Integrated Management Systems

44B0662

Bachelor

German

5.0

only summer term

1 semester

This modul transfers practical examples for the implementation of integrated management systems and describe the actual relevance of management systems to improve the quality of food. The complete Supply Chain of different products like fruit and vegetables, milk, grain, meat and new products is part of this lecture. Another topic is the development of a safety culture. How can a company be safe? Topics like risk management, crisis mangement, food safety, occupational health and sustainability are in focus.

• Quality of food: Which influence can improve or disimprove the quality of food
• Connection between management systems: Quality, Occupational health, sustainability and risk management
• integrated management systems
• case studies: backeries, meat indsutry, milk industry ...
• digitale support in comanpies
• safe and sustainable packages
• Analyse of optimisation potential in companies and organisation
• future developments

The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

• Case analysis, written or
• oral exam or
• Written examination

• Presentation

standard form of the exam: written case analysis

The oral examination as an alternative to the written case analysis may have to be selected by the examiner and in this case announced at the beginning of the course.

Written case analysis: 15 pages; Development of an integrated management system for an organisation or company in the food industry

oral exam: 30 minuts

Students have a deep and ntegrated knowledge about management systems and can develop integrated managementsystems or practical use.

Students know the requirements concerning management systems in the food industry and can analyse the optimisation potential

Students could improve there knowledge about processes concerning management systems by self developed systems and can estimate and develope integrated management systems

The knowledge can be transfered in the food industry and give pratical indsides into comanpies and organisation.

The development of integrated management systems is connected with innovation, which will be more developed together with research. The benefits will be important for the food industry.

Communication is an important aspect concerning the implementation of management systems. The development of case studies will give the possibility to have a cooperation with comanpies or organisation of the food industry.

The students

• can develop strategic developments concerning integrated management systems
• can reflect there decisions with deep knowledge
• see potencial through innovation

There is a connection to the moduls Quality Management  andQuality assurance, occuptional health and Sustainability Management.

• Home Economics and Nutrition Sciences B.Sc. (01.09.2025)

• Krieger-Güss, Stephanie

• Krieger-Güss, Stephanie