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Managing a Company Correctly: Legal Management

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Managing a Company Correctly: Legal Management
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Marketing Science, Master, ASPO 01.04.2016
Module code: MAMS-542
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.
P420-0029
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.
6
Semester: according to optional course list
Mandatory course: no
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Oral examination

[updated 13.09.2018]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

MAMS-542 (P420-0029) Marketing Science, Master, ASPO 01.04.2016 , optional course
MARPF-542 (P420-0029) Accounting and Finance, Master, ASPO 01.10.2017 , optional course, course inactive since 25.03.2022
MASCM-542 (P420-0029) Supply Chain Management, Master, ASPO 01.04.2016 , optional course
MASCM-542 (P420-0029) Supply Chain Management, Master, ASPO 01.04.2017 , 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 180 hours (equivalent to 6 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 135 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Sybille Neumann
Lecturer:
Dozierende des Studiengangs


[updated 19.12.2019]
Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this module, students will:
* be familiar with the legal basis for the areas of responsibility of a company´s executive board
* understand the function and mechanisms of the main regulations relevant to the internal organization of a company, sales, financing and obligations in the event of (imminent) insolvency.
* be able to handle these regulations independently and link them to the hierarchy of standards in compliance with EU legal requirements.
* be able to analyze sample contracts and master the technique of drafting contracts.
* be able structure checklists and flow charts with responsibility for contract conclusion and contract management alone or in a team.
* understand the special responsibility management has towards compliance in critical areas and be able to design the cornerstones for an internal compliance program.
* review their work results with regard to conflicting interests and the general principles of legal ethics.


[updated 13.09.2018]
Module content:
 
- Obligations of the GmbH managing director within the framework of corporate governance
- Principles of labor law with a sample employment contract (non-tariff employer with works council)
- Decision criteria for setting up a sales organization, sample contract with an independent auxiliary person, general terms and conditions of sale
- Bank loan agreements and loan securities with a sample loan agreement
- Basic compliance issues (corruption, tax evasion, antitrust law)
- Basic issues of insolvency law


[updated 05.12.2019]
Teaching methods/Media:
Lecture with accompanying case studies, court judgments and sample contracts; short presentations; exercises in negotiating and drafting contracts.

[updated 13.09.2018]
Recommended or required reading:


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