Project Management based on a PBL approach. Consolidation and extension of project management knowledge and application by students with a high degree of interaction.

The constantly augmenting complexity of technologies and systems, the increased pressure caused by competition, the need for shortening time-to-market and the thereby implied growing risks force organizations to increasingly focus on core competencies. The students will experience hands-on collaboration with industrial partners is a key value creation opportunity for successful ventures

The bachelor's thesis is the culmination of the program. The students develop, enhance, and demonstrate their methodological abilities to independently tackle and solve a given research problem. The thesis furnishes the students with their first major research experience, and is a further development of the work done in the basis courses and the focused study.

With the aim of preparing the students to take on managerial responsibility, this 2x5 days-seminar teaches basic and practical management skills.

With the aim of preparing the students to take on managerial responsibility, this 2x5 days-seminar teaches basic and practical management skills.

Discovering Management offers an introduction to the field of business management and entrepreneurship for engineers and natural scientists. By taking this course, students will enhance their understanding of management principles and the tasks that entrepreneurs and managers deal with. The course consists of theory and practice sessions, presented by a set of area specialists at D-MTEC.

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Enhance the knowledge in an actual field of the digital economy.

Enhance the knowledge in an actual field of the digital economy.

This seminar provides a broad and introductory overview into the entrepreneurial activities, especially focusing on the development of innovative enterprises. During the seminar, knowledge of the entire process starting from the foundation of a company, building up and expanding the business, and managing entire enterprises is provided.

The lecture offers an introduction into the organization and the set-up of entreprises. The emphasis is on transferring entrepreneurial knowledge and getting to know, to understand and to assess entrepreneurial decisions and their implementation into real life. Furthermore to recognize possibilities for personal actions.

Different topcis in research methodology are discussed. E.g. What is science?; What is pseudo science?; science and research; experiments and inquiries; research question; What is a theory?; structure of a dissertation. In collaboration with the University of St. Gallen (Prof. Dr. Gassmann).

"From the concept to a successful PhD thesis": elaborate/assess objectives, paths, criteria, methods and instruments based on theory and practical examples

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