n.BA.FM.GLBWL.11HS (Fundamentals of business administration) 
Module: Fundamentals of business administration
This information was generated on: 06 May 2024
No.
n.BA.FM.GLBWL.11HS
Title
Fundamentals of business administration
Managed by
Claudia Dirnsteiner
Credits
4

Description

Version: 2.0 start 01 August 2012
Study programme Facility Management
Courses/Weighting
Course Code Course title Weighting
n.BA.FM.BWLEF.11HS.V Introduction to business administration 50%
n.BA.FM.GLFiAc.11HS.V Fundamentals of financial accounting 50%
     
     
     
     
Status Compulsory module
*Type C Core course/module
Regulations applicable RPO, 29 January 2008, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management Academic Regulations, 15 Dec. 2009, Annex for the Bachelor of Facility Management degree programme, 22 June 2010
Entrance requirements -
Follow-up modules Business studies
Comments -
Telephone +41 (0)58 934 58 27
Email claudia.dirnsteiner@zhaw.ch

*Type:
C Core course/module
R Related course/module
M Minor course/module

 
Course: Introduction to business administration
No.
n.BA.FM.BWLEF.11HS.V
Title
Introduction to business administration
Managed by
Diyana Petrova

Description

Version: 2.0 start 01 August 2012
Status Compulsory Course
*Type C Core course/module
Regulations applicable RPO, 29 January 2008, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management Academic Regulations, 15 Dec. 2009, Annex for the Bachelor of Facility Management degree programme, 22 June 2010
Total workload in lessons
Semester 1. Semester
Lectures 24
Coached selfstudy 4
Autonomous selfstudy 32
Total workload 60
Lecturer(s),
Speaker(s),
Associate(s)		 Dr. Diyana Petrova
 
Learning outcomes and competencies The course teaches the basics of modern business thinking and action, based on the belief that business practice should not only focus on the interests of the company and its owners, but must also take a wider environment into account. This places demands on a company which must be taken into consideration by its leadership.

In addition to considering the technological, economic, social and ecological environment of the company, systems and processes are analysed according to the St. Gallen Management Model.

Students will be able to:
  • recognise overall business contexts and assess their impact
  • detect conflicts of interest
  • make properly qualified and differentiated judgments and to develop solutions to business problems independently
Course content 1. Companies and their environment
  • Social environment: the social concept and legal system
  • Economic environment: economic system and regulatory policy; economic conditions
  • Ecological environment: environmental protection
  • Technological environment: technological progress
2. Companies and their stakeholders

3. Companies
  • Strategy
  • Structures
  • Culture
  • Management processes
  • Business processes
  • Support processes
  • Legal forms
  • Business mergers
Language of instruction German
Expected attendance -
Assessment Written module exam

If 5 or fewer students take part in a repeat exam, the test can be modified at the request of the lecturers: ie, instead of a written, an oral examination will be held. This requires the written consent of the students. (Please notify the altered examination form to pruefungsadmin.lsfm@zhaw.ch; form can be obtained from the Admissions Office.)
 
Bibliography Script
Thommen, Jean-Paul. (2008). Managementorientierte Betriebswirtschaftslehre. Zürich: Versus. (im Moodle)
Entrance requirements -
Follow-up courses Project week: Business organisation and employment law
Comments -
Telephone 41 (0)58 934 54 66     
Email diyana.petrova@zhaw.ch

*Type:
C Core course/module
R Related course/module
M Minor course/module
Course: Fundamentals of financial accounting
No.
n.BA.FM.GLFiAc.11HS.V
Title
Fundamentals of financial accounting
Managed by
Claudia Dirnsteiner

Description

Version: 2.0 start 01 August 2012
Status Compulsory Course
*Type C Core course/module
Regulations applicable RPO, 29 January 2008, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management Academic Regulations, 15 Dec. 2009, Annex for the Bachelor of Facility Management degree programme, 22 June 2010
Total workload in lessons
Semester 1. Semester
Lectures 28
Coached selfstudy -
Autonomous selfstudy 32
Total workload 60
Lecturer(s),
Speaker(s),
Associate(s)		 Claudia Dirnsteiner
 
Learning outcomes and competencies The students are familiar with tasks, basic concepts and tools of financial accounting and are able to apply the principles and rules for accounting and financial reporting in simple cases.
Course content
  • Areas and tasks of finance and accounting
  • Balance sheets
  • Income statement
  • Concept of double-entry bookkeeping
  • Accrual and assessment
  • Keeping goods and property accounts
  • Legal requirements for accounting and management accounting
Language of instruction German
Expected attendance -
Assessment Written module exam

If 5 or fewer students take part in a repeat exam, the test can be modified at the request of the lecturers: ie, instead of a written, an oral examination will be held. This requires the written consent of the students. (Please notify the altered examination form to pruefungsadmin.lsfm@zhaw.ch; form can be obtained from the Admissions Office.)
 
Bibliography
  • Jürg Leimgruber and Urs Prochinig: Buchhaltung in 20 Stunden, SKV publishers, Zurich, current edition
  • Conrad Meyer: Finanzielles Rechungswesen, Schriftenreihe der Treuhandkammer Band 182, Zurich, current edition
  • Armin Seiler: Accounting. BWL in der Praxis I, Orell Füssli publishers, Zurich, current edition
Entrance requirements -
Follow-up courses Advanced financial accounting
Comments -
Telephone +41 (0)58 934 58 27   
Email claudia.dirnsteiner@zhaw.ch

*Type:
C Core course/module
R Related course/module
M Minor course/module