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Module title:

Advanced Seminar International Management

Module title (english):

Advanced Seminar International Management

Module number:

88-021-IM05-H-0408

Level:

Master (UNI)

Course of study:

Type:

Modul

Organising faculty/Language Center:

Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Instructors responsible:

Gelbrich, Katja

Examiners:

Credit points (ECTS):

competencies/skills:

As part of the seminar students develop the capacity to work on a predefined research topic in a scientific, problem-oriented, and independent way. They gain an extensive overview of how to write a scientific paper, thus being well prepared to complete their Master thesis. In the final presentation, participants will be enabled to improve their presentation, articulation, and argumentation skills. Upon completion of the course, students have the expertise as well as social competence to confidently present in the course of their further academic and business career.

course content/topics:

In the course of this seminar, students write a term paper of 10 pages. Therefore, they have to review, analyze, and discuss the scientific literature on a specific topic that is relevant for their research. Finally, students have to present and defend the results of their work. Topic assignment will take place upon consultation with the supervisor of the chair. After final grading, students receive a detailed feedback on their term paper and presentation from their supervisor.
The project examines the behavior of managers and employees in international companies and consumers in international contexts. The following aspects can play a special role here: Values, cultural backgrounds, attitudes, image, lifestyle, among others.
Exemplary topics:
• Conflict styles of employees in cross-cultural comparisons
• Attitudes towards foreign brands
• Acceptance of digital agents in an international comparison
• Leadership styles in international business
The specific topic will be published before the start of the course.

formal requirements of admission:

none

recommended qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, psychology or in related fields

Lehr- und Lernformen/Lehrveranstaltungstypen:

Seminar (SE) (4 SWS)

requirements for the attainment of ECTS points:

Performance record assessed with at least "sufficient": Portfolio
In order to work on the scientific topic, each student has to prepare a term paper. This term paper is reviewed based on content and form. Evaluation of the presentation (15 minutes) will be based on content, presentation style, and speech.
The combination of both evaluation methods is an important prerequisite to skill specific core competencies. Innovative grading trains students’ presentation skills within a whole semester. Moreover, a combination of different evaluation methods helps to equalize exam periods and thus, to assess the true performance of students over a longer time period. Like this, a more objective and realistic evaluation of students’ performance is possible, which is robust against positive and negative outliers.

workload/distribution of ECTS points within the module:

36 h = Time of attendance: kick-off-meeting, consultations, presentation, feedback
114 h = Preparation of term paper
150 h = Total workload

calculation of module marks:

Portfolio (100 %)
• Term paper (67 %)
• Presentation (33 %)

teaching/learning method:

compatibility with other courses of study:

- Taxation, M.Sc.
- Business and Psychology, M.Sc.

Turnus des Angebots:

Beteiligte Fachgebiete:

Bemerkung:

Limitation of participants: 16 Information on literature will be announced during the course.