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Change Management

Niveau

Master

Learning outcomes of the courses/module

The graduate, the student:
* Knows the importance of change management for improving processes and for the introduction of ERP systems
* Knows the most important approaches, models and terms
* Understands the individual and social aspects of change and knows the main causes of resistance and conflicts
* Knows process models or methods, techniques and tools for change management
* Can integrate the topic of change management in change projects and can apply process models or methods, techniques and tools to specific practical cases

Prerequisites for the course

not applicable

Course content

* Importance of change management
* Individual and social aspects of change
* Resistance, conflict and crisis
* Basic approaches to change management
* Types of change
* Models of change (e.g. Lewin, GE-CAP, etc.)
* (Project) management of change: Generic phase model and integration in projects
* Techniques and tools of change (e.g. target circle, change stretch, WIIFM, Empathy Map, etc.)

Recommended specialist literature

Doppler K., Lauterburg Ch.; Change Management: Den Unternehmenswandel gestalten; Campus, 13. Auflage, 2014
Berner W.; Change!: 15 Fallstudien zu Sanierung, Turnaround, Prozessoptimierung, Reorganisation und Kulturveränderung, Schäfer Poschl, 2. Auflage, 2015
Kotter J:P:; Leading Change; Harvard; 2012

Assessment methods and criteria

Examination and presentation

Language

German

Number of ECTS credits awarded

2

Share of e-learning in %

15

Semester hours per week

1.0

Planned teaching and learning method

Lecture, individual work, group work, presentation and discussion of tasks

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

2

Name of lecturer

Dipl.-Ing. Kurt Esterhammer

Academic year

1.year of studies

Key figure of the course/module

SSK.5

Type of course/module

integrated lecture

Type of course

Compulsory

Internship(s)

not applicable