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040113 KU Foundations of Business Decision-Making (MA) (2021W)

8.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
MIXED

Only students who signed up for the class in univis/u:space are allowed to take the class (that means, that you have to at least be on the waiting list if you want to take this class). No exceptions possible.
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Ass.-Prof. Dr. Dimitriy Knyazev takes over the class time of Prof. Fabel during the WS 2021/22.

The course will be on-site. Online participation is only possible for students who belong to one of the groups listed in section 13c(1) of the statute of the University of Vienna (https://satzung.univie.ac.at/studienrecht/)

If you belong to one of these groups, please contact the office immediately at opim.bda@univie.ac.at and provide the necessary documents to prove your status.
Please note that the course might be switched to online if required by new regulations.

  • Thursday 07.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Thursday 07.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 14.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Thursday 14.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 21.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 28.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Thursday 28.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 04.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Thursday 04.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 11.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Thursday 11.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 18.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Thursday 18.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 25.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Thursday 25.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Thursday 02.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Thursday 02.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Thursday 09.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Thursday 09.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Thursday 16.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
    Seminarraum 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Thursday 16.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
    Hörsaal 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 13.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Thursday 13.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Thursday 20.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Thursday 20.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Thursday 27.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Thursday 27.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course gives a general introduction to typical business decision problems for students coming from a non-business background. It prepares students to participate in more advanced business classes. A specific focus is placed on quantitative approaches and methods of business decision making.

Specifically, the following topics will be covered:

  • Foundations of decision making

  • Decisions in production and logistics

  • Decisions in finance

  • Business strategy

  • Organization and HR

    • The course will be held on site and integrates lectures and exercise units.
    Depending on the Corona situation, some or all in-class units may be replaced by online video conferences.

Assessment and permitted materials

Final exam (60)%
In class and take home exercises (40%)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attendance is compulsory, at most three units may be missed.

At least 50% of total grade points must be achieved to pass the course. Passing grades are allocated linearly in the interval 50-100%

Examination topics

Content of lectures

Reading list

Will be provided on Moodle
Eisenführ, Franz, Martin Weber, and Thomas Langer. Rational decision making. Springer, 2009.

Association in the course directory

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