• Sociological and historical perspectives on different forms of mobility
• The role of different kinds of mobility in our society: How do mobilities of people, goods, information, and ideas shape how we live?
• The societal context of new/emerging mobility phenomena (e.g. multi-local living, virtual mobility)

• Inputs by the course lecturer
• Guest lectures
• Interactive group excercises and guided discussions
• Reading of scientific texts
• Independent work
• Student presentations

• Learning about the broad variety of different forms of mobilities
• Understanding the role of mobilities in our society, and the societal context of different mobilities
• Learning to apply a sociological perspective on mobilities in other disciplines (e.g. architecture, economics)
• Independent study of a freely chosen topic in the framework of "mobilities and society"
• Sociological reflection on (individual and global) mobility patterns

reflection, essays: 50%
independent work on a topic, presentation: 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.

Cross-faculty elective subject:
Notice the special Multi-stage allocation process.

"We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives" (Woody Allen). In this course we will follow this common interest and take a return trip to the future. We will explore the positive vision of a planetary civilization that is humane, just and sustainable. We will find out about what is required to approach this vision, i.e. the complex change processes in all spheres of society that are called the Great Transition. But we will not stop at gaining a big picture understanding of grand challenges of the 21st century, societal transition dynamics, and leverage points for transformative change. In collaboration with a local sustainability initiative, we will also set out to detect concrete transition needs and opportunities in Liechtenstein We will support this initiative by prototyping a catalytic intervention by means of collaborative leadership and learning methodologies.

• Blended learning (4 face-to-face block sessions of 1,5 days each + online conversations and self-study)
• Project-based collaborative service learning
• Collaboratory (including collective visioning, open space and prototyping)

Participants are able to

• explain key features and requirements of the Great Transition
• recognise the influence of worldviews and value sets on life choices and transition dynamics
• characterise a guiding framework for a humane, just and sustainable society
• provide evidence how a global trend is reflected and shaped in a specific local/regional context
• give examples for path dependencies and counter-intuitive systems dynamics in societal transition processes
• select a leverage point for transition that resonates with their personal values and interests
• take collaborative leadership responsibility and contribute to designing and implementing a collective change project
• reflect on experiences with collaborative tools and methodologies

A link list will be made available on moodle.

Assessment tasks:
Part A: 40 % Accomplishment of project milestones in sub-teams
Part B: 20 % Reading summaries
Part C: 20 % Contributions to online conversations
Part D: 20 % Final reflection paper

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.

Cross-faculty elective subject:
Notice the special Multi-stage allocation process.

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

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.

Cross-faculty elective subject:
Notice the special Multi-stage allocation process.

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

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.

Cross-faculty elective subject:
Notice the special Multi-stage allocation process.

'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.

Cross-faculty elective subject:
Notice the special Multi-stage allocation process.

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.

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.

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.

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