M-VB-1 Leadership and Management
Learning Outcomes:
After successful completion of the module, students will be able
- to illustrate approaches of systematic leadership theory for human resource management and motivation of employees as well as to examine the importance of envisioning and formulating goals in this context,
- to present new leadership methods such as digital, virtual leadership and to evaluate them in terms of their goal orientation,
- to use case studies to demonstrate how and where traditions and paradigms of strategic management are still identifiable today, and
- to derive and evaluate concepts of leadership of individuals, teams and companies in a continuously changing and increasingly complex environment from specific case situations.
Course contents:
1. Leadership in the context of society
- Development of leadership for different target groups
- Ethical and sustainable aspects of leadership
- Understanding and function of contemporary leadership
- Current framework of conditions, market developments and trends
2. Leadership of individuals
- Development of leadership styles, models, theories, techniques, approaches.
- Quality criteria and competence models of leadership
- Measuring “leadership success” or leadership quality
3. Leadership of teams
- Team development
- Instruments of team leadership
- Leadership of global teams
- Special aspects of virtual teams and leadership
4. Leadership of companies
- Traditions and paradigms of strategic management
- Concepts of strategic management
- Processes/Phases: Analyze, Formulate, Execute
- Strategic information management as a prerequisite
5. Leadership and New Work
- Digitalization (Digital Leadership)
- Flexibility (Agile Leadership)
- Internationalization (International Leadership)
21 Hours (17.5 hours class time + 3.5 hours self study) | Activities Include: Metrocard, Orientation (coffee + baked goods), 1 Group Activity (Yankee Stadium or Bowling, etc), New York Landmark Views Building (One World Observatory, Empire State, etc), Farewell Lunch (subjective to change and availability)
Assessment: Group Presentation and Self-Assessment Exercise