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.

This module supports the development of basic communicative and cultural competence in Spanish.

Interaction, study skills

>understanding and passing on simple information
>taking part in simple everyday conversation
>reporting past events
>creating simple texts

• Research methodology 1: Basic of research; Philosophical issues
• Research methodology 2: Conceptualization, Operationalization, Measurement
• Literature Research; Critically reviewing the literature
• Designing management research (overview methods qualitative; quantitative)
• Qualitative field research
• Quantitative field research
• Quantitative methods: Sampling
• Quantitative methods: Data collection using questionnaires, interviews and observation
• Quantitative methods : Research Design
• Presentation Groupwork

Lecture with integrated practical exercises

The course provides students with the methodological background for collecting empirical data.

By the end of the course students should

• be able to transform a relative vague term of ordinary language into precise objects of study with well-defined and measurable meanings
• appreciate what a literature reviews in research entails and why it is necessary
• understand and evaluate different sources of information
• learn about different styles of research (qualitative, quantitative)
• know major components of both styles
• identify the main issues to consider when preparing qualitative data for analysis
• learn about conducting qualitative field research
• Identify strengths and weaknesses of both qualitative and quantitative research
• understand the need for sampling in management research
• be aware of a range of probability and non probability techniques
• understand the advantages and disadvantages of questionnaires as a data collection method
• be able to classify research interviews in order to understand the purpose of each type
• understand the role that observation may play as a data collection method
• understand the importance of having thought carefully about the research design
• be able to write an expose
• have the relevant knowledge and skills needed to write a bachelor thesis

The following conditions need to be met prior to registering for the module exam:

• successful completion of all first year full-time programme modules

Additionallly:
For students who started their studies in 2008:

• succesful completion of the module "Communication in English for Business"

or, alternatively,

• BEC II certificate

For students starting their studies in 2009:

• succesful completion of the module "Communication in English for Business"

Das Modul wird aus Lehrveranstaltungen des Nachfolgecurriculums gebildet. Es gilt die SPO für C12.

Linear Regression Model

• Introduction to Basic Estimation Methods and Properties
• Model Assumptions, OLS Estimation and Hypothesis Testing
• Goodness of Fit Tests, Heteroskedasticity and Endogenous Regressors: GLS and TSLS

Introduction to Time Series Analysis
Introduction to gretl and analysing quantitative data in gretl

Lecture with integrated exercises

The course provides students with the tools to understand empirical research and to appropriately use econometric techniques. By the end of the course students should

• have a solid understanding of the classical linear regression model and its application to cross-section data
• understand how regression analysis may be used to fit time-series models using stationary time series
• have an appreciation of the difficulties that arise in the application of regression analysis to nonstationary time series
• understand empirical research and appropriately use econometric techniques
• have a grasp of using gretl to fit economic models

The following conditions need to be met prior to registering for the module exam:

• successful completion of all first year full-time programme modules

Additionallly:
For students who started their studies in 2008:

• succesful completion of the module "Communication in English for Business"

or, alternatively,

• BEC II certificate

For students starting their studies in 2009:

• succesful completion of the module "Communication in English for Business"

Das Modul wird aus Lehrveranstaltungen des Nachfolgecurriculums gebildet. Es gilt die SPO für C12.

Im Modul wird das integrierte und anwendungsorientierte Modell vertieft, das auf den vier Grundfunktionen des Personalmanagements aufbaut: Personalgewinnung, Personalbeurteilung, Personalhonorierung, Personalentwicklung. Das integrierte Modell wird durch ein Kommunikationskonzept ergänzt und abgerundet.

Interaktive Vorlesung, Übungen, Assessments und Fallstudien

Nach erfolgreichem Abschluss des Moduls, können die Studierenden:

• Rahmenbedingungen und Entwicklungstendenzen des Personalmanagements erklären.
• Personalmanagement als integrierte Managementaufgabe beschreiben.
• Ziele, Strategien und Instrumente des Personalmanagements erläutern und auf die praktischen Aufgabenstellungen anwenden.

Schriftliche Modulendprüfung, 90 Minuten.

>Spoken and written communicative competence in various everyday situations
>Cultural competence

Interactive teaching

>Building German language competence
>Developing basic communicative competence
>Cultural competence
>Grammar and Vocabulary
>Learning strategies

The modules in "German as a Foreign language" deepen the competences acquired throughout the introduction week. They can also be chosen independently.

>Spoken and written communicative competence in various everyday situations.
>Cultural competence

Interactive teaching

The module "German as a Foreign language" deepens the competences acquired during the introduction week. It can also be chosen independently.

The Introduction week at University of Liechtenstein introduces international students to living in Liechtenstein and studying in Liechtenstein.

• Urban design, housing, commercial and cultural builings within the inner city and its periphery.
• Developpment of creative design skills against demanding constraints.
• Highly integrated, specific support by Courses Design Theory I
• Scale from analytical work to architectural design projects between 1:2000 and 1:200.
• Guest lecturers and professors coming from an international context teaching alternating contents as compact projects, which complement the regular Projects Studios Design Theory I.
• Debate on current topics from practice, theory and research within the lecture series.

Studio delivered and project based, with students being tutored individually and in groups. This is supported by lectures that explain the principles that underlie architectural design and provide the intellectual and cultrual context for the study in achitecture.
Lectures, seminars.

The module Design Theory I seeks to establish the theoretical and professional frame to an integrated, intellectual and specific architectural debate and project making within the concentration Design Theory.
The topics center on issues to develop critical positions towards subjective reasoning in architecture and to further the ability to root these positions in the history and theory of architecture, as well as in the political, sociological, and cultural context of contemporary architecture and society. Theoretical planning and architectural articulation of space considering notions such as typology, morphology and style are fundamental topics in architectural education.

The compact projects are set to complement skills and knowledge acquired in the project studios and to broaden the horizon of the students.

The aim of the module is to provide students with the necessary architectural tools and intellectual instruments and avareness to integrate the knowledge aquired in the Courses Design Theory I into a responsible and sustainable professional behaviour.

At the end of the module each student should have the ability to demonstrate and/or work with:

• A researched understanding of design in order to take a position as a designer reflected in the ability to devise and implement strategies
• A critical understanding of the intellectual and aesthetic content of self-selected buildings that supports architectural judgement.
• Researched and critical evaluation of the briefing and performance of buildings.
• The ability to define what type of research is relevant, what questions to ask, and which formats to record the findings to best serve as a springboard to design decisions.
• Execute complex defined and self-defined projects of research, development or investigation and identify and implement relevant outcomes.
• Ability to plan and compose buildings exhibiting complexity in terms of function, scale and context.
• knowledge on the humanistic currents through the reading of selected literature
• An understanding of the history of architecture reinterpreted considering political, sociological, and economical aspects.
• An insight into the structure and the workings of the outer organs of perception and perception in general.
• Demonstrate the ability to work with other students for.
• The ability to communicate complex ideas and concepts comprehensibly in visual, oral and written forms.
• Present and evaluate arguments, information and ideas concerning the various fields discussed in this module, and the ability to integrate these aspects in their individual design thinking and work.

• Intermediate and final review with externals

All courses in the module have to be passed with a sufficient grade (minimum grade of 4.0).
The module grade will be determined from the weighted average of the single course grades.

• Project Studio Design Theory 1 82%
• Compact Project Design Theory 1 18%

Following a short introduction to international economics, the module provides an understanding of the basic principles of international trade and policy:

• 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

In addition a seminar deals with special, selected topics about "International Financial Services".

Interactive lecture with practical exercises;
Seminar

On completion of the module students should be able to:

• Explain why countries trade and why governments may restrict international trade
• Outline theories of international trade theory and policy
• Illustrate patterns and trends in international trade
• Classify national income and balance of payments accounts
• Summarize models of exchange rate determination
• Point out the effects of changes in international exchange rates
• Interpret international financial markets
• Distinguish government financial intervention with monetary policy
• Identify challenges in international trade and monetary policy
• Apply international finance theories to practical problems

The following conditions need to be met prior to registering for the module exam:

• successful completion of all first year full-time programme modules

Additionallly:
For students who started their studies in 2008:

• succesful completion of the module "Communication in English for Business"

or, alternatively,

• BEC II certificate

For students starting their studies in 2009:

• succesful completion of the module "Communication in English for Business"

Das Modul wird aus Lehrveranstaltungen des Nachfolgecurriculums gebildet. Es gilt die SPO für C12.