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Business Management and Consulting

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Business Management and Consulting
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Applied Informatics, Master, ASPO 01.10.2011
Module code: PIM-BMC
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.
P221-0050
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.
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ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
6
Semester: 1
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
English/German
Assessment:
Written exam: 40 %; case study/student assignment/extended essay: 60 %; attendan

[updated 08.05.2008]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

KI746 Computer Science and Communication Systems, Master, ASPO 01.04.2016 , semester 1, optional course, informatics specific, course inactive since 15.11.2013
PIM-BMC (P221-0050) Applied Informatics, Master, ASPO 01.10.2011 , semester 1, mandatory 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).
The total student study time for this course is 180 hours.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Miede
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Miede


[updated 14.11.2013]
Learning outcomes:
By systematically analysing the foundations of the subject, students will acquire the skills necessary to design, implement, modify and optimize business structures and processes. Part I of the module (‘Personnel management and company management’) aims to teach the skills required for analysing, designing, applying and developing modern management methods in companies, company divisions and departmental teams. Part II (‘Consulting’) teaches the methods and techniques that can be used to assess and improve the performance of companies, divisions and departments, business structures, business processes and resource deployment.
 
Overall, students will gain a broad-based structured understanding of the skills and approaches currently used in designing and optimizing business processes and structures and associated personnel management processes so that companies can achieve their stated business objectives.


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Module content:
Part I – Personnel and company management
-        Fundamentals and perspectives of business management (company management; management research; legal basis)
-        History and evolution of personnel management and business management (pioneers and early implementation; organizers and classifiers; the behaviourist model; the strategist’s view and his instruments; striving for control; business culture and excellence)
-        Task-centred business management (business tasks; competence and responsibility; management at company, divisional and group levels)
-        Personnel-centred business management (management elements; managing human resources at the corporate, divisional, departmental and individual levels)
-        Process-centred business management (management processes at the corporate, divisional and departmental levels)
-        Specific aspects of personnel management (human resource mangement; staff training and instructional methods, staff development tools)
-        Company case studies on location
 
Part II – Business consulting
-        Fundamentals (consulting and business advisory services; the consulting market; marketing of consulting services)
-        The consulting process (process participants: consultants and clients; the client-consultant relationship; the aims, phases and risks of the consulting process)
-        Consulting concepts and their implementation (consulting strategies; analysis and evaluation methods; methods for designing and changing business processes)
-        IT consulting
-        Project conception and proposal development
-        Case studies and individual student analyses


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Recommended or required reading:
-        Schmidt, K.-J.: Specialist notes covering selected topics + Exercises (see information provided during lectures)
 
Human resource and corporate management
-        MEIER, Harald Unternehmensführung, Herne/Berlin 2002
-        OLFERT, Klaus; PISCHULT, Helmut: Unternehmensführung, hrsg. von K. Olfert, Ludwigshafen 2004
-        PORTER, Michael F.: Wettbewerbsstrategie. Frankfurt, 1999
-        PORTER, Michael F.: Wettbewerbsvorteile. Frankfurt, 1999
-        DOPPLER, Klaus; Lauterburg, Chr.: Change Management, Frankfurt, 1999
-        Additional print and web-based references will be provided.
 
Corporate consulting
-        BLOCK, Peter: Erfolgreiches Consulting, Das Berater-Handbuch, München 2002
-        MEIER, Harald Unternehmensführung, Herne/Berlin 2002
-        NIEDEREICHHOLZ, Christel: Unternehmensberatung, Band I, Beratungsmarketing und Auftragsakquisition, München, 2004
-        NIEDEREICHHOLZ, Christel: Unternehmensberatung, Band II, Beratungsmarketing und Auftragsakquisition, München, 2003
 
Additional print and web-based references will be provided throughout the course.


[updated 08.05.2008]
Module offered in:
WS 2016/17, WS 2015/16, WS 2014/15, WS 2013/14, WS 2012/13, ... 
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