Business Studies for Exchange Students at HT Berlin

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1 Department 3 Business Studies for Echange Students at HT Berlin Overview of courses lectured in English 25 October 2013

2 Business Studies for Echange Students in English - (undergraduates) I 1 International Economics This course aims to provide with a theoretical & empirical understanding of how countries f t into the modern, inter-connected global economy. It will be concerned with the etent to which national governments can influence the terms of their integration into the world economy. Introduction to ongoing process of European integration. Balance of payments, trade theory, contemp. patterns of trade & the international division of labour, WTO & the debate over free trade, multinational corporations & Foreign Direct Investment, Echange rate systems, IMF & World Bank, regional blocks: EU, NAFTA, APC/ASEAN, developing countries in the international economy, the globalisation controversy 4 6 special designed for echange I 2 International Management International business environment and its main features. Global, regional and emerging Markets Organizational cultures and diversity. The strategy of international business. Entry strategies and strategic alliances in international business. Analysis of international competition Global Human Resource Management. Global materials management. Impact of ebusiness on internationally active forms 4 5 special designed for echange I 3 Managing Organizations Targeted competences: ability to understand and differentiate between the tasks and the content of management from both institutional and functional perspectives. Acquaintance with conceptual fundamentals required to fulfill management functions various management roles, individual areas Planning and Control in order to differentiate between and understand operative vs. strategic perspectives. 2nd focus on: Organisation and Leadership, various leader- ship styles and their underlying theories, discussion of process and person centered leader- ship techniques in order to facilitate understanding of the scope and direction of their effects. Through this, acquaintance with leadership tasks with reference to case studies in order to comprehend their various characteristics. 4 4 special designed for echange I 4 International Marketing Targeted learning outcomes: applying fundamental knowledge regarding marketing s theoretical concepts to international companies as well as practicing them on eamples scenarios, applying specific methods and instruments used for analysis, planning, implementation and evaluation of marketing strategies - the marketing mi - to international companies as well as bringing them into bear on current issues within international marketing, developing skills to transfer theoretical methods to practical eamples of international companies, developing an understanding of comple, interrelated and li i i d bl i 4 6 special designed for echange Echange Students

3 Business Studies for Echange Students in English - (undergraduates) I 5 Human Resource Management Development of a comprehensive understanding of the human resources market, acquaintance with methods used to measure personnel capacity, ability to perform selected processes, e.g. staffing planning, ergonomics and value adding processes, in order to create a gross/net human resources requirement plan. Recognise corporate, economic and social challenges and conditions and their developments. Estimation of their epected effects taking factors of interdependence into account. Case studies are supplemented with suitable online learning programmes for interdependency analysis 4 6 special designed for echange I 6 Innovation Management Topics: product innovation, process innovation. Innovation & industrial evolution. Strategic impact of innovation. Research and development, organization and controlling. IT systems in in- novation processes. Creativity methods. Technology management. Collaboration in Innovation Management. Resistance against innovation & strategies of overcoming. Accelerating innovation processes. 2 4 special designed for echange I 7 Project Management Basic competences in Management of Projects: defining projects in terms of Budgets, schedules and control, basic knowledge in Network Planning Techniques, basic knowledge in Milestone Trend Analysis and Project Status Analysis, overview of IT-Based tools in PM, basic knowledge of teamwork and leadership issues in project management. 2 5 special designed for echange I 8 Business Simulation Business Simulation gets to eperience the network structure of decisions and actions in a company. It not only imparts and deepens business knowledge but promotes team work in the participating groups since they have to justify their decisions as managers or owners of the company and bear responsibility for the consequences resulting from their decisions. Students will be trained to deal with the assessment of information in decision-making processes under time pressure. Business simulation is appropriate to practise the management of a company. 2 5 special designed for echange Echange Students

4 Business Studies for Echange Students in English - (undergraduates) B 8 Financial Accounting Objectives: understanding of basic structure of financial accounting and reporting, business transactions in terms of double entry bookkeeping and formulate prof t-loss calculations, balance sheets and cash-flow overviews. Interpretation and analysis of information contained within the annual accounts as well as application of principle and rules of eternal accounting 6 5 regular BIB courses B 9 Macroeconomics Learning outcomes and Competences: eplanation of a company s entire economic environment and interaction with corporate activities, abstract thinking through the application of models. Students eplain central aspects of European integration (re European Central Bank). Understanding and Eplanation of news and straightforward specialist articles on all aspects of economics. Theoretical approaches B 3 Introduction to Economics B 10 International Business Law II Fundamental knowledge of company law including European law. Ability to compare continental legal systems and common law. Independent evaluation of case studies relating to international commercial law B4 International Business Law 1 B 11 Statistics Use of SPSS statistics programme package to support economic decision making through empirical data collection, data analysis and data modelling. B5 Business Mathematics B 12 Marketing Fundamental knowledge regarding theoretical concepts of marketing. Knowledge of the most important methods and instruments used for strategic analysis, planning, implementation and evaluation of marketing measures (Marketing Mi) in order to transfer theoretical models to practical eample applications. Independent analyse and interpretation of academic tets, group presentation of results 4 4 regular BIB courses B 14 Cost Accounting Overview of cost accounting & strategic significance of cost management, basic cost concepts, use of cost-volume-profit analysis in decision making, cost-accounting systems, such as job costing, process costing and target costing, cost allocation systems, such as activity- based costing, management planning and decision making, management control and performance management Echange Students

5 Business Studies for Echange Students in English - (undergraduates) B 15 Corporate Finance Objectives and Competences: to gain overview of the finance function, to learn the major concepts of financial management, to apply major financial management tools for decision making, to use Ecel spread sheet for calculations B 16 Project Management Basic competences in Management of Projects: defining projects in terms of Budgets, schedules and control, basic knowledge in Network Planning Techniques, Basic knowledge in Milestone Trend Analysis and Project Status Analysis, overview of IT-Based tools in PM, basic knowledge of teamwork and leadership issues in project management. 2 5 regular BIB courses B 17 Applied Statistics and Research Methods Introduction to SPSS, preparing questionnaires, questionnaire-based empirical fieldwork, processing, analysing and modelling of data with SPSS, presentation of results 2 5 regular BIB courses B 18 Information Management 1 Fundamental understanding & skill in usage of the information as a business resource. Understanding the new role of information in organizations & changing the face of business. Organisational fundaments of systems and processes. Technical foundation & basic principles of information systems, hardware, software, data storage and telecommunications, application skills for the use of office software tools (word processing, document managing, databases) 4 4 regular BIB courses B 19 Innovation Management Topics: product innovation, process innovation. Innovation & industrial evolution. Strategic impact of innovation. Research and development, organisation and controlling. IT systems in in- novation processes. Creativity methods. Technology management. Collaboration in Innovation Management. Resistance against innovation & strategies of overcoming. Accelerating innovation processes 2 4 regular BIB courses B 20 Managing Organizations Targeted competences: ability to understand and differentiate between the tasks and the content of management from both institutional and functional perspectives. Acquaintance with conceptual fundamentals required to fulfil management functions various management roles, individual areas Planning and Control in order to differentiate between and understand operative vs. strategic perspectives. 2nd focus on: Organisation and Leadership, various leadership styles and their underlying theories, discussion of process and person centred leadership techniques in order to facilitate understanding of the scope and direction of their effects. Through this, acquaintance with leadership tasks with reference to case studies in order to comprehend their various characteristics 4 4 regular BIB courses Echange Students

6 Business Studies for Echange Students in English - (undergraduates) B 21 Management Accounting To apply cost accounting information for Internal decision making, to gain practical knowledge of tools for planning and control. To gain an insight into the new developments in management control systems. Management Planning and Decision Making, Variance Analysis, Management control and performance measurement, Segment Reporting, Balanced Scorecard, Sustainability Controlling Recommended Prerequisites: Modul: B 8 Financial Accounting; B 14 Cost Accounting B 23 Company Taation To understand the basics of company taation. To learn the general concept of taing corporations and partnerships in Germany and other European countries. To know significant definitions of Income Taes, Corporation Taes and Value Added Ta. To gain an awareness of basic problems of ta harmonization in the European Union. To gain a basic knowledge of Double Taation Conventions. To analyse and prepare basic ta solutions, to calculate cases and to communicate in teams. Modul: B 8 Financial Accounting, B 10 International Business Law 2 B 24 Intercultural Management insight in reasons and ways of internationalisation of enterprises, identify the interrelations between business and culture know the most important culture models (focus B 25 Information Management 2 This module provides knowledge about the applicability of information in the business processes and skills about the integration of corresponding information systems in management activities. In particular it deals with: Understanding of information flow and its role in the business processes Redesigning of the organization and management issue. Knowledge management in the enterprise Decision support and the utilization of knowledge and information respectively Application skills for the use of software tools (information Module B 18 Information Management I B 26 General Business Topics 1 This course is designed to provide an understanding of EU policies and their historical, economic, institutional and political background. Students will learn to understand the scope, the limits and the background of EU policies which provide most of the institutional and legal framework for business in today s Europe. 2 2 regular BIB courses Echange Students

7 Business Studies for Echange Students in English - (undergraduates) B 27 Financial Markets, Institutions, and Investment Eplaining short-term & long-term Financial Market, understanding bank and non-bank financial institutions, Risk Management in Financial Institutions, Investment Analysis, Bond Instruments & Valuation, Investment Management. B 29 International Economics Course aims to provide with a theoretical &empirical understanding of how countries f t into the modern, inter-connected global economy. It will be concerned with the etent to which national governments can influence the terms of their integration into the world economy. Introduction 4 6 regular BIB courses B 30 International Management Global, regional and emerging Markets Organizational cultures and diversity The strategy of international business Entry strategies and strategic alliances in international business Analysis of international competition B 31 Regional Studies Analysis of multinational operations, Parent & cross border subsidiary companies, Multinational capital budgeting & restructuring, Cost of capital, Avoidance of international double Taation, Comparative investment conditions for attracting foreign direct investments 4 6 regular BIB courses B 32 General Business Topic 2 Welfare states and labour relations as a framework for business, The diversity of European welfare states: Three worlds of welfare capitalism or more?, Historical origins, concepts and inherent logics of different types of welfare states, Which welfare state model for the new EU member states?, Challenges to modern welfare states, Welfare state reform in comparison, Consequences for the Bismarck model? 2 2 regular BIB courses B 37 Contemporary Management Issues Basic understanding of current issues in Business Administration & Economics, including discussions 2 5 regular BIB courses B 38 Business Ethics Overview of ethical problems in business, Major ethical concepts, Shareholder versus stakeholder approach, Contetualization Business Ethics, Use of ethical concepts in special business operations, Consumers and Business Ethics, Business Operations, Earnings, transparency, environment, bribery, Ethical Issues in international Business 2 5 regular BIB courses Echange Students

8 Business Studies for Echange Students in English - (undergraduates) I AWE 1 Culture, Politics & Economic Development Course Objectives: - To provide with an understanding concerning the general role of government in business, including the potential positive and negative impacts of state-owned enterprises on broader economic and social development. - To discuss the historical eperience with government f rms in different environments such as in capitalist developed countries, in the former socialist planned economies and, in particular, in the developing countries. - To understand why large-scale privatization efforts often fell short of the public s epectations. - To analyse the most recent trends of a rather unepected renaissance of nationalization activities and state involvement in business of rms and banks in various parts of the world. - To draw conclusions concerning the potential future role of the state as an entrepreneur and active player in markets. - To get used to concrete academic research activities as well as to the oral and written presentation and discussion of research results (intended to prepare for the 2 2 Additional supplementary subjects applicable for echange I AWE 2 Globalisation To provide with a basic understanding of the phenomenon of globalization and its impact on the social, economic and political situation in both, developed and developing countries. To discuss the various challenges faced by societies and national economies in coping with a wide spectrum of globalization-related consequences. 2 2 Additional supplementary subjects applicable for echange I AWE 3 Service Learning - Intercultural learning and eperience Service Learning - Interkulturelles Lernen und Erleben The class provides an introduction to intercultural theories and practical eercises, and serves to intermi domestic and foreign at the HTW. The class will take place all 14 days with theory-units, single working-group-coaching and two ecursions to selected places of interest in Berlin or Potsdam. The achievement test will consist of a presentation of a free-elective subject connected to culture in a small working group. The class will be held in English and German language. 2 2 Additional supplementary subjects applicable for echange German/English Die Veranstaltung enthält ein erstes Kennenlernen von interkulturellen Theorien, praktischen Übungen und dient der Vernetzung von in- und ausländischen Studenten an der HTW. Neben 14-tägigen Theorieeinheiten und Einzelgruppen-Coachings werden zwei gemeinsame Ausflüge zu ausgewählten Zielen in Berlin bzw. Potsdam stattfinden. Der Leistungsnachweis wird aus einer Präsentation eines freigewählten kulturnahen Themas in einer kleinen Arbeitsgruppe bestehen. Die Veranstaltung wird in englischer und deutscher Sprache durchgeführt. Echange Students