The course is taught in a blended format using a combination of class meetings and attached individual pre- and post-course digital learning phases. It will make use of a variety of teaching material (e.g. Power Point slides, textbooks, videos, articles from academic journals and the business press, cases, exercises). Due to its workload, a significant part of the course consists of a student’s individual study of the relevant pre-course preparatory material and mastering of assignments before and after the meetings in class. Preparing case studies and other compulsory material before class is important to enable effective work and progress during this intensive class. Two multiple-choice quizzes will take place. To participate in these quizzes you need a device (e.g. smartphone, tablet, laptop) that can be connected to the CANVAS platform https://learn.wu.ac.at. Students are expected to participate actively in class. Therefore, attendance of at least 80% of total class time is required to get a passing grade of the course. Assignments missed due to missed classes cannot be compensated. In case of illness/injury preventing a student from participating, a medical certificate is required as documentary evidence.

Course structure: 

• 30 teaching hours +  

• 13 e-learning hours +  

• 2 hours exam = 

• 45 hours total 

Students deliverables: 

• attendance (80% of classes) 

• class participation (10% bonus) 

• week-to-week digital learning 

• online assignments (30% weight) 

• multiple choice quizzes (30% weight) 

• in-person final exam (40% weight) 

e-learning support: 

• Lecture casts 

• EXCEL master sheet & case sheet to support calculations and case work 

Attendance of at least 80% of total class time is required to get a passing grade of the course. 

Grade composition and scale: 

• Online Assignments 30 % 

• Multiple choice quizzes 30 % 

• Final exam (individual) 40 % 

• Regular total: 100 % 

• Bonus (participation, ungraded online assignments, case discussions) 10 % 

• Total 110 % 

Notes:  

• This is a blended learning course. Part of teaching is done through online assignments. Not all online assignments are graded. All online assignments are mandatory. Skipping ungraded online assignments can influence ability to engage in class and participation points. 

• Class participation cannot be 100% objective since student statements vary in quality and not everybody rising his/her hand can be invited to speak every time. We will consider your contributions in (ungraded) online assignments and the discussion forum as sources for bonus points. As such, bonus points are curve graded with the most active students receiving the maximum of 10 points and less active students receive fewer points following an approximation of a normal. 

• There are natural resource constraints for written feedback on individual students. Please use open office hours for detailed inspections of your grade.  

• Ex-post corrections of grades are only justifiable in the case of grading errors and irregularities. Missing “just a few” points for a better grade is not valid justification for grade challenges as it violates the rules of fair and consistent grading across students.