290139 VO Foundations of Business Administration (2007S)

Objectives:
- Consolidated knowledge relating to the nature and purposes of business administration for students that have already become acquainted with the basic economic terminology in the lecture "Grundzüge der Ökonomie" (VO 290079) and intensive discussion of particular business topics to prepare the participants for teaching business administration according to the curriculum of the Austrian "AHS"
- An adequate understanding of the basic approaches and key concepts of business administration as well as a study of realistic business situations to reinforce the student¿s ability to analyse information and to develop expertise and methodical competence in core economic fields

Content:
- Business administration: subject and historical retrospect
- The basic business functions
- Fundamentals of accounting
- Legal framework
- Principles of management