Syllabus

Title
5787 Course IV - Business Project T2
Instructors
Jelena Radovanovic, M.Sc., Philipp Hampl, M.A., M.A., M.Sc.
Contact details
philipp.hampl@wu.ac.at, jelena.radovanovic@wu.ac.at
Type
PI
Weekly hours
2
Language of instruction
Englisch
Registration
02/22/21 to 02/22/21
Anmeldung durch das Institut
Notes to the course
Subject(s) Bachelor Programs
Specialization in Business Administration Course IV - Management and Controlling
Course IV - Strategy and Managerial Accounting
Dates
Day Date Time Room
Thursday 04/15/21 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM Online-Einheit
Thursday 04/22/21 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM Online-Einheit
Thursday 04/29/21 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM Online-Einheit
Thursday 05/06/21 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM Online-Einheit
Thursday 05/20/21 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM Online-Einheit
Thursday 05/27/21 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM Online-Einheit
Thursday 06/17/21 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM Online-Einheit
Thursday 06/24/21 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM Online-Einheit

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Contents

This course is project-based. Together with a selected partner firm, students will identify topics and trends of strategic importance to this firm and present them to its management.

This part of the project includes work on recommendations and implementation suggestions for the partner firm.

(For the first part of the class, see course 5786)

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Learning outcomes

After completing this course students will be able to:

  • conduct systematic literature reviews
  • critically read and make sense of research articles
  • structure complex business problems
  • design and implement research projects

 

Apart from that, completing this course will contribute to students' abilities to:

  • organize and manage a large-scale project in the field of strategic management and management control
  • structure complex and ill-defined problems
  • apply theoretical knowledge from different fields to find creative hands-on solutions to real-life business problems.
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Attendance requirements

In order to successfully pass this course, your absence is limited to 20% of all appointments. This applies to all appointments no matter the type (i.e. online or in-person). All appointments will be held online, except for the Mid-Term presentation (15.4.2021), the Test-Run for the Final Presentation (20.5.2021) and the Final Presentation (27.5.2021). The teaching mode of these dates is depending on Covid regulations at the time and will be communicated with at least 7 days’ notice.

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Teaching/learning method(s)

  • Coaching sessions
  • Group discussions 
  • Group assignments
  • Individual assigments
  • Practitioner feedback
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Assessment

The course grading system is based on:

• Individual Performance (20 %)
• Group Performance (25 %)
• Final Report & Final Presentation (35 %)
• Peer review II (20 %)

Grading scheme

  • Excellent ≥87,5%
  • Good ≥75,0%
  • Satisfactory ≥62,5%
  • Sufficient ≥50,0%
  • Fail <50,0%
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Availability of lecturer(s)

Philipp Hampl, Jelena Radovanovic

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Other
The kick-off event of the project is compulsory! More information will follow in due course.
Last edited: 2021-02-23



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