434351 PS Corporate Decision-Making and Societal Responsibility

summer semester 2020 | Last update: 09.06.2020 | Place course on memo list

Department:

Department of Banking and Finance

Instructor:

Ass.-Prof. Felix Holzmeister, PhD, +43 512 507 71040

Course number:

434351

Title:

PS Corporate Decision-Making and Societal Responsibility

Type/hours:

PS 1

ECTS credits:

2,5

Module allocation(s):

Wahlmodul - Betriebliche Entscheidungen und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung

prerequisite(s):

Bachelor (571): Positive grades on four required courses according to §5 Abs. 1

Period:

Block

Mode of repetition:

each semester

Language of instruction:

German

Learning Outcome:

The PS deepens the content of the VU and aims at an understanding of human decision making processes and how they relate to firms, society and the economy. A central learning content is the improvement of students' presentation and discussion skills.

Contents:

The following topics are central to the PS: fundamental assumptions of rational decision making, incentives in companies, social inequality, and moral decision making in markets.

Methods:

Lecture, presentations of students, discussions.

Assessment:

Presentation, discussion, essay.

Literature:

See lecture (VU). Further literature will be announced during the PS.

Prerequisites:

Requirements for course participation: see curriculum.

Remarks:

Attention: compulsory attendance at the first PS unit.

Start:

see dates

Dates

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Date	Time	Location
Thu 2020-03-05	13.00 - 13.45	SR 1 (Sowi) SR 1 (Sowi)	Barrier-free
Thu 2020-05-14	14.00 - 16.45	SR 19 (Sowi) SR 19 (Sowi)	Barrier-free
Thu 2020-05-28	14.00 - 16.45	SR 19 (Sowi) SR 19 (Sowi)	Barrier-free
Thu 2020-06-04	14.00 - 16.45	SR 19 (Sowi) SR 19 (Sowi)	Barrier-free
Thu 2020-06-18	14.00 - 16.45	SR 19 (Sowi) SR 19 (Sowi)	Barrier-free
Thu 2020-06-25	14.00 - 16.45	SR 19 (Sowi) SR 19 (Sowi)	Barrier-free