Research in Sustainable Production Management - Interactive curriculae of TU Ilmenau

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module properties Research in Sustainable Production Management in degree program Master Digital Business – Medienwirtschaft und digitale Märkte 2025
module number	200767
examination number	250009
department	Department of Economic Sciences and Media
ID of group	2522 (Sustainable Production and Logistics Management)
module leader	Prof. Dr. Rainer Souren
term	summer term only
language	English (Exam also in German)
credit points	5
on-campus program (h)	34
self-study (h)	116
obligation	elective module
exam	examination performance with multiple performances
details of the certificate	The module Research in Sustainable Production Management with the examination number 250009 concludes with the following exam tasks: 1) oral examination of 20 minutes with a weighting of 50 % (examination number: 2500518) 2) alternative examination task during the semester with a weighting of 50 % (examination number: 2500519) Details on the completion of sub-task 2: Preparation and presentation of a presentation on own research topic and subsequent detailed discussion of the developed contents (in teams of two, if necessary also as individual work). Please note that sub-task 2 must usually be registered at the beginning of the semester in which it is offered. The lecturer and/or the examination office will inform you about the details and time periods. If necessary, be sure to ask the lecturer.
link to Moodle course	https://moodle.tu-ilmenau.de/course/view.php?id=2629
teacher	Prof. Dr. Rainer Souren and scientific assistants of the group
signup details for alternative examinations	This module contains at least one alternative exam part. Please note that this must usually be registered at the beginning of the semester in which it is offered. The lecturer and/or the examination office will inform you about the details and time periods. If necessary, be sure to ask the lecturer.
maximum number of participants
previous knowledge and experience	Production Management (Bachelor) and Supply Chain and Closed Loop Management (Master) generally recommended, necessary prerequisites depend on the specific contents (see Moodle course)
learning outcome	Students have familiarised themselves with more in-depth aspects of research on production management or sustainability management and have mastered important analysis and modelling tools. Furthermore, they are able to deal with a current research topic in depth on the basis of a comprehensive study of literature, using relevant software, as well as to work out scientific findings independently and in a team-oriented manner and to present these within the framework of a detailed presentation and to discuss scientifically in depth in the circle of all participants. In doing so, they accept suggestions from the lecturers and their fellow students and are able to support their point of view argumentatively (increase in subject, method and social competence, learning outcomes: Analysing, assessing, creating, tested by a scientific presentation with subsequent discussion in the course of the second half of the semester).
content	Specific content according to current research topics (see Moodle course). At the beginning, teaching of subject-relevant basics on the current subject area of sustainable production management. Subsequently, students are assigned further research questions and independently develop literature- and IT-supported research results, which are presented in detail by the students and discussed among the participants at the end of the semester. In between, consultations between the students and the lecturers.
media of instruction and technical requirements for education and examination in case of online participation	Lecture: predominantly PowerPoint presentation, supplementary use of the presenter. Exercise/own presentations: PowerPoint, supplementary use of Presenter Teaching material: PDF files of the presentations in the Moodle system
literature / references	Literature relevant to the topic will be announced at the beginning of the semester via Moodle.
evaluation of teaching