Business graduate

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Degree in business administration (Dipl.-Kfm.) And Diploma in Business (Dipl.-Kff., Dipl.-Kffr. Or graduate Kfr.) Are isolated even in Germany and were sensitive business graduate (Dkfm.) To 1975 in Austria, the academic degrees that are usually acquired with the successful completion of a business degree at a university and an equivalent university . These academic degrees were partly replaced by Bachelor or Master degrees. The university course is scientifically oriented. Business graduates belong to the group of economists . The legal basis for the award is based on the respective study regulations of the university.

At universities of applied sciences and universities of applied sciences and universities of applied sciences the academic degrees of Diplom-Betriebswirt (FH) or Diplom-Kaufmann (FH) are usually awarded in the field of business administration .

As part of the Bologna Process , Bachelor and Master degrees are increasingly being awarded instead of diploma degrees. Only the University of Greifswald intends to maintain the degree course in business administration as such and to continue to award the degree of business administration.

At state vocational academies , a state qualification as a businessman and a diploma in business administration (BA) can be obtained, which is not an academic degree and must be marked with the addition of the vocational academy "(BA)". There is no degree with the designation Diplom-Kaufmann (BA) .

Entry requirement

Studying business administration at a university, as a standard requirement for the degree, requires at least a subject-related higher education entrance qualification .

Structure of the course

The standard period of study is eight to ten semesters . The course is divided into basic and main courses. The basic course lasts three to four semesters, the main course another four to six semesters. According to the Federal Statistical Office , the actual duration of study at universities in the field of economics averaged 11.0 semesters in the 2002 examination year.

Undergraduate studies

The basic course consists of various, often course-related, subject examinations ( modules ) and at many universities is identical to the basic course for graduates in economics and business teachers.

An example of the structure of the basic course:

Main course

The main course consists of various, often course-accompanying subject examinations ( modules ) and supplementary subjects as well as the diploma thesis , which are weighted with credit points ( ECTS ) and give the final grade.

An example of the structure of the main course:

Two elective subjects and only one special business administration can be chosen and supplementary subjects can be omitted. Another term for special is special business administration .

graduation

Example of a diploma from a university

The basic course ends with the intermediate diploma . The main course ends with the academic degree of Diplom-Kauffrau or Diplom-Kaufmann, which is the first professional university degree of a single-stage course.

A university diploma with an overall grade of at least good (overall grade average of 2.5 or better) is a prerequisite for a doctorate in an economic sub-area (e.g. business administration, economics, business education, statistics, econometrics, business informatics, industrial engineering, business history). In exceptional cases, some universities also allow a very good FH diploma (with an overall grade average of 1.5 or better) for a doctorate.

Fields of activity and professional fields

Graduates in business administration perform managerial, planning, analyzing and advisory tasks

They can also become tax advisors and auditors .

The business graduate in other countries

Switzerland

In Switzerland, the degree is not known as a university degree. For a long time there was the business economist HWV , now known as the business economist FH . The classic university degree is the licentiate. Accordingly for economics: lic. oec. The abbreviation for the university is still used here and there. One example is the University of St. Gallen , which uses the abbreviation 'HSG'.

Austria

The degree of Diplomkaufmann (spelling in one word without a hyphen) was awarded in Austria by the University for World Trade from 1930 to 1975 . Here the short form was Dkfm. In 1975 the university was renamed the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Since then, one has completed an economics degree with the degree Magister / Magistra rer.soc.oec. (University) or Magister / Magistra (FH) (University of Applied Sciences).

Other countries

Over the years, the Bachelor's or Master's degrees in economics have established themselves worldwide. Many students of economics benefit from this systematic globalization, as they can, for example, take a master's degree at another university after completing their bachelor's degree. The conversion of work done at different universities is mostly based on the credit point system ( ECTS ). Many diploma courses for Dipl.-Kfm. have been modularized since 1999 and the credit, performance or study point system introduced. This facilitates the international change to other study locations and the comparability.

In Latin America, for example, the degree form of Licenciado still prevails , abbreviated Lic. The problem here is that this degree is not recognized worldwide. A licensed economist cannot be compared with a business graduate and vice versa. A business graduate is classified as a licensee in Latin America.

International comparison

The diploma, especially the university one, is comparable to the master’s .

Historical development of the business graduate

The development of the business degree course is related to the development of commercial and commercial colleges . The first commercial colleges were established in Leipzig, Aachen and Vienna in 1898. Business students were able to take a diploma examination after at least four semesters. The examination was voluntary and did not entitle the graduates to any professional practice. The commercial colleges lacked the right to graduate. After the First World War, the admission requirements for students at commercial colleges were made more difficult and the number of semesters increased from four to six. With these changes, the courses were adapted to the universities. On the basis of these changes, the ministry issued in 1924 that “graduates of commercial colleges could be awarded the academic degree of a business graduate (Dipl.-Kfm.)”. See also the article Economist .

After the Second World War , this academic degree existed and still exists in the Federal Republic of Germany, it existed in Austria and until the 1950s also in the German Democratic Republic .

The process of a diploma course provided for large intermediate and final exams at the end of the basic and main studies. Study achievements during the course were seldom received. Since the Bologna reform in 1999, the "Diplom-Kaufmann" course has been replaced by the tiered Bachelor-Master system. Depending on the university and degree program, business administration students can now obtain the academic degrees "B.Sc." or "BA" and "M.Sc." or purchase "MA". In the case of existing diploma courses, modularization takes place based on the bachelor and master system, i.e. In other words, there are course-related subject examinations that are weighted with credit points and are included in the final grade. The thesis itself can also be weighted with credit points. Compared to before 1999, the diploma courses changed from a few very large exams plus diploma thesis to many small exams (around 30 examinations / written exams / seminar papers each in the basic and main studies) plus the preparation of a diploma thesis (duration: 3 to 12 months ; Weighting in the final grade: 15% to 29%).

Individual evidence

  1. as an example also for other universities: Diploma study regulations of the University of Frankfurt am Main  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 74 kB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de  
  2. See the website of the Law and Political Science Faculty of the University of Greifswald ( Memento of the original from September 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rsf.uni-greifswald.de
  3. a b Dr. W. Prion: The doctrine of business operations. Book 1: The economic enterprise in the context of the overall economy. Julius Springer Berlin, 1935
  4. Heike Franz: Between Market and Profession. Business economist in Germany in the field of tension between the educated and economic bourgeoisie (1900-1945). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1998, ISBN 978-3-5253-5676-0

Further information

Wiktionary: Business administration  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations