Models of Change and Personality Development
| Degree programme | Business Administration: International Marketing & Sales |
| Subject area | Business and Management |
| Type of degree | Master Part-time Winter Semester 2024 |
| Course unit title | Models of Change and Personality Development |
| Course unit code | 800101022702 |
| Language of instruction | German, English |
| Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) | Elective |
| Teaching hours per week | 2 |
| Year of study | 2024 |
| Level of the course / module according to the curriculum | |
| Number of ECTS credits allocated | 3 |
| Name of lecturer(s) | Birgit Susanne SONNBICHLER, Monika WOHLMUTH-SCHWEIZER |
No prerequisites.
The course gives an insight into the latest findings on innovation and transformation models, based on the research of Claus O. Scharmer, Peter Senge, William Torbert and others.
Together we will focus on the practical use of these models by working on concrete transformation challenges. By using methods like storytelling and peer coaching we use the group’s collective intelligence to learn from and with each other.
Insights about the latest research of transformation models for sustainable change and innovation with focus on Theory U from Claus Otto Scharmer.
Methodical competencies for managing projects, innovation and change processes.
Experience in practical application of Theory U from idea generation to prototyping.
Knowledge about the importance of self reflection and the leader’s role in transformation processes.
Journaling, Peer Coaching, Stakeholder Interviews, Prototyping
- Presentations of the learned content
- Ongoing monitoring of students participation
- Personal contributions to achieve the workshop goals
- New forms of assesments as a topic of the workshop
For the intensive training week (Blockwoche), permanent attendance at the course must be ensured.
The event will take place in the "Büro im Vielfeld", Lindauerstraße 31, 6911 Lochau.
For the seminar room, the food and the material an amount of 32 EUR (8 EUR per day) per person will be charged.
Scharmer, C. Otto (2016): Theory U. Leading from the Future as It Emerges. 2nd edition. Massachusetts: Berrett-Koehler Publisher, Inc.
Besides theoretic input, the workshop focuses on the practice and application of dialogical methods. We jointly create an innovative space in which we connect „head, heart and hand“ in order to explore sustainable future oriented solutions.
Participants develop prototypes based on specific projects that can be tested in practice. We collectively learn through storytelling and peer coaching about key success factors of innovation and transformation.