PTMBA2024_Core A - The General Manager
This course imparts knowledge of the subject, the functions and the central topics of Business Administration.
Course code
MBA MGMT647, MBA MGMT552
Course type
PT MBA Lecture
Weekly Hours
0,67
ECTS
1,0
Term
HS 2022
Language
Englisch
Lecturers
Prof. Dr. Peter Witt
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Course content
The course takes a general manager’s perspective on how to run a company successfully. It makes participants familiar with the major tasks of a general manager. One particular focus is on strategic analysis and the formulation of appropriate strategies. The course introduces institutional economics as a simple, yet useful theoretical foundation for several challenges of general management. Participants get to know fundamental principles of organization and decision making in companies. The course also investigates the most important functional areas of general management.
Class dates
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Saturday, 15.10.2022 | 09:00 - 16:30 |
Learning outcomes
Students learn about the major challenges in managing a company, understand fundamental theories of decision making, corporate governance, and strategic management. Students learn how to deal with important tools of management in different functional areas.
Literature
None.
Learningmethods
Lecture & class discussion