THE CHAIR OF

INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT

Seminars - WT 2017/2018

Current Issues in International Management (21920) - Anastasiia Moskovets, M.Sc./Christian Gamber, M.Sc.

The seminar on “Current Issues in International Management” is open to 20 participants who would like to conduct a systematic literature review in the field of international management. The research seminar is comprised of a written seminar paper and two oral presentations (interim and final presentation). The active participation and discussion in class are required as well as the interest in international management issues.

Please find below the list of seminar topics.

For all students who started their Bachelor program before the winter term 2015/2016 you also find the application form below. Latest date for submitting the application form: 30.09.2017 - 12:00 p.m. - via email to birgit.hummelt@ovgu.de or hand in to Birgit Hummelt, at the secretary’s office. In addition to the application form please hand in a transcript of records.

• List of Topics
• Application form for students who started their Bachelor program before WT 15/16

4S, English | Thursday 01:15 - 04:45 pm; G22A-128 | Please refer to LSF!

Innovation Seminar: Tackling the food waste problem using Design Thinking (21971) - Prof. Dr. Susanne Enke/Peter Waleczek, M.Sc.

Please apply with the help of the online form available here. Application deadline is October 10th, noon. The Innovation Seminar starts on Thursday October 12, 2017 at 01:00 pm in G02-210!

4S, English | blocked on October 12 and 13, 2017; 7 hours each day | January 19, 2018 from 01:00 pm to 08:00 pm presentations in G22A-111 | Tuesday 10:00 am - 12:00 am weekly office hours in G22E-109 |Please refer to LSF!

Global Sourcing - A Brazilian Perspective (21193) - Prof. Dr. Moema Pereira Nunes

The course challenges you to think about the adoption of Global Sourcing by Brazilian Companies and the role of sourcing in the increasingly global economy. As such, you need to understand the context of Brazilian's firms and the country economy and regulations related with the sourcing opportunities and difficulties. The course presents theoretical and practical elements. The course includes a theoretical investigation of Global Sourcing in order to prepare the students to make analysis of Brazilian companies' decisions. The case of Brazilian companies are used in class as a way to understand how these companies are adopting Global Sourcing to assure competitiveness.

The course is taught using a combination of seminar, cases analysis and class discussion.

In-class case analysis will be schedule. The analysis will be conducted by student groups. Each group will be made up a number of students, and will work as a unit throughout the semester. Each group will present its summary, the proposed solution for the case, and then encourgage the class members to participate in critical discussion and debate on the topics. At the end of the discussion, the group will prepare a final proposal for the case dilemma.

For further information please see the course description and the module handbock or here.

Please note that the application deadline for this seminar is from October 9th 08:00 am until October 13th, 2017 11:00 pm! Please use for this application only E-Learning. Thank you.

S2, English | blocked from December 4th, to December 15th, 2017 | Please refer to LSF!

Bachelor Thesis Seminar for ISP (29993)/Bachelor-Abschlussseminar in IM (20000) - Prof. Dr. Susanne Enke/Angela Rother, M.Sc./Anastasiia Moskovets, M.Sc./Christian Gamber, M.Sc./Andreas Reinhardt, M.Sc.

The Bachelor thesis seminar is required for all IBE, IM and BWL Bachelor students writing their theses at the department of International Management. Please find more information here!

2S, English | Wednesday 11:00 am - 13:00 pm (G22E-109)