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Which innovations are there in apprenticeship training? How can "New Work" work in everyday life? How will the labour market develop in the upcoming years? What possibilities do companies have to react to bad employer ratings? These and many other questions were investigated and discussed by and with our experts from business in our course series "Current Topics" in the… […]Read more on Well attended: Course series “Current Topics in Human Resources Management”

As one of three universities in Austria, FHWien der WKW was nominated for the Erasmus+ Award 2019 in the field of education. It was thus honored for its achievements in university mobility within the Erasmus+ program countries. […]Read more on FHWien der WKW Nominated for Erasmus+ Award in Education

In her article "Media repertoire of young adults before elections", Gisela Reiter, Teaching & Research Associate at the Journalism & Media Management study programs at FHWien der WKW, analysed and evaluated the results of studies on the subject of information procurement in the run-up to political elections. From the results she was able to derive three recommendations for action, especially… […]Read more on Research on media use by young adults before elections

The proceeds from the Alumni Night tombola will be donated to the Sterntalerhof children’s hospice. Again this year the guests of the Alumni Night could win great prizes at the tombola and at the same time do something for the good cause. The €5 per ticket was well invested: We have collected an incredible amount […]Read more on FHWien der WKW donates to children’s hospice

Business and human rights: How can companies deal with countries that do not have sufficient human rights protections in place? One year after the murder of journalist Jamal Kashoggi in a Saudi embassy, Markus Scholz (Head of Center for Corporate Governance & Business Ethics) reflects on corporate reactions to this case and discusses how corporations […]Read more on Business and Human Rights

Tourism & Hospitality Management study programs alumni networking  On November 28, 2019, 60 graduates of the Tourism & Hospitality Management study programs celebrated their homecoming four years after graduation (classes of 2015) ten years after graduation (class of 2009) and twenty years after graduation (class of 1999). The event took place at the tourism school […]Read more on Meet & Eat 2019: Tourism & Hospitality Management Homecoming Event

On November 22, 2019, a guest lecture took place for the students of the Bachelor’s program in Finance, Accounting and Taxation in the course “Value Added Tax and Transaction Taxes”. The lecture dealt with a central topic of value added tax, namely the deduction of input tax according to § 12 of the Value Added […]Read more on The input tax deduction from the point of view of practice

Disguising corporate crime is becoming increasingly difficult for companies. Due to increasing digitalization and the increased use of mass data analyses, auditors can collect and analyze all relevant data from accounting and inventory management. On the one hand, this full survey makes it possible to uncover errors that would not be found in a sample […]Read more on Fraud Detection in Auditing

On November 12, 2019, students of the Bachelor’s program in Finance, Tax and Accounting used their opportunity to inform themselves about the specializations of their study program. As part of the event, all Academic Coordinators presented their supervised courses and explained the advantages and special features of the individual modules. Students have the choice between […]Read more on Specializations of the Bachelor’s Program in Finance, Taxation and Accounting

At the International Week of the ISTC in Lille, France, Christine Güttel taught International Human Resource Management. The target of the program was to intensify Internationalization@home and expand university cooperations. […]Read more on International Week: Vienna meets Lille