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Top Priority: Contracts

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Top Priority: Contracts
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Business Administration, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2012
Module code: BBWL-512
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P420-0045
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
4V (4 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
5
Semester: 5
Mandatory course: no
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Oral examination (Can be repeated semesterly)

[updated 02.01.2019]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

BBWL-512 (P420-0045) Business Administration, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2012 , semester 5, optional course
BBWL-512 (P420-0045) Business Administration, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2016 , semester 5, optional course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
BBWL-230 Law - Basic Course
BBWL-330 Business Law


[updated 29.09.2016]
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Sybille Neumann
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Barbara Weitz


[updated 29.09.2016]
Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this submodule, students will:
 
- be familiar with the legal basis for freedom of contract and the requirements for the most important types of contracts
- understand the objectives of contract drafting
 
- analyze real sample contracts and develop the technology for drafting contracts
- know the most important negotiation techniques and be able to apply them to the objectives of the contract in role-plays
 
- structure the negotiation process and select the negotiation team
 
- be able to evaluate objectives and negotiation outcomes with regard to the agreement reached, as well as the remaining potential for conflict and general principles of legal ethics
- Freedom of contract and limitations
 


[updated 02.01.2019]
Module content:
 
- Objectives of contract drafting
- Development of party interests, negotiation technique
- Preparation of actual contract provisions on the basis of sample contracts
- Special features of general terms and conditions
- Standard clauses in contracts (e.g. form, severability clause,
  settlement of disputes)
- Creation of checklists for contract content and schedules


[updated 02.01.2019]
Teaching methods/Media:
- Interactive lecture using practical examples and templates
- Board and slides
- Role playing
- Learning material from the Internet


[updated 02.01.2019]
Recommended or required reading:
- Fisher, R. u. a. Das Harvard-Konzept, Der Klassiker der Verhandlungstechnik.
  Frankfurt: Campus, latest edition
- Hoffmann-Becking, M. & Gebele A. (Hrsg.), Beck´sches Formularbuch
  Bürgerliches, Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht. München: Beck, latest edition.
- Junker, A. & Kamanabrou, S. Vertragsgestaltung. München: Beck, latest edition.
- Richter, T. Vertragsrecht. München: Vahlen, latest edition
- Schmittat, K.-O. Einführung in die Vertragsgestaltung. München: Beck, latest  
  edition


[updated 02.01.2019]
 
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