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Good course for technology-oriented AGILE project manament

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Good course for technology-oriented AGILE project manament

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1. WS 2025/26 - offline - blocked course.

2. The course is entirely focused on agile project management, heavily involving the technology industry. So if you are focusing on other industries, I wouldn't recommend taking it.

3. The course is taken by industry consultants at Campana and Schott, so you get real-world industry insights from them.

4. There is no examination, only case-studies after each lecture (weighing 25% of the grade each), which are the best part - very interactive, hands-on, collaborative, and fun!

5. The course curriculum is not too structured, as the discussions took more time than teaching and learning theory, hence the consultants skipped many parts of slides, but overall good overview of different concepts

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1. WS25/26 in person

2. Best course to do if you need quick and easy ETCS, since it is done the week before the semester starts. You have to be there every day for that week, but this attendence grants you 40/100 points and the tasks are very well structured and fun. It's not nessecary to watch the lecture videos.

3. Multiple choice, fairly simple. You just need to look at the lecture slides beforehand and most of the exam questions are covered in the group work week, so you learn it anyway. Good grading so it's very easy to get an A

4. Registration is in the beginning of september and this course is extremely popular, so you have to register rigth when it is released

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Sadly I can’t agree with the positive points. I thought the course to be extremely annoying… the professor doesn’t give any content except 3 papers which are discussed maybe 20mins a day. Sadly I can’t say I learned much or am now more „critical“ or „sustainable“. He only talked about the „exam“ (the essay) on the last day where I would’ve wished that he talked about it earlier because it is quite some workload. I did the intensive course for one week- extremely time consuming and hard but no „traditional“ exam and fast CP-collection. If you really want to learn something new I can’t recommend it but if you want to easily get the CP-go for it!

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Lecturer is chill and helpful. This was quite a comprehensive course on entrepreneurship. Also covering a lot of the financial side (getting investors etc). I would recommend it.

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It's basically the same as StrMa in terms of structure, just different content. And as StraMa, Dodo's first part is boring as 🤬, but Pidun's is some of the most applicable stuff I've heard throughout my studies

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It's basically the same as StrMa in terms of structure, just different content. And as StraMa, Dodo's first part is boring as 🤬, but Pidun's is some of the most applicable stuff I've heard throughout my studies

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Very interesting course, but organization was nonexistent

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Very interesting course, but organization was nonexistent

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1. WS24/25

2. Course was mostly research-based. That means reading lots of papers, doing research etc. We were split into groups of 4 and had to work on one topic about Human-AI interaction (topics were given). The course organization was nonexistent - schedule changed all the time and deadline were not clearly communicated. But overall the learning curve was very steep, especially when it comes to conducting experiements and doing research.

3. Examination was basically an interim presentation, final presentation, and final report. All in all not too much work on the examination parts, but all of us had to attend experiment sessions where we had to conduct the experiments. Total of 18h per person in one week - just keep that in mind. Although you don't get a grade for it, it's still mandatory.

4. Pro tip: Go with the flow of the course and expect the schedule to change. Definitely a very interesting course.

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1. WS24

2. Intresting lessons, but the excersices are very important! Project is oke

3. Enought time for exam, project is with 2 other people.

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1. WS 23/24

2. You do not have to visit the lectures because the lecturer just reads from the slides and the tutorials take place seldomly or are kept very short. You have 3 deliverables during the semester, but you do not put a lot of effort into them as they are not graded. Still, some tutorials are related to the deliverables which you have to attend.

3. Your final grade just consists of how you do in the exam. I wrote a summary of all the topics from the slides, which had around 80 pages (graphs included). If you learn all of it, you will easily get a good grade. There is enough time for the exam (90minutes) and they are friendly in giving points.

4. I would recommend taking this course if you want to have a rather relaxed time during the semester and do not mind learning the topics by heart at the end of the semester. (If you start one week before the exam with going through the slides and studying, you´ll be fine.)

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The class itself is interesting if you care for Corporate Crisis Management and options of restructuring, legal frameworks etc..

The grading however was incomprehensible and most students were disappointed (as myself).

Overall: I would only recommend this class if you are seriously interested in the topic.

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IMO this class was a much better introduction to Innovation Management than the other compulsory courses (e.g. Innovation Economics). The lectures were very well structured, though the sessions were quite long.

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1. WS23/24, offline
2. was happening in one week, which creates the opportunity to really focus on one topic (also 6 ECTS in one week yay!!). It's also a little stressfull bc there's not so much time to prepare for the presentation & test that were happening at the end of that same week. BUT they are really fair grading your work. You learn a lot from a CEO that has a lot of experience & real life anecdotes that you can truly learn something from. Course was more focused on Mergers & Aquisitions than I imagined from the title - but even though its not my favorite topic i found that i learned a lot for other courses as well.
3. Focus on a good presentation. Try to take notes on what is being said besides the content on the lecture slides (like advantages /disadvantages of a method). Test was mainly focused on case examples & you had to judge M&A situations. Test was open book. After the week we had one more month for a 1000 word essay, which also seems really fair to me.
4. Pro tip: try to ask questions, be active & attentive. It's a small class.

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1. SS23
2. The course had weekly lectures, which consisted of one part by the lecturer and one presentation held by a group. The part by the lecturer can be a bit boring, because a lot of the content doubles with the student presentations
3. The examination was one large presentation based on a paper, three small inclass tests and an innovation simulation. The tests and the simulation were free points basically. The presentation was a lot of work, but everyone received full points
4. Make sure to hold the presentation in the beginning of the course rather than at the end. This can save you some time and stress at the end of the semester

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This course is a pretty easy one.
The examination was an exam (topics were narrowed down beforehand) and four essays of max. 850 words about one of the guest lectures.
No need to attend the lectures but the guest lectures.
Some overlapping concepts with Innovation Economics, but overall a nice course!

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1. SS23 offline
2. This course is a group work based on challenges posed by PwC. You will also be supervised and supported by one of the consultants. There are no lectures, all work is done independently.
3. The examination consists of an intermediate and final presentation onsite. These were the only offline  appointments. Also we had to write a report which consumes quite a lot of work.
4. If you are interested into consulting, this is a good choice because you get in touch with the industry. Otherwise, it depends largely on the group and the topic.

I would recommend this course!

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1. SS23 offline
2. Pidun's part was great, Dodo's part so so. There were many guest lecturers, whose sessions were not mandatory for the exam but still super interesting.
Pro tip: If you can, try to solve a case study for Pidun instead of a paper presentation of Dodo. These were much more fun and graded higher.

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1. SS 23 offline
2. In cooperation with the Centre for Smart Living and Health two challenges are presented. Each group (guided group formation process ensuring at least one native German speaking person in each group) chose a topic and spent the whole semester working on a guided Design Thinking process. It can be highly time consuming to conduct the needed interviews, but at the same time felt really rewarding.
3. The examination was partly a work-in-progress presentation, a final presentation and a reflective essay. All elements are group based graded.
4. Its a great course to let your creativity go crazy! Maybe even take this course before VC to further work on your idea :)

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1. SS 32 offline
2. Dodo's part was very traditional frontal lectures with lots and lots of theoretical input. Pidun's part was a bit more interactive and the topics easier to grab.
3. The first part of the portfolio assigment was a presentation. Either presenting a paper to Dodo (on a presentation day) or a case study to Pidun during classtime. The exam was 60 min and Multiple-choice questions as well as short open questions. No need to write an essay.
Topics were not narrowed down much, so it was a lot of material to study.
4. Aim to collect as many points as possible for the presentation.

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1. WS 22/23 in presence
2. First part was a hodge-podge of random topics about business. Very dry, over-complicated yet not insightful at all. Learned nothing from that part. Second part on business ecosystems was truly excellent. Best course of IMES by far.
3. Grading for the second part was based on the group presentation- very fair. The written exam was very tough due to the amount of material covered and time pressure. Very few were attending the lectures or learning much, and almost all did poorly on the exam. More a reflection of the professor's teaching ability IMHO.

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Unfortunately, I could not agree with the points above.

1. Clashing schedules - hard to keep up with both innovation economics and the exercise
2. too many buzzwords
3. Prof Salomo & Felix are both great, but they could be a bit subjective
4. You need to be actively asking questions and "stand out" in order to get good grades

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Easy deliverables but you actually learn something - the classes are very engaging, Lubna is a great lecturer!

But make sure you want to be highly committed and contribute in the class with your opinions, otherwise you might not get great grades

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Free ECTS, but choose Economics of Climate Policy instead if you want to learn something

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Free ECTS, but choose Economics of Climate Policy instead if you want to learn something

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1. WS22/23 (Offline)
2. I agree about what is said above about the lecturer. On paper, this course seems very interesting, and most of the topics are. The way it is presented prevents you from learning anything, unfortunately
3. One exam, the content of which is all in the slides of the summary lecture. If you study these, it is VERY easy to get a high grade.
4. Only take this course if you are really afraid you will be too busy. It will bore you, but you will get the easiest 6 ECTS you can get in IMES.

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Best class I had in IMES, Challenging but learned a lot!

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Best class I had in IMES, Challenging but learned a lot!

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1. WS22/23 Offline
2. The professor (Edenhofer) is one of the best, most inspiring lecturers I have had.
3. There are 9 assignments (55% of the grade) for which it is easy to get a 1.0 and an exam (45%), which is more difficult. The exam had a lot of questions, you have to work fast and accurately
4. Make sure to keep and with the mathematics in the tutorial. If you let your fellow group mates do this work in the assignments, you will get in trouble at the exam

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1. WS 22/23, offline and online
2. The topics overlap with other sustainability classes and InnoEco, but you can use it as recap straightaway :) The first half of the semester was well structured, the second half (mainly online) lacked a bit of motivation and structure. Lots of guest speakers are invited in this class and share their insights on different sustainability topics, which I found to be VERY interesting.
3. The examination is a portfolio exam: 10% (very easy to get points!) handed in questions - no one cares about the quality of the questions, just upload anything form "Why did you choose to work in this field?" to "How would you summarize 🤬 from your point of view?"
A group assignment (40%), 10 page written business analysis. Chose any business you like. Highly reccomend using the Sustainable Business Model Canvas as framework for the analysis.
Lastly the exam (50%). Partly Multiple Choice (one question per lecture, also guest lectures) and an open questions (10 open questions were announced in advance to be prepared) two questions will be in the exam from which one needs to be chosen.
4. Go for the points you can collect beforehand the exam. For the exam knowledge from all lectures is required, which is A LOT.

Still, I enjoyed the class very much

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1. WS 22/23, offline - time slot double up with InnoEco, I chose to attend this class and did not regret it :)
2. During the first half of the semester the lecture was accompanied by a seminar in which a material optimization had to be done with Granta Edupack (Windows only). Each step was explained and easy to follow. Knowledge about material science is not expected, but helps a lot.
The lecture covered mainly theory about Ecodesign guidelines, but was easy to follow as well.
3. Oral exam, 20 min, friendly atmosphere.
4. Study lecture slides by heart.

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1. WS 22/23, online - course duration was 6 weeks with two sessions (each 2h) per week.
2. This class takes a very broad and holisitc socio-philosophical approach towards sustainability covering social, governmental and societal problems. Each session requires a reading to be able to talk about it during the class.
3. The examination consists of participation in class (measured by forum posts as homework) and a group assignment (groups and topics are free to choose from personal interest).
4. This course is not like the usual class. If you expect lectures, this is not you class. Everyone is highly encouraged to participate and its much about cirital thinking and discussing.

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1. WS 22/23, offline
2. There is no need to attend the lectures, but you can, if you are interested in the topics.
3. The exam is personal essay about a self-chosen topic in the field of entrepreneurship (broad interpretation possible). You have lots of time to write the essay (pretty much the whole semester)
4. Choose a topic you are truely interested in. Quality matters and also look out for high quality ressources!

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1. WS 22/23 offline
2. Highly mathematical, require a strong foundation in advanced economics to fully comprehend. Additionally, the exercises provided are not sufficient and the instructor don't provide thorough explanations during exercise.

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1. WS 2022/23
2. Its very structured, but not really well. There is not much room for creativity, and even if you work with a real company, what matters is the opinion of the prof and her employees. You HAVE to attend every day from 9-18, and you just get exceptions for doctors appointments, sick leave or exams. BUT...its 12 ECTS...-.-
3. You have a mid-term pres and a final pres. You get graded 50% on your group work, 25% individual, 25% case-book and your work on the presentations.
4. Pro tip.... think about the 12 ECTS and that you have not to do two 6 ECTS courses with two exams in the following semester. Just hold on to that thought!!!

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1. WS22/23
2. The course is amazing, in a small group of around 20 people you discuss about variuos topics related to sustainability innovation and entrepreneurship and how they impact each other. Teacher chooses the course participants to have variuos backgrounds when it comes to ethnicity, education etc. so you can learn how certain topics look like for different people. You will leave this class inspired!
3. There are 2 assignments: firstly you do an individual presentation in a TED talk style and secondly you do a project in groups of 4 (presentation + essay) but they are realitvely easy, you just have to put your heart in it
4. Don't take this course if you don't like to speak up in the classroom, it is highly recommended that everyone joins the discussions :)

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1. WS 2022/23
2. I took the course before I knew about this padlet, so I did not know that it was so poorly rated. I can't agree. The lecturer is competent, the guest lecturers are interesting (Professors, CEOs, politicians, etc). The workload was fair since it is a big topic. I liked it a lot. Maybe it was not so good during corona, when it was online, but onside it is really interesting, and probably the only course, where I still know some details of.
3. 40% a paper (Hausarbeit) with two other students (was okay, if you have the right partners), 10% questions to one guest lecturer (really easy - just go to the website and come up with a couple of questions), 50% exam (pretty fair).
4. Try to come every time. Everything might be important...like really everything.

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Really bad lecturer and the topic is meh

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Really bad lecturer and the topic is meh

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1. WS 2022/23
2. The sessions are meant to be 4hrs, but most of them were just 2hrs. The topic was okay, but the lecturer was soooo bad. It was like listening to a presentation of a high-school student. She just read the slides, but unfortunately there are more than just 5 slides, like in high-school....more like 50. And thats why 70-80% of the class didn't show up after the 3rd lecture. I do not recommend this course at all.
3. There was one exam, but still we had to do a scientific poster, a little paper and a roleplay...but they were all not graded. I passed okay, but I was maybe just lucky, cuz I already studied most of it in my bachelor's.
4. Pro-Tip: If you want to take the course, take something to read that interest you.

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WS2022/23 offline
The lecturer seemed very unprepared as she read the ppt-slides word by word for the entirety of the semester. Besides some ungraded assignments that had the sole purpose to keep us busy/attending the lecture, it was not necessary to visit the lecture at all. There was little to no interaction.

The only redeeming quality about this lecture was the final written exam (~1 1/2h) that was easy to pass. Although some questions were very specific and hard to answer with just the course's content.

Our lecturer seemed to be aware of the poor quality of the lecture. She was very nice (as a person) and was committed to answering/researching any questions we had. Hope they can do a better job next time, otherwise don't bother - there are better sustainability courses.

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1. WS 22/23
2. We had one poster presentation, one strategy analysis paper and one climate debate, which were all ungraded. Since they were only pass/fail, the exam was 100%, which I found really unfair for our time already invested in the course. Additionally, the lectures were really boring & monotonous, and lack the interaction between the lecturer and the class. Therefore, I could not focus at all during the lectures personally.
3. The exam was 100% as I mentioned, and as for this year, I found the exam detailed and challenging. Though, they were kind on the grading.
4. I wouldn't recommend taking this course, but if you do take it, I would recommend preparing well for the exam

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WS 2022/23 offline
Basically what the others already said. The ideation process in the beginning was very unstructured. In the end teams were built less so based on the business idea and more around friends/people you trust (which is a bit sad). Some groups switched their idea completely midway through the semester without issues.

Make sure to get the most out of your tutor and schedule meetings early, some of them are very busy. Don't worry if your idea is not 100% developed yet.

Imho, the excel template/lectures about the financials were very lacking, you need to make a ton of assumptions which can seem unscientific/counterintuitive at times. Most people will come up with some kind of service based business or application. A physical product will be way harder to reflect with the template because of the asset depreciation and logistics required which are not explained properly during the lecture, so I would advise against that.

Really really put your main focus on this subject, the exam period is very close to the final pitch date + final deliverables for other courses. Try scheduling a meeting every week and probably in person. You can use the management libraries group work rooms for that.

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1. WS 22/23
2. Since the course takes forever amount of time and sub-tasks, your team will be even more important since you will be doing them together. Thus, finding a good team is crucial to avoid the pain zone.
3. Don't worry about the business idea itself too much, it all ends up on how you are presenting it and how prepared you are about your "startup".
4. After finding your amazing team, make sure that you start working on the idea ASAP, otherwise it gets more and more complex due to time issues since everyone will also have other courses/jobs.

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1. WS 22/23
2. The assignments can be slightly tricky since you have to choose your "video presentation" group in a very short amount of time, and then get randomly assigned to other 3 people for the essay, so you need to be really lucky to have a pleasant group work experience
3. Stick to the given hints in terms of the lecture number coverage, at least for this year, the exam covered only the hint lectures
4. Focus on the excercise sessions throughout the semester

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WS2022/23
This years InnoEco exam was very easy, probably easier than the previous years. The exam was not open book, basically all questions were identical to the exercise questions. At the end of the semester half of the course content was ruled out as irrelevant. The exam itself was also more than fair, could be finished with plenty of spare time. I cannot guarantee that it will be the same this term tho :) better use the time to prep for other more challenging exams!

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The only reason you should take this is for the 12 ECTS...

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Only take this, when really interested in restructuring/corporate crisis

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Only take this, when really interested in restructuring/corporate crisis

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1. WiSe 22/23 offline
2. lectures are really long and slides consist of only graphs. Lecturer is really passionated about the topic and enjoys talking a lot, but rather difficult to stay focused and follow.  Content is interesting but I only grasped the whole thing once I studied for the exam
3. There are no written requirements on the presentation and therefore grading a bit up in the sky. Overall not too bad tho. Important to get the whole overall picture. Control questions after lectures are not equivalent to exam questions!
4. don't use the lecture control question as a studying tool, rather learn from the slides

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1. WS 22/23 offline
2. lectures are not really engaging, no need to attend lectures imo, rather read lecture notes before attending the exercises and get familiar with the content then
3. video and paper are pretty chill, topics are reduced by half for the exam and exam questions are similar to exercise questions -> easy good great

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Math heavy assignments with much learning potential

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Math heavy assignments with much learning potential

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1. WS 22/23 offline

2. I needed to submit 9 assigments over the semester with an individual workload of 2 to 4 hours per week. It consists of a easy lecture part and steadily becoming more difficult tutorial part. I gave up after assignment 7 to understand a single thing for the tutorial. Extremely math heavy and mediocre tutors.

3. The examination is inspired by the assignments. work on that keenly and you will save much time before the exam.

4. My pro tip is to only choose both lecture and tutorial if you are aware of the abstract economic mathematics that is applied. The lecture part with Edenhofer is extremely interesting, the assignment questions for that generally easy to solve.

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1. WS 22/23 offline

2. This was by far the most exhausting course I have ever witnessed. It is intense for a reason. The lecturers try their best to structure it and make the physical meetings joyful. In the end every task is up to internal task division and many discussion if there is not coherent problem-solution approach.

3. It does not matter what your pitch is about. The overall flow matters more than its functional implementation.

4. My pro tip is search for team members instead of business idea. You gotta work so much with these colleagues. You need to communicate professionally. This works better with people that actually suit your way of thinking.

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Diverse Workload with student-friendly exam

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Diverse Workload with student-friendly exam

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1. WS 22/23 offline

2. The lecturer teaches quite conventionally. There is not much interaction between the classroom and his slide deck except some questions for the crowd. There is much content per week to digest.

3. The research assistance was extremely helpful when it came to useful hints and topics to learn (separated for both offered exam dates). Attend her exercises!

4. My pro tip is to not start learning before the topics are limited by the research assistant. This will leave you buffer to chill.

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I wish I had known what a mess this class was 

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I wish I had known what a mess this class was 

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I usually refrain from writing poor reviews, but I wish I had someone tell me about this before I signed up. I write this so you know, and make an informed decision.

This is by far one of the worst organized classes I've ever taken. The name of the class suggests it's a fun, interactive experience.

It is not.

You have 2 lectures during the whole course. For the rest, you are on your own. The lecturer gives students a 70-page handbook to read at the start of the class, and that's pretty much all you get. If you have the misfortune of getting assigned to a bad team, then good luck.  Part of your grade is based on your performance during the simulation and the group presentation.

Some deadlines happened during the weekends, and the final exam was scheduled on a Saturday at 4pm.

On the plus side, this is a short course, so it was over quickly. The final grade was OK.

My advice: If you're really passionate about marketing and decide to sign up for this course, make sure you team up with people you are comfortable with and are proactive during the simulation.

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Good course for low effort and broad overview of research methods

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Good course for low effort and broad overview of research methods

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1. WS 21/22, mostly offline
2. The course is very low effort, there is only one weekly lecture for about 1 hour and only 1 voluntary assignment. His lecture style is good and he gets to the point. You get a good overview over research methods. Many topics are the same as in Entrepreneurship Research. He talks a lot about Social Network Analytics because this his favourite topic.
3. It´s fairly easy to get a good grade, but hard to get a 1,0 or 1,3. The content of the exam was very surprising, many topics weren´t covered in the lecture, only in the recommended online course. 1-4 days of studying for the exam is enough.
4. If you feel you don´t know enough about research methods, the course is a good choice! Lectures can be interesting but not super relevant. I learned more through the online course, which he recommended (Youtube).

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Take this course if you need easy 6 ECTS

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Take this course if you need easy 6 ECTS

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1. SoSe22 - online
2. Lots of online seminars in Zoom – lots of blablabla, unfortunately. All the main points of this course are delivered during the first meetings, all the rest wasn't really useful. Case studies feel to be outdated as well.
3. There's a written exam online on ISIS, a really easy one. And a group presentation, also a simply one – group receives a general theme (e.g. a furniture store) and needs to develop a branding, vision, sources of financing etc.

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1. Summer 22, online classes + online participation in InnoDays in my case (but some people actually went to Vienna to participate in this hackathon in person)

2. What others should know about this course: it's like VC in miniature – the main thing in this class was to participate in InnoDays. So the main submission was Final Pitch Desk.
3. What others should know about the examination: Online exam that included questions random articles about product management, which were easy to google and answer.

4. My pro tip is: I didn't take the most from this hackathon experience as during this time (first weeks of June) other deadlines came around (for StraMa, for instance). And I also worked. I was lucky to have an understanding team that allowed me to work at my own pace and contribute the way I could. But it would be great to be really concentrate on 3 days of this hackathon.

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2 elements of the grade: group presentation (40%) and group paper (60%).
Max. number of participants in the group is 6 people. However, it's really hard to manage the process in such a large group. And course organizers know about that, but they'll point out at you and say "We're concerned about your group size". So, 4 people would be optimal, I'd say.

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This course is really close to Strategic Management

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This course is really close to Strategic Management

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1. WS21/22, online lectures, offline exam (like StraMa)

2. What others should know about this course:
Also 2 parts: Dodo's and Pidun's.
No game theory and card games. Pidun's part was more on M&As, portfolio assessment, and corporate governance. Dodo's – on general perception of globalization and structure of MNCs.
30% group presentation / 70% written exam.
3. What others should know about the examination: based on pre-recorded lectures. Before the exam there's a Q&A session with Dodo & Pidun.

4. My pro tip is: get really familiar with the rules of the exam. Don't waste time on writing answers to ALL tasks as it's not needed actually. Put effort in stuff that guarantees you the points you need.

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Take this course if you're interested in a critical feminist theory and how it applies to business. 

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Take this course if you're interested in a critical feminist theory and how it applies to business. 

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- We had to submit 2 presentations (the 1st on a book or an article from the course readings list, the 2nd – is the article we must've found by ourselves) and essay (about 4k words).
- We had classes in presence. However, for the first launch of this course (Summer 2022) they weren't as interactive as I expected. I thought seminar would include more discussions, but mostly we listened to Heide re-reading the chapters of her thesis. Maybe the format would become better for the next launches.
- It's a good platform to develop your interest towards feminist theory and dive deeper into fem critique of business and capitalism. However, it depends on you whether or not you're already familiar with the main works and schools of thought in feminism. This course won't be helpful in introducing you to this material.
- Boys, don't be afraid to participate in this class too :)

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This module was the highlight of my year and I think it’s also the course which Prof. Solomo and TIM Chair put a lot effort in. I would highly recommend it to fellow IMES students who want to work closely with Berlin-based high tech startups, learn the methodology to conduct a bibliography and patent research and assess the status quo of the assigned technological field, which allows to identify the future potentials in the end.

Note: Every summer semester this course conflicts with compulsory Strategic management course, so it’s very tricky to handle them both. It’s 12 credits however less workload than 2 courses. Just like other Solomo courses, it’s self-paced and exam doesn’t affect the total grade so much. (30%-exam and 70% group project)

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1. Semester (e.g. WS21/22) and format (online/offline) Summer 2022 offline

2. What others should know about this course:
enjoyable overall, but quite a grab-bag of activities. some in person lectures, some online, some group work, some guest lecturers... a bit chaotic, but overall worthwhile. The group project was a real challenge - the prompts expect far more than can actually be answered by the tools at our disposition.
3. What others should know about the examination: for 12 credits, not that much work

4. My pro tip is:

go with the flow!

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1. SS22 online, topic: M&A Innovation

2. It was nice to hear from an actual CEO and his experiences, but it was also very intense. The course was held during one week, everyday full time. On friday groups had to hold a presentation, immediately afterwards there was an exam. In retrospect it is amazing to have received 6 credits for one week work, but during that week it was stressful.
3. There is literally no time to study for the exam, but it seems like this is taken into account for the grading, as the grades turned out very good!

4. My pro tip is: Don't stress about the exam, try to learn as much as possible by preparing the presentation well and listening to the CEO (and asking questions).

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Easy to get good grades but intensive for a week

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Easy to get good grades but intensive for a week

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1)Summer Semester 2022, online
2) Since it was a block course happening over 5 days only, I found it intensive. Also, because of few number of days, the course didnt go in much depth on M&A.
The instructors (both Julian and Prof. ) were very nice and experienced. Had it been a longer course, we could have learnt much more.
3) It was a portfolio exam: group presentation, written exam and individual essay. They were graded highly for everyone. Easy to pass :)
4) Pro tip: Take the course if you are new to M&A, don't mind a week of intense work, want to be done with 6 ECTS in a week and want great grades :)
But if you are looking to go in depth on M&A, I would suggest to find something else.

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1. WS21 online (occasionally offline)

2. What others should know about this course:
See above.
3. What others should know about the examination:
See above, but I personally underestimated the team and learning reflection. Therefore:

4. My pro tip is:
Read the syllabus, decide on a theory for the reflection prior the first team meeting and collect data accordingly. This might lead to a much better team and learning reflection. However, this may not be required so it is a bit extra work.

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I had a bad feeling about this, but at least final grade turned out to be better than expected

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I had a bad feeling about this, but at least final grade turned out to be better than expected

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1. WS21/22 online

2. What others should know about this course:
All in all, the course was okay. However, not good enough compared to other classes and considering the limited time IMES students spend in Berlin. I regretted choosing this course for many of the reasons already mentioned above. Nevertheless, in the end the final grade was pretty good. Maybe this was lucky but I would not consider the grading unfair. It is more the work load.
3. What others should know about the examination:
There are several examinations including a mid-term exam almost right after new years eve. This means studying during the holidays.

4. My pro tip is:
Make sure you really know the downsides of this course before signing up. And maybe go for the intro session and decide afterwards.

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It was easy to follow and there was no attendance requirements for my term (it was remote during the summer semester 2021). There was one group presentation that we needed to do which we did with a 4 people team. They let you select the topic out of the available topics and you are grouped that way. Most topics are very easy to find on the internet and the presentation structure requirements were incredibly easy. it was a breeze task. The other grading task was the vocal exam which took place online for like 15-20 minutes. They ask you general highlights of the topics presented during the lectures (all lectures were uploaded online to ISIS for our semester but not sure if that's the case now). If you answer very generally and briefly without giving examples, they ask you further details or examples about the topic. But overall it was an easy to pass course and I still learned valuable insights I think. Definitely recommend it.

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1. Semester WS21/22 - online

2. This course consists of lectures (they were pre-recorded and uploaded) and a seminar. In the seminar you learn how to use the tool Edupack and do an LCA of a chosen product in a group. The only negative thing is that only students having windows laptops are able to download the tool.
3. Oral examination about the lectures, very relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

4. My pro tip is: Start to study the lectures by heart - early enough! :D

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Interesting topics, messy organisation, awful examination

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Interesting topics, messy organisation, awful examination

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1. WS21/22, online

2. What others should know about this course: The course is MAINLY about positive psychology, with only a bit of entrepreneurship at the end.
On the bright side, its amazing to be able to talk about this topics with other students, to be able to try stuff like meditation in the context of a uni course and the lecturers do make a great effort to provide a safe environment to discuss and learn from the group.
On the other side, the administrative part is a mess: the classes where always changing dates, the schedule for class was changing, we didn't even know if we had time for lunch so it was hard to plan ahead for the class.
3. What others should know about the examination: you have to write reflections for every session (5 or 6) but they are not graded. The final exam was to write a systematic literature review which had little to nothing to do with the course, and felt kind of improvised

4. My pro tip is: take the course for the discussions, but know it will be messy

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1. WS21/22 online

2. What others should know about this course: Good overview of a variety of topics on sustainability and innovation. Works well to deepen the info provided on innovation economics and has nice guest lectures from people from different industries.
Sadly, the course suffers from a not really proactive student assistant, and the lecturer clearly doesn't know/want to deal with a lot of administrative stuff so it can get annoying sometimes. But overall, I think its still a good course
3. What others should know about the examination: a midterm and an exam, plus an easy group work. The examination is a bit weird though, the kind that is hard to fail but also hard to get a really good grade.

4. My pro tip is: make the most of the content and guest lectures, but don't stress too much about the grade you're going to get in the end

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Its a tough technical class, but well structured and you learn A LOT

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Its a tough technical class, but well structured and you learn A LOT

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1. WS21/22, online

2. What others should know about this course: it's definitely not easy credits, but the lecturer is great, the assistant teacher great as well and the topics are really interesting. Wanna talk seriously about sustainability? in this course you go deep into the implementations of sustainable production an operations in different companies.
3. What others should know about the examination: Portfolio examination with 3 short group works (only the last one is graded) and a final oral exam where the questions are provided beforehand. Around 40 questions and you need to answer 3, you can also choose a whole topic to drop (no questions on that topic).

4. My pro tip is: Take the course. IMES has a lot of superficial courses on sustainability, but not many classes really go deep into the implementation. Also, this course is shared with other programs and most students come from erasmus or master programs in industrial engineering, the group works can be messy so get a good group asap.

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Amazing insights, best course so far I took

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Amazing insights, best course so far I took

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1. (WS21/22), digital
2. Absolutely terrible class. Shallow listing of buzzwords and no real substance in topics. Syllabus seems cool at paper, but the lectures are very poor.  Assignments are not well connected to what is learned in class. Generally lacking structure and condescending teacher.

Many of the guest speakers are very good at what they are doing, but it seems like they are not well instructed in what to talk about in class. This results in them starting way to slow and technical, then rushing through 50 of the most important slides in 30 minutes.

4. Do not choose this class.

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Pidun was very good, Dodo not at all. Pre-recorded slides, with a tiny picture of him at the bottom was just not a way to learn. The material is very "theoretical" = ie. professors who have been in academia their whole lives, with overly complicated theories that just don't matter in the real world. All I remember from his portion was endless slides of bullet points, arrows and diagrams.

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Well structured and top professor. Definitely recommend.

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That was essentially the whole class. Met the first day of class, he puts up a list of topics and we are just supposed to choose one and do a presentation and write a paper. There were supposed to be two further meetings for the presentations, but since only one other person took the class, they were cancelled. Seemed the professor just wanted to tick a box that he had "taught" a course that semester, without actually doing anything. Guess it could be easy credits, but not much teaching or learning going on. Shame.

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1. Semester (WS20/21) and format (online)

2. You want to lear how to calculate carbon footprint, social accounting, life cycle costing, etc.? If you want to learn some math focusing in sustainability this class is for you. I found it very practical and useful. Class we uploaded every week, it is very very easy to follow the professor and the calculations are quite basic. You have an exercise classes where you can ask online about how to solve in class problems and to practice for the exam.
3. The exam was actually very very fair! Open questions, calculations and true or false. Everything was in the slides and the calculations were similar to those we did in class. The only thing is that the only grade you get is your final exam (it is 100%)!

4. My pro tip is: Prepare excel templates for the calculation, they will be very helpful for the final exam!

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Best class of IMES! Should be mandatory :) 

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Best class of IMES! Should be mandatory :) 

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1. Semester (WS20/21) and format (online)

2. Do you like math, some calculations and very useful material? This class is the most useful class so far for me. Very well organized, I enjoyed all the lectures, the exercises (actually very analytical) and the examples to the point. The professor records all the classes so you can watch them later, any time and you have a second lecture (exercises) where you solve together some case studies! They literally explain you part by part.
3. You have one little project in a software about energy consumption, once again, choose the right people. The final exam was an oral exam (yes, they take the exam one by one) but they upload a questionnaire with around 40 questions, that everyone in the class can fill out in an Excel file. During the exam, you present the project and then they ask you questions from the questionnaire. I enjoyed this class a lot but yes, you need to put some work on it.

4. The topics are very interesting and everything focuses on sustainability. You will learn some mathematical methods and to be honest, during COVID times the exam was very fair!

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1. Semester (SS21) and format (online)

2. It is actually very interesting and the lecturers put a lot of effort to keep it very active, tons of work and tons of time consuming. But yes, it is all about your TEAM, not the idea (so I recommend be very clear with your group from the beginning, believe me, you don't want to carry alone all the workload). Actually, for many peers it was hard to put so much work in an idea that will not work out. We had a great team and put a lot of effort on it! We wanted our idea to be possible but at the end the feedback we always got was very basic so maybe our expectations were too high.
3. You need to develop a whole business plan + final pitch!

4. Find a good team, that is very key and also, be constant with your work during the class, leaving everything to the end will be a big nightmare for you.

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Pidun part was the best! Final exam online with very time limited :/ 

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Pidun part was the best! Final exam online with very time limited :/ 

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1. Semester (SS21) and format (online)

2. I think Dodo's part was actually very easy but Pidun's part was my favorite and tons of learning! Very interesting, he is a genius and gives real life examples and also the guest speakers were very very interesting, people with big trajectories.
3. Group project video presentation, it was a paper for Dodo's part and a company case for Pidun's part. Find a good group beforehand (highly recommended)! They are definitely strict about the quality of the video, the questions you do and specially if you do extra research about your topic. Final exam was not difficult but you gotta run (I think you have one hour but the exam include both parts, Pidun and Dodo). Also, because the final exam they have open questions like short case studies and calculations :).

4. My pro tip is: I enjoyed a lot this class specially Pidun's part! Watch the videos beforehand, do summaries, always big eyes on having examples written down and I think you will be totally fine.

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Really enjoyed the guest speakers, not the best final exam!

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Really enjoyed the guest speakers, not the best final exam!

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1. Semester (e.g. WS20/21) and format (online)

2. You have weekly guest speakers and some theoretical classes, from different companies and fields; very related with topics like sustainable business models, energy, standards and regulations, etc! In my semester there were very interesting discussions, the professor was a good moderator.
3. The final exam was to write an essay in I think 1 hour and minimum 1000 words, but they upload a questionnaire of 12 questions (so you already know the questions). So yes, you need to have 12 questions ready to answer because the day of the exam they will choose if not wrong, 3 questions that you can choose one from it and write the essay! I found the final exam a big consuming time exam preparation and not too much learning :/

4. Nice class in general, just make a group of friends and beforehand, brainstorm ideas/paragraphs; work group is actually very important!

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1. Semester (e.g. WS20/21) and format (online)

2. In this course you learn about wellbeing and the psychological part of things for example stress, depression burnout, etc in regards with Entrepreneurhsip. Found it easy and interesting if you are interested in those types of topics but we had 4 hour classes and we did not have too much interaction between students!
3.  We had to do a scientific poster and reports for each session (each session is like each two weeks or once per month). We had to also meditate and do some other exercises.

4. My pro tip is: Are you interested about psychology, wellbeing, also open to share personal experiences? Then take this class!

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1. Semester (WS20/21) and format (online)

2. Personally (during covid) had a great time with this class! Very very interactive, camera on, good discussions and I liked the activities. If you are very into social topics, and would like to develop a project, share personal experiences or meet people from all around the world; then this class might be for you. I put effort on it and had a very fun time and great discussions with people from all around the world (people from outside the TUB also can take this class). To be honest there are people that love this course and some others hate it. I personally loved it!
3.  You have to do an intervention with a group (food sharing, fast fashion, Korea reunification, anything you want), and participate in a forum for every class actually I found it very easy and a straightforward class. The interventions are very fun!

4. My pro tip is: Check the opinions of different people about the class but in general it was a very interesting one and easy work! Also you get a certificate at the end of the class :)

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1. WS21/22 online
2. The lectures are difficult to follow, it's quite fast for people with no prior economics background, but the exercises help with understanding what the lectures are about.
3. The group work was ok.
4. The time for the exam is very short compared to the number of questions included.

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Make sure to front load ! And it's all about the team- not idea!

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Make sure to front load ! And it's all about the team- not idea!

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1. WS 2021/22, online+ offline
2. The co-ordinators put their best effort to make the sessions fun and informative. The tools shared during the lectures are very helpful - even for future use if you want to pursue a start-up.
3. Easy but very time consuming deliverables. Make sure to front load
4. Pro-tip: If you have a good team,  a Business plan can be written even for a ok-ish/ bad business idea . But the other way around (a bad team with a good idea) just does not work!

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Engaging lectures and very nice/useful materials were provided.

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Engaging lectures and very nice/useful materials were provided.

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1. WS21/22 online

2. The lectures are very engaging and the professor's happy attitude helps a lot. All the materials were posted on ISIS with many examples, youtube videos and even a podcast that makes easy to learn everything.
3. True/False questions.

4. The teams are assigned randomly, and it seems there is a solution for any problem that might arise :) so, enjoy the course.

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Happy course. Not that happy final assignment.

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Happy course. Not that happy final assignment.

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1. WS21/22 (hybrid due to covid)

2. Be prepared to share very personal stuff with your classmates.
3. You have to write a "life book" of about 90-100 ppt slides about the analysis of your life. The template is provided in advance, so if you manage to start with it in advance, you will be happy since it takes a lot of time.

4. My pro tip is: Start with the final assignment in advance. I did not and I regret :´(

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Interesting topics. Guest lectures are really nice. Discussions are not very encouraged.

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Interesting topics. Guest lectures are really nice. Discussions are not very encouraged.

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1. WS21/22 (online)

2. The topics are very interesting, but at a basic level. Sometimes there were too many topics in just one lecture that you might end up feeling you did not learn something new or in depth because there is no place to have discussions or many questions during the lecture.
3. For the examination you have to write an essay about one topic from all the topics reviewed during the semester. The topic for your essay will be randomly assigned to you the day of the exam (topic range is announced in advance by the professor).

4. My pro tip is: If you have questions, the guest lectures are the perfect place for them.

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Interesting topics, hard to follow the lectures but exercises help a lot

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Interesting topics, hard to follow the lectures but exercises help a lot

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1. WS21/22 online
2. The lectures can be a bit overwhelming and a bit hard to follow sometimes, especially if you do not have a meaningful background in economics, but exercises will help a lot, so do not miss them. All the materials are very well organized on ISIS.
3. The time for the exam is very tight, so you do not really have time to take advantage of the "open book" format.
4. It is a nice and respectful place to participate and ask questions. Pay attention to the examples mentioned by the professor.

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1. WS 21/22 Online
2. All the sessions were pre-recorded. There used to be a weekly Q&A session for those who had any questions. And
Since I didn't have much prior background on sustainability, I found this course very informative. And I thoroughly enjoyed reading the materials given.
I definitely recommend this course for those interested in policy related knowledge of sustainability.
3. There was only 1 exam: Oral exam of 20 mins for 100% of the grade.  The questions were generally straight forward but also required a good understanding of the logics behind the policies.
4. Pro-tip: Watch the videos/ lectures pre-hand and don't wait for the last moment just before the exam. :)

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Lectures were interactive! But exercises stole the show!

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Lectures were interactive! But exercises stole the show!

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1. WS 21/22 Online
2. The lecture was interactive. And the course was set nicely to give an idea of innovation in corporate setting.
The best part was the exercise where presentation were done based on real life cases along with ideas from scientific papers.

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Good exercise, hard to pay attention lectures

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Good exercise, hard to pay attention lectures

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1. WS21/22 online
2. The lectures are not engaging at all, however the exercises make up for it.
3. Presentations are ok, exam is short. You should prepare for the exam well, as there is no time to look up answers (32 questions, 30 min). But the exam was not hard

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1. WS21/22 online
2. The lecture is engaging and full of interesting real world examples.
3. The presentation have mostly interesting topics. The essay is easy to write.

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1. WS21/22 offline
2. The lectures are very long and the professor dives deep into the topic, which in this context of MCC is not very engaging.
3. Examination was fair, however the content is very large.
4. Sit in the front row, if you want to pay attention.

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1. WS21/22 mostly offline
2. The lessons are interesting, but have no relation to the examination, nor to the topic itself. The professor mostly discusses his own research.
3. The examination is an essay, can be written without the course. Quality matters a lot.
4. Take this course before writing your thesis and use the course as a topic selection for your thesis.

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1. WS21/22 offline and online
2. One of the best courses. Well structured and packed with a lot of content.
3. Examination is fair, but needs a lot of preparation and upfront work.
4. Find a good team to work with.

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1. WS21/22 online

2. The lecture is interesting and includes many real world examples. There is also an exercise, that is highly interactive and requires two group presentations.
3. Portofolio exam: 2 group presentations + individual lecture essay at the end of the semester, in which you have to compare/discuss two scientific papers.

4. My pro tip is: Start writing the essay as early as possible

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Rather take an online course for these topics

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1. WS21/22 mostly offline
2. The lectures were interesting and the professors talked a lot about his own research as well. However I could have learned the important contents more easily through an online course.
3. The exam was a bit surprising to me, as most tasks had not been directly taught during the lectures. E.g. the lecture discussed some method of data analysis, what it is good for and when to use it. In the exam we were expected to actually use it and do the calculations. A lot of transfer was expected. Since the exam was online/open book, this was still manageable.
4. My pro tip is: Don't take this course

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1. WS21/22 online - uploaded video lectures & exercises
2. It was great to be able to go through this course on my own schedule, however there was little to no interaction with other students. The topics ranging from sustainability strategies and control systems, to environmental/social accounting and sustainable investement control were all interesting and understandable.
3. Took place online, there are multiple old/ sample exams to practice. A mix of multiple choice, true/false and open questions. Some calculations required.
4. My pro tip is: Watch the lecture videos on time!

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Deep insights into a specific consulting field

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Deep insights into a specific consulting field

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1. WS21/22 offline

2. The professor likes to talk a lot and it can be tiring to actively follow the lectures, however it does give you good expert knowledge about the specific consulting field of restructuring. If not for corona, we would have also visited PwC for a workshop.
3. There is a group presentation (25% of grade), you can choose your topic out of a given set. Our exam took place online (open book) and consisted of three open questions to be answered in 60 mins.