Essentials Leadership & Management
Niveau
Master
Learning outcomes of the courses/module
The participants:
• understand fundamental concepts of management and leadership.
• are able to interpret business-related questions from a psychological perspective.
• analyze organizations, markets, and basic strategic problems.
• apply key leadership concepts to individual and organizational contexts.
• understand the relationships between motivation, behavior, and organizational performance.
• interpret basic key performance indicators and use them for decision-making.
• transfer management knowledge to practical cases and their own professional contexts.
• understand fundamental concepts of management and leadership.
• are able to interpret business-related questions from a psychological perspective.
• analyze organizations, markets, and basic strategic problems.
• apply key leadership concepts to individual and organizational contexts.
• understand the relationships between motivation, behavior, and organizational performance.
• interpret basic key performance indicators and use them for decision-making.
• transfer management knowledge to practical cases and their own professional contexts.
Prerequisites for the course
None
Course content
• Fundamentals of Management & Organization (companies as systems; functions & perspectives of management)
• Strategic Thinking (environmental analysis; competition; basic strategy concepts; introduction to business models)
• Organization & Structures (organizational design; processes; agile vs. traditional organizational forms)
• Human Resources & Leadership (motivation; decision-making behavior; group processes; key leadership theories)
• Leadership Perspectives (transformational, situational, digital; leadership in change processes)
• Fundamentals of Human Resource Management (recruitment, development, performance management)
• Digitalization & Management (digital business models; new work; impact on leadership and organization)
• Management Accounting & Decision Foundations (key performance indicators; goal systems; evidence-based decision-making)
• Interface with Business Psychology (behavior in organizations; perception, motivation & culture)
• Practice & Transfer (case studies; application to real business situations)
• Strategic Thinking (environmental analysis; competition; basic strategy concepts; introduction to business models)
• Organization & Structures (organizational design; processes; agile vs. traditional organizational forms)
• Human Resources & Leadership (motivation; decision-making behavior; group processes; key leadership theories)
• Leadership Perspectives (transformational, situational, digital; leadership in change processes)
• Fundamentals of Human Resource Management (recruitment, development, performance management)
• Digitalization & Management (digital business models; new work; impact on leadership and organization)
• Management Accounting & Decision Foundations (key performance indicators; goal systems; evidence-based decision-making)
• Interface with Business Psychology (behavior in organizations; perception, motivation & culture)
• Practice & Transfer (case studies; application to real business situations)
Recommended specialist literature
• Ant, M. (2021). Effizientes Leadership: Grundlagen, Prinzipien und Methoden einer sozialkonstruktivistischen Führungstheorie. Wiesbaden: Springer.
• Hungenburg, H., & Wulf, T. (2021). Grundlagen der Unternehmensführung. Wiesbaden: Springer.
• Kollmann, T. (2022). Digital Leadership: Grundlagen der Unternehmensführung in der Digitalen Wirtschaft. Wiesbaden: Springer.
• Schreyögg, G., & Koch, J. (2023). Grundlagen des Managements: Basiswissen für Studium und Praxis. Wiesbaden: Springer.
• Welge, M. K., Al-Laham, A., & Eulerich, M. (2024). Strategisches Management: Grundlagen – Prozess – Implementierung. Wiesbaden: Springer.
• Hungenburg, H., & Wulf, T. (2021). Grundlagen der Unternehmensführung. Wiesbaden: Springer.
• Kollmann, T. (2022). Digital Leadership: Grundlagen der Unternehmensführung in der Digitalen Wirtschaft. Wiesbaden: Springer.
• Schreyögg, G., & Koch, J. (2023). Grundlagen des Managements: Basiswissen für Studium und Praxis. Wiesbaden: Springer.
• Welge, M. K., Al-Laham, A., & Eulerich, M. (2024). Strategisches Management: Grundlagen – Prozess – Implementierung. Wiesbaden: Springer.
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam
Language
German
Number of ECTS credits awarded
6
Semester hours per week
Planned teaching and learning method
The course is based on an e-learning concept that incorporates a didactically aligned combination of online and in-person phases. During the online phases, an inductive learning approach is applied, fostering the independent acquisition of knowledge and the completion of tasks. The in-person phases follow a deductive approach, in which learning processes are guided and deepened, and content is systematically delivered through lectures as well as practical examples.
Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered
1