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Master of business administration for the sports business on 5th December 2013 started the first presence phase for the students of sports management (MBA) master’s program “at the University of applied sciences Schmalkalden.” Within five semesters the participants prepare for the adoption of responsible, strategic and operational management tasks in the sports business and qualify for management positions. 12 Participants from all over Germany and industries, by football Bundesliga (z.Bsp. VFL Wolfsburg), fitness and Gesundheitsstudius, the Bundeswehr… to the civil engineering field, Schmalkalden are up for this purpose within the next two years eleven multi-day periods of personal attendance at the University of applied sciences. In the first two semesters they deal with content of the General management, in the third and fourth semesters is the specialization in the field of sports management then carried individual majors such as Club and association management, sports facility planning and financing and also sports marketing and sponsorship.

The first presence phase aimed to familiarize themselves with economic and commercial foundations. Professor Dr. Manfred Herbert, longtime Professor of economic and labour law at the University of applied sciences Schmalkalden was the kick-off of the presence event. He gave very practical knowledge in the field of labour law in his lecture the students. Taught was doing, such as how to design a work contract and completes or how to properly end a working relationship. In addition, he considered the problem of bogus and discussed health and safety regulations. In addition to the employment aspects, Professor Dr.

Rainer Schackmar, Assistant Professor of commercial law at the University of applied sciences Schmalkalden spoke in his lecture on the basics of business law. Economics and business administration were Professor Dr. Robert richert, Professor of Economics at the University of applied sciences Schmalkalden, basics, including the relationships between Economic growth and stabilization policy (economic policy) and the basics and problems of labor and monetary policy.