Introduction to Business Economics

Course title:
Introduction to Business Economics
Semester:
1
Learning outcomes of course unit:
An overview of the most important sub-areas of business economics, ability to solve simple business economic problems using case studies and knowledge of accounting as a basis for creating the annual statement of accounts.
Course contents:
The fundamentals of business management, explaining business management as a science, business management decision-making, teaching constitutive business decisions (legal forms, decision on location, corporation mergers) and functional business decisions (materials management, production management, marketing, financial management, accounting), representation of operational management decisions (management and strategy, planning and control, personnel and organisation, management and ethics).
Recommended or required reading:
Fachzeitschriften:Zeitschrift für Planung und Unternehmenssteuerung; Zeitschrift für Personalpsychologie; Information Systems and e-Business Management; International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal; Zeischrift für Personalforschung; Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis; Review of Managerial Science; Betreibswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis; Accounting and Business Research; Academy of Management Perspectives; Accounting Review; American Psychologist; Behavioral Research in Accounting; Decision Support Systems; Entrepreneuship, Theory and Practice; Financial Management; Harvard Business Review; Human Resource Management; International Business Review; Journal of Business; Journal of International Marketing; Journal of Management; Journal of Marketing; Strategic Management Journal; Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft; Zeitschrift für betriebwirtschaftliche Forschung#
Bücher: Grohmann-Steiger, Ch. / Schneider, W. / Eberhartinger, E. : Einführung in die Buchhaltung im Selbststudium, Band I und Band II, 17. überarbeitete Auflage, Wien 2006
Schmolke, S., Deitermann, M.: Industrielles Rechnungswesen IKR, 28. Aufl., Darmstadt 2000
Wedell, H.: Grundlagen des Rechnungswesens, Band 1: Buchführung und Jahresabschluss, 9. Aufl., Herne, Berlin 2002
Planned learning activities and teaching methods:
Lecture, group work, presentation and task discussion
Assessment methods and criteria:
Final examination
Course language:
German
ECTS:
2.00
Course-hours-per-week (chw):
2.00
Course unit code:
V.ABW.1
Type of course unit:
Lecture
Mode of delivery:
In-class course
Contact
Director of Studies:
Prof. (FH) Dr. Wolfgang Klose
+43 5372 71819 142
Wolfgang.Klosefh-kufstein.ac.at
Contact:
Monika Puchner
+43 5372 71819 102
Monika.Puchnerfh-kufstein.ac.at
Facts
Duration:
6 semesters
Organisational form:
Full Time study
Fees:
€ 363.36 + € 17 student union fee per semester
Language of instruction:
80% Deutsch, 20% Englisch
Qualification rewarded:
Bachelor of Arts in Business (B.A.)
Semester abroad:
Organized semester abroad, 5th semester

Level of qualification:
first cycle

Admission requirements:
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