Qualification aims of the subject

In this section, students will learn which actors and organisations can be found in the area of security in an international – here especially European – context. They will be able to analyse the market environment and to understand and critically evaluate the effects of these actors and organisations.
With a special focus on corporate governance the students will learn the roles of the different actors in companies, such as Supervisory Boards and Executive Board/Board of Managers. They will be able to describe the necessities of corporate governance guidelines and to critically review and improve existing guidelines. As governance is linked to value adding management the main business processes of companies will be introduced. The students will be able to analyse them and to develop and integrate security issues into these processes.
• Relevant aspects of Economics and SWOT analysis of European security market
• Selected actors in the European security market (CoESS, EOS, ECSA, UniGlobalUnion)
• Introduction/analysis of selected companies in the security market (e. g. Securitas or G4S)
• Organisation and structure of companies (Supervisory/Executive Boards and management)
• Relevance and selected aspects of corporate governance guidelines and codices
• Value chain of security: principles of value adding management and business processes.