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Study Guide Master Programmes of the

Faculty of International

Business

Maria Klewer; Susanne Hilland Susanne Hilland; Maria Klewer

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Contents 0

1 INTRODUCTION __________________________________________________________________________ 3

2 STRUCTURE OF HEILBRONN UNIVERSITY AND THE FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ____________ 4

2.1 GENERAL OVERVIEW ____________________________________________________________________ 4 2.2 STRUCTURE OF THE FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS __________________________________________ 4 2.3 PROGRAMMES OF THE FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ________________________________________ 5 2.4 STRUCTURE AND CURRICULUM OF THE MASTER PROGRAMME INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERCULTURAL MANAGEMENT 5 2.5 CURRICULUM OF THE MA INTERNATIONAL TOURISM MANAGEMENT ____________________________________ 7

3 SCHEDULES _____________________________________________________________________________ 8

3.1 SEMESTER SCHEDULE SUMMER TERM 2014 ____________________________________________________ 8 3.2 SEMESTER SCHEDULE WINTER TERM 2014/2015 ________________________________________________ 8 3.3 TIMETABLE SUMMER TERM 2013 ___________________________________________________________ 9 3.4 BLOCK COURSES - “BLOCKVERANSTALTUNGEN” __________________________________________________ 9

4 CAMPUS MAP OF HEILBRONN UNIVERSITY __________________________________________________10

4.1 CITY CAMPUS AT AM EUROPAPLATZ _________________________________________________________ 10 4.2 MAIN CAMPUS IN SONTHEIM _____________________________________________________________ 11 YOU WILL STUDY AT THE CAMPUS “AM EUROPAPLATZ”. HOWEVER, FROM TIME TO TIME IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO GO TO THE OTHER

CAMPUS, E.G. IF YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH SOME ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES WITH THE REGISTERS’S OFFICE. ________________ 12

5 SUPPORT AND ADVICE ___________________________________________________________________13

6 LEARNING & TEACHING __________________________________________________________________14

6.1 SCHEDULED CLASSES AND INDEPENDENT LEARNING ______________________________________________ 14 6.2 STUDENT WORKLOAD __________________________________________________________________ 14 6.3 ATTENDANCE ________________________________________________________________________ 14

7 ASSESSMENT ___________________________________________________________________________15

7.1 STUDY AND EXAM REGULATIONS ___________________________________________________________ 15 7.2 PURPOSE OF ASSESSMENT _______________________________________________________________ 15 7.3 TYPE OF EXAMINATION __________________________________________________________________ 15 7.4 REGISTRATION FOR EXAMINATION __________________________________________________________ 16 7.5 GRADING SCHEME _____________________________________________________________________ 16 7.6 REPEATING OF EXAMINATIONS ____________________________________________________________ 17 7.7 ASSESSMENT POLICY ___________________________________________________________________ 17 7.8 EXTENSIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF COURSEWORK ________________________________________________ 18 7.9 ABSENCE, WITHDRAWAL, DECEPTION ________________________________________________________ 19 7.10 FLAWS IN THE EXAMINATION PROCEDURE _____________________________________________________ 19 7.11 ADDITIONAL SUBJECTS __________________________________________________________________ 19 7.12 ASSESSMENT OFFENCES _________________________________________________________________ 19

8 MASTER THESIS _________________________________________________________________________22

8.1 MASTER’S THESIS REGISTRATION FORM ______________________________________________________ 23 8.2 CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT ____________________________________________________________ 25 8.3 REQUEST ACCEPTING LATE SUBMISSION ASSIGNMENT_____________________________________________ 28

9 GUIDANCE FOR REGISTRATION PROCEDURES ________________________________________________29

9.1 STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE FOR EXAM REGISTRATION _________________________________________________ 29 9.2 STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE FOR SEMESTER REGISTRATION AND RE-REGISTRATION ______________________________ 32

10 SUMMARY OF WEB LINKS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES ____________________________________34

11 LIST OF PROFESSORS (FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS) __________________________________36

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Welcome to Heilbronn University

We are pleased to welcome you to Heilbronn University and we would like to congratulate you for joining our Master’s programmes.

Our teaching staff are all respected academics with extensive experience in industry, commerce and research. They publish widely in international journals, and several have authored the leading textbooks in their subject areas. Many have been invited to teach as Visiting Professors at other respected universities around the world. As a student, therefore, you will be taught by the international experts in many of the subjects that you study.

We are sure that you will have a great time on this unique programme.

Prof. Dr. Elias Jammal Dean, Master’s Programmes Faculty of International Business

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1 INTRODUCTION

This study guide is designed to provide you with all the information that you will need to study for the Master of Arts in International Business & Intercultural Management and in International Tourism Management (MITM) (MIBIM) at the University of Heilbronn.

It serves as a guide to the courses and their structure, assessment procedures and regulations. Please do not hesitate to contact the Coordinators of the Master Programmes if there are any elements of this guide which are not clear to you. We do not expect you to read this study guide from cover to cover; rather it is designed as a reference manual to be consulted as the need arise.

In addition to this study guide, you will also be given Guidelines for Academic Writing. Whilst the study guide has been written to be as user friendly as possible, it does inevitably contain an element of impersonal language as it acts as your official manual for the courses.

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2 STRUCTURE OF HEILBRONN UNIVERSITY AND THE FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

2.1 General Overview

For further Information on the University check the homepage.

2.2 Structure of the Faculty of International Business

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2.3 Programmes of the Faculty of International Business

2.4 Structure and Curriculum of the Master Programme International Business Intercultural Management

2.4.1 Structure of the MA International Business & Intercultural Management

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2.4.2 Curriculum of the MA International Business & Intercultural Management (SPO 4)

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2.5 Curriculum of the MA International Tourism Management

The courses for MITIM will start again in the winter term 2014/15.

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3 SCHEDULES

3.1 Semester Schedule Summer Term 201 4

You can also include the university schedule into your outlook account (in German only). To do that, download the ics-document from our homepage:

https://www.hs-heilbronn.de/semesterterminplan

3.2 Semester Schedule Winter Term 201 4/2015

The semester schedule for the winter term is already available will be released during the ongoing summer term under the following link: http://www.hs-

heilbronn.de/semesterterminplan

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3.3 Timetable Summer Term 20 13

MA International Business & Intercultural Management (MIBIM)

Please check the information online on a regular bases. Your schedule will be kept up to date. (https://splan.hs-heilbronn.de)

3.4 Block Courses - “Blockveranstaltungen”

MIBIM

Unit: Corporate Governance and CSR

Professor: Nick Tolhurst

Dates Time Room

09th and 10th of May 2014

Friday 14.00 - 19.00

Saturday 08.00 – 16.00

V 302

06th and 7th of June 2014 Friday 14.00 - 19.00

Saturday 08.00 – 16.00

V 302

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4 CAMPUS MAP OF HEILBRONN UNIVERSITY

4.1 City Campus at Am Europaplatz

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4.2 Main Campus in Sontheim

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5.3 Bus Connections between Campuses

You will study at the Campus “Am Europaplatz”. However, from time to time it will be necessary to go to the other campus, e.g. if you need to deal with some administrative issues with the Registers’s Office.

In order to reach Campus Sontheim from Campus “Am Europaplatz” two buses must be taken, across the road from Campus “Am Europaplatz” you will find the “Europaplatz Süd” bus stop, here you can take the number 30, 31, 32, or 40, 41, 42 into town. You must get off the bus at “Allee Post West” and then board the number 60, 61, 62, 63 or 64 to the bus stop appropriately named “Sontheimer Hochschule HN”. Needless to say, the same buses should be taken if you wish to travel in the opposite direction, however, the bus stops will go by the names of “Europaplatz West” and “Allee Post Ost”.

Should you wish to see a timetable, please follow the links below:

Line numbers 30 http://www.h3nv.de/pdf/fahrplan/30.pdf

Line numbers 40 http://www.h3nv.de/pdf/fahrplan/40.pdf

Line numbers 60 http://www.h3nv.de/pdf/fahrplan/60.pdf

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5 SUPPORT AND ADVICE During your studies, your main contact persons for coordination and administrative questions, thesis advice and general questions are:

MIBIM:

Mrs. Maria Klewer

Room W 309 Phone 07131 504-395

E-mail: [email protected]

Office hours : Tuesdays, 10 am – 12 pm

Thursdays, 10 am – 12 am

MITM:

Mrs. Susanne Hilland

Room W 308 Phone 07131 504-426

E-mail: [email protected]

Other questions/comments you might have should be forwarded to the Deans of the Master’s Programmes .

MIBIM:

Prof. Dr. Elias Jammal

Room V 522 Phone 07131 504-357

E-mail: [email protected]

MITM:

Prof. Dr. Gabriel Dukaric

Room V 518 Phone 07131 504-6815

E-mail: [email protected]

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6 LEARNING & TEACHING

6.1 Scheduled Classes and Independent Learning

Your scheduled classes, direct contact hours with professors, play a vital role in your learning. These scheduled sessions can take many forms and methods (see section 8.3) and your lecturers will use methods which are suited to the learning in that unit. Practical learning may involve methods such as workshop visits, case studies and fieldwork. Theoretical or conceptual learning will involve mainly lectures and seminars.

However at every university you will find that you have a considerable amount of spare time during the week when you do not have any contact hours.

You are expected to develop quickly in order to become an independent learner and be able to manage your time to achieve your learning outcomes. Lecturers will give you tasks to do outside class time where you are expected to work on your own using learning resources as directed. In addition you will be expected to work in teams on group projects and this will require you to co-ordinate your time with all group members.

The section 7.2 provides a model for the allocation of study hours to help you manage your time effectively between different activities of teaching, learning and assessment.

6.2 Student Workload

A 4-credit unit (4 ECTS) approximates to 120 learning hours across the taught programme. Some of this will be in-class but the majority will involve independent and group work on tasks directed by your unit lecturers. Credits are assigned to each course, representing the scope of the course. One semester of study generally covers 30 ECTS.

6.3 Attendance

Students are expected to attend all scheduled teaching activities and undertake such work as may be required of them.

In some instances, for good reason, class attendance is compulsory. Scheduled classes occupy only a maximum of 25% of your study time. Due to this being your main contact with your lecturers, it is important that you maximise your opportunity to learn. Please ensure that other meetings, visits or appointments do not conflict with class times. If you really cannot attend a class, please let the course lecturer know in advance. Sustained absence will jeopardise your chances of success.

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7 ASSESSMENT

7.1 Study and Exam Regulations

The legal basis of your studies is recorded in the Study and Exam Regulations. The Study and Exam Regulations are composed of:

• General Regulations of 3-semester Master’s Programmes • Specific Regulations of MIBIM or MITM.

Both documents are available as a download on our website under ‘Study and Exam Regulations’.

MIBIM: https://www.hs-heilbronn.de/mibim/students

MITM: https://www.hs-heilbronn.de/mitm/students

7.2 Purpose of Assessment

The principles of assessment in the programmes can be summarised as follows:

• to ensure that consistent progress is maintained by students; • to ensure that learning outcomes are met; • to stimulate and consolidate learning; • to evaluate students’ knowledge, understanding and skills; • to achieve consistency of standards; • to meet the requirements for effective feedback; • to determine the levels of awards.

7.3 Type of Exami nation

A Master’s programme consists of different courses, categorised as lectures, exercises, laboratory and seminars (see section 3 Structure and Curriculum of the Master’s Programmes). A final thesis is obligatory in each programme, MIBIM and MITM.

To successfully complete each course, you will be asked to undertake a variety of assignments, for example: reports; essays; presentations; or written examinations.

7.3.1 Presentation and Practical Assignment

When preparing for an assignment, you will be required to read around the topic: using books, journals, the Internet and other resources. This is valuable for your learning, and helps to shape your opinion on a topic. However, you must make sure that the work you submit is your own. You will, of course, use information from published and unpublished materials, but you must use your own words when writing your essay, otherwise you are guilty of plagiarism (see 8.12). Equally important, you must not copy work from a fellow student. Even if you undertake group work, you must write your essay, or your part of the essay, in your own words.

Assignments and presentations usually take place during the lecture period, prior to the commencement of written exams.

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7.3.2 Written Examination

Written exams will usually be held after the lecture period. The examination period lasts approximately 3 weeks. The duration of each written examination is either 90 or 120 minutes. Some examinations will consist of a group of subjects within one written examination.

7.3.3 Master’s Thesis

Students can apply for topics of the Master’s thesis earliest at the beginning of the third semester (see Appendix C Master’s Thesis Registration Form). Students need guidance professors for their Master’s thesis (please refer to the list in Appendix B).

The period for completing the Master’s thesis is six months.

The Master’s thesis constitutes the examination work of the academic education. It shall prove the candidate’s ability to handle problems independently in the field studied, using scientific methods and it must include an empirical element.

Your chosen topic will formally be endorsed by the chairperson of the examination board. The date on which the topic is issued shall be noted down in the examination record.

The Master’s thesis must be submitted in three copies by the last day of the period allocated for its writing. Otherwise it will be considered graded “not sufficient” (5.0). The date of submission shall be officially recorded. When submitting their Master’s thesis, the candidate has to affirm in writing that their work has been composed independently and no other sources and means other than those specified have been used.

The submitted Master’s thesis is assessed by two examiners (guidance professor plus another professor).

7.4 Registration for Examin ation

Each semester, you will register at the examination registration database (see Appendix E) for all courses you are attending during the semester. The time period of registering for all examinations is listed in section 4: “Semester Schedule”.

For Master’s thesis registration, please see 8.3.3.

7.5 Grading Scheme

Performance for each examination is evaluated by the particular lecturer of the course. For the evaluation the following grades are used.

1 = “very good” = a very outstanding achievement

2 = “good” = a considerable achievement above the average performance

3 = “satisfactory” = an achievement which complies with average performance in every aspect,

4= “sufficient” = an achievement which in spite of its deficiencies complies with the minimum performances

5 = “not sufficient” = an achievement which does not suffice anymore because of severe deficiencies

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Intermediate values may also be used in grading process: 1.3; 1.7; 2.3; 2.7; 3.3; 3.7. The examination is passed if it was graded with at least “sufficient” (4.0).

Where the unit is assessed by a combination of formally defined separate elements of assessment, a pass will be awarded where the total unit mark is at least 50% and the mark in each separate component of the unit assessment is not less than 46%.

The Master’s exams are passed, when the mark of the Master’s thesis and the marks of all subjects are at least passed with “sufficient” (4.0). The overall mark is calculated by the average of the weighted marks (assigned credits) of the subjects. In the certificate the particular grade is named with the following terms:

with an average up to 1.5 “very good”

with an average above 1.5 to 2.5 “good”

with an average above 2.5 to 3.5 “satisfactory”

with an average above 3.5 to 4.0 “sufficient”

7.6 Repeating of Examinations

Failed examinations, assignments and presentations will have to be repeated within the following semester if possible, unfortunately in the Master’s programme this is not always possible and instead repetitions must take place in the semester following the subsequent semester. You are asked to inform the course coordinator about the failure of the course.

A second repetition is possible only if the examination board agrees and can only take place during the following regular examination period.

If the Master’s thesis is graded with “not sufficient” (5.0), the student may make a request to the examination board for a repetition with a new topic.

7.7 Assessment Policy

Feedback on presentations and written papers

Students may receive feedback on all presentations and written papers, to receive individual feedback it is important that the student asks the relevant professor. All feedback will clearly describe and explain the performance against the assessment criteria and will be sufficient to ensure the student understand why they received the mark they did, and how they could have gained additional marks.

Feedback on examinations

Students do not have automatic access to their marked examination papers. However, if a student wishes to see the marked examination paper, they may request this information from the relevant lecturer.

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7.8 Extensions for Submission of Coursework

Failure to submit a piece of coursework by the required deadline will result in a mark of 5.0.

7.8.1 Granting Extensions

Given that most assignments run within a timeframe of 3-5 weeks, extensions will only be granted in exceptional circumstances. In particular, extensions will only be considered where the circumstances stated are related to matters which could not have been reasonably foreseen and therefore planned for.

In requesting an extension, you are expected to do so within the time frame allocated for the assignment. Extensions will not be granted after the expiration of assignment submission deadline.

The main criteria under which extensions are normally granted are described below.

Medical circumstances

• If you are making a request for an extension on the basis of medical circumstances you will be expected to provide the relevant medical evidence to support your request.

• Please note that medical circumstances will only be accepted where they are of sufficient gravitas to prevent assignment research and/or production taking place.

IT and other resource -based circumstances

Extensions for IT and other resource-based issues will usually not be considered.

In particular, extensions will not be granted on the basis of printing queues, lack of resources, and/or compatibility of technology etc.

Where a hard drive or other major failure has occurred, you will need to provide supporting evidence, if requesting an extension.

Other extenuating circumstances

• Other circumstances which, with the relevant written evidence, may be regarded as a legitimate reason, might include:

• Family problems including the illness of immediate family members and/or close relatives and friends,

• Loss of family members, friends etc. • Please note that the attendance at a wedding, interview and/or family holiday is

not regarded as grounds for an extension. In such situations, you are expected to submit the assignment early, rather than be granted an extension.

7.8.2 The Extension Process

If you are requesting an extension you should complete the standard extension form (see Appendix D). This must be signed off by both the responsible professor and the Dean of the programme.

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The form should then be returned to the Master’s Programmes Office.

Please note that extensions will normally only be granted for one calendar week in the first instance, although this is at the discretion of the Programme Dean.

7.9 Absence, Withdrawal, Deception

An examination performance is considered as graded with “not sufficient” (5.0) if the examinee, without severe reasons does not appear for an examination or withdraws from the examination. The examination board must be immediately informed about the reasons for the withdrawal or absence in written form and it must be made plausible. In regards to illness, an official confirmation has to be presented. The illness of the candidate is equivalent to the illness of a child that is mainly under his or her care. If the reasons are recognised a new examination appointment will be given.

Plausible grounds for excusable withdrawal must be promptly reported in writing to the Dean of the programme. In case of sickness, a medical certificate will be needed.

Should the examinee try to influence his or her result of the examination through deception or with the use of not approved devices the concerned examination performance will be graded “not sufficient” (5.0).

7.10 Flaws in the Examination Procedure

If it can be demonstrated that the examination procedure was significantly flawed in a way that could have influenced the exam results, upon application from the respective persons or department, a retaking of the exam in whole or in part must be arranged. Alleged flaws in the examination procedure must be notified to the examiner immediately.

7.11 Additional Subjects

To participate on the Master’s programme you need to have 210 ECTS obtained from your bachelor’s degree, it is not unusual to have obtained just 180 ECTS and this will not hinder you. In order to obtain the missing 30 ECTS credits you can choose from a list of courses included in the bachelor’s programmes. Only choose advanced level courses. All courses have to be agreed with the Master’s Programmes Office and acknowledged by the examination board.

One is allowed to take exams in additional subjects. The result of the exams of the additional subjects can be mentioned in the certificate if requested by the student, but will not influence the overall mark.

7.12 Assessment Offences

7.12.1 Principles

Upon entering higher education, students commit themselves to a process of becoming recognised by society as having achieved a certain level of learning. A student who misleads society as to the authenticity of this achievement is

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academically dishonest not only to those on whom the deception is practised, but also to him or herself. The dishonesty relates to the process of education in that the evidence on which society's recognition is based has been obtained in an unethical manner, and to the outcome of education in that the level of achievement is based on a false claim.

The maintenance of fair and honest conduct is therefore an essential requirement of the system for assessing students' learning and it is in their and the University's interests that this should be the guiding principle at all times. Academic dishonesty is a serious offence and it is important that the duties and rights of all those involved with the assessment process be clearly defined and effectively publicised.

7.12.2 Definitions

Academic dishonesty may be defined as any attempt by a student, or any attempt by an individual to aid a student, to gain an unfair advantage in any assessment (including an assessment of practice or an assessment in practice) by deception or fraudulent means.

Academic dishonesty may be exhibited in a number of ways of which the following are examples.

(i) Aiding and supporting a student in any form of dishonest practice.

(ii) Bribery: paying or offering inducements to another person to obtain or to attempt to obtain an unfair advantage.

(iii) Calculator fraud: the use of unauthorised material stored in the memory of a programmable calculator with storage facilities.

(iv) Collusion: the representation of a piece of unauthorised group work is the work of a single candidate.

(v) Commissioning another person to complete an assignment which is then submitted as the student's own work.

(vi) Computer fraud - The use of the material which belongs to another person and which is stored on a hard or floppy disk without acknowledgement and/or without the written permission of the owner.

(vii) Duplication: the inclusion in coursework of any material which is identical or substantially similar to material which has already been submitted for any other assessment within the university or elsewhere (for example, the use of essay banks).

(viii) False declarations made in order to receive special consideration by a board of examination to obtain extensions to deadlines or exemption from work.

(ix) Falsification of data: the presentation of data, e.g. in laboratory reports, projects, clinical profiles, assessment portfolios, based on work alleged to have been carried out by the student, but which have been invented by the student or altered, copied or obtained by unfair means.

(x) Forgery: the falsification of signature(s) or documents related to certification or assessment.

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(xi) Misconduct in examinations or tests: behaviour aimed at gaining an unfair advantage, for example:

• taking unauthorised materials into an examination or test;

• obtaining an advance copy of an "unseen" written examination or test paper;

• communicating, or trying to communicate, in any way with another student during an examination or test;

• copying from another student;

• leaving the examination or test venue to consult pre-hidden cribs/notes;

• removing any items of stationery or other materials from the examination or test venue without permission or contrary to instructions.

(xii) Impersonation: arranging or attempting to arrange for another person to take one's place in an examination or test; or being a party to an impersonation.

(xiii) Plagiarism: the representation of another person's work as one's own or the use of another person's work without acknowledgement, for example:

• the direct importation into one's work of more than a single phrase from another person's work without the use of quotation marks and identification of the source;

• making a copy of all or part of another person's work and presenting it as one's own

• by failing to disclose the source;

• making extensive use of another person's work, either by summarising or paraphrasing it merely by changing a few words or altering the order of presentation, without acknowledgement;

• the use of the ideas of another person without acknowledgement of the source, or the submission or presentation of work as one's own which is substantially the ideas or intellectual data of another.

7.12.3 Responsibilities

It is the responsibility of staff to frame assessment requirements and procedures in a clear and unambiguous manner in the light of the guidelines.

It is the responsibility of students to acquaint themselves with these guidelines and to act in accordance with them.

7.12.4 Academic Offences Procedure

Where an academic offence is suspected the evidence will be considered initially by the relevant lecturer, the Dean of the programme and a senior academic. Such evidence may have come to light through a variety of means including the use of plagiarism detection software.

Where the preliminary consideration concludes that there is evidence to indicate that an academic offence may have occurred, the student shall be informed of this in writing and the matter shall be remitted to the Academic Programme Committee. The

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student must also be informed that advice and guidance can be obtained from the Student Advice Centre.

7.12.5 Penalties

In considering which penalty to impose, the Academic Programme Committee shall take into consideration the seriousness of the offence. Relevant precedents should also be considered.

7.12.6 Appeals Stage

Students have the right to appeal against decisions made by the Academic Programme Committee or by the Examination Board. Any student wishing to lodge an appeal must do so within 10 working days of official notification by the Committee or by the Examination Board.

8 MASTER THESIS All relevant information can be found on our homepage: https://www.hs-heilbronn.de/thesis

For now the information is available only in German language. However, the university is about to translate the whole content of our webpage so that this information will be translated soon.

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8.1 Master’s Thesis Registration Form

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8.2 Confidentiality Agreement

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8.3 Request Accepting Late Submission Assignment

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9 GUIDANCE FOR REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

9.1 Step-by-Step Guide for Exam Registration

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9.2 Step-by-Step Guide for Semester Registration and Re -registration

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10 SUMMARY OF WEB LINKS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES MIBIM website http://www.hs-heilbronn.de/mibim/students

MITM website http://www.hs-heilbronn.de/mitm/students

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Faculty of International Business website

http://www.hs-heilbronn.de/ib

Registration for Examination

https://linda.hs-heilbronn.de/qisstudent/rds?state=user&type=0&breadCrumbSource=portal&topitem=functions Step-by-Step Guide for Registration for Examination in Appendix E

Semester Registration and Semester Fee Payment

https://linda.hs-heilbronn.de/qisserver

Step-by-Step Guide for Registration in Appendix F

E-Learning Platform ILIAS

http://ilias.hs-heilbronn.de/

Library of Heilbronn University

https://bsz.ibs-bw.de/aDISWeb/app?service=direct/0/Home/$DirectLink&sp=S127.0.0.1:23042

Student Secretary of Heilbronn University

http://www.hs-heilbronn.de/470861/02_im_studentensekretariat

Contact Person MIBIM & MITM: Mrs. Miriam Kraft

Campus Sontheim: Office A114; Max-Planck-Str. 39, 74081 Heilbronn

Telephone: +49 7131 504 6726

Examination Office of Heilbronn University

http://www.hs-heilbronn.de/470879/03_im_pruefungsamt

Contact Person MIBIM : Ms. Jennifer Lindenmayer

(E-Mail: [email protected])

Contact Person MITM: Ms. Karin Lange

(E-Mail: [email protected])

German Language Courses at Heilbronn University

http://www.hs-heilbronn.de/239003/deutsch_als_fremdsprache

International Office of Heilbronn University

http://www.hs-heilbronn.de/135817/02_akadademisches_auslandsamt

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11 LIST OF PROFESSORS (FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS) Professor

Field Function

Room Email -Address Phone: (07131) 504 -

Prof. Ted Azarmi, PhD International Finance V 523 [email protected] - 6697

Prof. Dr. Britta Bergemann

International Marketing V521 [email protected] - 6786

Prof. Dr. Bochert Economics and Tourism V 511/12 [email protected] -656

Prof. Dr. Dr. Bray French Language, Intercultural Management

W 007 [email protected] -430

Prof. Dr. Brysch-Herzberg

Wine Business W 306 [email protected] -327

Prof. Dr. Buer Business Administration, Tourism and Hotel Management, Head of Department Tourism Management

V 510 [email protected] -221

Prof. Dr. Michael Erner International Management W 303 [email protected] -657

Prof. Dr. Simon Fauser International Tourism V514 [email protected] -649

Prof. Dr. Fleuchaus Wine Marketing, Business Administration

W 307 [email protected] -552

Prof. Dr. Fuhrmann Business Administration, International Marketing

V 521 [email protected] -210

Prof. Dr. Hafner Economics, Statistics V 502 [email protected] -6833

Prof. Dr. Hayduk Business Development V 404 [email protected] -517

Prof. Dr. Hengerer Business Administration, International Management

V 415 [email protected] -6803

Prof. Dr. Högel Human Resource, Law V 502 [email protected] -516

Prof. Dr. Jammal International Business, Intercultural Studies

V 522 [email protected] -357

Prof. Dr. Jaworski Information Management and Event Management

V 511/12 [email protected] -368

Prof. Dr. Juárez-Medina

Spanish Language, Intercultural Management

W 008 [email protected] -425

Prof. Dr. Köster International and Intercultural Management

V 520 [email protected] -340

Prof. Dr. Lieb Business Administration, International Management

V 519 [email protected] -227

Prof. Dr. Link Business Administration, Controlling

V 513 [email protected] -6788

Prof. Dr. Merlin Business Administration, Accounting, Wine Management

W 306 [email protected] -6756

Prof. Dr. Moeder Law V 522 [email protected] -238

Prof. Moersch, PhD Economics, Finance V 523 [email protected] -237

Prof. Dr. Ottenbacher International Management / Tourism

V 404 [email protected] -651

Prof. Dr. Michael Ruf HRM V 520 [email protected] - 6694

Prof. Dr. Schönbrunn Accounting V 513 [email protected] -655

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Prof. Schrott (Ph.D.) Research Methods Faculty Dean

V 519 [email protected] -227

Prof. Dr. Sterzenbach Controlling V 514 [email protected] -648

Prof. Dr. Marcus Wimmer

Business Administration, Economics, M&A

V515 [email protected] - 654

Prof. Dr. Markus Zeller Business Administration, Marketing, Hospitality, Statistics

V 510 [email protected] - 6695