Trends in Management 2
Niveau
2.Semester Master: 1. Study cycle
Learning outcomes of the courses/module
The students:
• understand current developments and international trends in transformation, restructuring, and turnaround management.
• are familiar with different functional and interdisciplinary perspectives while considering various stakeholder interests.
• are able to assess opportunities, risks, and impacts of strategic management decisions.
• are able to apply international management approaches and practice-oriented solutions to business-related problems.
• understand current developments and international trends in transformation, restructuring, and turnaround management.
• are familiar with different functional and interdisciplinary perspectives while considering various stakeholder interests.
• are able to assess opportunities, risks, and impacts of strategic management decisions.
• are able to apply international management approaches and practice-oriented solutions to business-related problems.
Prerequisites for the course
2. Semester: no information
Course content
The course series “Trends in Management” consists of four consecutive courses conducted over several semesters, addressing current topics and international developments in the fields of transformation, restructuring, and turnaround management. With the involvement of visiting professors as well as experts from academia and practice, various business-related issues, international standards, best practices, and innovative solution approaches are discussed and critically reflected upon. The course contents are aligned with current economic, technological, financial, organizational, and strategic developments and may particularly include topics from the following areas:
• Strategic Management and Controlling
• Corporate Governance, Leadership, and Human Resources
• Restructuring, Reorganization, and Turnaround Management
• Innovation, Digitalization, and Transformation
• Finance, Accounting, and Performance Management
• Project, Change, and Crisis Management
• International Management Approaches and Best Practices
• Sustainability, ESG, and current developments in academia and business practice
• Strategic Management and Controlling
• Corporate Governance, Leadership, and Human Resources
• Restructuring, Reorganization, and Turnaround Management
• Innovation, Digitalization, and Transformation
• Finance, Accounting, and Performance Management
• Project, Change, and Crisis Management
• International Management Approaches and Best Practices
• Sustainability, ESG, and current developments in academia and business practice
Recommended specialist literature
Exler, M. & Situm M. (Hrsg.) (2025) Transformations- und Turnaround-Management: Strategien, Erfolgsfaktoren und Best Practice, Berlin: Erich Schmidt.
Exler, M. (2015) Controllingorientiertes Finanz- und Rechnungswesen, Herne.
von Leoprechting, G. (Hrsg.) (2018) Unternehmenssanierung: Krisenberatung, Branchenbesonderheiten, Checklisten, Herne: NWB-Verlag.
Obermaier, R., Hrsg. (2016) Industrie 4.0 als unternehmerische Gestaltungsaufgabe: Betriebswirtschaftliche, technische und rechtliche Herausforderungen, Wiesbaden: Springer.
Exler, M. (2015) Controllingorientiertes Finanz- und Rechnungswesen, Herne.
von Leoprechting, G. (Hrsg.) (2018) Unternehmenssanierung: Krisenberatung, Branchenbesonderheiten, Checklisten, Herne: NWB-Verlag.
Obermaier, R., Hrsg. (2016) Industrie 4.0 als unternehmerische Gestaltungsaufgabe: Betriebswirtschaftliche, technische und rechtliche Herausforderungen, Wiesbaden: Springer.
Assessment methods and criteria
Presentation
Language
English
Number of ECTS credits awarded
2
Semester hours per week
Planned teaching and learning method
The course, which is mostly dialog-oriented, usually consists of the triad of practical relevance, academic structuring, and the independent development of integrative case studies from immediate professional and consulting practice.
Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered
2