Lauder Business School is proud to announce a major cooperation with leading American university Westcliff University, resulting in an exclusive Second-Degree opportunity available across all Lauder programs.
On December 4th, LBS welcomed Wolfgang Platz founder of Tricentis & Katharo Ventures for an unforgettable Fireplace Talk.
Last week, Lauder Business School hosted Dr. Lóránd Balázs for the November Fireplace Talk. He offered an in-depth look at his professional journey, leadership philosophy, and the rworld of autonomous mobility.
On 15–16 September 2025, Prof. (FH) Dr. Christian Reiner, Senior Lecturer & Head of Research at LBS, participated in a policy event in Brussels that gathered academics, policymakers, and practitioners.
After earning our official ACBSP accreditation on July 1, 2023, Lauder Business School is once again raising the bar. We’re proud to announce our membership in the AACSB Business Education Alliance — one of the most prestigious global networks in business education.
On June 27, 2025, Lauder Business School proudly celebrated the graduation of its 2022 Bachelor’s cohort in a ceremony that resonated with pride and purpose.
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Preparation for the 2nd semester Math Course.
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– Basic usage of Bloomberg to monitor instruments and portfolios
– Understanding the nature of different kinds of securities, how they work and what opportunities and risks they may entail
– Be able to advise customers in a way appropriate to the investment and investor involved keeping in mind aspects of business policy and compliance
– Know the different key figures, documents and ratios of shares / bonds / funds and how they are interpreted during the valuation process
– Know where and how instruments are traded / choosing the right place and “best execution”
– Understand how the sale of various security products affects bank business.
– Being aware of the strong linkage between economic figures and the selection process of shares / bonds
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– Have an in-depth understanding of Markowitz Portfolio Theory, CAPM, Efficient Markets;
– Have an in-depth understanding of the limitations and empirical testability of these theories;
– Realize potential anomalies arising in financial markets;
– Apply common forecasting models.
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By the end of this lecture, the theoretical basis is freshed up for planning, controlling and closing the consulting projects, and learning via applied project management enabled.
Also, advanced topics such as “the design of PM processes, project risk & project crisis management, the project-oriented organisation” have been studied.
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• understand the time value of money concept.
• perform financial calculations.
• apply methods used to evaluate investments.
• determine an organization’s cost of equity and its cost of debt.
• determine the weighted average cost of capital for an organization, whether it is in the public or private sector, and know how to use it in an investment appraisal.
• analyze and value capital market instruments (e.g. shares and bonds)
• explain and apply the three main methods of company valuation – asset (book) value, market multiples and discounted cash flow.
• appreciate the merits and disadvantages of each technique.
• decide on the most appropriate method or methods of valuation according to the circumstances – regulation, new issues, privatization, merger and acquisition or restructuring.
• classify M&A transactions.
• plan and manage the liquidity of a firm.
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• why fallacies make arguments deceptive
• different types of fallacies
• the differences between deductive and inductive reasoning
• the forms and standards of inductive and deductive thinking
• that debate provides preparation for effective participation in a democratic society
• that debate offers preparation for leadership
• that debate offers training in argumentation
• that debate provides for investigation and analysis of significant contemporary problems
• that debate develops proficiency in critical thinking
• that debate is an integrator of knowledge
• that debate develops proficiency in purposeful inquiry
• that debate develops the ability to make prompt, analytical responses
• that debate develops critical listening
• that debate develops proficiency in writing
• that debate encourages mature judgment
• that debate develops courage
• that debate encourages effective speech composition and delivery
• that debate develops social maturity
will have had practice in developing these skills:
• evaluating and critiquing arguments using standards of argument construction, identification of fallacies, tests of reasoning and source credibility
• producing arguments that adhere to the standards of argument construction and avoidance of fallacies
• researching and preparing an argumentative assignment
• researching, selecting and developing appropriate background and supporting materials to support arguments with the consideration for the audience
• expressing ideas skillfully with respect and sensitivity for their audience
• delivering speeches from a limited set of notes and within a specified time frame
• engaging in civil dialogue to define and explain socially significant topics
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Python
Pandas Operations
Structured Query Language (SQL)
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• understand the theoretical foundations of research
• distinguish different research designs, research approaches, research methods and research instruments
• identify a research topic, frame and structure the research problem, determine the research design, select adequate means of measurement and plan for data collection
• design research practicalities from problem formulation to choosing a suitable methodology and drawing conclusions
• relate and apply the theoretical foundations learned in class to their own research project
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Part I – Introduction
• Explain the rationale for doing valuation
• Address issues of bias, complexity, and uncertainty
Part II – Intrinsic Valuation
• Establish the foundations of intrinsic valuation
• Differentiate between valuing a business and valuing the equity in a business
• Calculate the risk-free rate
• Utilize approaches for estimating equity risk premiums
• Apply approaches for estimating beta values
• Define debt and derive the cost of debt
• Estimate and adjust cash flows
• Determine growth and derive a terminal value
• Understand the purpose and specifications of an LBO model compared to DCF
PART III – Practical Valuation Example
• Calculate a valuation by applying the cost of capital approach and adjusted present value approach
Part IV – Relative Valuation
• Value using multiples
• Identify determinants of ratios
• Choose a peer group and suitable multiples
• Differentiate trading versus transaction multiples
Part V – Asset Based Valuation (optional)
• Calculate liquidation value
• Compare book value versus business value
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• Understand the major elements of competitiveness
• Understand and analyze the role of clusters for wealth creation
• Understand and analyze determinants of productivity at firm, region and national level
• Conduct a study and evaluate the microeconomics of strategy and economic development of a certain region / cluster.
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• Describe and apply lean product development approaches (“Job to be done”, ICE, …).
• Design and adapt product ideas to meet customer expectations (experiments, A/B testing, …).
• Use tools (landing pages, ads, …) to test and evaluate ideas and concepts quickly and efficiently.
• Use techniques (interviews, cohorts, …) to develop personas and find a target audience.
• Recognize how to cross the chasm from niche marketing to mass adoption.
• Write extraordinary stories that resonate with customers.
• Use the sheer endless choice of channels to share those stories.
• Define, measure, run and validate social media advertisements, including paid ads, public relations and modern growth hacks.
• Interpret and assess the outcome of past marketing efforts
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• Grasp the following concepts on both theoretical and experiential levels: observing, sensing, perceiving, thinking, labeling, describing, defining, interpreting, facts, inferences, and generalizations.
• Understand the potential for maintaining self-awareness within one’s own thinking-feeling-perceiving-inference-making process.
• Recognize the correlation between clear thinking and maintaining active awareness of the present.
• Understand how clear thinking is connected to word clarity.
• Acquire an understanding of concepts related to assumptions, opinions, viewpoints, and their complexities.
• Comprehend the distinction between mental experiences and problematic confusion with facts.
• Understand how viewpoint bias influences information framing and shaping.
• Grasp the concept of conscious and unconscious viewpoints.
• Understand the nature of arguments as supported claims and differentiate reasons from conclusions.
• Learn analytical techniques for assessing arguments and identifying fallacies.
• Recognize and evaluate seventeen informal fallacies through definitions and examples.
• Gain insight into the forms and standards of inductive and deductive thinking.
• Understand empirical reasoning, the scientific method, hypothesis, probability, and causal reasoning.
• Comprehend the differences between deductive and inductive reasoning and their interaction.
Additionally, students will practice and develop these skills:
• Suspend thinking to observe and gather data.
• Achieve word clarity.
• Describe evidence without introducing labels and interpretations.
• Distinguish facts from inferences.
• Provide evidence to support generalizations.
• Assess assumptions, opinions, and viewpoints for their strengths and limitations.
• Identify underlying and value assumptions in discourse.
• Differentiate opinions from facts.
• Recognize hidden opinions in evaluative language.
• Identify sources and their viewpoint characteristics.
• Analyze news frames.
• Assess source reliability.
• Recognize propaganda characteristics.
• Identify conclusions and reasons within arguments.
• Differentiate reports from arguments.
• Articulate the central issue in question.
• Analyze arguments and detect fallacies.
• Evaluate deductive arguments for validity and soundness.
• Identify hidden premises.
• Apply different standards to inductive and deductive reasoning.
• Conduct research and prepare argumentative assignments.
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Part I – Introduction (chapter 3)
Part II – Time, Money, and Interest Rates (chapters 4, 5 and 6)
Part III – Valuing Projects and Firms (chapters 7, 8 and 9)
Part IV – Risk and Return (chapters 10, 11 and 12)
Part V – Capital Structure (chapters 14, 15 and 17)
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– Have broad and practical understanding of the asset management industry and its participants,
– Have broad and practical understanding of the foundations of investment selection and management,
– Create a global equity portfolio, which they will need to maintain, update and report upon regularly during their Masters programme at LBS, and then analyze and explain its performance in the fourth semester,
– Be able to research business data and fundamentals, and apply this to analyse the risk and return characteristics of an investment,
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– Have broad and practical understanding of the asset management industry and theoretical foundations of investment selection and management;
– Create and analyze a small portfolio of investments;
– Be able to apply factual knowledge, analyze the risk and return characteristics of investment and derive a judgment for evaluating different asset classes;
– Establish a general understanding of the asset management industry and its participants;
– Raise awareness for the key topics shaping the industry in the current environment.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Analyze the professional opportunities in the field of Social Media;
-Decide which channels to choose;
-Set up and advertise company pages in social networks;
-Create content and campaigns and measure the impact on defined goals;
-Judge professional social media content from the viewpoint of the target “consumer”.
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will
– Have learned to understand the basics and the background of integrated marketing communication in various environments.
– Have analyzed, developed and applied techniques of analyzing companies’ business and market environment in terms of IMC
– Understanding the process of turning a company’s IMC strategy into creative, effective, efficient actions and results
– Preparing a company’s internal organization to successfully perform integrated marketing communication
– Understanding the entire interplay of marketing, brand, PR, sales, (social) media, CRM strategies
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course students will be able to
– sharpen language into an effective tool
– understand the importance of network analysis and networked communication
– take into account the importance of negotiation preparation
– apply the principles of negotiation psychology
– understand the difference between strategy and tactics
– identify and utilize roles in negotiations
– distinguish between different personality types and apply negotiation tactics accordingly
– negotiate in different settings
– realize their own strengths and weaknesses in negotiations
Learning outcomes
The aim of Business German III, IV and V is to develop students’ understanding of the key concepts and principles necessary to achieve level B2 as outlined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) with a clear focus on Business German, so that by the end of the 5th semester, students will be able to:
-understand and talk about business topics such as organizations, advertising, brands, human resources, international markets, leadership, etc.
-understand and write business correspondence for a variety of situations
-understand and make business-related telephone calls in a variety of situations
-take part in business meetings and negotiations
-understand, prepare and give a presentation on a business-related topic
Learning outcomes
The aim of Business German III, IV and V is to develop students’ understanding of the key concepts and principles necessary to achieve level B2 as outlined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) with a clear focus on Business German, so that by the end of the 5th semester, students will be able to:
-understand and talk about business topics such as organizations, advertising, brands, human resources, international markets, leadership, etc.
-understand and write business correspondence for a variety of situations
-understand and make business-related telephone calls in a variety of situations
-take part in business meetings and negotiations
-understand, prepare and give a presentation on a business-related topic
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this course students will be able to
– Know, reproduce and understand the key concepts of ecological economics and green growth
– Apply the concepts to both general and business settings
– Reflect on how to reconcile ecological sustainability and business dynamics
Learning Outcomes
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– Recognize, define, and discuss the terminology, concepts, principles, and theories taught in this cultural psychology
– Identify and apply appropriate terminology, concepts, principles, and theories from the course when analyzing factual situations with cultural psychology
– Develop reasonable solutions to cultural psychology problems using appropriate terminology, concepts, principles, and theories from the course.
– Discuss the relevance and application of the concepts, principles, and theories used in cultural psychology to contemporary events.
– Identify and discuss the interrelationships among the concepts, principles, and theories used in the different areas of cultural psychology.
Learning Outcomes
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– describe the foundation and topics of HRM
– know, reproduce and apply key concepts and techniques of modern HRM
– explain and develop the different steps of a talent management process
– Analyze different HRM methods and their outcome
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Know and be able to apply several tools in order to analyze the operations of companies;
– Have a broad and strategic understanding of operations analytics and management;
– Be able to implement actions based on the analysis;
– Execute business process management and reengineering;
– Understand the role of automatization in business;
– Select and apply and understand the respective implications;
– Prepare descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analyses;
– Conducting segmentation, targeting and positioning (STP) based on data and their interpretation;
– Apply a data-driven marketing mix;
– Use specific analytical methods for retail and wholesale data;
– Make managerial decisions based on data and their respective interpretation;
– Forecasting consumer behavior with useful tools;
– Understand how strategic decisions interact with other functional areas.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Have a good understanding of the various tools/techniques associated with problem/opportunity identification,
– Have an understanding of the current state; the methods required to identify, validate and document this condition as such,
– Identify the future state and to come up with models that the desired outcomes are continuously verified, validated and documented,
– Perform a rudimentary gap analysis and any/all necessary exercises tied to a thorough feasibility study,
– Identify the initial scope and be able to perform continuous revisions based upon the information that is unveiled during one’s assignment,
– Be able to create a stakeholder list, perform a stakeholder analysis, initiate a stakeholder strategy and ensure that stakeholder management is performed in an efficient and effective manner,
– Ensure the elicitation process be performed in a meaningful way; including elicitation approach, planning, scheduling, execution, analysis and as input for the solution exploration phase,
– Be able to efficiently ascertain, demonstrate and document all meaningful solution options,
– Based on the listing of all possible solutions, perform the tools and techniques required to establish a short-list of the most viable solutions,
– Execute an effective decision assessment, evaluation, and selection process;
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to
– Discuss the role of project financing in a corporate environment
– Explain how tools and techniques utilized in project financing can add value to the firm
– Compare and contrast project financing arrangements
– Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of project financial arrangements
– Analyze the risks involved in project financing
– Evaluate the techniques used to manage the risks associated with project financing arrangements
– Describe practical problems of project financing using specific examples
Learning outcomes
At the end of the B1 Level students will be able to
– understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
– deal with most situations likely to arise while traveling in an area where the language is spoken.
– produce simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest.
– describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
Reading Skills:
Students are able to understand factual texts on subjects related to their interests that consist mainly of high frequency everyday or job-related language. They can recognize significant points in straightforward newspaper articles on familiar subjects and can understand the description of events, feelings and wishes
Written Skills:
Students at this level can write simple texts on topics which are familiar or of personal interest by linking a series of shorter discrete elements into a linear sequence. They can write personal letters describing events, experiences and impressions.
Oral skills/Speaking and Understanding:
Listening: They are able to understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. They can understand the main point of many radio or TV programmes on current affairs or topics of personal or professional interest when the delivery is relatively slow and clear.
Spoken Production: They can keep going comprehensibly in order to describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and can briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. They are able to narrate a story or relate the plot of a book or film and describe reactions.
Language skills:
Used to + infinitive • Past Simple and Present Perfect • Neither / so do I • Modal verbs • Reported speech • First, second conditional • Adverbs of manner and modifiers • Relative clauses • Adjectives and their connotations • Present Perfect Continuous • Look + adjective, look like + noun • Be able to/ can/ manage to • Passives • Past Perfect Simple • Have and have got • Be allowed to and be supposed to • A / few and a / little • Although / in spite of / despite • Question tags
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Know and be able to apply several tools in order to analyze the operations of companies;
– Have a broad and strategic understanding of operations analytics and management;
– Be able to implement actions based on the analysis;
– Execute business process management and reengineering;
– Understand the role of automatization in business;
– Select and apply and understand the respective implications;
– Prepare descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analyses;
– Conducting segmentation, targeting and positioning (STP) based on data and their interpretation;
– Apply a data-driven marketing mix;
– Use specific analytical methods for retail and wholesale data;
– Make managerial decisions based on data and their respective interpretation;
– Forecasting consumer behavior with useful tools;
– Understand how strategic decisions interact with other functional areas.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Recognize the general concepts of the governance framework of organizations;
– Compare the corporate governance structure regarding organizations in different industries and different regions and comprehend the global dimension of corporate governance;
– Illustrate the significance of risk management principles for good governance;
– Develop a keen awareness of the undesirable consequences of weak corporate governance practices and provide recommendations for mitigations;
– Explain the influence of major constituents on such governance framework within given circumstances;
– Evaluate the relation of performance and governance of an organization;
– Categorize responsibilities of organizations to different stakeholder groups and judge on corporate (social) responsibility;
– Distinguish best-practice and pitfalls based on readings and group work assignments;
– Demonstrate the acquired knowledge and skills in a qualified understanding of reports on corporate governance issues in popular media and participation in professional discussions;
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Recognize the general concepts of the governance framework of organizations;
– Compare the corporate governance structure regarding organizations in different industries and different regions and comprehend the global dimension of corporate governance;
– Illustrate the significance of risk management principles for good governance;
– Develop a keen awareness of the undesirable consequences of weak corporate governance practices and provide recommendations for mitigations;
– Explain the influence of major constituents on such governance framework within given circumstances;
– Evaluate the relation of performance and governance of an organization;
– Categorize responsibilities of organizations to different stakeholder groups and judge on corporate (social) responsibility;
– Distinguish best-practice and pitfalls based on readings and group work assignments;
– Demonstrate the acquired knowledge and skills in a qualified understanding of reports on corporate governance issues in popular media and participation in professional discussions; – Know generally accepted practice in the design, development, implementation, maintenance and continual improvement of a compliance program;
– Comprehend the position of a compliance management system in the governance framework of an organization;
– Apply the acquired knowledge to various regulatory requirements;
– Examine and combine the elements of a compliance management system to the extent appropriate to the internal and external context of an organization;
– Evaluate the approach of global corporations to compliance management, determine best practice and pitfalls and the application of this approach to other types of organizations;
– Consolidate all steps in a comparative analysis regarding the compliance approach of organizations in different industries;
– Be attentive to the need of compliant behavior in the conduct of business activities for minimizing the risks of failure and avert harm from the organization;
– Recognize the benefits of knowledge and skills in compliance management for their future career after graduation;
– Adapt the acquired knowledge and skills resulting in a qualified understanding of reports on non-compliant behavior in popular media and the ability to participate in professional discussions.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Have a detailed knowledge of Performance Evaluation and Budgetary Control;
– Be able to apply Variance Analysis as part of the Control Loop in management control;
– Comprehend and be able to apply operational level performance management concepts of Profit Centers, Investment Centers and corresponding measures of performance;
– Comprehend and be able to apply performance-related concepts in Activity-Based Management;
– Be able to use financial statements to evaluate business performance.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Appreciate the value of entrepreneurship and innovation outcomes for economic renewal and rejuvenation in a variety of organizational contexts;
– Understand the process of entrepreneurship and of creating new ventures;
– Have the ability to carry out the preparatory work necessary to develop a business idea, draw up a business plan and present it in front of an audience;
– Have the ability to implement, operate and monitor the execution of this process.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Do extensive research in the specific field;
– Gather and filter the appropriate data for the project;
– Select and apply appropriate the appropriate analytical tools and concepts;
– Interpret and evaluate the results;
– Employ scientific research methods in small- to medium scale quantitative and/or qualitative studies;
– Create strategies in order to resolve business- and economics-related problems;
– Critically reflect upon the takeaways of a project/analysis in light of the limitations;
– Reflect upon the analyses;
– Conduct a major project (project management skills) individually;
– Organize communication processes with numerous stakeholders;
– Present the research project in a focused, professional and convincing manner.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Use skills, frameworks and knowledge in entrepreneurial finance (similarly to traditional corporate finance, yet more focused on cash flow, returns, and recognizable value);
– Recognize an opportunity worthy of financing;
– Value an opportunity;
– Understand the difference between the funder’s perspectives and those of the company being financed;
– Appreciate the difference between venture capital, private equity, early stage, and traditional financing sources;
– Approach a venture capital source and present your idea;
– Use different financing techniques;
– Use strategic partnering.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Be familiar with the basic concepts of operations and supply chain management;
– Be able to describe the key capabilities of a supply chain;
– Apply concepts, conduct analyses and evaluate scenarios in the field of purchasing, inventory management, logistics, planning, forecasting, etc.;
– Have a good understanding of how company strategy impacts its supply chain/operations capabilities;
– Be able to apply operations and supply chain management concepts when analyzing and improving a company or a specific problem.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Have an unbiased picture of one’s skills, personality, and values;
– Recognize how interviewers perceive particular words, meta-communication, and specific behavioral patterns;
– Assess candidates pros and cons;
– Have a good understanding of how particular jobs and candidates might match;
– Develop your career roadmap.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Have a broad and practical knowledge on Statistics-related problems;
– Know, understand and reproduce key concepts of Statistics;
– Demonstrate rationality when interpreting Statistics;
– Analyze datasets in SPSS;
– Conduct statistical tests, basic and intermediate analyses in statistics with SPSS;
– Answer simple statistical questions with ease;
– Understand and recognize the relevance and implications of the misuse of Statistics.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Define and explain Strategic Human Resource Management;
– Compare HRM & SHRM;
– Recognize the advantages and limitations of the different approaches to SHRM;
– Identify and explain the major features of strategic recruitment and selection;
– Analyze how recruitment and selection can be developed to fit a variety of strategic scenarios;
– Understand the place of recruitment and selection as well as the value of testing and work samples;
– Identify and explain the major features of strategic human resource development (SHRD);
– Analyze the significance of the learning organization and knowledge management to SHRD;
– Explore whether training initiatives become more extensive as examples of HR strategies;
– Assess the strategic impact of training and development policies and practices;
– Define performance management and discuss how it differs from performance appraisal;
– Set effective performance appraisal standards;
– Explain and illustrate the problems in order to avoid them in appraising performance;
– Evaluate the major criticisms towards performance management;
– Create and apply a performance appraisal;
– List the basic factors determining pay rates;
– Define reward management and strategic reward management;
– Explain the factors that have led to the increased interest in strategic reward management;
– Identify some of the key background issues relevant to the internationalization of businesses;
– Define strategic international human resource management (SIHRM) and identify its key components;
– Illustrate how intercountry differences affect HRM;
– Discuss the use of Locals vs. Expats;
– Identify important issues in training, appraising and compensating international employees;
– Explain how to implement a global HRM program;
– Discuss how small business HRM is different from large businesses HRM and how small size can improve the SHRM processes.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Receive a Master’s degree (MA) in Strategic Finance and Business Analytics from Lauder Business School.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Recognize, define, and discuss the terminology, concepts, principles, and theories taught in this organizational behavior course;
– Identify and apply appropriate terminology, concepts, principles, and theories from the course when analyzing factual situations with organizational behavior problems;
– Develop reasonable solutions to organizational behavior problems using appropriate terminology, concepts, principles, and theories from the course;
– Evaluate the quality of their proposed solutions to organizational behavior problems against appropriate criteria, including organizational constraints;
– Discuss the relevance and application of the concepts, principles, and theories used in organizational behavior to contemporary events;
– Identify and discuss the interrelationships among the concepts, principles, and theories used in the different areas of organizational behavior.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Recognize, define, and discuss the terminology, concepts, principles, and theories taught in this organizational change course;
– Identify and apply appropriate terminology, concepts, principles, and theories from the course when analyzing situations involving change;
– Develop reasonable solutions to change management problems using appropriate terminology, concepts, principles, and theories from the course;
– Evaluate the quality of their proposed solutions to change management problems against appropriate criteria, including psychological and organizational constraints;
– Discuss the relevance and application of the concepts, principles, and theories used in change management to contemporary business;
– Identify and discuss the interrelationships among the needs of organizations and of their members and other stakeholders in change.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Have a broad and practical knowledge of economics-related problems;
– Know, understand and reproduce key concepts of behavioral economics and decision-making;
– Apply the concepts to both general and business settings;
– Reflect on these concepts and their managerial implications;
– Understand the relevance and the implications of the practical examples and the games, situational tasks they participate in with the lecturer;
– Digest and critically reflect upon scientific articles in the field of behavioral economics;
– Recognize and apply relevant concepts of social psychology to business settings;
– Know and understand biases and the covered behavioral factors, be able to elaborate on their relevance and the exact ways how to overcome them.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Understand the benefits and boundaries of project management;
– Be able to differentiate between processes, projects, and programmes;
– Be able to understand projects as social systems;
– Be able to identify the main project success factors such as context-thinking, business-case thinking, and social competences;
– Be able to apply main project management methods.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Know generally accepted practice in the design, development, implementation, maintenance and continual improvement of a compliance program;
– Comprehend the position of a compliance management system in the governance framework of an organization;
– Apply the acquired knowledge to various regulatory requirements;
– Examine and combine the elements of a compliance management system to the extent appropriate to the internal and external context of an organization;
– Evaluate the approach of global corporations to compliance management, determine best practice and pitfalls and the application of this approach to other types of organizations;
– Consolidate all steps in a comparative analysis regarding the compliance approach of organizations in different industries;
– Be attentive to the need of compliant behavior in the conduct of business activities for minimizing the risks of failure and avert harm from the organization;
– Recognize the benefits of knowledge and skills in compliance management for their future career after graduation;
– Adapt the acquired knowledge and skills resulting in a qualified understanding of reports on non-compliant behavior in popular media and the ability to participate in professional discussions.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Receive a Master’s degree (MA) in International Management and Leadership from Lauder Business School.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Understand what a business model is and how it works;
– Analyze business processes using several models (resources, processes, requirements, etc.);
– Know what can be achieved with effective business intelligence;
– Know how to conduct a business analysis;
– Apply several analytical methods and understand their relevance/caveats at the same time;
– Grasp the importance and the implications of Big Data and Data Mining;
– Visualize data and their interpretation powerfully.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Develop their understanding of the core and current frameworks, theories, and tools and to assess their relevance to the issues of the twenty-first century leading and managing;
– Explain and discuss different perspectives on, and approaches to, managing and leading in different organizational and cultural contexts;
– Critically engage with management frameworks, theories, and tools in order to select and adapt techniques and approaches appropriate to given management contexts;
– Discuss and analyze the context in which business and management takes place, and to develop approaches on how to work confidently across sectoral and national boundaries;
– Develop interpersonal and conceptual skills that will assist in the use of ideas and frameworks to make sense of, and to work with, organizational complexity;
– Challenge their own knowledge, thinking and practice by reflecting upon it critically in the light of the ideas encountered, and through debates with others.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Comprehend fundamental accounting concepts/principles and their importance to financial reporting;
– Acquire a sound knowledge of the several functions of Financial Accounting;
– Have a detailed knowledge of the structure of Financial Statements, i.e. Income Statements, Balance Sheets, Statements of Cash Flows;
– Be able to prepare a set of Financial Statements.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Understand why it is crucial to know your customer (KYC Checks);
– Work out different scenarios on attempted manipulation of capital markets –front/parallel running, crossing, scalping, cornering, wash sales;
– See how services and products changed facing banking regulations (MAD/MAR II, MiFID II, anti-money laundering, etc.);
– Grasp the challenges and instruments of Compliance officers;
– Judge the influence of new technologies – internet currencies;
– Recognize crime and terror financing – anti-money laundering;
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Understand the concept of “shadow banking” and the respective regulatory responses;
– Know the practical, contractual and regulatory aspects of securitization;
– Know the practical and regulatory aspects of money market funds;
– Understand the core (regulatory and contractual) principles derivatives and structured finance;
– Be familiar with the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) and corresponding regulations in the U.S.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Define business- and economics-related problems of practical relevance individually;
– Do extensive research in the specific field;
– Gather and filter the appropriate data for the project;
– Select and apply appropriate the appropriate analytical tools and concepts;
– Interpret and evaluate the results, – Create strategies in order to resolve business- and economics-related problems;
– Critically reflect upon the takeaways of a project/analysis in light of the limitations;
– Reflect upon the analyses;
– Know what a consultant does;
– Understand the value added of consulting;
– Conduct a major project (project management skills) individually;
– Provide fact-based, critical and constructive feedback on others’ projects;
– Present the research project in a focused, professional and convincing manner.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Demonstrate, grasp and apply explicit and practical knowledge relevant to private banking and wealth management;
– Be prepared for a career in private banking in their respective home countries;
– Understand and apply explicit and practical knowledge relevant to private banking and wealth management;
– Demonstrate the ability to discern client needs and provide suitable financial solutions making use of a range of products (securities, loans, insurances, term deposits) and investment fundamentals (modern portfolio theory);
– Have an overview of the relevant regulatory and tax changes and be able to explain these in an advisory setting;
– Grasp the particularities of the main private banking topics within the context of the countries/regions in which they intend to live and work.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Have a broad and practical knowledge on real estate investment after passing this course;
– Recognize and evaluate the determinants of value: individual property characteristics, market conditions of supply and demand, capital market influences, public policy effects;
– Be familiar with the legal and regulatory environment in various markets: property rights and limitations, leases and other contracts, land use regulations;
– Understand the roles and responsibilities of the “players” in the marketplace;
– Estimate the value of income-producing properties;
– Understand sources of capital and the basics workings of the real estate capital markets;
– Determine a basic capital structure for a property acquisition including the amount, cost, and other market terms for debt;
– Explore societal challenges and opportunities that result from the inherent tension of individual versus communal rights and responsibilities.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Understand what a business model is and how it works;
– Analyze business processes using several models (resources, processes, requirements, etc.);
– Know what can be achieved with effective business intelligence;
– Know how to conduct a business analysis;
– Apply several analytical methods and understand their relevance/caveats at the same time;
– Grasp the importance and implications of Big Data and Data Mining;
– Visualize data and their interpretation powerfully;
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Prepare descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analyses;
– Conducting segmentation, targeting and positioning (STP) based on data and their interpretation;
– Apply a data-driven marketing mix;
– Use specific analytical methods for retail and wholesale data;
– Make managerial decisions based on data and their respective interpretation;
– Forecasting consumer behavior with useful tools;
– Understand how strategic decisions interact with other functional areas.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Understand the nature of different types of securities, how they work and what opportunities and risks they may entail;
– Be able to advise customers in a way appropriate to the investment and investor involved, keeping in mind aspects of business policy and compliance;
– Know the different key figures, documents and ratios of shares/bonds/ funds and how they are interpreted during the valuation process;
– Know where and how instruments are traded, choosing the right place and “best execution”;
– Understand how the sale of various security products affects bank business;
– Be aware of the strong linkage between economic figures and the selection process of shares/bonds.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Understand and differentiate between different types of financial institutions as well as their role as intermediaries in the financial market, structures, tasks and business areas;
– Understand and apply essential concepts in the field of financial markets and financial institutions;
– Explain different types of financial markets and basic products;
– Explain the role of financial market participants (e.g. commercial banks, rating agencies, etc.);
– Explain the overall impact of tax and regulatory frameworks for financial institutions in the market.
Upon completion of this course, the students will:
– Understand the business cycle of an open economy in an AS-AD model framework;
– Analyze the current cyclical situation of economies by applying standard macroeconomic models and deriving implications for monetary policy;
– Understand the theory of optimum currency areas;
– Know the history of the European integration process;
– Assess the costs and benefits for countries to join a monetary union as well as the net effect;
– Know various exchange rate regimes;
– Be able to judge countries’ choice of exchange rate regimes and assessment of the sustainability of this choice;
– Understand the goals and effects of monetary policy strategies and of monetary policy instruments;
– Understand the monetary policy challenges during the global financial crisis and the corresponding monetary measures;
– Be able to link various types of crisis and to derive sources of spillovers and/or feedback loops;
– Be able to draw lessons from the experience during the global economic and financial crisis;
– Be able to assess the specific weaknesses and macroeconomic imbalances of EU crisis countries;
– Understand the trade-offs of financial globalization, the financial cycle and the impact on financial stability;
– Understand the interactions between monetary policy and macro-prudential policy.
At the end of the semester students will be able to:
Written skills:
– summarize highly nuanced and sophisticated texts
– produce comparison and contrasts of advanced texts
– plan and structure an argument/investigation drawing on a wide variety of sources
– incorporate summary, paraphrases and quotation effectively in their text
– write a structured and referenced argumentative essay
– critically engage with a wide variety of texts, both academic and literary
– write creatively using a wide range of basic techniques
– write a review article
– write flash fiction/descriptive scene
Oral skills/Speaking and Understanding:
– summarize and react to academic texts
– defend arguments
– use a range of different appeals to convince audiences of an argument
– respect and engage constructively with the opinion of others
Language skills/vocabulary:
– use advanced techniques such as parallelism to increase the emphasis and clarity of their writing
– understand an increased range of specialized and less common vocabulary
– be aware of different styles and their importance
– Consolidation of productive and receptive knowledge of the romanization system Hanyu Pinyin.
– Consolidation of correct pronunciation of the sounds and tones of modern Chinese.
– Independent and creative use of the Chinese language in various situations.
– Consolidation of knowledge of the structure of Chinese characters.
– Handwriting skills of commonly used Chinese characters.
– Reading of texts written in Chinese characters pertaining to various situations.
By the end of the second semester, students will be able to conjugate active verbs (paal,hifil, piell, hitpael) in the present tense, recognize and use simple syntactic structures; read and write shorts texts, few sentences about different topics
This course will lead students to the A1/ 2 level of competence following the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
This course will lead students to the, A1 level of competence following the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
By the end of the first semester, students will be able to conjugate active verbs in the present tense, recognize and use simple syntactic structures; read and write texts with non-compound sentences.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the semester students will have acquired the following skills:
Written Skills:
– write simple formal and informal texts
Oral Skills
– discuss a problem
– give advice
– express agreement or disagreement
– describe a picture in detail
– express wishes and hypothetical ideas
Grammar Skills:
– form subordinate clauses with the infinitive
– declinate adjectives
– form the conditional
Students will possess significant knowledge of vocabulary relating to:
– the time
– problems of everyday life
– partnerships and love
– jobs for men vs. jobs for women
– work in the course of time
– schools and education
Learning Outcomes
The goal of the Practical Professional Training (course) is to acquire real work experience in business-framework by applying the acquired theoretical knowledge. The Practical Training will offer students opportunities to additionally acquire practical skills required for entering the labor market as well as experience in: working in companies (e.g. responsibility, working under pressure, acquiring new skills); strengthening the suitability of students’ personal characteristics (e.g. time management, activity planning, evaluation of suitability of job, strengths and weaknesses); strengthening the suitability and level of students’ acquired knowledge (skills related to students’ education – communication, technological skills, etc.; university knowledge). Furthermore, the PPT will offer potentials for students’ future careers (career management skills, creating contacts, networking, etc.).
Learning Outcomes
The course will lead students to the A2.2 level of competence (following the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
Learning Outcomes
By the end of Hebrew 5, students will have completed a introduction to the grammar and basic syntactic structures of modern Hebrew. They will also be able to converse on a number of topics and to discuss simple critical ideas.
Learning outcomes A2+:
After successfully completing this course, students will be able:
– to understand newspaper articles and reports on contemporary problems, economic and business issues as well as specialized texts in the own professional field;
– to understand radio and TV reports spoken in standard language;
– to understand complex speeches and lectures in the own professional field;
– to write corporate history, complex business reports, graph descriptions, meeting summaries, information letters, offers, confirmations;
– to communicate easily during stays in Russia, to participate in talks on familiar topics;
– to make complex telephone calls (requests, providing information), to establish business contacts, to make a product or firm presentation, to conduct negotiations, to make contracts.
After successfully completing this course students will have a profound basis to pass the Certification Exam B1 Business Russian and obtain an internationally recognized certificate.
– Consolidation of correct pronunciation of the sounds and tones of modern Chinese.
– Independent and creative use of the Chinese language in various situations
– Consolidation of knowledge of the structure of Chinese characters.
– Handwriting skills of commonly used Chinese characters.
– Reading of texts written in Chinese characters pertaining to various situations.
– Social Business Chinese: intercultural and language competence for business cooperations with China
By the end of this course students will be able to:
– write clear and effective academic texts
– compare opinion effectively from a wide variety of sources
– prepare the sections of a BA thesis
– express their analysis of evidence clearly
– present information
– compare literature
– write an abstract
– write a research proposal
Learning Outcomes
The course will lead students to the A2.1 level of competence (following the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to use verbs in the future tense. They will be able to converse on a variety of subjects from everyday life and to share/ describe their ideas. They will be able to read simplified texts.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this semester students will have acquired the following skills:
Written Skills:
– write an autobiographical text
– write a story in the past tense
– write a variety of communicative documents
– write texts relating to the working environment
Oral skills:
– talk about work experience and career plans
– leave a formal phone message
– talk about festivities and customs
– talk about conditions and consequences
– recognize and express emotions
– formulate goals
– discuss a problem
– give advice
Grammar skills:
– form the conditional
– form the passive voice
– use the dative with verbs and prepositions
– form if clauses
– form relative clauses
– recognize the genitive
Students will possess significant knowledge of vocabulary relating to:
– education, professional training, work
– festivities and traditions
– feelings
– inventions and products
– the time
– problems of everyday life
Learning Outcomes
After successfully completing this course, students will be able:
– to understand newspaper articles and reports on contemporary problems, economic and business issues as well as specialized texts in the own professional field;
– to understand radio and TV reports spoken in standard language;
– to understand complex presentations in the own professional field;
– to write corporate history, complex business reports, graph descriptions, summaries of business talks, information letters, offers, confirmations;
– to communicate easily during stays in Russia, to participate in talks on familiar topics;
– to make complex telephone calls (requests, providing information), to establish business contacts, to make a product or firm presentation, to conduct negotiations, to close contracts.
Learning Outcomes
– Consolidation of correct pronunciation of the sounds and tones of modern Chinese.
– Independent and creative use of the Chinese language in various situations
– Consolidation of knowledge of the structure of Chinese characters.
– Handwriting skills of commonly used Chinese characters.
– Reading of texts written in Chinese characters pertaining to various situations.
Learning Outcomes
This course will lead students to the A2 level of competence following the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to use active verbs in the present tense and in the past tense. They will be able to converse on a variety of subjects from everyday life. They will be able to read simplified texts.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the semester students will have acquired thh following skills:
Written Skills:
– write short texts such as emails, text messages, informal letters, invitations and notes
Oral skills:
– plan and book a trip
– express an assumption
– express emotions
– express positive and negative reactions
– discuss advantages and disadvantages
– express a complaint
– order in a restaurant
– plan an evening (say what you feel like doing)
Grammar skills:
– use reflexive verbs
– use verbs with prepositions
– form embedded questions
– form relative clauses
– form modal verbs in the past tense
– form the past tense
Students will possess significant knowledge of vocabulary relating to:
– traveling and traffic
– hobbies and sports
– media, especially computer and internet
– free time, eating out
– living in the city / in the country
– culture
– relationship
Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes A2+:
After successfully completing this course, students will be able:
– to understand personal letters which describe feelings, wishes, and events
– to understand diverse text types on familiar topics written in standard language (global and detailed reading)
– to search for specific information in authentic documents, brochures and on websites (selective reading);
– to understand radio and TV reports spoken in standard language;
– to understand presentations in the own professional field;
– to write personal letters expressing his/her own opinion;
– to write business reports, summaries of business talks, information letters, invitations, CV, job descriptions;
– to express oneself in familiar situations, to give one’s opinion, to explain situations;
– to make telephone calls (appointments, requests, providing information), to participate in discussions, to conduct a job interview and answer questions as an job applicant.
Learning Outcomes
– Consolidation of productive and receptive knowledge of the romanization system Hanyu Pinyin.
– Consolidation of correct pronunciation of the sounds and tones of modern Chinese.
– Independent and creative use of the Chinese language in various situations.
– Consolidation of knowledge of the structure of Chinese characters.
– Handwriting skills of commonly used Chinese characters.
– Reading of texts written in Chinese characters pertaining to various situations.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this Semester students will be able to:
Written skills:
– produce a suite of formal and informal letters and emails
– write structured and developed letter of motivation (cover letter) and CV
– produce Context Action Result (CAR) responses to on-line application form questions
– form developed, unified and coherent paragraphs as blocks in extended pieces of writing
– use advanced techniques to add variety and emphasis to writing
– produce meeting minutes
Oral skills/Speaking and Understanding:
– answer an array of job interview questions
– use an awareness of the importance of body language to increase their effectiveness at job interview
– discuss fluently a wide variety of salient business topics
– communicate in English as a Lingua Franca
– negotiate effectively
Language skills/vocabulary:
– use elegant, non-bureaucratic or non-discriminatory phraseology
– use an extensive range of both formal and informal business terms
– use different tones to convey subtleties of meaning within polite, formal business language
– accurately use all the major punctuation: colons, semi-colons, commas and hyphens
By the end of the semester students will have acquired the following skills:
Written Skills:
– write short texts such as postcards, text messages and short emails
Oral Skills:
– talk about the past
– buy food
– buy clothes
– talk about the weather
– talk to a doctor
– give orders
– express feelings
– express an opinion
Grammar Skills:
– form the present perfect (Perfekt)
– form the comparative and the superlative
– declinate adjectives
– form the imperative
– form subordinate clauses
Students will possess significant knowledge of vocabulary relating to:
– holidays
– food
– clothes
– colors
– the weather
– sports
– body parts
– illnesses
– family
Learning outcomes A2+:
After successful completion of this course, students will be able:
– to understand personal letters, information and reports about everyday activities, newspaper articles, advertisements with general contents, simple business reports (global and detailed reading);
– to search for specific information in authentic documents, brochures and on websites (selective reading);
– to understand stories and reports on familiar topics;
– to understand phone conversations on familiar topics;
– to understand instructions on the job;
– to write simple notes and messages, exact directions, personal letters about everyday life, travels, hotel-stays and plans;
– to write short business e-mails (requests, simple business reports);
– to talk about everyday life (living, apartment, hotel-stays, plans, individual preferences and experience);
– to make telephone calls (appointments, requests), to make complaints at a hotel, to make a hotel presentation.
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to
– Read and understand Business English texts
– Understand and use Business English terminology in the fields outlined in the Course Description
– Act
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