Master´s Programme

Information Technology and Management

Objectives

The students link the contents communicated in the previous economics modules into a holistic company management concept. 

The students independently create tools for the integrated business planning (in MS-Excel, for example). The management decision-making ensues in small groups (max. 5 participants), the task distribution within the team and the coordination of interdependent decisions develops both the ability to work in a team and communication skills, while the actions taken at a competitive level also develop the ability for entrepreneurial thinking and operating. 

Contents

Open PC-based general management simulation, development of a target system, corporate strategy, business planning and control.

• Running an industrial enterprise (as a team) on a competitive basis 
• Operative, tactical and strategic corporate planning
• Decision-making in the areas of: marketing, production, logistics and financing
• Results analysis, development of a controlling system 
• Optimisation of subdivisions using OR instruments
• Development of an Excel-based integrated corporate planning
• Documentation of quarterly planning and analyses
• Producing an annual report (financial statement)