Leadership & Change Management (E)

Bachelor

The students
• Know the modern management theories and concepts.
• Can analyze and evaluate strategic issues in various business cycle phases.
• Can critically reflect questions of ethics and sustainability in normative leadership.
• Know the essential strategic and operative measures for the analysis and implementation of entrepreneurial change processes.
• Are able to critically reflect on corporate business processes, evaluate change measures and implement and control change processes within the framework of the leadership approach.
• Can apply selected instruments and techniques of change management.
• Understand the impact of industry 4.0 and digitization on change projects.

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Part A: Leadership
• Definition and characteristics of leadership; Leadership vs. management; Leadership 4.0
• Overview of leadership theories; Historical genesis of leadership concepts; Systemic-integrative leadership approach
• Methods: supervision; work efficiency; work effectiveness; open space; in-depth interviews
• Leadership: performance; leadership success; leadership efficiency; leadership effectiveness
• Environmental demands on leadership in terms of promoting performance
• Implementation of leadership approaches in organizations will be discussed and reflected upon through case studies

Part B: Change Management
• Definition and relevance of change management
• Change management in the context of Industry 4.0 and digitalization
• Organizational learning
• Change management approaches according to Lewin and Kotter
• Typologies of actors in the change management process
• Change managers and change leaders
• Success and failure factors in change management

• Groth, A. (2023). Führungsstark im Wandel: Change Leadership für das mittlere Management. Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag.
• Owen, J. (2023). Myths of leadership: Dispel the misconceptions and become an inspirational leader . London, UK: Kogan Page Limited.
• Pröbstl, H. (2023). Crashkurs Change Management: Transformation erfolgreich gestalten. Freiburg: Haufe Verlag.
• Vahs, D., & Weiand, A. (2022). Workbook Change Management: Methoden und Techniken. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel.

• Final presentation and
• Exposé

English

3

0

2.0

• The course is conducted with presence phases (deductive method, in which assistance is given in the learning process and knowledge is imparted via frontal lectures).
• In addition, the students will solve and present problems in group work, which will be discussed in the plenum.
• Selected exercises will be carried out to consolidate the contents of the lecture.

4

Director of Studies

LEA 4

integrated lecture

Compulsory

not applicable