Change Management
Niveau
2.Semester Master: 1st Study cycle
Learning outcomes of the courses/module
The students:
• know the basic theories of change management.
• are able to apply Kotter's phase model in the transformation process and to critically reflect on it.
• are able to prepare a change project.
• are able to organize leadership coalitions.
• understand the importance of communication in change projects.
• are able to differentiate between emotional and factual levels.
• know the basic theories of change management.
• are able to apply Kotter's phase model in the transformation process and to critically reflect on it.
• are able to prepare a change project.
• are able to organize leadership coalitions.
• understand the importance of communication in change projects.
• are able to differentiate between emotional and factual levels.
Prerequisites for the course
2. Semester: no information
Course content
• Basics of change management (definition, framework conditions for change, basic forms of change)
• Kotter's phase model
• Organization of change projects
• Building up a management coalition and the importance of communication
• Dealing with resistance
• Interplay between factual and emotional levels
• Working out success factors
• Kotter's phase model
• Organization of change projects
• Building up a management coalition and the importance of communication
• Dealing with resistance
• Interplay between factual and emotional levels
• Working out success factors
Recommended specialist literature
Exler, M. W., & Situm, M. (2025) (Hrsg.). Restrukturierungs- und Turnaround-Management: Strategien, Erfolgsfaktoren und Best Practice für die Transformation. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag.
Stolzenberg, K., & Heberle, K. (2021). Change Management: Veränderungsprozesse erfolgreich gestalten - Mitarbeiter mobilisieren. Vision, Kommunikation, Beteiligung, Qualifizierung. Wiesbaden: Springer.
Vahs, D., & Weiand, A. (2020). Workbook Change Management: Methoden und Techniken. Stuttgart: Schäffer Poeschel.
Weiand, A. (2025). Toolbox Change-Management: 45 Instrumente für Vorbereitung, Analyse, Planung, Umsetzung und Kontrolle. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel.
Stolzenberg, K., & Heberle, K. (2021). Change Management: Veränderungsprozesse erfolgreich gestalten - Mitarbeiter mobilisieren. Vision, Kommunikation, Beteiligung, Qualifizierung. Wiesbaden: Springer.
Vahs, D., & Weiand, A. (2020). Workbook Change Management: Methoden und Techniken. Stuttgart: Schäffer Poeschel.
Weiand, A. (2025). Toolbox Change-Management: 45 Instrumente für Vorbereitung, Analyse, Planung, Umsetzung und Kontrolle. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel.
Assessment methods and criteria
Homework
Exam
Exam
Language
German
Number of ECTS credits awarded
3
Semester hours per week
Planned teaching and learning method
A part of the course will be covered through e-learning. This involves a combination of online phases (an inductive method for independently developing knowledge and practicing tasks) and in-person phases (a deductive method in which support is provided during the learning process and knowledge is also conveyed through lectures).
Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered
2