International Master Programme in Airbourne Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing at the Institute of Geomatics in Castelldefels, Spain
FIG Vice President Dr. Ralf Schroth, from Hansa Luftbild,
Germany gave a module of the International Master Programme in Airbourne
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing under the title “Fundamentals of
Economics and Management in Airborne Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Organizations” 29 March to 2 April 2004 at the premises of the Institute
of Geomatics in Castelldefels (Barcelona, Spain) as part of the continuous
educational activities of the Institute. Its objective is to promote the
advances in geomatics and, at the same time, to be a place of technical
discussion. There were ten students from different educational
backgrounds. This course has been organized by the Institute of Geomatics
and sponsored by the company CONPIE and with the collaboration of the
Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya (ICC), the company AURENSIS, S.A and the
Technical University of Catalonia.
Dr. Schroth, started the course giving a general introduction about the
demands on young professionals in the field of APRS organizations. The
fundamentals of structuring organizations and enterprises together with the
basics of financing and accounting (balance sheet, profit and loss
statements, cash flow management) built up the first part of the lecture.
The second part was focusing on tenders and offers including the cost
accounting and the project controlling. Finally, human resource management,
sales and marketing and international management were closing the module.
All the different chapters were accompanied by exercises (given with the
assistance of Mrs. Iwona Maciejewska from AURENSIS) and tests out of
practical applications and real projects. So the students could bring in
their own experiences and learn from projects on a given theoretical
background. The Institute of Geomatics is a public consortium of the
Generalitat de Catalunya (the regional government of Catalonia) and the
Technical University of Catalonia. This non-profit consortium has full legal
entity and independence for the achievements of its objectives. The mission
of the Institute of Geomatics is the development of Geomatics through
applied research and education in support of society, institutional and
industrial needs both at national and international levels.
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