basics of crossmedia, analysis and planning of crossmedia projects, texting for online media, linkage of print and online textes, spontaneous producing of vidos for the www

• geben die Relevanzkriterien wieder
• erkennen relevante Themen für Redaktionssitzungen div. Medien und anschliessend Treatments
• verfassen Berichte ohne die eigene Meinung einfliessen zu lassen und ohne zu werten
• analysieren di. Texte aus Spiegel, Blick usw. auf objektive/wertende Berichterstattung

-erarbeiten Themen, die am nächsten Tag in Lokalmedien publiziert werden müssten und beobachten täglich, welchen dieser besprochenen Themen tatsächlich Eingang in die Berichterstattung gefunden haben

• wählen objektive und relevante Kriterien für neutrale Berichte aus

• This module aims at fostering professional competences. In particular, an overview on theories of the firm is given in order to provide students with a profound background for better understanding the various current topics of their discipline. The set of theories dealt with in the course will continuously be reviewed and adapted. So far, the following theories of the firm are considered to be particularly relevant for all three doctoral programs currently being offered by the graduate school:
• Introduction to the Theory of the Firm (Dr. Ferdinand Thies)
• The Nature of the Firm and the Problem of Social Cost (Ass.Prof. Dr. Tanja Kirn)
• Agency Theory (Prof. Dr. Marco Menicetti)
• Transactioncost Theory (Dr. Martin Angerer)
• Information Processing Theory (Prof. Dr. Jan vom Brocke)
• Resource-based Theory of the Firm (Dr. Ferdinand Thies)
• Knowledge-based Theory of the Firm (Dr. Ferdinand Thies)
• Behavioral Theory of the Firm (Dr. Ferdinand Thies)

Lecture; self-study; presentation and paper by students

• Basic understanding of the fundamental research questions connecting to the existence and boundaries of organizations
• Basic understanding of the different approaches which try to explain the existence and boundaries of organizations from various perspectives.
• Basic understanding of the underlying assumptions of these approaches.

Students will be able to:

• gain an overview about various theories of the firm and their history
• critically review and discuss different theories of the firm
• apply theories of the firm as guiding theoretical framework to own thesis topic and research questions

The students will be assessed in this module through:

• Paper (5000 - 7000 words)
• Presentation of paper

This module helps the student to further broaden and intensify his knowledge and methodological skills needed for his dissertation.
This module could focus on Banking, Finance or Taxation.

Lecture or seminar or self-study, possibly combined with preparation and presentation of a paper.

Based on lectures offered on the master's level, this module helps to enable the student

• to further intensify the existing knowledge and methodology needed for the dissertation project;
• to independently develop a research concept for specific research questions;
• to develop, analyze and synthesize new complex ideas;
• to develop the scientific and/or cultural progress for an academic or non-academic environment.

Students will be able to:

• Have an advanced and intensified overview on specific topics needed for the dissertation project;
• Develop their own research project;
• Apply the methodological structures of these specific topics for their dissertation project.

The students will be assessed in this module through:

• competitive selection process of the research seminar
• specific mechanisms of the research seminar

Module availability:
On application at an internationally renown PhD program, such as organised e. g. by London School of Economics, University of Constance, Zürich, St. Gallen, Innsbruck.

• Details with Schedule

Role of the module in the doctoral study plan
The module is required as a cross-faculty course in the preparation phase of the doctoral programs “Architecture and Planning” and “Business Economics”.

Description
Subject definition
This module supports formal research training at the doctoral level by focusing on fundamental aspects of research design, particularly through the lens of the special disciplines, styles of inquiry and cultures of learning at the University of Liechtenstein. It also helps to develop research management skills.
Research design describes 'the structure of any scientific work. It gives direction and systematizes the research. Different types of research designs have different advantages and disadvantages.' In technical terms a typical research design is a detailed outline of how an investigation will take place. A research design will typically include how data is to be collected, what instruments will be employed, how the instruments will be used and the intended means for analysing data collected.Research management skills, or so called transferable skills, comprise the ability to manage projects, be self-motivated and autonomous, network internationally, to think analytically and to be creative, inquisitive and original. In combining both research design and management skills, the University of Liechtenstein aligns itself with aspirations of the League of European Research Universities (LERU). It calls for an innovative doctoral education that brings together cohorts of candidates and includes elements of professional development training. This combination nurtures a range of skills that help PhD candidates to be more effective in their research projects but also to nurture abilities that will be useful in their future lives and careers.
To provide a tailored program, the PhD students attend one topic of ‘Specialisation according to PhD study’ (4 taught lecture units). In addition to this, the PhD students select five topics from the pool of “General academic and technical skills” and participate in all of the topics from the pool “Personal and professional management skills”. The features of the series “Personal and professional management skills” are open lectures, and every interested staff member is invited to join and listen.

Specific academic and technical skills

• Introduction to Research Design (mandatory: two taught units)

Specialisation according to PhD study

Mandatory: One topic from this group (four taught units per topic), according to the student’s focus area

• Research Design for Business Process Management
• Research Design for Finance
• Research Design for Entrepreneurship
• Research Design for Sustainable Building
• Research Design for Sustainable Urban Design and Planning
• Research Design for Architectural Theory

General academic and technical skills
Electives: Students have to select 5 topics from this group (two taught units per topic)

• Use and types of Observations and Surveys
• Intervention and Evaluation Research Design
• Experimental Research Design
• Correlational Research Design
• Panel Data: Fixed and Random Effects
• Big Data Skills
• Literature Reviews
• Concepts of Time-Series Econometrics
• Inquiry by design
• Round table Experience of tutors I
• Round table Experience of tutors II
• Round table Experience of PhD students I
• Round table Experience of PhD students II

Personal and professional management skills
Mandatory (one taught unit per topic)

• Ethics
• Publication process
• International doctoral exchange / PhD network
• Project management
• Intrapersonal & Self-leadership Skills
• Interpersonal & Leadership Skills
• Written & Oral Communication
• Grant application process

Interactive, seminar style presentations and discussions

The course aims to develop a range of skills that help PhD candidates to be more effective in their dissertation research but also to work on a broader range of transferable and widely applicable skills that will be useful in their future lives and careers, qualifying them as competent researchers beyond the assembly and execution of their particular dissertations.
By imparting skills in research design and management, and an appreciation of modes of independent modes of insight acquisition, this module pursues high academic aims. It provides an understanding of the logic and procedures involved in the discovery and formation of knowledge, of the planned development, interpretation and sharing of evidence and findings, and the conception and architecture of research programs and projects in this pursuit. It presents specific personal andacademic competencies supporting this quest. Participants will learn to appreciate the structure and performance of successful research endeavours. They will acquire conceptual and technical skills needed for designing their own research approaches, styles and methodical constructs.

After completing the module, students will be able to

• appreciate the value of a sound research design and well constructed research project architecture
• independently conduct resarch design and method recherches and evaluate and select options assemble and test research designs for their own projects, evolving dynamic models
• capable of being optimised over time embark on a self-propelled path towards mastering a range of essential time, resource and other research management skills
• speak the language of research design and management, and converse reflectively with teams in house and internationally
• develop personal yet professional and continually evolving research styles and customise management and communication options responsibly devise research programs
• pursue their funding and establish their standing in the published research communities
• appreciate the range of research styles and cultures across the University of Liechtenstein and in wider research communities

Teaching aims are to

• provide an overview about current approaches to research design
• build abilities to evaluate research design cases from a diversity of fields
• impart an ability to develop the research design for their dissertation
• develop a broader understanding of and skills in research design across different topics and styles and inquiry
• nurture the ability to initiate, fund, manage, promote and publish projects
• help participants in their quest to become more self-motivated and autonomous
• assist in developing cooperative frames locally, and networks internationally
• build confidence in analytic and creative thought
• promote curiosity, inquisitiveness and originality in research.

The students will be assessed in this module through

• a seminar paper,
• the presentation and defence of the seminar paper,
• and their participation in class.

In the seminar paper the students will be asked to outline and discuss a potential research design for their dissertation. That way, the seminar paper builds on knowledge acquired in the course, and it serves to transfer this knowledge to the students’ individual PhD project. Attendance of all mandatory and selected classes as well as the presentations is expected; 80% attendance is required for a positive grade.

The research proposal must include a description of the dissertation as a research agenda and of the methodical approach. In the colloquium on the research proposal, doctoral students shall present their dissertation project and provide reasons for their chosen approach.

Details are listed in the Implementing Provisions concerning the Doctorate Regulations

The supervisor and the co-supervisor decide on the acceptance of the research proposal and recommend a grade.

This module serves manifold competences: As a doctoral consortium it aims at deepening both, methodological and professional research skills of the students. In addition, it is designed to foster the international profile of their work.

By means of submitting their work to an internationally reknown doctoral consortium the students learn how to position themselves in a highly competitive environment.

Since successful applications are invited to be discussed by a selective academic committee the doctoral consortium also serves to further develop the communicative and social competences of the students.

Students' participating in a doctoral consortium arranged in the context of an internationally well-regarded information systems conference, therein share both the main contents of and progress in their own researches. Moreover, they benefit from listening to the other students' experiences and results and receive valuable feedback of the consortium chairs and student participants.

Students will be assisted by lecturers of the Institute of Information Systems at the University of Liechtenstein in preparing their proposal and application for the doctoral consortium. Accepted students will take part in the consortium. Also a reflection of the lessons learned at the consortium together with the lecturers at Liechtensetin is part of the module.

The primary objective of the doctoral consortium is to present and defend the PhD students' research in a competitive and international scientific environment.

The students will be assessed in this module through:

• Competitive Selection Process of the docotral consortium
• Research paper submitted to the doctoral consortium
• Assessment by the Professors discussing the proposal at the doctoral consortium

Module availability:
On application at an internationally renown doctoral consortium, e.g. at ICIS, International Conference on Information Systems; ECIS, European Conference on Information Systems; AMCIS, American Conference on Information Systems or ACIS, Australasian Conference on Information Systems.

This module serves manifold competences: As a doctoral consortium it aims at deepening both, methodological and professional research skills of the students. In addition, it is designed to foster the international profile of their work.

Students' participating in a doctoral consortium, therein share both the main contents of and progress in their own researches. Moreover, they benefit from listening to the other students' experiences and results and receive valuable feedback of the supervisors, consortium chairs and student participants.

The primary objective of the doctoral consortium is to present and defend the PhD students' research in a competitive and international scientific environment.

The students will be assessed in this module through:

• Competitive Selection Process of the doctoral consortium
• Research paper submitted to the doctoral consortium
• Assessment by the Professors discussing the proposal at the doctoral consortium

Module availability:
On application at an internationally renown doctoral consortium.

The doctoral consortium is an opportunity to sharpen and deepen both focus and methods of research, supervised by a group of external professors and/or advisors. It is designed to foster the presentational, critical and discursive skills in a group of international peers. By submitting their work-in-progress and interim results to an international doctoral consortium candidates also learn how to position their work in a competitive research environment.
Applications are refereed through an academic committee. Participants benefit from understanding others' experiences and results and receive valuable feedback from consortium chairs and other participants. A joint publication is to result from a consortium. A doctoral consortium will take the form of a multi-institution and often international seminar, workshop or summer school - an example can be found on www.dokonara.org, the consortium on sustainable spatial development our University participates in each year.

Students will be assisted by lecturers of the Institute of Architecture and Planning at the University of Liechtenstein in preparing their proposal and application for their doctoral consortium participation. Insights acquired will be discussed and reinforced by your doctoral supervisor and other advisors at the University of Liechtenstein.

The primary objective of the doctoral consortium is for the candidates' doctoral research to be presented, argued and advanced in an international and scientific setting.

Successful participation will strengthen research content, method and students' ability to engage in focused, critical discourse.

The students will be assessed in this module through:

• competitive selection process of the doctoral consortium
• research paper submitted to the doctoral consortium
• assessment by the Professors reviewing proposals at the doctoral consortium

Module availability:
In coordination with supervisor: upon application at an international doctoral consortium, e. g. international doctoral research workshops, seminars or symposia on architectural design theory; low-carbon building technology and building integrated sustainability systems; or sustainable spatial development, urban and regional planning and design, or an approved related field.

In winter semester 2019/20 the topic "landscape" will be the focus of the module. Everything is landscape. The way we live and eat, which mobility behaviour we demonstrate, which priorities we set at the planning policy and which values we attach to buildings and open spaces, determines the quality of the landscape. It is a collective good that must be preserved, negotiated and further developed together.
Within this module, we will deal with the change of perspective that is taking place in the European context: to think the inward settlement development from the landscape. What theoretical approaches can this thinking refer to, what planning policy and planning practical consequences does it entail?

Participation in the module events
Self-study of the topic urban development and landscape
Presentation and writing of a paper about the topic

The students receive an overview of the current urban and landscape-theoretical and planning-political discussion on a landscape oriented inward settlement development. Students are able to reflect critically on the various positions and relate them to their own research. The students can formulate their own theoretical position on the topic.

Participation in the kick-off event and the final presentation as well as further meetings in coordination with the lecturer.
The students have to write a paper (3-5 pages) about landscape-oriented urban development, discussing the concept to their individual research.

Risk Management:

• Identification, measuring and controlling financial risks.
• Classes of Risk
• Hedging strategies
• The risk management process

Financial Institutions:

• Importance and roles of the main actors on capital and financial markets, basic knowledge of finance intermediation, regulation of banks.
• Financial Intermediation
• Bank regulation

Research Seminar

• Understand and analyze topics in financial services in one of the three offered specialization parts (Finance, Law or Tax).

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.