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Module title:

Retail Management

Module title (english):

Retail Management

Module number:

88-021-BR03-H-0408

Level:

Master (UNI)

Course of study:

Type:

Modul

Organising faculty/Language Center:

Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Instructors responsible:

Ringlstetter, Max Josef

Examiners:

Credit points (ECTS):

competencies/skills:

- This module will enable students to describe fundamental problems of the retail sector.
- Students will be empowered to manage and analyze trade and operational strategies along the trade value chain
- Participants will also gain hands-on insights into the leadership and management of trading companies and will be able to develop hypotheses about observable issues
- Participants receive training in the areas of teamwork and structured problem-solving and can apply theoretical knowledge in practice.
- Students will be able to apply problem-oriented case-solving skills.
- Upon completion of the module, students have a theoretical and practical foundation of commercial management. They can make differentiated analyzes in trading management.

course content/topics:

- Introduction to the retail sector (structure, models, developments and trends, including sustainable trade
- Strategic perspective of trade
- Trade operators (purchasing, logistics, controlling, personnel and category management)
- eCommerce (including entrepreneurship in commerce)
- Practical orientation through integrative modules of trade representatives
- Teamwork
- Editing Cases

formal requirements of admission:

recommended qualifications:

None

Lehr- und Lernformen/Lehrveranstaltungstypen:

- Lecture (theoretical modules)
- Lectures from practice
- Excursion to a trading company
- Discussions
- Case solving

requirements for the attainment of ECTS points:

The course involves working on a case for practical consolidation of the course content. The results are presented in the course as a part of a presentation.
Depending on the scope of the topic, it will be determined whether the cases will be worked on individually or in groups.This will be determined at the beginning of the semester.

workload/distribution of ECTS points within the module:

30 h = Time of attendance lecture
10 h = Preparation and postprocessing lecture
10 h = Preparation and postprocessing tutorial
100 h = Exam Preparation
150 h = Total workload

calculation of module marks:

portfolio

teaching/learning method:

compatibility with other courses of study:

Turnus des Angebots:

Beteiligte Fachgebiete:

Bemerkung:

Max. of 15 students in the course - There will be an application time an-nounced at the chair homepage; First-Come-First-Serve principle