiting students may wish to work on an independent project
supervised by a professor. Such independent study corresponds closely to a
Studienarbeit, which is required in engineering and many of the natural sciences.
Students wishing to do this type of independent study need to find a professor at the
Universität Stuttgart who is willing to supervise such a project work. The question of
credit transfer to the home universities should also be clarified in advance. The subject
advisors or Fachstudienberater/in can assist in finding a supervisor. Their addresses
can be found in WWW under
http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/studium/beratung/fachberatung.html or from The
Office of International Affairs (address see page 6).
Please clarify the question of credit transfer with your home universities prior to
coming to Stuttgart and make sure that you maintain contact with your home supervisor
during your stay here. This is possible via e-mail.
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General Information
Other Facilities at the Universität Stuttgart
Libraries
There are two university libraries, one on the City Centre Campus and one on the
Vaihingen Campus. Students need a library ticket in order to be able to borrow books from
the library. This can be obtained at one of the university libraries. Please note that many of
the faculties and institutes have their own libraries, too.
Computer Centre and E-mail
The computer centre of the Universität Stuttgart (RUS) provides a number of terminals for
student use. Demand is extremely high so students must be prepared to wait. Should you
wish to open an e-mail account, you can do so at the Computer Advising Centre RUSBenutzerberatung on presentation of your registration number (handed to you at
registration).
Sports Activities
The Institute of Sports Science offers a whole range of sporting activities each semester.
They are generally free and are frequently organised by students. These can be such
regular events as volleyball, hockey and climbing or special excursions such as skiing in
winter or sailing in summer. A comprehensive programme is provided at the beginning of
each semester and a copy can be obtained at The Office of International Affairs.
Meals
Students must provide for their own meals. This can be done inexpensively by eating in
the Student Union cafeteria or Mensa. In addition to the Mensa on the City Centre
Campus and in Vaihingen, there are a number of student cafeterias. The Mensa is open
for lunch five days a week. There is always a choice of meal which costs between DM 3
and DM 5. The cafeterias are normally open weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and
offer drinks and small snacks.
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General Information
General Information of Practical Use
Residence Permits and Visa Regulations
SOCRATES-Students from EU-countries and visiting students who are citizens of
the USA:
Visiting students who are either EU-citizens or citizens of the USA can enter Germany with
their passports and apply for their residence permit Aufenthaltsbewilligung at the foreign
registration office of the City of Stuttgart Ausländerbehörde after arrival. Since Germany
has registration laws, all persons must register at the general registration office
Meldebehörde of the city where they are living within seven days of arrival.
The following documents must be presented to the Ausländerbehörde and the
Meldebehörde and should therefore be brought with you from home:
- passport
- proof of sufficient financial resources (at present approx. DM 900 per month). This can
be a savings book, confirmation from the bank on the credit balance available, a bank
statement, proof of stipend or scholarship, a statement from parents with either a
notarised signature of the parents or a copy of their passports
- two passport photos
Visiting students who are citizens of Australia, Canada and non EU-countries:
These visiting students must apply for a prospective student visa (Studienbewerbervisum
or Studentenvisum) at the German Embassy or a German Consulate in their home
country prior to departure. This should be done as early as possible because the
processing time for such visas can take very long i.e. up to nine months.
The following documents are required from the foreign registration office
Ausländerbehörde and from the general registration office Meldebehörde and should be
brought with you from home:
- prospective student visa (Studienbewerbervisum or Studentenvisum)
proof of sufficient financial resources (at present approx. DM 900 per month). This can
be a savings book, confirmation from the bank on the credit balance available, a bank
statement, proof of stipend or scholarship, a statement from parents with either a
notarised signature of the parents or a copy of their passports
- two passport photos
Costs of Living Expenses
In general, students will need about DM 1000/ month. This will cover the following:
rent
approx.
health insurance
approx.
monthly ticket for public transport approx.
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DM 95
DM 70
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other incidentals
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approx.
approx.
DM 400
DM 100
Dormitory Accommodation
The Office of International Affairs can provide a room in one of the dormitories for all of
the visiting students who are admitted to the Universität Stuttgart. SOCRATES students
apply for a room by sending the form Application for Student Housing to their relevant
SOCRATES Student Advisor not later than 3 months prior to coming to Stuttgart. All other
visiting students send this form to Ms. Gertrud Burger at the Office of International Affairs.
Most of the dormitories are located on the Campus in Stuttgart-Vaihingen and on the
campus of the Pädagogische Hochschule (teachers training college) in Ludwigsburg and
they are mixed. All dormitories can be easily reached within 20 min. from the city campus
by S-Bahn (commuter train). The rooms are equipped with table, chair, bed, wardrobe/
closet, bookshelf and a washbasin. There is a common kitchen for all the members of an
apartment. You must bring your own dishes with you or buy them in Germany. There are
also toilets and showers on each floor.
Please note: Bed-linen and coverlets are not provided! However, it is best to buy them
once you are here.
The rent for a room in a dormitory is DM 300 to 450 per month. It has to be paid by
standing order (all further information about this you will receive at the Office of
International Affairs after your arrival). Rooms can only be rented for a whole month. All
students living in the dormitories have to pay a deposit of DM 500. This has to be paid into
a bank on the forms provided before you will be allowed to move in. You will receive the
necessary forms as part of your Housing Information Package which will be sent to
the address you have given in your application form some four weeks prior to the
time when you move in.
Remember that you can only move into your room on Mondays to Fridays (unless it is a
holiday). Should you wish to come to Stuttgart before your contract for your room begins
or at the weekend, you can stay overnight at one of the Guest Houses for Young People
or at the Youth Hostel (see next paragraph for further information).
Temporary Accommodation for Young People
Should you come to Stuttgart at a time when you can not move into your dormitory room
immediately, you can stay one or two nights at the youth hostel or at one of the guest
houses for young people run by the Jugendsozialwerk.
The address of the Youth Hostel in Stuttgart is:
Jugendherberge Stuttgart
Haussmannstr. 27
Phone: ++49 711-24 15 83
Charge for members is about DM 25 and about DM 30 for others. The price is for a bed in
a shared room with a number of others and includes breakfast. It is not possible to make
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telephone reservations. The Youth Hostel is very nice and very conveniently located
(approx. 10 min. on foot from the Central Bus and Railway Stations).
You can reach the Youth Hostel by taking the streetcar from within the Central Railway
Station or Hauptbahnhof at the stop called Arnulf-Klett-Platz (follow the sign with a white
U on a blue background). Buy a ticket at one of the orange ticket machines: 1 zone. Take
the streetcar U15 travelling in the direction of Heumaden-Sillenbuch. Get off at the stop
marked Eugensplatz. Walk down Kernerstrasse (downhill) and follow the youth hostel
sign.
The address of the Guest House run by the Jugendsozialwerk is:
Jugendsozialwerk
Richard-Wagner-Str. 2,
phone: ++49 711-24 11 32
fax: ++49 711-23 61 10
The price of a single or double room lies between DM 30,-- and DM 45,-- with breakfast.
Rooms can be reserved in advance. However, the Guest House is situated somewhat
outside of the city centre.
You can reach the Guest House by taking the streetcar from within the Hauptbahnhof at
the stop called Arnulf-Klett-Platz (follow the sign with a white U on a blue background).
Buy a ticket at one of the orange ticket machines: 1 zone. Take the streetcar U15
travelling in the direction of Heumaden-Sillenbuch. Get off at the stop marked
Bubenbad. On your right you will find the Richard-Wagner-Straße and the first house on
the right hand side is the Guest House of the Jugendsozialwerk.
Health Insurance
At registration, all students must demonstrate proof of health insurance as prescribed by
German law. Those students who fulfil one of the following conditions can obtain the
necessary proof at one of the local health insurance companies (the Office of International
Affairs will provide you with the addresses upon your arrival).
EU-Citizens:
EU-Citizens are required to present Form E109 or Form E111 which they can obtain from
their home health insurance company. Upon presentation of this form at one of the local
health insurance companies the holder will be presented a Certificate of Sickness
Insurance called a Krankenschein. This certificate must be presented to the doctor,
dentist or at a hospital. If you fail to do so you will be expected to pay in cash. At the same
time, you will be given a Krankenversicherungsnachweis which you will need for
registration at the university. Further information can be found in the Welcome-Guide
which either your SOCRATES Student Advisor will give you on arrival in Stuttgart or which
you will receive from Ms. Burger at the Office of International Affairs.
Visiting Students from the USA, Canada, Australia and other non-EU-Citizens:
The local health insurance companies in Stuttgart can exempt you from the compulsory
insurance providing you can demonstrate that you have equivalent coverage from a health
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insurance in your own country. However, to avoid financial difficulties because you will be
expected to pay cash straight away and then claim from your own insurance company
yourself, we urgently recommend that you obtain a low-priced health insurance for
students in Stuttgart. It costs about DM 95 per month and covers medical treatment by a
doctor (inclusively dentist) as well as hospital treatment. This insurance also has the
advantage that you do not have to pay for treatment in advance because the insurance
company settles directly with the doctor. Further information can be found in the
Welcome-Guide which you will receive from Ms. Burger at the Office of International
Affairs or from your SOCRATES Student Advisor.
The health insurance for students takes effect at the beginning of the Winter Semester (1
October) or the Summer Semester (1 April). Therefore we recommend that students
participating in the German Intensive Course purchase a travel sickness insurance in
their home country for the month of September or March respectively.
Medical Care
German universities do not provide medical service on campus. Like all other persons with
health insurance, students have a free choice among those doctors who have been
registered by the health insurance company. As mentioned under the paragraph Health
Insurance, health insurance companies that offer sickness insurance for students settle
directly with the doctor, dentist or hospital.
If a student has a psychological problem, it is possible to receive assistance from the
Psychological Consulting Service of the Student Union Psychologische
Beratungsdienst des Studentenwerks free of charge. The address can be found in the
Welcome-Guide or can be obtained from the Office of International Affairs.
Public Transport
Public transport in the Stuttgart region is very good so it is not essential to have a car.
There is an extensive underground system called the S-Bahn, a streetcar system, the UBahn, and buses. The airport is about thirty minutes away from the Hauptbahnhof by SBahn. It takes about ten minutes on foot to reach the City Centre Campus from the
Hauptbahnhof or the stop called Stadtmitte. The S-Bahn stops in the middle of the
Vaihingen Campus. This stop is called Universität. It is ten minutes away from the
Hauptbahnhof on the S1 heading for Herrenberg or the S2 and S3 heading for Vaihingen
or Flughafen. Students who live on the campus in Ludwigsburg take the S4 heading for
Marbach and get off at the station Favoritepark. The S-Bahn ride takes 20 minutes and
requires a ticket with three zones. The dormitories in Ludwigsburg are five minutes away
from the S-Bahn station Favoritepark. Students who have lectures on both the City Centre
Campus and the one in Vaihingen should purchase a Semester Ticket,
Semesterfahrkarte, which is valid for the whole semester and costs about DM 290 (two
zones). Further information is available at The Office of International Affairs.
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Banking
Cash is still frequently used in Germany. Credit cards (Mastercard, Visa etc.) are not
accepted everywhere. You should always check before you order your meal etc., and
make sure that you have sufficient cash with you.
All visiting students need a bank account because rent for a dormitory room can only be
paid for by standing order. The SOCRATES Student Advisor or The Office of International
Affairs can assist you in choosing a suitable bank. Tips can also be found in the Welcome
Guide.
Telephoning
The code for phoning Stuttgart from abroad is as follows: ++49-711-phone number
(++ = the dialling code for a foreign country; 49 = the area code for Germany; 711 = the
local dialling code, e.g. Stuttgart)
If you are phoning within Germany add a 0 to the local dialling code e.g. Stuttgart would
be: 0711 + phone number
If you are dialling a number in Stuttgart from within Stuttgart you do not need the local
area code. To phone from a public telephone box you will need DM 0,20 (2 x 10
Pfennige). Telephone Cards are available priced DM 12 or DM 50. There is a telephone
on each floor in the dormitory. You can also have your own telephone in your dormitory
room. We recommend that you buy a telephone yourself at a cost of about DM 50
depending upon the model chosen. The TELEKOM charges around DM 30 per month for
the connection. This is in addition to the charges for the individual calls.
The City of Stuttgart
Stuttgart, which is the state capital of Baden-Württemberg, has a population of about
560.000. Stuttgart lies in a basin. The lowest point is the River Neckar, which is about 200
metres above sea-level, and the highest is at Stuttgart-Vaihingen at approx. 550 metres.
Stuttgart is the cultural centre of the State of Baden-Württemberg with a wealth of theatres
and concert halls. It is also the home of the world-famous ballet and there are museums
and art-galleries as well as academies of music and art. "Miss Saigon" is being performed
in one of the music halls and “Beauty and the Beast” in the other. Every year thousands
come from far and near to enjoy the Cannstatter Volksfest, a public festival with a huge
amusement park which takes place at the end of September on the common called the
Cannstatter Wasen. In the course of time this festival has become second only to the
Oktoberfest in Munich.
Stuttgart is also one of the largest agriculture, fruit and viticulture centres in the Federal
Republic. Many of the most renown companies like Mercedes-Benz and Bosch have
factories here. In addition, there are numerous smaller companies involved in the
production of machine tools, textiles and clothes, precision instruments, food and luxury
items. There are also companies that specialise in woodworking, leather processing and
making shoes or musical instruments as well as a number of large breweries. There is
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also a small paper and chemical industry. Over 300 publishing houses and a highly
developed graphic industry has given Stuttgart the reputation of being Germany's "Book
Town" No 1.
Climate
The climate in Stuttgart is moderate and the average annual temperature is 10 °C. The
relatively warm summers and mild winters are characteristic of the Stuttgart climate.
However, it is quite possible that the temperature in winter will go far below freezing-point
which makes it necessary to have winter clothes as well as rainproof clothing.
How to get to Stuttgart-Vaihingen
By train:
You will arrive at the Central Railway Station in Stuttgart called Hauptbahnhof. Buy a
ticket at one of the orange ticket machines: 2 zones (about DM 3,50). Go to the S-Bahn
station which is on the bottom floor. Take the S-Bahn S1 travelling in the direction of
Herrenberg or the S2 or S3 travelling in the direction of Vaihingen or Flughafen. Get off at
the stop marked Universität. Take the exit Universitätszentrum. See the map of
Vaihingen for further assistance.
By plane:
In the Arrival Hall at Stuttgart Airport you will see the sign directing you to the S-Bahn. It is
a white S on a green background. Buy a ticket at one of the orange ticket machines: 2
zones (DM 3,30). Go to the S-Bahn station which is on the bottom floor. Take the S-Bahn
S2 going in the direction of Schorndorf or the S3 travelling in the direction of Backnang.
Get off at the stop marked Universität. Take the exit Universitätszentrum. See the map of
Vaihingen for further assistance.
By car:
If you are arriving from Munich or Karlsruhe, take the motorway A 8 to Stuttgarter Kreuz.
Then, follow the sign to the City Centre Zentrum/Vaihingen via the A 831/B 14 till the exit
showing Universität. Turn left at the first traffic light and you are now in the
Universitätsstrasse. See the map of Vaihingen for further details.
If you are arriving from Zurich/Singen, take the A 81/A 831 till the exit Universität. Turn left
at the first traffic light and you are now in the Universitätsstrasse. See the map of
Vaihingen for further details.
If you are arriving from Mannheim/Heilbronn, take the A 6/A 81 till you reach
Autobahndreieck Leonberg. Then take the motorway A 8 in the direction of Munich until
you reach the Stuttgarter Kreuz. Follow the sign to the City Centre Zentrum/Vaihingen via
the
A 831/B 14 till the exit showing Universität. Turn left at the first traffic light and you are
now in the Universitätsstrasse. See the map of Vaihingen for further details.
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How to get to the dormitories in Ludwigsburg
By train:
You will arrive at the Central Railway Station in Stuttgart called Hauptbahnhof. Buy a
ticket at one of the orange ticket machines: 3 zones (about DM 5). Go to the S-Bahn
station which is on the bottom floor. Take the S-Bahn S4 travelling in the direction of
Marbach. Get off at the stop called Favoritepark. The dormitories are 5 minutes away
from this S-Bahn stop on the left hand side of the track in the travelling direction of the
train.
By car:
If you are arriving from Munich or Karlsruhe, take the motorway A 8 till you reach the
Autobahndreieck Leonberg. Then take the A 6/A 81 (direction Heilbronn) till the exit
showing Ludwigsburg Nord. If you are arriving from Mannheim/Heilbronn, take the A 6/A
81 till you reach the exit showing Ludwigsburg Nord. Turn right (direction Ludwigsburg) at
the first traffic light and you are now on the B 27. Follow the B 27 for about 4 km till you
pass under a bridge. Then turn left into the Reutteallee (follow the sign "Hochschulen").
See the map of Ludwigsburg for further details.
How to get to the Office of International Affairs
By train:
You will arrive at the Central Railway Station in Stuttgart called Hauptbahnhof. It takes 5
minutes to walk from the station to The Office of International Affairs. Take the
Lautenschlagerstraße, turn right into the Kronenstraße which is crossed by the
Friedrichstraße. Take the pedestrian crossing and turn left into the Friedrichstraße. After
50 m turn right into the Geschwister-Scholl-Straße. The entrance to No. 24 is on the right
side opposite a furniture store called „Interio“. You will find The Office of International
Affairs on 1st floor.
By plane:
In the Arrival Hall at Stuttgart Airport you will see the sign directing you to the S-Bahn. It is
a white S on a green background. Buy a ticket at one of the orange ticket machines: 2
zones (about DM 3,50). Go to the S-Bahn station which is on the bottom floor. Take any
S-Bahn (S2 or the S3). Get off at the stop marked Hauptbahnhof. Take the exit
Kronenstraße. See map for further details. The entrance to the Geschwister-Scholl-Str.
No. 24 is on the right side opposite a furniture store called „Interio“. You will find The
Office of International Affairs on 1st floor.
By car:
If you are arriving from Munich or Karlsruhe, take the motorway A 8 to Stuttgarter Kreuz.
Then, follow the sign to the City Centre Zentrum via the A 831/B 14. Follow the B 14 until
downtown Stuttgart and then follow the sign to the Hauptbahnhof (central railway station).
See map for further details.
If you are arriving from Zurich/Singen, take the A 81/A 831 which changes into B 14.
Follow the B 14 until downtown Stuttgart and then follow the sign to the Hauptbahnhof
(central railway station). See map for further details.
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If you are arriving from Mannheim/Heilbronn, take the motorway A 6/A 81 till the exit
Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. Follow the sign to the City Centre Zentrum via B 10/B 27.
About 200 m after you have passed the Hauptbahnhof (central railway station on the left)
in downtown Stuttgart turn right into Geschwister-Scholl-Straße.
What you need to think of prior to coming to Stuttgart
The following papers and documents have to be brought with you to Germany:
 Letter of Admission (Zulassungsbescheid) including a bank transaction form for the
Studentenwerk fee of DM 60.
 Housing information package including a bank form for the deposit of DM 500, see
page 14
 Your passport
 3 passport photos, see pages 8 and 13
 Visa:
Citizens of a non EU-country and non US citizens such as Australia, Canada, etc.
need a visa. Citizens of the USA and the EU do NOT need a visa to enter the country,
see page 13
 Proof of sufficient financial resources, see page 13, e.g. bank statement (a form for a
bank statement is available at the Office of International Affairs, e-mail:
incoming.visiting@ia.uni-stuttgart.de
 Students FROM EU-COUNTRIES ONLY: form E 109 or E 111 (health insurance), see
page 15
 Students FROM NON-EU-COUNTRIES ONLY coming in September or March: travel
sickness insurance, see page 15
Items of practical use:
 If you arrive in Stuttgart on a Saturday/ Sunday please remember that you will not be
able to move into your dorm room. We suggest you stay at the youth hostel or at a
guest house, see page 14. For room reservations at a guest house in advance, please
ask Ms. Gertrud Burger at the Office of International Affairs or your SOCRATES
Student Advisor.
 Make sure that you have enough cash available: You will have to pay a deposit for
your room of 500 DM (see page 14) and you will need some cash (about 5 DM) for the
S-Bahn ticket from the airport to the Vaihingen campus (see page 18). Most ticket
machines accept 10 and 20 DM notes.
 Do not forget to bring your sleeping bag (bed linen is not provided in the student
dorms), clothing for rainy and cold weather (climate see page 18) and any medicine
you might regularly need to take.
 For all electrical appliances you will need a 220 volt adapter.
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Welcome to Stuttgart and we hope
that you have a very pleasant and
rewarding stay.
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B.
Information for Students in Business Administration
1.
Business Administration with a Technical Orientation
This specific field of study has been taught ever since it was first established in the Winter
Semester 1974/75. The Universität Stuttgart is the only university in all of Germany
offering this unique course of studies with additional training in technical subjects.
Students of any level do have to take classes during their Stage 1 Studies
(‘Grundstudium’) and Stage 2 Studies (‘Hauptstudium’)1 to enlarge their knowledge with
basic features from technical subjects. Experience has shown that this additional
qualification is largely sought for by companies intending to employ business school
graduates. The Management School has been able to successfully establish courses in
connection with some of the most famous Stuttgart institutes of the School of Engineering.
Besides the subjects of Business Administration, Economics and Jurisprudence, Stage 1
students do have to take classes with the School of Engineering which are an important
part of their study design. As Stage 2 students they do have to choose one technical
subject as their major out of a group of nine possible subjects (Building and Construction,
Electrical Engineering, Energy Engineering, Production Engineering, Informatics, Vehicle
Engineering, Logistics, Process Engineering, Transport and Communications).
Not only companies have realised the immense value of these interdisciplinary studies but
students have, too. The numbers for registration at the School of Management have been
steadily increasing. 1200 students make the “technically oriented" Business Administration
Studies one of the most important ones at Stuttgart University together with Aerospace
Engineering and Computer Science ranked fifth just behind Mechanical Engineering,
Architecture, Electrical Engineering as well as Building and Construction Engineering.
Each Winter Semester approximately 200 beginners are registered.
The departments who are presently teaching Business Administration are listed below:
 Department I: Business Administration and Human Resource Management
(Prof. Dr. K.-F. Ackermann)
 Department II: Business Administration and Organisational Design
(Prof. Dr. M. Reiß)
 Department III: Business Administration and Finance
(n.n.)
 Department IV: Business Administration, Strategic Management and Corporate
Planning
(Prof. Dr. E. Zahn)
 Department V: Business Administration and Management Accounting
(Prof. Dr. P. Horváth)
 Department VI: Business Administration, Business-to-Business Marketing and
Purchasing
(Prof. Dr. U. Arnold)
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 Department VII: Business Administration and Applied Business Informatics
(Prof. Dr. H. Heilmann)
 Department VIII: Business Administration and R&D Management
(Prof. Dr. H.D. Bürgel)
Additionally, academic and non-academic lectures, seminars and courses are offered
together with study trips to companies and an immense amount of papers, Ph.D. theses
and research projects contribute highly to a fundamentally well based and very profound
education.
2.
ECTS-Coordinators
For all sorts of questions or problems concerning the field of study as such or any part of
its content you may contact any of the two coordinators at the Institute for Management
Studies who will be happy to help you out :
Dipl.-Kfm. Claus Herbst
Dipl.-Kffr. Silke Münter
Universität Stuttgart
Universität Stuttgart
BWI, Abt. IV
BWI, Abt. VI
Keplerstr. 17
Keplerstr. 17
70174 Stuttgart
70174 Stuttgart
Phone: +49 711 121 3471
Phone: +49 711 121 3167
Fax:
+49 711 121 3191
Fax:
+49 711 121 3131
e-mail: claus.herbst@po.uni-stuttgart.de e-mail: silke.muenter@po.uni-stuttgart.de
Web-pages:
 General information about the Universität Stuttgart:
http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/
 Information about the Business School:
http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/bwi/
 Information for exchange students:
Erasmus at: http://gandalf.bwi.uni-stuttgart.de/
3.
Information for all ERASMUS Exchange Students at the Business
School
The ERASMUS programme supports the exchange of students throughout Europe on a
basis of acknowledging academic work that has been credited at the foreign/ exchange
university for their study at the home university.
However, German universities differ quite a lot from the system and courses you are used
to at your home university. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary that you try to get all the
information you need mostly by yourself. This means, for example, that you select the
courses you will have to take according to your home university from the large choice that
we provide and that you will have to figure out your own time-table. Which course you
would like to choose is completely up to you. You may choose those courses which you
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like most. There are separate agreements between your individual home universities and
the Universität Stuttgart on the number of courses and credits that you need. For more
information on what you need please ask your own university/ advisor before your stay in
Stuttgart.
While planning a year abroad or during your stay at a university abroad a lot of questions
or problems may arise which other students have also experienced and solved
successfully. Therefore, each ERASMUS exchange student in Stuttgart will be given the
name and address of a student from the Universität Stuttgart who will then be able to
assist you whenever necessary to make your stay and life easier for you.
4.
Information about the European Credit Transfer System at the
Business School
After your arrival in Stuttgart you will be provided with the courses you can choose and we
will also assist you with arranging your time-table successfully. We would, however, be
very pleased if you figured out an agreement with your home university on what you
should take part in, how many credits you need and so on before arriving here (Learning
Agreement).
The European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) will be the basis for transferring our marks
into marks and credits that you will need. We will differentiate between the amount of work
on the one side and the key to transfer the credits on the other. ECTS defines the
workload of a German student with 60 credits per year. You will find the detailed
correlation between the individual course and the credits you will be given in PART C. Our
crediting system usually follows the modes listed below: (SWS = weekly hours per
semester)
 3.5 credits for 2 SWS Lecture (L) with an additional exam
 7.5 credits for 2 SWS Exercise (E) or Seminar (S)
You may find the table helpful for the credit transfer and the grades in your system
German
Grades
1,0
1,3
1,7
2,0
2,3
2,7
3,0
3,3
3,7
4,0
4,0
5,0
5,0
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A
A
B
B
B
C
C
C
D
D
E
FX
F
French
Grades
>18
17,9 - 17
16,9 - 16
15,9 - 15
14,9 - 14
13,9 - 13
12,9 - 12
11,9 - 11
10,9 - 10
9,9 - 9
8,9 - 8
<8
<8
British
Grades
>73 %
73 - 70 %
69 - 68 %
67 - 65 %
64 - 62 %
61 - 60 %
59 - 58 %
57 - 56 %
55 - 51 %
50 - 47 %
46 - 40 %
39 - 35 %
< 35 %
Finnish
Grades
5
4
3
2
1
0
0
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5.
Information for EMBS Students
The European Master of Business Sciences (EMBS) programme is a carefully designed
scheme of study leading to a qualification of Master's standard. An integral part of the
programme is a study year abroad.
The scheme is collectively administered by a consortium of European universities and
business schools and aims to meet the requirements for the academic education of
business and management graduates in Europe. Close cooperation between the
institutions involved and a jointly agreed programme structure provides a programme of
academic excellence, leading to full competence in another community language and an
in-depth understanding of the business environment and culture of other European
countries.
Unlike MBA programmes, the EMBS scheme is not aimed at graduates in other disciplines
or practising managers, but at high calibre students who have completed the initial part of
a business and management degree scheme at one of the participating institutions. There
is ample evidence that the specific skills, insights and experience which the EMBS
programme provides are much in demand in the European employment markets.
Successful completion of the scheme also offers the possibility of studying for higher
degrees, including doctoral programmes.
The programme was established in the 1980's, and the first EMBS certificates were
awarded in 1992. The number of places available is strictly limited and there is very strong
competition for them.
The following institutions are members of the EMBS consortium:
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Universität Wien, Austria
Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Brest, France
Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Clermont, France
Ecole Supérieure de Commerce Le Havre-Caen, France
Institut d'Administration des Entreprises, Université de Lyon, France
Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Montpellier, France
Institut d'Etudes Commerciales Supérieures de Strasbourg, France
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Germany
Universität Mannheim, Germany
Universität Regensburg, Germany
Universität Stuttgart, Germany
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
Universidad de Cordoba, Spain
Universidad de Granada, Spain
Aston University, Birmingham, UK
The University of Birmingham, UK
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
University of Reading, UK
University of Wales Swansea, UK
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Structure of the Scheme
The qualifying stage of the scheme is spent at what is referred to as a student's -'home
institution'. This is the university or business school at which a candidate is provided with
the basic grounding in business related subjects. At the Austrian and German universities
this stage is completed with the 'Vordiplom'/'Erste Diplomprüfung' examinations. At French
business schools it encompasses the 'Classes Préparatoires' and the first year of study,
while at UK universities it corresponds to the first two years of a Bachelor's degree
scheme.
Only the top 30% of students who have successfully completed this stage are eligible to
be considered as candidates for the second stage, the EMBS programme as such. This
includes a mandatory study period of at least one academic year abroad.
EMBS candidates are required to complete a total of 7 modules. Each module amounts to
the workload of approximately a third of an academic year - i.e. represents 20 ECTS
credits - and the courses involved are structured so as to allow a candidate to complete a
module within a single academic year. A module in European Affairs and a project paper
are compulsory for all candidates.
In addition, candidates select 5 subject modules from the following 9 options available:
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Accountancy
Business Informatics
Economics
Finance
General and Strategic Management
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Human Resources Management
Marketing
Production
Quantitative Methods
The descriptions of the subject modules available are listed below. Also included are
details of the minimum requirements for completing a module.
Codification of Course Title
Courses
Type SWS Credits
1. Accountancy
H 5 W S 05 a Management Oriented Accounting
L
2
3,5
H 6 S S 05 b Coordination of Planning
L
1
1,75
H 6 S S 05 c Information Supply Management
L
1
1,75
H 6 S S 05 d Management Accounting: Exercise
E
2
7,5
H 7 W S 05 e Budgeting
L
2
3,5
H 7 W S 05 f Management Accounting Seminar
S
2
7,5
H 8 S S 05 g Internal Auditing
L
1
1,75
H 8 S S 05 h External Auditing
L
2
3,5
H 8 S S 05 i Market-oriented Cost-Management
L
1
1,75
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2. Business Informatics
H 5 W S 07 a Structures of Hardware, Software and Networks
L+E
2+2
6,5
H 6 S S 07 b Information and Communication Systems Design I L+E
2+2
3,5
H 6 S S 07 e Project Management
L
2
3,5
H 7 W S 07 c Information and Communication Systems Design II L
2
3,5
H 7 W S 07 d Applied Business Informatics Seminar
S
2
7,5
H 7 W S 07 f Information Management
L
2
3,5
H 7 W S 07 e Project Management
L
2
7,5
H 8 S S 07 d Applied Business Informatics Seminar
S
2
7,5
H 5 W V 09 b Economic Policy II
L
2
3,5
H 6 S V 09 c Environmental Policy
L
2
3,5
H 6 S V 09 d Economic Systems
L
2
3,5
H 6 S V 09 e Regional and Industrial Economics
L
2
3,5
H 6 S V 09 f International Economics
L
2
3,5
H 6 S V 09 g Seminar in Economic Policy
S
2
7,5
H 7 W V 09 h Social Policy
L
2
3,5
H 7 W V 09 i Fiscal Policy
L
2
3,5
H 7 W V 09 f International Economics
L
2
3,5
H 7 W V 09 g Seminar in Economic Policy
S
2
7,5
H 5 W V 10 a Research and Innovation
L or E 2 or 2 3,5 or7,5
H 6 S V 10 b Diffusion of Innovation
L or E 2 or 2 3,5 or7,5
H 6 S V 10 c Seminar in Diffusion of Innovation
S
3. Economics
2
7,5
H 7 W V 10 d Technological Integration and Structural Evolution L or E 2 or 2 3,5 or7,5
H 7 W V 10 e Innovation and International Trade
L
2
3,5
H 8 S V 10 f Government Research and Technology Policy
L
2
3,5
H 8 S V 10 g Technology Assessment
L or E 2 or 2 3,5 or7,5
H 4 S V 13 a Basics of Economic Theory (Economic Policy I)
L+E
2
7,5
H 5 W V 13 b Business Cycles and Employment
L+E
2+2
3,5+7,5
H 5 W V 13 c Competition: Theory and Policy
L+E
2+2
3,5+7,5
H 6 S V 13 d Money and Inflation
L+E
2+2
3,5+7,5
H 6 S V 13 e Economic Growth and Technical Change
L+E
2+2
3,5+7,5
H 6 S V 13 f Distribution
L+E
2+2
3,5+7,5
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H 7 W V 13 g Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
L+E
2+2
3,5+7,5
H 7 W V 13 h External Economic Relations
L+E
2+2
3,5+7,5
H 5 W S 03 a Capital Budgeting
L
2
3,5
H 5 W S 03 b International Financial Management
L
4
7
H 6 S S 03 c Theory of Investment
L
2
3,5
H 5 W S 03 d Exercise on Financial Management
E
2
7,5
H 6 S S 03 e Seminar on Financial Management
S
2
7,5
H 5 W V 11 a Public Finance
L+E
3+1
5,25+3,5
H 6 S V 11 b General Tax Theory
L+E
2+2
3,5+7,5
H 8 S V 11 c Public Enterprises
S
2
7,5
H 5 W A 00 b Management Accounting and Treasury
L
3
5,25
H 5 W A 00 a Exercises for General Management Studies
E
2
7,5
H 6 S A 00 c Integrated R&D-/Personnel Management
L
3
5,25
H 6 S A 00 a Exercises for General Management Studies
E
2
7,5
H 8 S A 00 d Decision-Making Processes and Information
Systems
L
3
5,25
H 7 W A 00 e Seminar in Business Administration
S
2
7,5
H 7 W A 00 f Management of Critical Success Factors
L
3
5,25
H 8 S A 00 e Seminar on Business Administration
S
2
7,5
H 5 W S 02 a Integrated Organisational Design and Human
Resource Management
L+E
2+2
3,5+7,5
H 6 S S 02 b Strategy Oriented Organisational Design
L+E
2+2
3,5+7,5
H 7 W S 02 c Information Systems for Organisational Design
L
2
3,5
H 7 W S 02 d Organisational Seminar
S
2
7,5
H 5 W S 04 a Management of Complex Systems
L
1
1,75
H 5 W S 04 b Planning Techniques
L
1
1,75
H 6 S S 04 c Operative Planning/Management
L
2
3,5
H 7 W S 04 d Operations Research
E
2
7,5
H 7 W S 04 e Strategic Planning/ Management
L
2
3,5
H 7 W S 04 f System Dynamics
E
2
7,5
H 7 W S 04 g Project Planning/ Management
E
2
7,5
4. Financial Management
5. General and Strategic Management
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H 8 S S 04 h Seminar in Strategic Planning
S
2
7,5
H 8 S S 04 i Seminar in System Dynamics
S
2
7,5
H 5 W S 08 a R&D-Controlling
L
2
3,5
H 6 S S 08 b R&D-Management
L
2
3,5
H 6 S S 08 c Training-Course on Basic Instruments of R&DControlling
E
2
7,5
H 6 S S 08 d Training-Course on Basic Instruments of R&DProject-Management
E
2
7,5
H 7 W S 08 e R&D-Project-Management
L
2
3,5
H 7 W S 08 f R&D-Management Seminar
S
2
7,5
H 8 S S 08 g Technology- and Innovation-Management
L
2
3,5
H 5 W S 01 a Human Resource Planning and Budgeting
L
2
3,5
H 5 W S 01 b Motivation & Behaviour Management
L
1
1,75
H 5 W S 01 d Human Resource Development and Career
Planning
L+E
1+1
1,75+
3,75
H 6 S S 01 e Frame Work of Working-Time Schemes and
Attended Time
L
2
3,5
H 6 S S 01 f Compensation Management
L
2
3,5
H 6 S S 01 g Human Resource Leadership
L
1
3,5
H 6 S S 01 h Human Resource Management Case Studies
E
2
7,5
H 6 S S 01 d Human Resource Development and Career
Planning
L
1
1,75
H 6 S S 01 i HR Management Business Game
E
2
7,5
H 7 W S 01 j Human Resource Management in Small and
Medium-Sized Enterprises
L
1
1,75
H 7 W S 01 k Human Resource Management Seminar
S
2
7,5
H 5 W S 06 a Business-to-Business Marketing
L
2
3,5
H 5 W S 06 b Marketing Practice
E
2
7,5
H 6 S S 06 c Industrial Purchasing
L
2
3,5
H 6 S S 06 d International Marketing
L
2
3,5
H 6 S S 06 e Marketing Practice
E
2
7,5
H 7 W S 06 f Marketing Research
L
2
3,5
H 7 W S 06 g Marketing Seminar
S
2
7,5
6. Human Resource Management
7. Marketing
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8. Production
H 5 W T 14 a Human Factors I
L
2
3,5
H 5 W T 14 b Technology Management
L
2
3,5
H 5 W T 14 c Simultaneous Engineering and Project
Management
L
2
3,5
H 5 W T 14 d Basics of Machine Tools
L
4
7
H 6 S T 14 f Industrial Management I
L+E
2+1
3,5+3,5
H 6 S T 14 g Factory Planning I
L
2
3,5
H 6 S T 14 h Human Factors II
L
2
3,5
H 6 S T 14 i Technology Assessment
L
2
3,5
H 7 W T 14 j Factory Planning II
L
2
3,5
H 7 W T 14 k Industrial Management II
L+E
2+1
3,5+3,5
H 7 W S 04 d System Dynamics
E
2
7,5
H 7 W S 04 d Operations Research
E
2
7,5
H 7 W T 15 m Simultaneous Engineering
L+E
3+1
5,25+3,5
H 8 S T 15 n Application of Computers in Manufacturing
Technology - Master Control Technology
L+E
1+1
1,75+3,5
H 8 S T 16 o Planning Methods in Energy Economics
L+E
2+1
3,5+3,5
H 5 W T 14 e Steering Technique I
L
2
3,5
1+1
1,75+3,5
9. Quantitative Methods
H 7 W T 14 l CAM, CAP, CAD/NC - Automation of Technological L+E
Information - Flow I
10. Europäische Integration (European Affairs)
Languages (up to a maximum of 10 credits)
H 5 W A 00 a Exercises for General Management Studies
E
2
7,5
H 7 W A 00 e Seminar on Business Administration
S
2
7,5
H 5 W S 03 b International Financial Management
L
4
7
H 7 W R 12 a Principles of the Law of Public Economic
Administration
L
2
3,5
H 7 W R 12 b Law of Unfair Competition and Antitrust Law
L
2
3,5
H 6 S V 09 f International Economics
L+E
2
3,5+7,5
H 6 S S 06 d International Marketing
L
2
3,5
H 7 W V 13 h External Economic Relations
L+E
2+2
3,5+7,5
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At most two modules can be in the same subject area. European Affairs and at least two
of the other modules must be completed at a 'host institution' in another language area.
Modules are assessed on a five grade scale agreed by all institutions. Candidates are
generally not permitted to re-sit any of the examinations involved.
The Qualification
Successful candidates are awarded the consortium's EMBS Certificate. For outstanding
candidates this may be awarded 'with merit' or, in exceptional cases, 'with distinction'. The
Certificate is accompanied by an Academic Report which contains details of the modules
taken and the marks obtained. In parallel the respective home institutions grant nationally
recognised academic degrees to their students.
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C.
Course Catalogue
1.
Explanation of Terms
1.1
Information about the Description of Syllabus and Courses offered
Semester:
Type:
1/WS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+1
--
Examination: written
Credits:
6
Semester:
recommended semester:
WS
= Winter Semester
SS
= Summer Semester
Type:
L
E
S
Examination:
written
= written exam (Klausur)
assign.
= assignment + oral presentation (Referat)
writ. + assign. = assignment + oral presentation plus written exam
(Referat und Klausur)
arrangement = exam by arrangement (Prüfung auf Anfrage)
Credits:
Number of credits
The credit system is based on 60 credits per academic year.
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= Exercise (Übung)
= Seminar (Seminar)
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1.2
Codification of Courses
1. Variable: course level
G = Grundstudium (Stage 1 Studies)
H = Hauptstudium (Stage 2 Studies)
2. Variable:
recommended semester level (first, second,...)
3. Variable:
W = Wintersemester (Winter Semester)
S = Sommersemester (Summer Semester)
4. Variable: subjects/ fields
P = Propädeutika (Preparatory Courses)
B = Betriebswirtschaftslehre im Grundstudium (Business Studies/
Stage 1 Studies)
V = Volkswirtschaftslehre (Economics)
R = Recht (Jurisprudence)
A = Allg. Betriebswirtschaftslehre im Hauptstudium (General
Management Studies/ Stage 2 Studies)
S = Spez. Betriebswirtschaftslehre im Hauptstudium (Special Field of
Management/ Stage 2 Studies)
T = Techn. Schwerpunktfächer im Haupstudium (Courses in
Engineering, Science/ Stage 2 Studies)
5. Variable: department codification
00 = Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre (General Management
Studies)
01 = Personalmanagement (Human Resource Management)
02 = Organisation (Organisational Design)
03 = Finanzwirtschaft (Finance)
04 = Planung (Strategic Planning and Corporate Management)
05 = Controlling (Management Accounting)
06 = Marketing (Business-to-Business Marketing and Purchasing)
07 = Wirtschaftsinformatik (Business Informatics)
08 = F&E Management (Research and Development)
09 = Wirtschaftspolitik (Economic Theory)
10 = Innovationsökonomik (Innovation Economics)
11 = Finanzwissenschaft (Public Finance)
12 = Recht (Jurisprudence)
13 = Allgemeine Volkswirtschaftslehre (General Economics)
14 = Fertigungstechnik (Manufacturing Engineering)
15 = Logistik (Logistics)
16 = Energietechnik (Power Engineering)
6. Variable: index
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2.
Syllabus of Stage 1 Studies
2.1
Structure of Stage 1 Studies
This field of study named "technically oriented" Business Administration consists of two
major parts: the first ends with a pre-diploma examination and the second one with the
final diploma examination; each part takes 4 semesters.
The Stage 1 Studies are designed to introduce students to the basics of the subjects of
Business Administration and Management, Engineering/ Science and Jurisprudence in
order to help them choose their majors for the Stage 2 Studies. Stage 1 Studies start each
Winter Semester.
The following subjects are compulsory [the weekly hours per semester (=SWS) are given
in brackets]:





Preparatory Courses (19 SWS)
Business Studies (18 SWS)
Economics (14 SWS)
Technical Subjects (17 SWS)
Jurisprudence (12 SWS)
The Stage 1 Studies end with the pre-diploma examination usually after 4 semesters. As
soon as the student is registered at the examination office as having passed all the
demanded exams he will be given his pre-diploma certification. The technical subjects
demand one two-hour written exam each while all other subjects demand two two-hour
written exams. You can take the exams in all subjects immediately at the end of each
semester right after the course has finished.
2.2
Preparatory Courses
G1WP00a Financial Accounting (Finanzbuchhaltung)
History, tasks, legal norms, forms of bookkeeping and double entry bookkeeping, entries
of bookkeeping for goods and service companies, closing of accounts, special cases of
bookkeeping (e.g. merger, reconstruction, preventive composition, bankruptcy).
Semester:
Type:
1/WS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+1
--
Examination: written
Credits:
6
G1WP00b
Mathematics I for Business Students
(Mathematik I für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler)
Analysis (inequations, mathematics for finance, sequences and series, functions,
differential calculus and extreme value calculus (within one and many variables), integral
calculus).
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
1/WS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+2
--
Examination: written
Credits:
8
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G1WP00c
Statistics I for Business Students
(Statistik I für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler)
Basic statistical terms, tasks of statistical calculus, parameters of frequencies, statistical
parameters, relatives, index numbers, time series analysis, probability calculus.
Semester:
Type:
1/WS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+2
--
Examination: written
Credits:
8
G2SP00d
Mathematics II for Business Students
(Mathematik II für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler)
Linear algebra (linear equations, vectors, matrix), differential calculus, differences.
Semester:
Type:
2/SS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+2
--
Examination: written
Credits:
8
G2SP00e
Statistics II for Business Students
(Statistik II für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler)
Probability calculus (cont.), parameter estimation, testing statistical hypotheses, linear
regression, spot checks and statistical errors, outlook on further statistical questions.
Semester:
Type:
2.3
2/SS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+2
--
Examination: written
Credits:
8
Business/ Management Studies
G1WB00a
Introduction to Decision-Oriented Business Administration
(Einführung in die Betriebswirtschaftslehre)
Study purpose and course content of Business Administration; decisions in private
enterprises and public institutions; models of rational decision-making, methods and
techniques of decision-making; illustrative application possibilities: constitutive decisions
(corporate targets and strategies; organisational charts, etc.): level-oriented decisions
(foundation, growth, crisis and liquidation), function-oriented decisions (perspectives of
longitudinal- and cross-section functions of enterprises); methods of applicable Business
Administration in scientific research.
Semester:
Type:
1/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
4
G3WB00b Cost Accounting (Kosten und Leistungsrechnung)
Accounting as foundation of cost accounting; subject, concept and goal of cost
accounting; cost finding and cost allocation (cost type-, cost centre-, job order cost
accounting); costing systems based on full cost (effective and budgeted cost); costing
systems based on portion of overall cost (effective and budgeted cost).
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
2/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination
Credits:
arrangement
4
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G3WB00c Cost Accounting (Kosten und Leistungsrechnung)
Accounting as foundation of cost accounting; subject, concept and goal of cost
accounting; cost finding and cost allocation (cost type-, cost centre-, job order cost
accounting); costing systems based on full cost (effective and budgeted cost); costing
systems based on portion of overall cost (effective and budgeted cost).
Semester:
Type:
3/WS
E
Hours per Week: 1
Examination: arrangement
Prerequisites:
G2WB00b Credits:
2
G3WB00d Financial Reporting (Bilanzierung)
Tasks, aims, nature and format of the balance sheet; accounting principles, valuation
(standards of valuation by commercial law and law of taxation); balance sheet analysis
and balance sheet ratios; accounting theories.
Semester:
Type:
3/WS
L. + E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
6
G3WB00e
Primary Functions in Business Administration
(Leistungswirtschaftliche Funktionen)
Purchasing and Marketing: objectives of marketing, basics of business transactions,
transaction cost theory, existence of trading companies; subfunctions and decision
problems of Business Administration, subfunctions of marketing, marketing concepts,
marketing instruments.
Production: production systems as objects of production management; aims and tasks of
production management; basics of production and cost theory; strategic challenges for
production; need for decision-making in strategic and operative production management;
basics for environmentally friendly production.
Semester:
Type:
3/WS
L. + E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
6
G4SB00f
Introduction to Information Management
(Einführung in das Informationsmanagement)
Contents and methods of applied business informatics. Providing information within
companies. Targets and tasks of information management. Hard- and software as
technologies in iInformation management. Classes of computers, decentralisation; types
of software, individually developed or standard software. Design, implementation and
control of integrated information systems: components and fields of integration through
examples. Information and software engineering: design, development and maintenance
of information systems and their innovation. Project management, quality assurance and
ergonomic aspects of design. Data privacy protection and system security; economic
information processing.
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
4/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
2
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G4SB00g
Human Resource Management and Organisational Design
(Personalmanagement und Organisationsgestaltung)
Human Resource Management: basic concepts and change in meaning; prime targets
and contributions to competitive abilities of enterprises; current and future priorities;
representatives in HR management; importance and function of HR departments as
service carriers; decentralisation programmes; computer-based HR management;
efficiency measurement; possibilities and limits of scientific consolidation; interrelations
between HR management and organisational design.
Organisational Design: integration and subdivision of organisational design, organisational
charts, processes of organisation; centre-concepts; matrix organisation; coordinating
body; context factors: strategy, personnel and technology; organisational charts in export
trade; organisational management techniques.
Semester:
Type:
4/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
4
G4SB00h Finance and Investment (Finanzierung und Investition)
Decision-making oriented markets for money, capital credits as well as capital sources to
finance enterprises. Methods for investment count.
Semester:
Type:
4/SS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
6
G4SB00i
Introduction into R&D-Management
(Einführung in das F&E-Management)
Explanation of the terms research, development, innovation, invention, technology,
technique etc.; role of R&D in the corporate value chain; importance of R&D for the
innovation process; characteristics of R&D; necessity and particularities of commercial
control of R&D; explanation of tasks of Business Administration in R&D (strategic and
operational R&D-Management, R&D-Controlling, R&D-Project-Management, Innovationand Technology-Management, Interface-Management - internally towards production and
marketing, externally towards public research).
Semester:
Type:
2.4
4/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
2
Economics
G1WV00a Introduction to Economics (Einführung in die Volkswirtschaftslehre)
Economic systems: market economies and socialist economies; introduction to
microeconomics: consumers theory and theory of the firm ; market structure and market
equilibrium, competition and innovation, economic welfare and external effects;
introduction to macroeconomics: national income and product accounts, employment and
money. Stabilisation policy, goals and instruments, the classical and the Keynesian model,
business cycles and growth.
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
1/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
4
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G1WV00b Microeconomics (Mikroökonomik)
Household theory: preferences and indifference curves, exchange relations, household
equilibrium, price and income dependent functions of demand.
Theory of production and costs: production functions, cost functions and their derivatives,
derivation of supply functions.
Theory of the market: interaction of demand and supply in different markets. Theory of
forming the prices in the polypol, oligopoly and monopoly as well as in the monopolistic
competition. Forming the prices in special markets.
Semester:
Type:
1/WS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
3+1
--
Examination: written
Credits:
8
G2SV00c
Macroeconomics I (Makroökonomik I)
Basics of the national economies: stocks, national wealth. Analysis of flows: analysis of
circulation, construction and uses of input- output- tables, input- output- analysis as a
prognostic instrument. National accounting system and related concepts. Financing
matrices, balance of payments, price indices, critics of social accounting.
Macroeconomic analysis of demand: consumption- function, investment- function,
equilibrium of the goods market in a closed economy without state, analyses of multipliers.
Semester:
Type:
2/SS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+1
--
Examination: written
Credits:
6
G3WV00d
Macroeconomics II: Income, Employment and Price Level
(Makroökonomik II)
Overall targets, methods and national patterns of thinking, employment and overall
demand: derivation of a total demand function; employment and total supply: derivation of
a total (overall) supply function; comparative-statistical efficiency analysis: total supplydemand analysis; total economic objectives in an open economy and incentives for its
control.
Semester:
Type:
2.5
4/WS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
3+2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
10
Basic Features of Jurisprudence
G1WR00a Constitutional Law (Grundzüge des Staatsrechts)
Constitutional Law: form of government, polity; state area, citizenship, supreme power;
principles of democracy; constitutional rights; universal suffrage; separation of powers.
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
1/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: written.
Credits:
4
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G2SR00b Public Law (Grundzüge des Verwaltungsrechts)
Basics of administrative law: legal administrative procedural practise and administrative
acts; system of administrative jurisdiction.
Semester:
Type:
2/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: written.
Credits:
4
G3WR00c Civil, Commercial, and Company Law I (Privatrecht I)
Civil Law: definition, kinds, and sources of law, the German civil code (BGB),
interpretation and application of law, kinds of (civil) rights, natural and artificial persons,
objects, legal transactions, declaratory acts and legal acts, set-up and end of obligations,
breach and other violations of contract, sales and work contracts, principles of unjust
enrichment and of tort, possession and property, credit securities.
Commercial and Company Law: merchants, legal protection of firms, commercial
register, firm name, principles of general trade regulations and of commercial sales
contracts, principles of company law (kinds, demarcations, establishment, representation
and liability with regard to selected companies).
Semester:
Type:
1/WS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
5+2
--
Examination: written.
Credits:
14
G4SR00d Labour Law I (Arbeitsrecht I)
Incorporation of labour law into the general legal order, social function and importance in
practice, historical development, general definitions, determinant factors.
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
4/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
2
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Stage 2 Studies
3.1
Structure of Stage 2 Studies
Prerequisite for Stage 2 Studies is the pre-diploma examination and certificate. Stage 2
Studies are designed for four semesters.
They are based on the following sections:
a.
c.
three obligatory subjects from the field of General Management and Business
Administration Studies (General Management Studies, Economics, special fields of
management),
one compulsory subject of your own choice from the fields of management studies,
sociology or jurisprudence,
one (obligatory) technical major subject.
3.2
General Management Studies
b.
H5WA00a or H6SA00a
Tutorials for General Management Studies
(Übungen zur Allgemeinen Betriebswirtschaftslehre)
Tutorials in connection with the lecture on chosen examples of general management.
Semester:
Type:
5-6/WS-SS Hours per Week:
L
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: writ. + assign.
Credits:
7,5
H5WA00b Management Accounting and Treasury (Controlling and Treasury)
Profit and liquidity orientation of companies:
The Treasury Concept: cash management and banking relations; instruments of shortterm financial funds and investment; balance sheet structure and rules for structuring debt
capital; management of operative and financial risk-situations.
The Management Accounting Concept: coordination of the planning and monitoring
system; coordination of the information supply system; organisational aspects of
management accounting; internal auditing; new tools and trends of management
accounting.
Semester:
Type:
5-6/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
3
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6SA00c
Integrated R&D-/ Personnel Management
(Integriertes F&E-/ Personal-Management)
R&D-Management: position of R&D in the product development process; R&D as cost- or
profit-centre; commercial changes in the context of R&D; commercial consequences of
different management methods of R&D; controlling instruments for R&D; cost- and
management accounting of R&D; R&D in the balance sheet and the profit and loss
statement; R&D- portfolio and strategic business units; success- and failure-factors in
R&D; efficiency and effectiveness in R&D; calculation of R&D; financing of R&D;
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information-management in R&D; Business Administration in R&D, seen under the angle
of a technician.
Personnel Management: importance of personnel management for successful R&D;
particularities of a quantitative and a qualitative personnel need planning in R&D;
personnel marketing, motivation and remuneration management for R&D personnel;
leadership and personnel development in R&D; R&D-conform work- and production-time
design; actors and organisational forms of personnel administration in R&D, models of
cooperation between R&D and personnel; the way from R&D-guided personnel
management towards innovation facilitating personnel management; possibilities and
limits of innovation-support via personnel management in the companies.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
3
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H8SA00d
Decision-making Processes and Information Systems
(Entscheidungsprozesse und Informationssysteme)
Information Systems:
1. Information Management, aims and tasks
2. Overview and detailed examples for use in the field of Business Administration
3. Integration of use of Business Administration, integration models - integration by
means of PC in process orientation
Semester:
Type:
8/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H7SA00e or H8WA00e Seminar on Business Administration (Seminar zur ABWL)
Seminar for advanced students: changing examples and topics according to the newest
subjects of interest in Business Administration.
Semester:
Type:
7-8/WS-SS Hours per Week:
L
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: assign.
Credits:
7,5
H7WA00f
Management of Critical Success Factors
(Management betriebswirtschaftlicher Erfolgsfaktoren)
(a) Integration management, quality management, cooperation management,
management of corporate cultures, management of complexity, project management,
change management.
(b) The marketing management approach and alternative concepts; explanation of
exchange relationships between economic subjects; buying decisions in business to
business marketing; planning, leading and monitoring of marketing tasks; marketing
instruments and optimisation within the marketing mix; problems of effect measurement; organisation of marketing activities.
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
7/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
3
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
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3.3
Economics
H4SV13a
Basics of Economic Theory: Economic Policy I
(Grundlagen der Wirtschaftspolitik)
Definition of Economic Policy; political systems and economic systems; social market
economy; political and economic institutions; economic and social objectives; economic
policy tools; rational economic policy and political consulting.
In addition to the lectures of Economic Policy I there will be each Winter Semester non
compulsory courses in Economic Policy.
Semester:
Type:
4/SS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3
H5WV13b Business Cycles and Employment (Konjunktur und Beschäftigung)
History of business cycles; definition and measurement of business cycles; theories of
business cycles: the models of Hicks and Goodwin, the neo-classical approach and the
neo-Keynesian model from Malinvaud. Theoretical and empirical analysis of the labour
market, fiscal policy, problems of government budget constraint and public debt.
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
6,5
H5WV13c Competition: Theory and Policy (Wettbewerb: Theorie und Politik)
Basics of competition theory: determinants, functions and concepts of competition, types
of rivalry, workable competition, the optimal intensity of competition and other concepts
(e.g. countervailing power, contestable markets) types of restraints of trade. Different
approaches and types of competition policy. Competition laws and competition policy in
Germany, US and the EU.
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
6,5
H6SV13d
Money and Inflation (Geld und Inflation)
The financial sector in the FRG; money flow and stock accounts; demand for money;
supply of money; monetary markets and the determination of the interest rate; the
transmission mechanism of monetary impulses; inflation theory and anti-inflation policy;
the instruments of the Bundesbank for monetary policy; from anticyclical to potential
output orientated monetary policy.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
6,5
H6SV13e
Economic Growth and Technical Change
(Wirtschaftswachstum und technischer Wandel)
Quantitative and qualitative economic growth: terms and measurement, equilibrium
growth, premises of growth models, growth motives (models), growth effects.
Technical change: terms, measurement, motives and effects, growth- and politically
induced consequences.
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Faculty of History, Social Sciences and EconomicsBusiness Administration
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
6,5
H6SV13f
Distribution (Verteilung)
The distribution of income and wealth; the distribution of income among factors of
production; static theory of distribution of income among factors of production; dynamic
theory of distribution of income among factors of production; distribution policy.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
6,5
H7WV13g
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
(Umwelt- und Ressourcenökonomik)
Standards: time and space; relation between the ecological and the economic system;
cycles; the environment as a public good; external effects and property rights.
Conceptions: ecological and social economy; sustainable development. Exhaustible and
renewable resources: availability, possibilities of extraction. Environmental targets and
standards; principles of environmental policy; governing structures (market, government,
negotiations, elections) and modes of internalising (taxes, property rights); measures and
methods to reach sustainable development
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
6,5
H7WV13h External Economic Relations (Außenwirtschaft)
FRG and the world economy; welfare and international trade; balance of payments;
foreign exchange market; the impact of changes in the exchange rate on the balance of
payments; overall equilibrium in an open economy; international trade policy; international
monetary policy; the development of the European monetary system.
Semester:
Type:
3.4
7/WS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
6,5
Special Business Administration: Human Resource Management
H5WS01a
Human Resource Planning and Budgeting
(Personalplanung und Personalcontrolling)
Human Resource Planning as an inevitable component of management planning;
significance, position and development tendencies within the framework of HR
management; strategical, managerial and operational planning levels; course models and
organisational principles; methodological planning of quantitative and qualitative HR
demand forecast; Zero Base Budgeting as tool for Human Resource Planning in variable
performance-/ result-levels; possibilities and limits of methodological HR availability
forecast; early diagnosis of need for action; measures to avoid labour surplus (employee
retrenchment) or personnel shortage; conceptions of internal labour policy; purpose of HR
budgeting.
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Faculty of History, Social Sciences and EconomicsBusiness Administration
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H5WS01b Motivation & Behaviour Management
Targets; current and future significance of motivation management within the framework
of HR management; motivation analysis; basic theories; content- and process theories
(e.g. Maslow); theories of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation; results of empirical motivation
research; development of contribution- and joint decision concepts; measure design and
cost/ benefit analysis; participative motivation management by "action-oriented audits of
employees".
Case studies include practical exercises in HR management
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
1,75
H5WS01d or H6SS01d
Human Resource Development and Career Planning
(Personalentwicklung und Karriereplanung)
Position and significance of HR development within the framework of HR management;
parts of HR development (training, further vocational training, retraining, further
education); performance feedback based on behavioural measurement for management
of learning processes; inquiry of internal need for qualification; systematic design of HR
development; qualification strategies; legal basic conditions; possibilities and limits of cost/
benefit analysis.
Objective and subjective careers; career planning as an implement of HR development;
concepts of career planning in private industry and public institutions; planning of
international careers; career planning for special employee groups (dual career couples;
female employees; etc.).
Semester:
Type:
5+6/WS+SS Hours per Week:
L
Prerequisites:
1+1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
6,5
H6SS01e
Frame Work of Working-Time Schemes and Attended Time
(Arbeits- und Betriebszeit-Management)
Work schedules and attended time as success patterns in international competition;
position and significance of time management within the framework of HR management;
targets; scope of action and design of chronometrical and chronological working time
flexibility; separation of working-time and attended time; flex-time, part-time, job sharing,
shift-work and multiple employment models; costs and employee behaviour patterns
connected to various work schedules; methodological planning of working-time in
consideration of costs and efficiency (including application examples).
Semester:
Type:
6/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6SS01f
Compensation Management (Vergütungsmanagement)
From wage and salary administration to entrepreneurial compensation management;
"Total compensation"-concepts; current and future position and significance within the
framework of HR management; strategical, managerial and operational decision levels;
legal and union conditions; plant-level scope of action; basic principles of compensation
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management; possibilities and limits of influencing motivation of employees by "motivecongruent" compensation; planning and realisation performance measuring compensation
plans by use of grading or classification systems of work evaluation; meriocratical
compensation e.g. Hourly rate, piece wage, incentive wage; incentive bonus based on
systematic performance appraisal; profit sharing plans, methodological choice of optimal
compensation tools, reflection of structural changes in economy (including case studies)
under consideration of efficiency and costs; current approaches of compensation
management: "compensation according to qualification", "cafeteria-plans", "compensation
plans for executives", profit sharing. Special topic: compensation management in
multinational enterprises.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6SS01g
Human Resource Leadership (Personalführung)
Position and significance of leadership within the framework of HR management; patterns
and new challenges; behaviour related basis (leadership theories); concepts of HR
leadership; components of integrated HR leadership: basic principles, leadership styles
and behaviour; leadership structures (management-by-principles and management
systems); cultural leadership embedded in corporate culture, design of single
components; possibilities and limits of "best-fit" approaches; measurement of leadership
efficiency. Special topic: leadership of and within work groups.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6SS01h
Human Resource Management Studies (Personalübung)
Lecture expanding studies which will combine assignments, oral presentations and
discussions of selected main topics in HR management for preparation of the ensuing
seminar.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: writ. + assign.
Credits:
7,5
H6SS01i
HR Management Business Game (Personalplanspiel)
Computer-based business game Plus-P. Application of corporate problems and HR
management related topics within a PC-network for preparation of the ensuing seminar.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3
H7WS01j
Human Resource Management in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
(Personalmanagement in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen)
Qualitative and quantitative distinctions of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME);
significance and exceptions of HR management in SME; representatives and
organisational charts of HR management in SME; HR demand forecast and HR budgeting
in SME; HR marketing: compensation in SME; main topic "HR development"; leadership in
SME; SME as innovators and imitators of HR management.
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Faculty of History, Social Sciences and EconomicsBusiness Administration
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H7WS01k Human Resource Management Seminar (Personal-Seminar)
Changing topics try to reflect main questions of HR management. Team-written papers
and oral presentations are requested for receiving credits.
Semester:
Type:
3.5
7/WS
S
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
E
Examination: assign.
Credits:
7,5
Special Business Administration: Organisational Design
H5WS02a
Integrated Organisational Design and Human Resource Management
(Integrierte Organisations- und Personalarbeit)
Optimising human resource use by coordinated organisational and personnel
management activities; integrated examination of organisational and personnel needs;
employee orientation; flexibility of HR; leadership models; management of overhead costs;
quality assurance; customer orientation; stimulating innovations; management of impacts
of new office and manufacturing technologies; corporate culture; structural and human
resources management coordination instruments; self organisation; strategic HR
management.
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
6,5
H6SS02b
Strategy Oriented Organisational Design
(Strategiegerechte Organisation)
Support of corporate strategies by internal allocation and coordination structures and
external cooperation and relationship structures; strategy-structure-interface; strategy
development (portfolio-technique etc.); organisational and cooperation planning; flexible
and integrated forms of product-, customer-, and regional oriented organisation;
multidimensional forms of organisation; modular, dual and hybrid forms of organisation;
organisation of the value chain; hierarchical, competitive, and cooperative forms of
organisation.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L+E
Hours per Week: 2+2
Examination: writ. + assign.
Prerequisites:
H5WS02a Credits:
10,5
H7WS02c
Information Systems for Organisational Design
(Informationssysteme für die Organisationsgestaltung)
Organisational instruments and techniques: organisational projects (processes and
structures); process design; information for organisational purposes (methods, models,
data); methods of organisational representation and assessment; organisational goal
setting; organisational diagnosis; organisational planning; organisational implementation;
EDP-supported organisational design.
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
7/WS
L
Hours per Week: 2
Prerequisites:
H6SS02b
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
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H7WS02d Organisational Seminar (Organisationswissenschaftliches Seminar)
Selected, extended, and actual organisational issues from various fields.
Semester:
Type:
3.6
7/WS
S
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
E
Examination: assign.
Credits:
7,5
Special Business Administration: Financial Management
H5WS03a Capital Budgeting (Vermögens- und Kapitalstrukturplanung)
Aims and development of the finance theory, cash management; instruments and
optimisation designs; venture capital; meaning of special finance innovations.
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H5WS03b
International Financial Management
(Internationales Finanzmanagement und Betriebswirtschaftliche
Währungsrisikopolitik)
International finance, currency aspects, theorems for explaining the making of conditions
on international finance markets; currency risk politics, finance and judgement of
advantages in direct foreign investments, case studies in international finance.
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
4
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H5WS03c Theory of Investment (Investitionsmanagement)
Single investment selection vs. investment programme planning; decision-oriented
approaches to risk analysis for individual investment objects, theory of portfolio selection,
asset allocation and real investment policies.
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H5WS03d Exercise on Financial Management (Übung zur Finanzwirtschaft)
Additional tasks and approaches. Possible to be given credits if you participate in final
written test.
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: writ. + assign.
Credits:
7,5
H6SS03e
Seminar on Financial Management (Seminar zur Finanzwirtschaft)
Dealing with examples of finance aspects.
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
6/SS
S
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
E
Examination: assign.
Credits:
7,5
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Faculty of History, Social Sciences and EconomicsBusiness Administration
3.7
Special Business Administration: Strategic Management and Corporate
Planning
H5WS04a Management of Complex Systems (Management komplexer Systeme)
Basics of system theories, cybernetics and self-organisation; phenomena and different
kinds of economic change; models for explaining and systems for mastering economic
change; organisational learning; methods to support change management (system
dynamics, concepts for learning labs, gaming).
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H5WS04b Planning Techniques (Planungstechniken)
Variety and systematic approach to planning techniques; planning techniques during
different phases of planning; exceptional methods for operative and strategic planning,
e.g. prognosis methods, creativity techniques, early warning systems, portfolio techniques,
PIMS concept, GAP analysis, scoring model.
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6SS04c
Operative Planning/ Management (Operative Planung/Führung)
Basics of corporate planning, operative planning as part of corporate planning, sections of
operative planning (marketing, purchasing, production , R&D, project, finance and result
planning); functional and cross-section strategies (technological and innovation strategies,
information strategies, quality strategies, concepts of business process re-engineering).
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H7WS04d Operations Research (Planungsrechnung)
Methods for solving linear optimisation problems; simplex algorithms; sensitivity analysis,
algorithms for transport and assignment problems as well as numeric optimisation
problems; building of linear optimisation models.
Tutorial including written final test.
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: writ. + assign.
Credits:
7,5
H7WS04e Strategic Planning/ Management (Strategische Planung/ Führung)
Basics of strategic planning/ management: development, current status and range as well
as parts of strategic management/ planning. Basic terms, theoretical foundation and
conceptual approach to strategic planning.
Strategic management as management of planned change: determinants of strategy,
evolution of environment and market requirements, management of renewal.
Process of strategic management/ planning: questioning strategic orientation - visions and
missions, analysis of the planning spectrum, strategy development, evaluation and
coordination, mechanisms and approaches to strategy implementation and support,
strategic controlling.
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Faculty of History, Social Sciences and EconomicsBusiness Administration
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H7WS04f
System Dynamics (System Dynamics)
Basics of system theory and analysis; basic features and principles of "System Dynamics"
simulation method; steps of system analysis with System Dynamics; causal diagrams, flow
charts; DYNAMO programmes; programming language DYNAMO; validation and
implementation of SD models; examples of models and area of use; decision-making
support for strategic management with the help of SD models.
Tutorial including homework, PC modelling and final exam.
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: writ. + assign.
Credits:
7,5
H7WS04g Project Planning/ Management (Projektplanung und –management)
Basics of project management (PM): system-theoretical approach, parts of PM, project
organisation, stakeholder management, project phase models; company organisation
structure, personnel management in projects: project steering committee and project
team; planning and controlling of projects; evolution of PM.
Basics of network diagram, network planning technique, e.g. CPM, PERT.
Project support systems, training in project planning software.
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: writ. + assign.
Credits:
7,5
H8SS04h
Seminar in Strategic Planning (Seminar zur Strategischen Planung)
Seminar for advanced students dealing with topics of strategic management and
corporate planning.
Semester:
Type:
8/SS
S
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
E
Examination: assign.
Credits:
7,5
H8SS04i
Seminar in System Dynamics (Seminar zu System Dynamics)
Seminar for advanced students on topics of operative planning and corporate
management by using system dynamics. Each one is asked to develop a PC-based
simulation model.
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
8/SS
S
Hours per Week: 2
Examination: assign.
Prerequisites:
H7WS04f Credits:
7,5
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3.8
Special Business Administration: Management Accounting
H5WS05a
Management Oriented Accounting
(Führungsorientiertes Rechnungswesen)
External and internal accounting; management oriented accounting; cost planning;
strategic cost management (target costing, activity-based costing); asset management;
statement of changes in financial position; revenue accounting; profit and loss accounting;
segmental accounting; instruments of coordination (ratios, transfer prices).
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6SS05b
Coordination of Planning (Planungskoordination)
Planning tasks of management accounting; system-building and system-connecting
coordination of planning; functional, instrumental and institutional aspects of the
coordination of planning; the coordination of planning in the practical business.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6SS05c
Information Supply Management (Informationswirtschaft)
Information as an asset; management and information; information management and
management accounting; efficiency of information and EDP-systems; information demand
assessment, information procurement and reporting, IS-management accounting.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6SS05d
Management Accounting: Exercise (Controlling-Übung)
Lecture-complementary event in which students discuss separate
management accounting by an essay (theoretical and case study part).
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
subjects
of
Examination: writ. + assign.
Credits:
7,5
H7WS05e Budgeting (Budgetierung)
Concept and function of budgeting; the role of budgeting in the planning and monitoring
system; types of budgets and budgeting systems; basic features of budgets of selected
functional areas (e.g.: production; R&D; investment; treasury; sales); budgeting in
overhead areas; budgeting instruments; EDP for budgeting.
Semester:
7/WS
Hours per Week: 2
Examination: arrangement
Type:
L
Prerequisites:
-Credits:
3,5
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H7WS05f
Management Accounting: Seminar (Controlling-Seminar)
Annual changing works to actual questions of management accounting which will be
processed by the students in an essay and a recitation.
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
S
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
E
Examination: assign.
Credits:
7,5
H8SS05g
Internal Auditing (Interne Revision)
Concept and sorts of internal auditing; function and development of internal auditing;
methods of internal auditing; organisation of internal auditing; internal auditing of EDP;
special auditing areas.
Semester:
Type:
8/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H8SS05h
External Auditing (Wirtschaftsprüfung)
Generally accepted auditing standards; auditing-techniques; basic questions of group
auditing; basic questions of valuation of an enterprise.
Semester:
Type:
8/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H8SS05i
Market-Oriented Cost-Management
(Marktorientiertes Kostenmanagement)
Strategical alteration and the role of the business context; market-oriented target cost
management; design and preservation of competitive structures; market-orientation in cost
management in the practical business; the market oriented controller.
Semester:
Type:
3.9
8/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
Special Business Administration: Marketing
H5WS06a Business-to-Business Marketing (Investitionsgütermarketing)
Specialities of business-to-business marketing compared with consumer oriented
marketing, objectives and strategies in business-to-business marketing, framework,
organisational buying, business related marketing
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H5WS06b Marketing Practice (Marketing-Übung)
We offer a practice for the following subjects: business-to-business marketing,
organisational buying, industrial purchasing management, distribution policies.
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
5/WS
E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: writ. + assign.
Credits:
7,5
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Faculty of History, Social Sciences and EconomicsBusiness Administration
H6SS06c
Industrial Purchasing (Beschaffungsmanagement)
Supply and purchasing function of industrial companies, organisational buying, basic
theories of purchasing related decisions, strategic purchasing planning, operational
purchasing planning, purchasing organisation, staffing in purchasing, purchasing
controlling, information system in purchasing.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6SS06d
International Marketing (Internationales Marketing)
Internationalisation/ international management, forms of international business activities,
basic theories of international business, structural framework for international business,
strategic decisions of international marketing, information basics of international
marketing, decision problems and marketing management, marketing organisation of
companies with international business activities.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6SS06e
Marketing Practice (Marketing-Übung)
We offer a practice for the following subjects: business-to-business marketing,
organisational buying, industrial purchasing, distribution policies.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: writ. + assign.
Credits:
7,5
H7WS06f
Marketing Research (Marketingforschung)
Objectives and elements of marketing research in Business Administration, information
sources, importance of information for the decision making process in marketing,
organisational aspects of marketing research, specialities of marketing research, models
of buyer behaviour, logical framework of marketing research, data collection, data
evaluation, presentation of research results
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H7WS06g Marketing Seminar (Marketingseminar)
Selected topics of business-to-business marketing, purchasing management, marketing
research, and international marketing (only for advanced students).
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
7/WS
S
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
E
Examination: assign.
Credits:
7,5
52
Faculty of History, Social Sciences and EconomicsBusiness Administration
3.10 Special Business Administration: Business Informatics
H5WS07a
Structures of Hardware, Software and Networks through Examples of
Microcomputer Systems
(Hardware-, Software- und Netzwerk-Strukturen am Beispiel von
Mikrocomputersystemen)
Overview of hardware and software markets; selection of systems and design contracts.
Local and wide area networks of various performance levels. System security for
computers. The lecture will be complemented by different labs in the CIP-Pool (outline
and realisation of small applications; usage of standard software).
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
6,5
H6SS07b
Information and Communication Systems Design I
(Gestaltung von Informations- und Kommunikationssystemen I)
Basics and limits; sequence- and life-cycle-models; data-, function- and process
modelling; methods, techniques, tools; data privacy protection and system security; quality
assurance; encryption; requirements engineering. Software: ergonomic aspects, usability.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5+7,5
H7WS07c
Information and Communication Systems Design II
(Gestaltung von Informations- und Kommunikationssystemen II)
Data organisation; data modelling; files and databases; database models; data
dictionaries; function- and process modelling; workflow-management; methods of design
and implementation; object-orientation; introduction, operation and maintenance of ITsystems; CASE.
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H7WS07d or H8SS07d
Applied Business Informatics Seminar
(Wirtschaftsinformatik-Seminar)
Each semester the seminar thoroughly deals with either current topics of Applied Business
Informatics or – depending on attendance – practical case studies will be worked out and
discussed.
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
7/WS
S
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
E
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
7,5
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Faculty of History, Social Sciences and EconomicsBusiness Administration
H6SS07e
Project Management (Projektmanagement)
Classes of projects, standards of project management; project organisation and
hierarchies. Project scheduling: activities resources, time, estimation of cost and time,
staff allocation and cost planning. Project control and management. Methods and tools of
project management. Efficiency of information processing.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H7WS07f
Information Management (Informationsmanagement)
The strategic, tactic and operative level of information management. Leadership and
human resource management; decentralisation. Organisational structures/ cooperation
with departments. Management of technology, computer centres and networks. Data
management, data privacy protection and system security. Information processing
controlling. Legal aspects of data processing.
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
3.11 Special Business Administration: R&D Management
H5WS08a R&D-Controlling (F&E-Controlling)
Definition and characterisation; national and international conditions; R&D decision
processes; organisation and R&D controlling resources; R&D performance, its valuation
and financing; R&D investment control; reporting on R&D; tax-treatment of R&D in the
balance sheet and the profit- and loss-account; the integration of R&D into cost
accounting; new international guidelines for R&D; controlling instruments.
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6SS08b
R&D-Management (F&E-Management)
History; questions of method; instruments for the appraisal of future developments;
concepts and strategies; determination of priorities; commonalties and differences
between research and product- or process-development respectively; problems of
interfaces; patents, licences; joint ventures; time-, performance-, cost- and balance sheet
management; developments in future.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6SS08c
Training-Course on Basic Instruments of R&D-Management
(Übung zu Grundinstrumenten des F&E-Controlling)
Course for amendment of the lecture with home tasks, cases and presentations on
different topics of R&D-controlling.
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
6/SS
E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: writ. + assign.
Credits:
7,5
54
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H7WS08d
Training-Course on Basics of Technology- and Innovation-Management
(Übung zu Grundinstrumenten des F&E-Projektmanagements)
Course for amendment of the lecture with home tasks, cases and presentations on
different topics of R&D-project-management.
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: writ. + assign.
Credits:
7,5
H7WS08e R&D-Project-Management (F&E-Projekt-Management)
Position of R&D-projects in project-management; controlling in the context of project
management; the work-break-down-structure; the flowchart of organisation; phases of
project performance; the resources, the project cost; the financing; order control; reporting
in the context of a project; information flow and EDP-use for project control; instruments to
shorten lead time; basic mistakes during project work.
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H7WS08f
R&D-Management Seminar (F&E-Management-Seminar)
Changing topics on actual questions of importance in the area of R&D-management with
seminar papers and presentations, presentations of guest-speakers and excursions.
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
S
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
E
Examination: assign.
Credits:
7,5
H8SS08g
Technology- and Innovation-Management
(Technologie und Innovationsmanagement
Product-development process; product-life-cycle; technology-monitoring and -assessment;
options and basic strategies; organisation of processes, control and determination of
success of innovation, innovation support, creativity techniques.
Semester:
Type:
8/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
3.12 Economics: Economic Policy
H4SV09a
Basics of Economic Theory: Economic Policy I
(Grundlagen der Wirtschaftspolitik I)
Definition of economic policy; political systems and economic systems; social market
economy; political and economic institutions; economic and social objectives; economic
policy tools; rational economic policy and political consulting.
In addition to the lectures of Economic Policy I, there will be each Winter Semester non
compulsory courses in Economic Policy.
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
4/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
55
Faculty of History, Social Sciences and EconomicsBusiness Administration
H5VW09b Economic Policy II (Wirtschaftspolitik II)
The focus of these lectures lies on Ordnungspolitik. Unfortunately, there is no conceptual
equivalent outside West Germany. Ordnungspolitik means economic policy proceeding
from, and taking as its yardstick of performance, an ideal-type free market system; it is
subordinated to the requirements, as the case may be, of the economic framework or
»Ordnung«; the concept goes back to Walter Eucken (Wilhelm Schäfer): private and
public ownership; corporate legal structure; market forces and competition; labour market
and free collective bargaining.
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6SV09c
Environmental Policy (Umweltpolitik)
Basic environmental policy: objectives, principles, agents, and tools of environmental
policy.
Semester:
Type:
8/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6SV09d
Economic Systems (Wirtschaftssysteme im Wandel)
The economic doctrines of A. Smith and K. Marx and the consequences for the
construction of economic systems. Analysis and comparison of economic systems, the
efficiency of socialist versus market economies and the end of centrally planned systems.
Problems of privatisation and reconstructing the economy of Eastern Germany.
Transformation of socialist economies in Eastern Europe: privatisation and stabilisation
processes.
Integration in Western Europe: implications of the changes in Europe for the national
economic systems. Consequences from international competition and capital flows to
national economic policy.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6SV09e
Regional and Industrial Economics (Strukturpolitik)
Regional and structural change: theories of regional development, theories of economic
change and growth and structural consequences. Discussion of policies associated with
the full use of productive resources and internal and external constraints: goals, strategies
and instruments.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6SV09f or H7WV09f
International Economics (Internationale Wirtschaftspolitik)
Problems of international cooperation and development. International agencies in the
international economy; recent developments in international monetary relations.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS or 7/WS Hours per Week:
L
Prerequisites:
Information Package
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
56
Faculty of History, Social Sciences and EconomicsBusiness Administration
H6SV09g or H7WV09g Seminar in Economic Policy (Wirtschaftspolitik, Seminar)
Discussion of complex economic problems. It is necessary to attend one seminar in
economic policy, and to finish it successfully. Students have the choice of different
seminars according to the subjects (1) - (8).
Semester:
Type:
6/SS or 7/WS Hours per Week: 2
S
Prerequisites:
--
Examination:
Credits:
assign.
7,5
H7WV09h Social Policy (Allgemeine Sozialpolitik)
Goals and instruments of social policy, the regulations of the labour market, the social
security system and the insurance system in Germany: the „Bismarckian„ system.
Competitive social security systems in other European countries: the Beveidge system;
consequences of European Union, problems and challenges of the German system.
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
L+S
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H7WV09i
Fiscal Policy (Finanzpolitik)
Aims and trade-offs of fiscal policy; institutions and tools of fiscal policy; fiscal policy and
democracy.
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
3.13 Economics: Innovation
H5WV10a Research and Innovation (Forschung und Innovation)
Aspects of technological history; notions and measures of the innovation process;
international comparison of research infrastructure; research process; technological
trajectories; innovation and technological change; targets of research; system of
incentives for research and innovation; technology-push and demand-pull; research,
innovation and structural change.
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L or E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6SV10b
Diffusion of Innovation (Innovationsdiffusion)
Product and process innovation; evidence of selective diffusion processes; increasing
scales of application, learning and imitation; microeconomic analysis: equilibrium, game
theoretical approaches, diffusion process as a process of selection; macro economical
analysis: diffusion of innovation, capital accumulation, economic growth and employment,
profit rate differentials, factor substitution, wage policy.
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
6/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
57
Faculty of History, Social Sciences and EconomicsBusiness Administration
H6SV10c
Seminar: Diffusion of Innovation or Innovation and International Trade
(Seminar zu Innovationsdiffusion bzw. zu Innovation und Außenhandel)
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
S
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: assign.
Credits:
7,5
H7WV10d
Technological Integration and Structural Evolution
(Technologieverflechtung und Strukturevolution)
Concepts of the measurement of technological interconnection. The cone theory, the
input-output-tables and the input-output-analysis, the qualitative input-output-analysis, the
Minimal-Flow-Analysis (MFA) and other structural methods, technology flows and relevant
production structures, structural evolution and their prognostic potential.
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
L or E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H7WV10e Innovation and International Trade (Innovation und Außenhandel)
Neo-classical international trade theory with constant returns to scale: international trade
in the specific factors model, impacts of technological progress on international trade,
empirical relevance. Neo-classical international trade theory with increasing returns to
scale: R&D-expenditure and increasing returns to scale, flows of international trade,
elements of trade policy, evolutionary international trade theory: stylised facts regarding to
technology, economic growth and international trade; evolutionary innovation theory,
technological gaps, international competitiveness and flows of international trade.
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H8SV10f
Government Research and Technology Policy
(Staatliche Forschungs- und Technologiepolitik)
Justification of government intervention in technology policy (public goods, external
effects, indivisibility, dynamic adjustment friction) as a subject of discussion (market failure
versus government failure); national and international actors and point of departure for
government technology policy; instruments of research and technology policy
(infrastructure, financial incentives, direct and indirect R&D promotion, networks, etc.);
impacts of government technology policy; methods of research and technology planning.
Semester:
Type:
8/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H8SV10g
Technology Assessment (Technikfolgenabschätzung)
Appreciation of the problem and standards; technology and society; theories of technical
development; systematic of technological assessment: approaches for Technology
Assessment (TA); technically inducted TA; mediation theoretical approaches, problem
induced TA; modes of institutionalising of TA.
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
8/SS
L or E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
58
Faculty of History, Social Sciences and EconomicsBusiness Administration
3.14 Economics: Public Finance
H5WV11a General Finance (Allgemeine Finanzwissenschaft)
The targets of governmental activity; public and quasi-private goods; political economy of
the government; governmental tasks; government expenditures (the budget).
Functions of public activities (labour and social security, welfare state, defence, research,
infrastructure, etc.); effects of the fiscal policy on the economic cycle, growth and
distribution.
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
3+1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
6,5
H6SV11b
General Tax Theory (Allgemeine Steuerlehre)
The basics of different kinds of revenue; basic concepts of general tax theory, principles of
levying taxes: “ability to pay“- vs. “pay as you use“- principle, theory of tax-tariffs,
techniques of levying, the tax system and the most important kinds of taxes, macro
economic effects of taxes, policies aimed at preventing economic fluctuation by tax
means, ecological policy by tax means.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
6,5
H8SV11c
Public Enterprises (Öffentliche Unternehmen)
Definition, different types of public enterprises and formal arrangements, the role of public
enterprises in Germany and other European countries mainly in the infrastructure and the
service sector of the economy. The constitutional background, the public enterprise in the
market economy: goals and regulation strategies; the natural monopoly and the theory of
pricing in public enterprises; problems of controlling public firms; deregulation and
privatisation. Public enterprises in Germany and consequences of the EU.
Semester:
Type:
8/SS
S
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: assign.
Credits:
7,5
3.15 Jurisprudence
H5WR12a
Principles of the Law of Public Economic Administration
(Grundzüge des Wirtschaftsverwaltungsrechts)
Public control of economy by support, planning, supervision, and guidance, general
principles of possible kinds of economies, constitutionally permitted public effects on
economic life; different intensities and directions of public economic administration in
selected branches (retail trade, industry, agriculture, credit system, insurance and traffic);
optional organisations of economy (associations and chambers).
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
5/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
59
Faculty of History, Social Sciences and EconomicsBusiness Administration
H6SR12b
Law of Unfair Competition and Antitrust Law
(Wettbewerbs- und Kartellrecht)
Law of Unfair Competition: The general clause of sec. 1 UWG, the special clauses of
sec. 3 ff., law of extras and reductions, substantive and procedural problems of violations
of competition law.
Antitrust Law: Definition and kinds of cartels, fixation and not binding advises of retail
prices, regulations of distribution, interdiction of discrimination, domination over markets
by enterprises, merger's control, cartel proceedings, European antitrust law.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H7WR12c Civil, Commercial and Company Law II (Privatrecht II)
Consolidated discussion of selected problems of civil, commercial, and company law, also
by written examinations.
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
3.16 Courses in Engineering/ Science (Obligatory Technical Subjects)
H5WT14a Human Factors I (Arbeitswissenschaft I)
Ergonomics has an interdisciplinary approach which bears on the human and economical
goals regarding work design. Both purposes aim at the creation of humanitarian working
conditions in connection with a business structure that is organised for economical
success. Therefore, the emphasis of the lecture lies in the fields of ergonomics (Human
Factors I) and work system design (Human Factors II).
The lecture 'Ergonomics' deals with the fields of physiology and psychology which are
important for the human factors. Based on theses facts the ergonomically perfect design
of the work environment and work place can be shown. Furthermore, rules and
recommendations for the integrated ergonomic product design and for the humancomputer-interface design are discussed.
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H5WT14b Technology Management (Technologiemanagement)
Competitiveness demands superior problem solutions which base on trend-setting
products with a lead in the field of technology and quality. Competition becomes more and
more a competition of technologies. Technology management connects business
management with technological know-how and includes the following items: technology
development, technology design and technology assessment. The lectures impart
information about new methods and procedures concerning the handling of technology:
for the identification of relevant technology developments and the evaluation of
technology tendencies;
for the evaluation of strong and weak points of a company in its technology fields;
for the development of organisation forms in order to realise new technologies;
Information Package
60
Faculty of History, Social Sciences and EconomicsBusiness Administration
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for the steering concerning development and introduction of new technologies and for
the discovery of possible risks.
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H5WT14c
Simultaneous Engineering and Project Management
(Simultaneous Engineering und Projektmanagement)
In order to plan and settle efficiently extensive duties in an enterprise, the following
methods of the project management are used:
imparting of planning foundations, aids: structuring of projects, network planning,
project pursuit, planning check-lists, computer application;
applicability of project management: product development, network planning,
integrated settlement of orders. The emphasis lies on the concepts for practice of
simultaneous engineering, which aim the paralleling of duties and processes, the
reduction of machining time and the optimisation of value added chains.
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H5WT14d Basics of Machine Tools (Grundlagen der Werkzeugmaschinen)
Contents of the lecture: categories of machine tools; basics for the construction and
development of machine tools; basics for the production of machine tools; motorised
(metal-turning) lathe; dealing with steel products; electrical tools; production cells; FFS;
CIM factories; basics of system planning.
Semester:
Type:
5/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
4
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
7
H5WT14e Steering Technique I (Steuerungstechnik I)
Steering Technique I deals with the construction of steering for machine tools, main
emphasis is laid on steering by contact, oil-hydraulic and pneumatic steering systems,
CNC steering systems.
Semester:
MP:
5/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6ST14f
Industrial Management I (Fabrikbetriebslehre I)
It is a prerequisite of any industrial production to know what kind of internal relations exist
in a company (organisation - technology - finances) and between companies and their
surrounding (procurement - marketing).
In its first part the lecture exemplifies types of organisation (company structure, structure
of work flow, management style) as well as different forms of business organisation and
business mergers. Also a survey is given of production and its adjoining departments
(ahead or after or parallel ones), e.g. production design, operation and process planning,
testing, procurement, marketing.
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
6/SS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
7
61
Faculty of History, Social Sciences and EconomicsBusiness Administration
H6ST14g
Factory Planning I (Methoden der Fabrikplanung I)
Planning a factory does not only demand a profound knowledge about the design of work
stations and material flow, about technical and information-related processes, but it also
requires a suitable instrument to handle the "planning" in a target-oriented and consistent
way. Factory Planning is a problem definition, from which a multitude of single tasks
derives which are to be analysed and coordinated in accordance with the targets
established by the company. The focus of the lecture is both on the technical solution of
these single tasks and on the coordination of operations. The occurring problems are
being exemplified by a case study.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6ST14h
Human Factors II (Arbeitswissenschaft II)
The methods and basic elements of the work system design play the major role in the
second part of the lecture. The discussion covers work analysing methods, proceedings of
work pattern, qualification of staff and work organisation. In this connection, the
introduction of new work structures (teamwork) is emphasised.
Exercises and examples show the proceedings at the planning of new work structures.
With task design the interpretation of work places can be practised and examples present
the product improvement which is caused by the ergonomic design of working materials.
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H6ST14i
Technology Assessment (Technikfolgenabschätzung)
Technology has become an important part in our lives: job and spare time both involve
many technical products. At the same time, however, it has become increasingly important
to examine the use and causes of technology in advance to prevent others from
unexpected causes or risks - Technology Assessment (TA) becomes the basis of a social
and environmentally friendly technological development and use. Famous lecturers
(different people each time) will be dealing with various aspects of TA and will be
introducing you to results from TA projects within the lecture which will take place each
week .
Semester:
Type:
6/SS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
H7WT14j
Factory Planning II (Methoden der Fabrikplanung II)
Material flow is considered as a unit, in regard to public traffic network as well as to single
work stations. At the beginning the location needs to be chosen, then the long-term
planning of a company require, for example, a master plan for house building. The
determination of production facilities within single operation areas makes it possible to
calculate the necessary building volume. After defining the material flow you can join
together various areas to an optimum lay-out, using methods of operation research. Case
studies will emphasise this focus.
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
7/WS
L
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
62
Faculty of History, Social Sciences and EconomicsBusiness Administration
H7WT14k Industrial Management II (Fabrikbetriebslehre II)
The second part views cost accounting, efficiency calculation and capital investment
planning. Apart from that, basic matters of factory planning are discussed.
The practical courses deal with selected chapters of the lecture, applying activity-based
teaching methods. Topics of part I of the course are: value analysis, working programmes,
production control, quality assurance, inventory and order accounting, determination of
demand. Topics of part II of the course belong to the field of cost accounting and
economic efficiency calculation.
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
7
H7WT14l
CAM, CAP, CAD/NC - Automation of Technological Information - Flow I
(CAM, CAP, CAD/NC-Automatisierung des technischen Informationsflusses I)
This lecture deals with requirements, solutions and development with regard to automated
process planning, test planning and assembly planning, in particular computer-aided
programming of NC machine tools as well as the combination of CAD and NC
programming.
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
1+1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
5,25
H7WT15m Simultaneous Engineering (Simulationstechnik)
Introduction to digital simulation of dynamic systems; iterative methods for solving
algebraic equations; numerical integration methods for solving ordinary differential
equations, differential and algebraic equations, and boundary value problems; numerical
solution of partial differential equations; simulation tools ISRSIM and ACSL; discrete-event
systems; simulation tool SIMAN for discrete-event systems. The practical computer work
gives students the chance to work on the tasks studied in the exercises, using personal
computers and the simulation tools ISRSIM, MATLAB, ACSL and SIMAN.
Semester:
Type:
7/WS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
3+1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
8,75
H8ST15n
Application of Computers in Manufacturing Technology - Master
Control Technology
(Prozeßrechnereinsatz in der Fertigungstechnik – Prozeßleittechnik)
This lecture deals with the application of computers for automated manufacturing (CAM),
especially the monitoring and controlling of linked production systems and the control
functions in structure and systematic design.
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
8/SS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
1+1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
3,5
63
Faculty of History, Social Sciences and EconomicsBusiness Administration
H8ST16o
Planning Methods in Energy Economics
(Systemtechnische Planungsmethoden in der Energiewirtschaft)
Basics of system analysis and system theory; goals of energy planning; modelling; time
series and regression analysis, input-output-analysis, linear and dynamic optimisation,
planning under uncertainty, system dynamics, cost-benefit analysis; energy demand
models; energy system models; energy economic models; planning tools for the electricity
and oil industry.
Semester:
Type:
Information Package
8/SS
L+E
Hours per Week:
Prerequisites:
2+1
--
Examination: arrangement
Credits:
7
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