General Management MBA Focus Leadership

• Introduction to interdisciplinary work and project management • Definition and planning of a project in your own company • Implementation of the project including regular milestones • Final presentation and documentation of the project

In this course, a group of students is assigned a mentor who accompanies and supports the students through the process of finding ideas for a Master Thesis topic to the implementation of an exposé. Individual mentoring, but also exchange within the group is activated, guided and encouraged. This should trigger a first process of finding ideas for topics of the Master Thesis and initiate a description of the project in the form of an exposé. • Techniques of topic identification, development, delimitation and preparation (pre-exposé) • Presentation and discussion of best practice exposés and theses • Individual coaching and mentoring on possible questions regarding the Master Thesis • Intensive exchange and promotion of creativity • Academic reviews: Digital library and research tools • Exposé creation • Application of citation and source management software • Development and presentation of a research concept • Use of feedback and peer review processes to improve the exposé

• Concept of Design Thinking and the customer claim (in the socio-legal triangular relationship/double customer concept) • Strategic set-up of Design Thinking projects • Design Thinking Process (What is? What if? What wows? What works?) • Ten Tools of Design Thinking (visualization, Journey Mapping, Value Chain Analysis Mind Mapping, Brainstorming, Concept Development, Assumption Testing, Rapid Prototyping, Customer Co-Creation, Learning Launch) • Developing products and services in a human-centered way; from problem to solution concept • Strategic business development • Assessing and evaluating innovation concepts • Design thinking in teams and organizations • AI-supported idea generation and concept development

Students must independently complete a Master thesis of 20 ECTS = 500 h. Regular meetings to discuss the current status and progress of the Master thesis with the accompanying academic supervision serve as support. In the context of a colloquium with the scope of 2 ECTS = 50h, the following course contents are dealt with: • independent development and elaboration of an interdisciplinary topic • finding and justifying the methodology • content-related and organizational help for the preparation of the Master's thesis • presenting and defending academic papers • leading discussions about academic papers Master Thesis: 20 ECTS Final examination: 2 ECTS Colloquium for the Master Thesis: 2 ECTS

• Basics of leadership and central leadership theories • Leadership style typologies • Digital leadership • Basics of agile culture and agile leadership • Basics of SCRUM • Leadership culture in the VUCA world • Emotional intelligence in leadership • AI-supported leadership development

The contents of this ILV are not fixed, but are adapted to the currently prevailing trends. Content examples may include: • Leadership Excellence • Team & Leadership Development • Business Development • Labor & Employer Relations • Working Worlds 4.0 (Transformational Leadership) • Change management • Conflict management and mediation

• Overview of the most important basic terms and issues, paradigms, theories and methods of personality psychology • Classification of personality (Big Five and personality types) • Development of individual differences • Appreciation and dealing with different personalities • Basics of leadership psychology • Individual employee management and "type-appropriate" communication • Stress management and resilience in leadership • Use of AI in personality analysis

Fundamentals: • Distinction between private law and public law • Basics of property law • The natural and legal person (legal capacity and capacity to act) • General contract law • Basic data protection regulation • Legal forms of companies • Legal regulation of artificial intelligence • AI-supported legal advice and research Labor law & drafting of employment contracts: • Elements and drafting of the employment contract • Rights and duties of employer and employee • Co-determination, dismissal and protection against dismissal • Effects of AI on employment relationships Liability aspects of management: • Overview of corporate criminal law • Basics of liability and insurance issues • Liability avoidance and aspects of competition and corporate law • Liability for damage caused by AI systems

• Basics of human resources management and human resource management: Human resources management in the overall system of business processes: Tasks and functions of individual sub-areas of personnel management • Basics of operational and strategic personnel management • Organizational culture and development: Conflicts in organizations and organizational diagnosis • motivation theories, employee interviews as an instrument of personnel management • concepts and instruments of structural and process organization • interaction between personnel and organizational development • work structuring: Job Enrichment, Job Enlargement • Operational and Strategic Personnel Controlling • Leadership Methods, Styles and Techniques, Framework Model and Determinants of Leadership • Basics of Industrial, Organizational and Personnel Psychology • Employer Branding and Recruiting Strategies • Diversity Management and Inclusion

- Basics: Supervision and coaching theories with practical application - Coaching approaches for managers and promoting resilience - Rhetoric, conversation and presentation techniques - Dealing with your own limits: Recognizing beliefs and blind spots - Motivation theories - Application of the inner team in self-reflection and decision-making - Use of AI in personal development