Management and Sustainability

11B2332

Bachelor

German

5.0

winter and summer term

1 semester

The work of engineers is always embedded in economic activity and social responsibility. The module is designed to teach students the basics of these two aspects.

Students understand the structure and know the most important tasks for managing companies. They learn basic management techniques and methods as well as important business calculations for use in manufacturing companies.

Students also acquire application-oriented knowledge of anthropogenic environmental damage and its effects on society as a whole. They are sensitized to the effects of their professional activities with regard to sustainability issues and learn to apply strategies, approaches and methods to take sustainability goals into account.

Students in the "Maschinenbau im Praxisverbund" program are supposed to work on the "Aufgabenstellung"  in cooperating companies.

1. Introduction to business organization and management

2. Business management basics

3. Climate change and sustainability

4. Assessment of sustainability in the engineering sector

5. Management systems

The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

• Portfolio exam

The portfolio examination comprises 100 points and consists of a presentation and two e-exams. A maximum of 20 points can be achieved with the presentation. The e-exams are offered in triplicate and are each awarded a maximum of 40 points. Students are free to take all three e-exams. The results of the two e-exams with the best results are then included in the assessment.

Presentation: 5 - 10 pages text plus 15 - 20 minutes presentation; the presentation can be prepared as group work

e-exams: 30 - 40 minutes each

Basic mathematics

Students name management tasks in industrial practice and classify behavioral aspects of management as well as concepts of corporate organization, personnel management and business administration.

They are familiar with various scientific approaches to the sustainability debate as well as technical rules for implementing sustainability in the engineering profession.

Students integrate the methods of business organization in the design of various management systems.

They have detailed knowledge of sustainability assessment and can select processes to avoid emissions and resources and design selected procedures.

Students evaluate methodical concepts of system design in relation to the requirement levels of technical management.

They can develop targeted projects for the sustainable development of a company in the areas of climate and resource protection and place their technical expertise in the context of the sustainability debate.

Students can apply the management and sustainability assessment methods they have learned to specific problems. 

For example, they adapt basic methods of lean management to design the organizational and operational structure, apply simple methods of capital budgeting and cost accounting, or use standard software for specific carbon footprint analysis of process chains.

Students take into account the different perspectives and interests of other stakeholders when solving tasks relating to corporate organization and sustainability assessment.

They are able to present results developed in groups in a structured manner.

Students justify the necessity of organizational management and the consideration of sustainability aspects in industrial practice and reflect on their own responsibility both in their role as employees and in their role as consumers.

• Pusch, Rainer

• Pusch, Rainer
• Strating, Harald
• Rosenberger, Sandra