Die Veranstaltung dient dazu, die Studierenden mit den grundlegenden makroökonomischen Zusammenhängen und Gesetzmässigkeiten in Volkswirtschaften vertraut zu machen. Es geht darum, gesamtwirtschaftliche Entwicklungen zu beschreiben und gewisse gesamtwirtschaftliche Beziehungen zu erklären. Ein internationaler Vergleich kann hierbei Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten in der Entwicklung von Volkswirtschaften herausarbeiten. Darüber hinaus sollen die Studierenden sensibilisiert werden für aktuelle wirtschaftspolitische Probleme, eine Herausforderung stellt die Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise 2008/2009 und die Auswirkungen bis in die jüngste Zeit.

Basics in cost accounting (functions und structure), theory of costs and structures of costs (classification by attribution to units of output, classification of costs by capacity volume variance, classification und valuation of activities), systems of cost accounting, full cost accounting, cost type accounting (functions and structure, schema for transition from expenses to costs), cost centre accounting (functions and determination of cost centres, expense distribution sheet clearing of primary or secondary costs centres, determination of overhead rates), product cost accounting (cost unit accounting as job costing, as process costing or as joint costing, cost unit period accounting), direct costing (high-low points method, cost splitting), cost accounting schema, direct costing (as unit costing versus as period costing), level-by-level covering of fixed costs, budgeted costs und activity costing, decision making, accounting ratios, transition to controlling.

• Deepening of the preparatory work for the thesis, which will have already started with the exposé.Defining a scientific problem and deriving a research question from that.Development of the problem-solving approach relevant to the defined research question based on the scientific methodology of the subjectMethodological and content-based issues to be discussed with assessor Independent work on a research problem.Preparation of presentation documents for the defence of the thesisDefence of the thesis and expert discussion with the board of examiners.

successful completion of one of the following courses:

• Exposé Greenhouse IFS
• Exposé Greenhouse IME
• Exposé Greenhouse IMIT
• Exposé Greenhouse IFS, IME, IMIT

Information für die Verfassung einer Bachelor-Thesis im Wintersemester:
Für die Anmeldung zur LV Erstellung Bachelor Thesis benötigen Sie ein durch den/die Gutachter/in und die Studienleitung freigegebenes Exposé. Bitte senden Sie das durch den/die Gutachter/in freigegebene Exposé (mit Unterschrift des Gutachters) an die Studienleitung (PDF/per Email). Sie werden nach Prüfung des Exposés durch die Studienleitung durch die Studienservices zu den Lehrveranstaltungen des Moduls angemeldet. Bitte erläutern Sie in ihrem Email Unterschiede zu der in der LV Greenhouse erstellten Version des Exposés.

Als Abgabefrist für das Exposé an die Studienleitung gilt die Anmeldefrist für das Modul.

Für eventuelle Fragen wenden Sie sich bitte an: christina.philipp@uni.li

A bachelor´s thesis is, in general, a scientific working process, for which the research question should be answered. For that reason, a research question of general interest is to be answered, which could be reviewed by a concrete empirical question. Pure project- or company based research cannot be part of a bachelor´s thesis.

Introduction to International Marketing: basics and characteristics of international marketing, political roles, cultural and economic environments, international market research, development, implementation and coordination of international marketing programs.

Voraussetzung für die Anmeldung zum Modul:

• erfolgreicher Abschluss von English I
• erfolgreicher Abschluss von weiteren Modulen des 1. Regelstudienjahres im Umfang von weiteren 45 Credits.

The module law includes an introduction into the public law of Liechtenstein and principles of civil right.

• Introduction to the legal system of Liechtenstein
• Regional specifics of the Liechtenstein state form
• Priciples of the state organisation law
• Legislative process
• Function oft he EEA and impact of EEA membership on the legal system of Liechtenstein
• Legal business
• General law of obligations (Performance disruption, warranty, changes in the contractual obligation)
• Contract law (types of contracts)
• Tort law
• Property law
• Consumer protection law

Final examination at the end of the semester.

• Einführung und verhaltenswissenschaftliche Grundlagen (z.B. historische Entwicklung der spezifischen Disziplinen der Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Wahrnehmung und Entscheidungsfindung, [individuelles] Lernen, Menschenbilder)
• Organisation
• Grundlagen und Organisationstheorien
• Aufbauorganisation/Strukturen (z.B. formale Elemente, Instrumente und Techniken zur Strukturbeschreibung/–gestaltung, Funktionen/Gestaltungsdimensionen, Ausprägungen/[ideal-]typische Organisationsformen, Entwicklungsphasen, Ursachen und Auswirkungen von Strukturen)
• Ablauforganisation/Prozesse (z.B. Instrumente und Techniken zur Prozeßbeschreibung/gestaltung, kontinuierliche Verbesserung auf verschiedenen relevanten Ebenen)
• Organisationskultur und lernende Organisation
• Personalmanagement
• Grundlagen, Personalplanung und –controlling
• Personalmarketing, –beschaffung und –auswahl
• Personaleinsatz und –beurteilung
• Personalhonorierung/–entlohnung und –entwicklung
• Personalfreisetzung
• Führung
• Grundlagen und Führungstheorien (z.B. Begriff und Wesen von Führung, Führungserfolg, Machtgrundlagen, universelle sowie situative Eigenschafts- und Verhaltenstheorien)
• Motivation und Arbeitsverhalten (z.B. Begriff, Grundmodell, Motivationstheorien)
• Arbeiten in und Führen von Gruppen/Teams (z.B. Begriff und Charakteristika von Gruppen/Teams, Einflußfaktoren auf den Erfolg, Steuerung und Führung von Gruppen/Teams, gruppenfokussierte Organisationsformen)
• Konfliktmanagement, Kommunikation und Führungsstile (z.B. Grundlagen, Konfliktprävention, Konfliktanalyse, konstruktive Konfliktgestaltung und –bewältigung, Kommunikation)
• Zahnräder: Erkennen und Nutzen der Zusammenhänge zwischen den verschiedenen Lehrinhalten des Curriculums bei der Lösung konkreter Herausforderungen/Probleme und zur Entscheidungsfindung – unterstützt durch Lösen bestimmter Herausforderungen im Rahmen eines simulationsgestützten Planspiels zum personalorientierten Management

Basics of financial accounting, stocktaking and inventory, modes of accounting (stock accounts, income statement accounts, private accounts, goods and inventory accounts, payment accounts in due consideration of reconsignments) reductions and discounts, income calculations, documentary evidence, system of value added tax and its accounting, accounting of further cases in trading firms and production companies, accounting of wages and salaries, accounts receivables, accounts payables, accounting problems of fixed assets (depreciation, amortization, revaluation, special forms of depreciation and index to appendices) accounting problems of current assets(calculation of goods and materials employed and its accounting, cases of valuation of receiveables, inventory changes), accruals and deferrals, accrued liabilities, liabilities, problems of hidden reserves (creation and disclosure).

• Develop – as a member of the management board of directors - the business of a bank over several decision rounds (5-6) of a simulation game. Making a first decision on the type of bank (and strategy concepts) you want to manage. Analysis of the economic scenario offered at the beginning of a decision round.Making decisions on interest rates and prices for bank products (loans and other asset positions, deposits and other liability positions) and the issue of financial products in order to optimize the long-term profitability.Implementation of a bank strategy in terms of product, personnel, infrastructure and marketing.Dealing with bank risks, balance sheet structure, bank-specific controlling instruments and information media.Dealing with qualitative asset transformation and resulting risks, liquidity and capital requirements. Reaction to changes in framework conditions.

Business Game

• Students know the characteristics of different types of banks and know how to apply various strategy concepts. Students learn to act and make management decisions in a responsible way as a member of a team. Students understand the connections between and effectiveness of the sub-areas of comprehensive bank management on the bank balance sheet and profit and loss statement.Students learn the implications of specific bank decision making.Students know how to evaluate incomplete information and the resulting bank risk assessment.Students learn how to manage assets and liabilities and the resulting risks. Students learn how to assess the results of a banking round and how to change their decisions in order to improve the next result.

‘Philosophy of Architecture’ discusses and explains essential philosophical concepts within architecture and the various positions taken with regards to contemporary cultural phenomenas. This enables students to discover their own position within a philosophical debate and to place their work within a well-grounded understanding of philosophical concepts.
The first block starts with the comparison of fashion trends with architectural design connecting both with semiotic component analysis. The question is, whether and to what extent the analogy between architecture, fashion (popular culture) and language actually works. Possible answers arise from the examples given by Jencks, Baudrillard, Eco, Barthes, Alexander, Lynn and Barthes.
Architecture only becomes modern in its engagement with new media, and that in doing it radically displaces the traditional sense of space and subjectivity. Students should learn to understand their design in the same terms as drawings, photographs, writing, film and advertisements by developing new programs for their architectural models on the basis of philosophical texts (Koolhaas, Vidler, Foucault, Colomina) and film plots.
The third block deals with human attachment to landscape and how we find identity in landscape and place. Furthermore the lecture explores the relationship between innovation, medialisation (f.e. Bollywood in the Alps), individualisation and the new emerging ‘sportscapes’, it focuses on the impact of migration and globalisation on a territory (Latour, Deleuze, Appadurai, Hagerstrand) .
The fourth block is dedicated to the cross-fertilisation of technology, art, pop culture and architecture. The course starts with mainstream philosophy of the Sixties (Critical Theory, Mc Luhan, Marcuse) and provides students with a wider perspective concerning problems that come up in contemporary architectural debates.

Lecture and seminar: discourse, writing, peer review

Professional competence

• Understand philosophical concepts and their impact on own work
• Explain competently, discuss and critique own work through oral presentations, writing or visual communication

Methodological competence

• Identify key elements of problems and choose appropriate methods for their resolution in a considered manner
• Develop activities and self-organisation that will promote learning

Social competence

• Discuss and articulate ideas and information fluently

Personal competence

• Assess own work and put it into a historical, theoretical and philosophical context

Paper, exercises, minimum 75% mandatory presence

Following a short introduction to international economics, the module provides an understanding of the basic principles of international trade, trade policy and international finance. In detail the contents of the module include:

• Definition and scope of international economics
• Fundamentals of international trade theory and policy
• actors and patterns in world trade
• trade models (Ricardian, Heckscher-Ohlin, Standard)
• imperfect competition and international trade
• international factor movements
• international trade policy instruments, arguments and controversies
• Exchange rates and open economy macroeconomics
• national income and balance of payments
• money, interest and exchange rates
• International monetary system and policy
• policy goals and options
• international coordination

Voraussetzung für die Anmeldung zum Modul:

• erfolgreicher Abschluss von English I
• erfolgreicher Abschluss von weiteren Modulen des 1. Regelstudienjahres im Umfang von weiteren 45 Credits.