In daily business life and strategic projects alike, management is confronted with confusing and fragmented information. In addressing these issues, skills that successfully and efficiently define, disentangle und structure these problems are invaluable. This course offers an introduction to the techniques of structuring the problem solving process upfront, managing projects, communicating the findings and applying them to real-life cases. The course will consist of a lecture with practical exercises and supervised case work. The understanding of concepts and tools will be deepened by giving practical examples during the lecture. The results of the group exercise will be presented and discussed.