Communication and Media Engineering

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Management and Scientific Working Skills

Teaching methods Lecture/Seminar
Duration 1
Hours per week 5.0
Overview
Classes 60 h
Individual / Group work: 120 h
Workload 180 h
ECTS 5.0
Responsible person

Prof. Dr. Harter

Recommended semester 3
Frequency Every sem.
Lectures

Project Management

Type Lecture
Nr. EMI431
Hours per week 2.0
Content

Students get to know project management tools and methods according to the IPMA project management standard. Based on theoretical input they will learn how to apply them in different group works and a case study. 

That comprises:

Planning and organizing project

  • Context analysis
  • Scope planning: Work breakdown structure, work package specification 
  • Stakeholder analysis and measures
  • Resource planning
  • Scheduling: network diagram, gantt chart, milestones 
  • Risk analysis

Controlling projects

  • Target verification
  • Cost controlling: Earned value analysis
  • Quality assurance
  • Time monitoring: Milestone trend analysis
  • Capacity check

Project analysis (case study)

  • Order analysis
  • Problem analysis (weak point analysis)
  • Interface analysis
  • Responsibility of the project manager and project sponsor
  • Methods of decision making
  • Methods of organizational development
  • Framework conditions of a project 44

 

 

Literature

Eric Verzuh: The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management. Wiley, 2015.

 

Rhetoric & Presentation Essentials

Type Seminar
Nr. EMI447
Hours per week 2.0
Content

Rhetorik- und Präsentations-Struktur und Inhalte, Übungen zu Auftritten, Körpersprache, Stimme

Literature

The most important is to watch a few speakers and to take notes about their style. Also, students may try to download published speeches from the web.

”Speeches sand Toasts”, W.Foulsham & Co. LTD, London, 1979Peter Ebeling: ”Rhetorik- der Weg zum Erfolg”, humboldt taschenbuch 627, 1990

Samy Molchow: Körpersprache”, Goldmann, 1996. Wolf Schneider: ”Deutsch für Profis”, Stern Buch, 1.Auflg. 1982

Frank Martin Hein: „Elektronische Unternehmenskommunikation - Konzepte und Best Practices zu Kultur und Führung”, Frankfurt, 2007

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