Engineer's Field of Work

  • type: Lecture (V)
  • chair: KIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • semester: SS 2026
  • place:

    Build. 10.11, Hertz lecture hall

  • time:

    Mon 11:30 - 13:00, weekly

  • start: Monday 20.04.2026
  • lecturer: Prof. Dr. Martin Doppelbauer
    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marcus Geimer
  • sws: 2
  • lv-no.: 2114917
  • information: On-Site
Content

AFI1: Organization of Companies (Marcus Geimer)
organizational structure, organizational units, managerial structure, organization charts, project organization, relation between superior and staff, board of managing directors, management of the company, supervisory board, advisory board

AFI 2: Project Management (Marcus Geimer)
definition of project, project manager, project team, primary processes, supporting processes

AFI3: Personnel Development (Martin Doppelbauer)
applications, trainee programs, management career, professional career, career paths in companies, individual career planning, tasks of HR, manpower requirements planning, training, training-on-the-job, tools for human resource management, annual personnel talk, objective agreement

AFI4: Scheduling (Marcus Geimer)
Methods for detailed scheduling, network plans, critical path, Gantt-diagram, milestones

AFI5a/b: Development Processes (Martin Doppelbauer)
research, advance development, series development, product marketing, V-model, SPALTEN-model, technical specifications, requirement specifications, clarification, concept, draft, elaboration, validation, verification, documentation, FMEA

AFI6: Standards and Laws (Martin Doppelbauer)
importance of standards, German and international standardization systems, committees, certification

AFI7: Commercial Law (Martin Doppelbauer)
health protection, safety at work, environment protection, product liability, patents

AFI8: Calculation, Financial Statement (Marcus Geimer)
contract award estimate, project costing, unit cost, target costs, cost center accounting, cost recording, hourly rates, asset accounting, profit and loss statement

AFI9: Governance (Marcus Geimer)
principles of governance (accountability, responsibility, transparency, fairness), leadership (technical, commercial), reviews, boards, audits, codetermination, compliance

Language of instructionGerman