Of paramount importance for every presentation is the personality of the presenter, which can create an atmosphere of trust and real interest.
In this elective course, students will learn how to enter a room with presence and charisma and make a convincing first impression. In addition, body language plays a very important part and, very often, is used only unconsciously.
With the help of feedback, students will improve their presentation skills, learn how to structure their presentations and use media.
Another important theme we will explore is personal "Status". Usually, "Status" is connected with a certain position or power, which someone enjoys in an organization or in society. However, in everyday life, we constantly play with our personal Status, which is somewhat independent from our professional Status. Everyone prefers a certain Status. To raise your own Status yields more authority and assertiveness. To lower your own Status, thereby increasing the Status of someone else, conveys empathy and sympathy. Both raising and lowering your own Status are important and useful in different situations. Students will learn their preferred status and how to change it, if necessary.
In this course, students will also work with the methods of improvisational theater to enhance their spontaneity, creativity and ability to deal with unknown situations.

• Presentations with feedback
• Group work
• Video recording
• Exercises from improvisational theater
• Role Playing

The participants

• professionalize their appearance and learn how to present their ideas using authentic voice, language and body language
• learn how to speak with presence and charisma
• get to know the basic principles of presentation techniques
• learn how to create inspiring stories using incidents from their lives - bringing personality and life into public speaking
• improve their ability to plan a public speech tailored to their audience
• develop strategies on dealing with difficult participants
• get to know the "yes and" principle as the key to successful communication, teamwork and innovation
• enhance their spontaneity, creativity and ability to deal with unknown situations

Will be announced in class

Assessment tasks:
Part A: presentations (individual and group) 50%
Part B: active participation 50 %

Compulsory attendance (min. 80%)

passed / failed

• Course based on continuous assessment, details see under "assessment".
• Meeting attendance obligations is an essential pre-requisite for successfully completing a course based on continuous assessment.
• Attendance must be proven for at least 80% of the stipulated contact time.Responsibility for checking and providing written proof of this obligatory attendance lies with the course lecturer who is required to store this information at least until the end of the semester.
• In the case of absenteeism that exceeds the specified limits of absence, a medical certificate is required. Responsibility lies with the head of the Coordination Office for Cross-Faculty Elective Subjects to approve the reason for the student's failure to attend.
• Participation in other activities of the university are not recognized as an excused absence.

Fakultätsübergreifendes Wahlfach:
Es gelten spezielle Anmeldemodalitäten.

The course will deepen and enrich your enjoyment and understanding of art through engagement with some of the key theories and approaches that art historians have developed for interpreting and explaining works of art.

• Learn about Art Periods
• Get to know the highlights of European art from the 15th to the 21st century
• Explore fascinating questions about works of art, their function in society, their various meanings for viewers of the past and of the present
• Meet works of art within their social and cultural context
• Learn about methods used by art historians to analyse, interpret and explain works of art: Biographical approach, socio-economic/cultural approach, sociological approach, Iconographic approach, Iconological interpretation, architectural history, formalist/stylistic approach, aesthetic approach, semiotics, gendered approach
• A special focus is on social history of art since 1970

Lectures, group work, self-study; visiting museums in the surroundings of Liechtenstein

Participants …

• know some of the major European works of art
• are able to explain the basic concepts and theories of art
• know how to look at works of art and their original social, commercial and religious context
• understand some of the issues in treating works of art as visual evidence of human action, imagination and thought
• understand the different contexts in which works of art can be produced and consumed
• are able to place works of art in the historical context
• are able to read and analyse works of art
• know about art sales

Supplied during the course
Ernst Gombrich, The Story of Art, Phaidon, 2006
James Elkins, Stories of Art, Routledge, 2002
Texts: Barrell, Bermingham, Andrews, Clark, Helsinger, Pollock

Assessment tasks:
Part A: 50 % Short essay on one of the topics
Part B: 50 % Develop your personal art guide

Compulsory attendance (min. 80%)

passed / failed

• Course based on continuous assessment, details see under "assessment".
• Meeting attendance obligations is an essential pre-requisite for successfully completing a course based on continuous assessment.
• Attendance must be proven for at least 80% of the stipulated contact time. Responsibility for checking and providing written proof of this obligatory attendance lies with the course lecturer who is required to store this information at least until the end of the semester.
• In the case of absenteeism that exceeds the specified limits of absence, a medical certificate is required. Responsibility lies with the head of the Coordination Office for Cross-Faculty Elective Subjects to approve the reason for the student's failure to attend.
• Participation in other activities of the university are not recognized as an excused absence.

Fakultätsübergreifendes Wahlfach:
Es gelten spezielle Anmeldemodalitäten.

'How to take better pictures' is the topic of endless photography self-help books. This immediately raises a series of questions: But what is good picture? What purpose does it serve? Is virtuosity still a relevant term in a contemporary art/photography discourse? Does a good or better picture contribute to a better life?
This module explores these questions through a series of photography exercises and through discussing work of contemporary artists. Photography is understood as a performative act, a way to relate to others, to the surrounding world.

• practical exercises (photography) in groups
• individual photography project
• presentations, group discussions

Participants are able

• to take better photographs
• to analyse and discuss photographs
• to conceive a photography project
• to understand different photographic approaches

own camera incl. accessories (connecting cables, card reader etc.) and manual, tripod if available

Assessment tasks:
Part A: 40% Active participation (photographic exercises, discussions, short individual presentations)
Part B: 40 % Individual project, final presentation/exhibition
Part C: 20 % Participation in Campus Gespräche 15/16 "vom guten Leben und vom Glück"

Compulsory attendance (min. 80%)

passed / failed

• Course based on continuous assessment, details see under "assessment".
• Meeting attendance obligations is an essential pre-requisite for successfully completing a course based on continuous assessment.
• Attendance must be proven for at least 80% of the stipulated contact time. Responsibility for checking and providing written proof of this obligatory attendance lies with the course lecturer who is required to store this information at least until the end of the semester.
• In the case of absenteeism that exceeds the specified limits of absence, a medical certificate is required. Responsibility lies with the head of the Coordination Office for Cross-Faculty Elective Subjects to approve the reason for the student's failure to attend.
• Participation in other activities of the university are not recognized as an excused absence.

Fakultätsübergreifendes Wahlfach:
Es gelten spezielle Anmeldemodalitäten.

In Modul 5 werden grundlegende Fragen des Tax Accounting sowie der internationalen Steuerplanung und -strukturierung in Bezug auf Unternehmen und Konzerne thematisiert. Neben der nationalen und internationalen Besteuerung von Holding- und Finanzierungsgesellschaften sowie grenzüberschreitenden Finanzierungsgestaltungen, Akquisitionen, Funktionsverlagerungen, Vertriebsstrukturen und Lizenzierungen, der Anwendung der Anti-Missbrauchsbestimmungen und CFC Regime sowie der Verlustverrechnung in den Liechtenstein, Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz wird auf die Bestimmung, Überprüfung, Korrektur und Dokumentation von Verrechnungspreisen sowie die Ermittlung und die Einflüsse auf die Reduktion der Konzernsteuerquote näher eingegangen. Diese Erkenntnisse werden in Form von grenzüberschreitenden Fallstudien grundlegend vertieft. Zudem wird zunächst ein Überblick über die nationale Behandlung von Umstrukturierungen in Liechtenstein, Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz gegeben, um auf dieser Basis anschliessend auf die Thematiken Einbringung, Anteilstausch, Verschmelzung sowie Sitzverlegung näher einzugehen. Eine Betrachtung und Analyse von Fallgestaltungen grenzüberschreitender Umstrukturierungsvorgänge runden das Thema ab.

Interaktive Vorlesung mit Fallbeispielen

Die Studierenden erwerben folgende Fachkompetenzen:
Sie

• kennen die Unterscheidung von Handels- und Steuerbilanz erhalten einen Einblick in ausgewählte Vorschriften nach IAS
• sind mit den die Regelungen des Tax-Accounting, insbesondere des IAS 12 vertraut
• kennen die Zielsetzung, Rahmenbedingungen, Determinanten und Instrumente der internationalen Steuerplanung im Bereich Corporate Tax Planning, insbesondere auch in multinationalen Unternehmen und sind befähigt grenzüberschreitende Struktur- und Steuerplanungen zu begleiten
• verstehen Chancen und Risiken steuerlicher Qualifikationskonflikte
• sind mit ausgewählten Aspekten der Steuerplanung, insbesondere mit immateriellen Vermögenswerten, Betriebsstätten und Holdingstrukturen multinationaler Unternehmen vertraut
• haben Kenntnisse in Bezug auf die Bestimmung, Überprüfung, Korrektur und Dokumentation von Verrechnungspreisen
• sind mit der Zielsetzung, Bestimmung, Bedeutung, Rahmenbedingungen und Instrumente der Konzernsteuerquote vertraut
• können die Konzernsteuerquote und insbesondere deren Treiber analysieren
• haben einen Einblick in die Besteuerung nationaler Umstrukturierungen in Liechtenstein, Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz
• sind mit den steuerlichen Folgen grenzüberschreitender Umstrukturierungen vertraut
• sind in der Lage, die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse anhand praxisorientierter Fallbeispiele anzuwenden

Module 4 gives an overview of the EU financial services regime, investment services and regulated markets. The issuance and trading of securities as well as various legal issues pertaining to financial derivatives will also be looked at. Furthermore, participants will learn about the regulation of investment services providers and products on regulated markets and trading markets in the EU (esp. MiFID), the USA and in Asia. In particular, official listing and trading admissions as well as the more general transparency and disclosure regimes (eg Prospectus Directive) will be covered.

In the module Topics in IS Research, students develop an exposé for their master’s thesis.

The module consists of a seminar where students learn how to write a master’s thesis exposé. Students receive guidance as to how to translate their research ideas or interests into well-formulated research questions of theoretical and practical relevance in the field of IS.

The e-learning platform Moodle will be used throughout the course for the dissemination of course material and discussions.

Students will be assigned to supervisors with similar research interests. All faculty members will introduce their research areas during the first lecture. In the course of writing the exposé, students will benefit from individual supervision, nevertheless independence and initiative are expected from them and have impacts on the overall assessment.

Generally, each supervisor allocates three appointment slots for each student to discuss the research progress. Exceptions are rare and must be approved by all involved parties.

Students will be provided with handouts and supporting materials throughout the course. Conducting a literature review is an integral part of the module.

Evaluation of the master’s thesis exposé

Process management refers to the operation, improvement and innovation of business processes. The course covers fundamental frameworks, models, and methods in process management.

Topics:

• Business process operation
• Business process change
• Strategic alignment
• Governance
• Quality management
• Six sigma
• Process management skills
• Organizational culture

The module integrates theoretical knowledge and practical skills with the following components:

• Lecture with interactive elements and teaching cases
• Seminar based on a real-world case

The e-learning platform Moodle will be used throughout the course for the dissemination of course material and discussions.

The students will be provided with the lecture slides and supporting materials throughout the course.

Book:
vom Brocke, J., & Rosemann, M. (Eds.). (2010). Handbook on business process management. Berlin: Springer.

Further information for writing the master thesis

Please note the changes in deadlines as of SS16:

Exposé: February 1st (summer term) and July 1st (winter term)
Master's Thesis: June 30 (summer term) and November 30 (winter term)

Submissions and deadlines

• The master's thesis must be submitted until February 1st (for the winter term) and August 1sth (for the summer term) to the the central service desk.
• The submission of master's thesis must include: (1) a CD ROM containing thesis' digital copy (at the central service desk) and (2) direct submission of thesis' digital copy to the supervisor and co-supervisor (via e-mail).
• If any of the dates above falls on a weekend or public holiday, the deadline is automatically extended until the next working day. Please also check the opening times of the central service desk, especially during summer months.

• The already scheduled dates of the commencement ceremony can be found in the menu bar on the left

• The registration for the commencement ceremony is handled by the study administration. Dates of the commencement ceremony are given in the menu bar located on the left / topic commencement ceremony

Submission of master's thesis must be accompanied by:

• A CD ROM containing thesis' digital copy (to be handed in at the central service desk)
• Direct submission of thesis' digital copy to the supervisor and co-supervisor (via e-mail)

The Study and Examination Regulations and the Guidelines for Academic Work contain the necessary regulations. >>Link

In case of any questions please contact the module director or Ms.Leona Chandra (leona.chandra@uni.li).

Please consider especially the following aspects:

• The thesis proposal is written in accordance with the supervisor and the co-supervisor. Both should be team members of the institute of information systems. External supervisors (e.g. of the student's employer) are usually integrated as an additional practical supervisor. In this case there are a supervisor, co-supervisor and a practical supervisor involved in a thesis project. An external co-supervisor can be agreed in exceptional cases only (please check with the administration office of the institute if a personal data sheet is necessary for this person).

• The official editing time is defined on the thesis proposal and may not exceed 22 weeks. A shorter editing time is possible.

• While editing the master's thesis a colloquium with the supervisor must be held.

• The dates and deadlines given in this module description are the last possible dates for the adhering presentation and defense. Thesis submissions made after these deadlines are presented at the following date for presentation and defense.

Creswell, J. W. (2003). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. London, UK: Sage Publications.

Saunders, M. N., Lewis, P., & Thornhill, A. (2009). Research methods for business students. Harlow, UK: Prentice Hall Financial Times.

Leedy P. D. & Ormrod, J.E. (2012). Practical research: Planning and design. Cambridge, MA: Pearson.

Further reading is provided in the course "Research Methods" and "Topics in IS Research"

The evaluation of the master thesis will be published a few days before the final presentation.

The course takes place in cooperation with MIS lecture / MSc Information Systems. Please see http://www.uni.li/tabid/251/id/44232.67/default.aspx for further details regarding course content.

The course focuses on enterprise systems (ES), which are large-scale application software packages that support end-to-end processes, information and document flow, several kinds of reporting, and data analytics in different kinds of organizations.

Topics:

• Benefits of enterprise systems
• Lifecycle of enterprise systems
• Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems
• Customer relationship management (CRM) systems
• Supply chain management (SCM) systems
• Latest technological developments
• Case study: Enterprise processes in SAP

The module integrates theoretical knowledge and practical skills based on an interactive lecture that includes teaching cases.

The e-learning platform Moodle will be used throughout the course for the dissemination of course material and discussions.

Compulsory Reading:
Laudon K.C., Laudon J.P. (2014). Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm. Global Edition (13th ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education.

Research papers and case studies will be provided in class.

Further Reading:

Snabe J.H., Rosenberg A., Moller C., Scavillo M. (2009). Business Process Management: The SAP Roadmap. Bonn, Boston: Galileo Press.

• Evaluation of exams should take no longer than six weeks.

The course focuses on collaboration, collaborative work and modern collaboration tools in a business environment. Students will apply their knowledge in a hands-on collaboration project with partners.

Topics:

• Understand the concepts of collaboration and collaborative work
• Learn how IT can be used in order to support collaboration
• Learn about the potentials and limits about collaboration technology
• Learn about investment decisions of organizations regarding collaboration technology
• Experience collaboration with team members from other countries

Collaborative Business is an evolving topic in the area of Information Systems. It supports flexible cooperation and enables new modes of value creation in loosely coupled networks. Furthermore, collaboration can be a source of process innovation and value creation throughout a company.

In this module students are introduced to concepts of inter- and intraorganizational collaboration and cooperation.

Besides theoretical concepts of communication and collaboration, the students are brought in touch with state-of-the-art collaboration technology. They are motivated to experience these tools in praxis and are guided through a collaboration experience.

Virtual teams are formed and perform collaboration tasks throughout the whole semester.

The module integrates theoretical knowledge and practical skills based on an interactive seminar that includes a hands-on collaboration project.

The e-learning platform Moodle will be used throughout the course for the dissemination of course material and discussions.

Die Studierenden...

The students will be provided with the lecture slides and supporting materials (literature and exercises) throughout the course.

Davenport, T. H. (2005). Thinking for a living: how to get better performances and results from knowledge workers. Harvard Business Press.

Laudon, K., Laudon, J. (2012). Management Information Systems. Pearson

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