Information on individual educational components (ECTS-Course descriptions) per semester | |
| Degree programme: | Bachelor International Business Administration Part-time |
| Type of degree: | FH Bachelor´s Degree Programme |
| Part-time | |
| Summer Semester 2025 | |
| Course unit title | Business Consulting Challenge |
| Course unit code | 025008063102 |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) | Compulsory |
| Semester when the course unit is delivered | Summer Semester 2025 |
| Teaching hours per week | 1 |
| Year of study | 2025 |
| Level of course unit (e.g. first, second or third cycle) | First Cycle (Bachelor) |
| Number of ECTS credits allocated | 1 |
| Name of lecturer(s) | Thomas DOUSCHAN Michael PEDRATSCHER |
| Prerequisites and co-requisites |
Successful completion of all courses of the previous semesters, successful completion of the course Corporate Analysis. |
| Course content |
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| Learning outcomes |
At the end of the International Business Studies programme, the breadth of the acquired knowledge and skills should be applied, deepened and linked in concrete case studies. By working on the case study of a real existing company in a turnaround situation, the students apply their bundled knowledge in competence-oriented small groups (each focus area of the degree programme should be represented at least once in the team) and develop a restructuring or turnaround plan with the dimensions of strategy / marketing / business model development, procurement and service provision, reorganisation and personnel development, financing / earnings / liquidity planning as well as the possibilities, limits and risks of digitalisation. The students can classify business management problems in the context of the learning outcomes of the Bachelor's degree programme and recognise the relevance of the study contents learned. They apply the subject and methodological knowledge acquired in the degree programme in general and in their chosen specialisation in particular to structure the problem and to show alternatives for processing it in a team. They are able to develop proposals for solutions to the given problems from practice, point out ambiguities in the given problems and develop ideas to clarify them. Students design a solution proposal for the given problem, describe the solution path, the prerequisites, the opportunities and risks in terms of content and develop a simple project plan to estimate the implementation requirements in terms of time and the financial framework conditions. |
| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
Interactive course with lecture, case studies, exercises in individual and group work, presentations and homework. |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
Group presentation |
| Comment |
Two-day seminar held on a Friday/Saturday in the month of May (after the first deadline for submission of the Bachelor's thesis). Students in internship have to clarify this with their internship provider. The seminar can also take place off-site, accommodation and catering costs of 150 € may apply. The teams compete with each other, and the winning team receives a symbolic prize. |
| Recommended or required reading |
No specific literature references |
| Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning) |
Classes with compulsory attendance |
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