Management in Commerce

Fit for wholesale, retail and the automotive trade

They understand the retail landscape, know the current trends in merchandise management, and are persuasive with their negotiating skills and strategic thinking. Skilled retail professionals and managers move companies forward and react flexibly to new market and customer requirements. And something especially exciting: the countless possibilities of digitisation, from multichannel marketing to online sales. In the consumer goods or automobile trade graduates cannot only look forward to crisis-proof jobs, but also variety and career opportunities.

Close to business, close to current trends

The career-integrated degree course Business Administration – Management in Commerce combines sound knowledge with professional experience and thus offers the perfect career start. Whether in marketing, distribution, sales, personnel or management accounting – our students can apply their acquired strengths in all areas of business administration, including internationally. Lecturers from industry provide them with extensive expertise in business administration, commercial management and related disciplines such as economics and law. Units on social and methodological skills round off our holistic Management in Commerce course, while modules such as company and employee management prepare our students for future management positions.

Business Administration competencies for the automotive trade

A special feature of the DHBW Mannheim: those who want to get off to a good start in the exciting automobile trade can choose to focus on this branch in the specialist Business Administration – Management in Commerce course. They further their knowledge in areas such as automobile service organisation or car design and acquire sought-after and specific automotive knowledge.