602.301 (21S) Capstone Seminar

Sommersemester 2021

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First course session
12.05.2021 14:00 - 17:00 Online Off Campus
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Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be necessary to make changes to courses and examinations at short notice (e.g. cancellation of attendance-based courses and switching to online examinations).

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Lecturer
Course title german Capstone Seminar
Type Seminar (continuous assessment course )
Course model Online course
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 4.0
Registrations 8 (25 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
possible language(s) of the assessment English
Course begins on 12.05.2021
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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

Capstone students should strive for the development of realistic skills and applications. These will include, but not be limited to, time management and project tracking. Effective leadership skills, and followership roles.  Each task group will have to develop and work within its own team, but also each team, or task group, will have to work together to create a joint final project; therefore, team development and management are essential to any Capstone project.  Students should develop professional skills, including: effective listening, dispute resolution, and audience appropriate, professional communication.  Students should learn how to develop and manage a relationship with a client.  Students are expected to be able to research, analyze, and make a decision, even under uncertainty.  Overall, students should successfully operate and handle many tasks and expectations under various resource and time constraints.  Lastly, students will present professional deliverables.

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

course will be taught using zoom This capstone course will provide students the opportunity to work with complex organizational problems and to engage directly with a high-impact firms and organizations, as well as their various stakeholders. Students will apply policy analysis skills, design and carry out research, gain an understanding of the organizational operational, managerial and strategic challenges, and propose new managerial and organizational practices along with specific strategies to enhance the impact and effectiveness of the organization. The course will also provide opportunities to develop project and team management and analytical skills as well as apply professional oral and written communication skills.


The course will have a workshop format.  Thus, class members will self-divide into groups to address the various aspects and tasks of the project.  Each group should focus on a specific task of the project.  While the exact structure and focus of each group will be established by class consensus and instructor and client input, an initial structure should consider how group participants can best be structured and organized to achieve the relevant task within the time schedule.  Students will also need to establish an organizational structure to coordinate both within and across groups, to generate the final recommendations and summary analysis, and to work with the Client.  The precise organizational structure will be established by class members with input and guidance from the instructor.


Course content

Mr. Colin Renk serves as CEO & Founder of the Indiana German Business Council (IGBC). The mission of the IGBC is  “to strengthen bilateral business, public, and educational ties between the state of Indiana and the Federal Republic of Germany.” A particular focus of the IGBC is to foster business investments from German companies generally, but especially the Mittelstand, in the state of Indiana. Thus, the IGBC is committed to providing a bridge between the business communities in Indiana and Germany.

Literature

Will be provided to students, Everything in its Place: Entrepreneurship and the Strategic Management of Cities, Regions, and States. David Audretsch, Oxford University Press

Intended learning outcomes

Capstone students should strive for the development of realistic skills and applications. These will include, but not be limited to, time management and project tracking. Effective leadership skills, and followership roles.  Each task group will have to develop and work within its own team, but also each team, or task group, will have to work together to create a joint final project; therefore, team development and management are essential to any Capstone project.  Students should develop professional skills, including: effective listening, dispute resolution, and audience appropriate, professional communication.  Students should learn how to develop and manage a relationship with a client.  Students are expected to be able to research, analyze, and make a decision, even under uncertainty.  Overall, students should successfully operate and handle many tasks and expectations under various resource and time constraints.  Lastly, students will present professional deliverables.

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

course will be taught using zoom This capstone course will provide students the opportunity to work with complex organizational problems and to engage directly with a high-impact firms and organizations, as well as their various stakeholders. Students will apply policy analysis skills, design and carry out research, gain an understanding of the organizational operational, managerial and strategic challenges, and propose new managerial and organizational practices along with specific strategies to enhance the impact and effectiveness of the organization. The course will also provide opportunities to develop project and team management and analytical skills as well as apply professional oral and written communication skills.


The course will have a workshop format.  Thus, class members will self-divide into groups to address the various aspects and tasks of the project.  Each group should focus on a specific task of the project.  While the exact structure and focus of each group will be established by class consensus and instructor and client input, an initial structure should consider how group participants can best be structured and organized to achieve the relevant task within the time schedule.  Students will also need to establish an organizational structure to coordinate both within and across groups, to generate the final recommendations and summary analysis, and to work with the Client.  The precise organizational structure will be established by class members with input and guidance from the instructor.


Course content

Mr. Colin Renk serves as CEO & Founder of the Indiana German Business Council (IGBC). The mission of the IGBC is  “to strengthen bilateral business, public, and educational ties between the state of Indiana and the Federal Republic of Germany.” A particular focus of the IGBC is to foster business investments from German companies generally, but especially the Mittelstand, in the state of Indiana. Thus, the IGBC is committed to providing a bridge between the business communities in Indiana and Germany.

Literature

Will be provided to students, Everything in its Place: Entrepreneurship and the Strategic Management of Cities, Regions, and States. David Audretsch, Oxford University Press


Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Examination methodology

group project report and presentation to client

Examination topic(s)

The capstone students will collaborate with Mr. Renk to develop strategic priorities. In particular these may focus on: (1)Identifying the perceptions and needs of German companies, and particularly the Mittelstand, for Indiana and partners in Indiana; (2) Analyzing the industries, regions and types of businesses in Germany that are likely to have a strategic fit with foreign direct investment in Indiana and working with Indiana partners, and (3)Identifying ways that the host (Indiana) can better induce and attract foreign direct investment from Germany.

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

Completion of project report and satisfactory presentation to client.

Modified examination information (exceptional COVID-19 provisions)

This will take place during class time in the form of completed group project report and presentation to client

Examination methodology

group project report and presentation to client

Examination topic(s)

The capstone students will collaborate with Mr. Renk to develop strategic priorities. In particular these may focus on: (1)Identifying the perceptions and needs of German companies, and particularly the Mittelstand, for Indiana and partners in Indiana; (2) Analyzing the industries, regions and types of businesses in Germany that are likely to have a strategic fit with foreign direct investment in Indiana and working with Indiana partners, and (3)Identifying ways that the host (Indiana) can better induce and attract foreign direct investment from Germany.

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

Completion of project report and satisfactory presentation to client.

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Master's degree programme Applied Business Administration (SKZ: 918, Version: 12W.4)
    • Subject: Innovation Management (Compulsory elective)
      • Special Topics I: Innovation & Entrepreneurship ( 2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 602.301 Capstone Seminar (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Applied Business Administration (SKZ: 918, Version: 12W.4)
    • Subject: Innovation Management (Compulsory elective)
      • Special Topics II: Innovation & Entrepreneurship ( 2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 602.301 Capstone Seminar (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Applied Business Administration (SKZ: 918, Version: 12W.4)
    • Subject: Entrepreneurship I (Compulsory elective)
      • Special Topics I: Innovation & Entrepreneurship ( 2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 602.301 Capstone Seminar (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Applied Business Administration (SKZ: 918, Version: 12W.4)
    • Subject: Entrepreneurship I (Compulsory elective)
      • Special Topics II: Innovation & Entrepreneurship ( 2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 602.301 Capstone Seminar (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Thematic Doctoral Programme Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Development (SKZ: ---, Version: 16W.1)
    • Subject: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Development (Compulsory subject)
      • Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Development ( 0.0h XX / 0.0 ECTS)
        • 602.301 Capstone Seminar (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme International Management (SKZ: 908, Version: 19W.1)
    • Subject: Options (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 9.0 ECTS)
        • 602.301 Capstone Seminar (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme International Management (SKZ: 908, Version: 16W.1)
    • Subject: Options (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 9.0 ECTS)
        • 602.301 Capstone Seminar (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Media and Convergence Management (SKZ: 150, Version: 13W.2)
    • Subject: Options (Optional subject)
      • Options ( 0.0h XX / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 602.301 Capstone Seminar (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3., 4. Semester empfohlen
  • Doctoral programme Doctoral programme in Social and Economic Sciences (SKZ: 300, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Studienleistungen gem. § 3 Abs. 2a des Curriculums (Compulsory subject)
      • Studienleistungen gem. § 3 Abs. 2a des Curriculums ( 0.0h XX / 80.0 ECTS)
        • 602.301 Capstone Seminar (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Doctoral programme Doctoral programme in Social and Economic Sciences (SKZ: 300, Version: 12W.4)
    • Subject: Studienleistungen gem. § 3 Abs. 2a des Curriculums (Compulsory subject)
      • Studienleistungen gem. § 3 Abs. 2a des Curriculums ( 40.0h XX / 80.0 ECTS)
        • 602.301 Capstone Seminar (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Doctoral programme Doctoral programme in Social and Economic Sciences (SKZ: 784, Version: 12W.4)
    • Subject: Studienleistungen gem. § 3 Abs. 2a des Curriculums (Compulsory subject)
      • Studienleistungen gem. § 3 Abs. 2a des Curriculums ( 40.0h XX / 80.0 ECTS)
        • 602.301 Capstone Seminar (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

This course is not assigned to a sequence of equivalent courses