Schools @IBA

Business Management

The Hochschule Worms has set up educational partnerships and collaborations with schools from the region in order to offer school pupils the opportunity to liaise with the university at an early stage in their academic journey.

This page provides information on the different ways schools can collaborate with the International Business Administration (IBA) faculty.

We have a range of options on offer to give school pupils, as well as teachers, hands-on access to the university environment, making it easier for pupils to choose their way forward. Our options are tailored to the following courses:

Digital Business Management – classic/cooperative (B.A.)
Global Trade Management – classic/cooperative (B.A.)
Internationales Logistikmanagement – classic/cooeprative (B.A.)

You can find more information about what the Hochschule Worms currently has on offer for schools here.

Projects

  • Digital Business Management (B.A.)


    The Objective

    Prospective students engage with the changes businesses are going through due to digitalisation, scrutinising conservative, economic processes and thinking up suggestions for improvement.


    Target Audience

    School pupils who are interested in economics and business management with a focus on digital business models.


    Duration

    1/2 day


    The Scenario

    Due to the world becoming increasingly digital, the dominance of the internet means that competition is constantly becoming fiercer and fiercer. In this light, pupils work on developing new strategies which can be implemented to bring the turnover of a video store up to scratch once again.


    How it works

    Participants are divided into groups. Each group has the same objective: how can the owner of a video store increase its turnover?

    • Groups are made up of four pupils.
    • The owner’s needs and wants, as well as the problems they are facing, are laid out and considered
    • The focus lies on developing a new strategy which solves the problems being faced
    • Pupils present their business ideas and receive direct feedback
    • Q&A at the end of the workshop

  • Global Trade Management (B.A.)


    The Objective

    Pupils are given the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the basics of “Foreign Trade” in terms of theory as well as practice, within the scope of economics and business management.

    Target Audience

    This event is particularly aimed at pupils studying at Wirtschaftsgymnasien (secondary schools with a focus on business), training in business where applicable.

    Duration

    1/2 day


    The Scenario

    A German company receives request for the sale and delivery of a product from a foreign company.


    How it works

    Participants are allocated different roles to act out the following processes:

    • Internal processes in the German firm: feasibility, organisation, communication
    • External processes conducted by the German firm with authorities: customs, Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control etc.
    • External processes conducted by the German firm with other parties involved: forwarding companies, suppliers, banks etc.
    • Sale of the goods and associated processes to settle the transaction
    • Comprehensive strategic planning: this one-off sale should be developed into a long-term, consolidated partnership.

  • Internationales Logistikmanagement (B.A.)


    The Objective

    Pupils are given the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the fields of logistics and supply chain management and gain some initial first-hand experience through interactive exercises.


    Target Audience

    Pupils in upper year groups who would like to go into economics and business management, especially the field of logistics, and who are interested in how the field functions as a whole.


    Duration

    1/2 day


    The Scenario

    Pupils are faced with specific logistic challenges as part of an interactive educational workshop and learn more about the complexity and interplay present in the fields of logistics and supply chain management.


    How it works

    The following questions are dealt with:

    • How should the flow of materials be organised in production?
    • Why is logistics a crucial factor when it comes to being competitive?
    • How will digitalisation affect future processes in production and logistics?