Leadership and Technology Competence for the Future of Management

In the foundational modules "Leadership & Organizational Behavior" and "Management & Technology Essentials," you will become familiar with the core concepts of management and technology. You will enhance your leadership skills and learn how to understand and manage the dynamics of teams and organizations. These modules provide the essential foundation for effectively addressing economic and technological challenges, equipping you with the necessary tools to succeed as a leader.

In the advanced modules of the Executive MBA program in General & Technology Management, you will further develop your knowledge in strategic management, technological innovation, and change management. You will gain in-depth insights into the integration of technologies and innovation processes that are crucial for business success. The program enables you to make strategic decisions with a clear focus on technology and economics, preparing you to lead your company successfully in a digitalized world. You will learn how to leverage technological changes effectively and guide your organization through the digital transformation.

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Curriculum

In the Leadership & Organizational Behavior module, you will learn how to analyze and shape the behavior of employees and teams within organizations. You will develop the skills needed to understand and apply leadership in order to manage change processes at all levels – from the individual to the entire organization.

What You Will Learn:

  • Leadership and Power: Understand the fundamentals of leadership, power, and authority, and learn how to apply them responsibly in different contexts.
  • Leadership Styles: Recognize and differentiate various leadership styles and develop your own leadership personality.
  • Change Processes: Design targeted change initiatives and manage transformations at the individual, group, and organizational levels.
  • Team and Organizational Development: Analyze the developmental dynamics of teams and organizations and learn how to shape them effectively.
  • Communication and Decision-Making: Prioritize decision-making processes to influence your employees in a focused and goal-oriented manner.

Your Benefits:

  • Practical Leadership Skills: Learn how to communicate, influence, and actively manage change as a leader.
  • Critical Self-Reflection: Continuously develop your leadership abilities and reflect on your decisions and their impact.
  • Teamwork and Social Skills: Understand how to manage social and communication processes as a leader while fostering team dynamics.

Management & Technology Essentials provides knowledge in corporate finance, data analysis, technology management, and strategic marketing. You'll learn to create financial plans, use analytical tools, evaluate technologies, and develop marketing strategies to thrive in a technology-driven business world.

>> Finance, Accounting & Economics

Learn to create financial plans, apply investment calculations, and evaluate economic impacts on your business, with a focus on accounting, capital costs, and economic analysis.

Key Learning:

  • Financial planning and investment calculations
  • Applying accounting standards
  • Evaluating economic changes and balance sheet analysis

Skills:

  • Apply financial strategies and solve problems
  • Understand economic concepts for market analysis

>> Managing Technologies

Gain practical knowledge in data analysis, data science, and technology management. Learn to evaluate technologies, manage projects sustainably, and assess their impact on business.

Key Learning:

  • Data analysis and data science project implementation
  • Technology management and sustainability

Skills:

  • Project management and sustainable practices
  • Assessing new technologies and fostering innovation

>> Strategy & Marketing

Develop marketing strategies, analyze consumer behavior, and make strategic decisions in a competitive global environment.

Key Learning:

  • Marketing strategies and consumer behavior
  • Strategic planning and business simulation

Skills:

  • Conduct SWOT analysis and strategic decision-making

>> Data Literacy & Artificial Intelligence

What You Will Learn:

  • Data Competence: Learn how to accurately collect, analyze, and transform data into well-informed business decisions.
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI): Gain an overview of AI fundamentals, machine learning, and neural networks, and explore their business applications.
  • Ethical Use of Data: Understand how to responsibly address ethical considerations when working with data and AI.

Your Benefits:

  • Make data-driven decisions and drive innovation within your organization.
  • Understand how AI-based systems can enhance efficiency in your company.
  • Foster a data-driven culture within your organization.

>> Innovation & Business Models

What You Will Learn:

  • Developing Innovative Business Models: Learn how to design future-ready business models and implement innovative ideas.
  • Managing Innovation Processes: Discover how to lead innovation initiatives and successfully explore new business opportunities.

Your Benefits:

  • Gain the ability to maintain your company’s competitive edge through innovation.
  • Identify and capitalize on new business opportunities.

>>Capabilities & Strategic Change

What You Will Learn:

  • Strengthening Organizational Capabilities: Learn how to develop your company’s strengths and unlock new potential.
  • Mastering Strategic Change: Understand how to effectively manage and implement strategic transformations.
  • Balancing Core Business and Innovation: Discover how to optimize existing business areas while exploring new growth opportunities.

Your Benefits:

  • Improve your company’s competitiveness and adaptability.
  • Successfully lead change processes and future-proof your business.

Project Management aims to teach the fundamentals of project management. Through project simulations and concrete projects, participants will analyze the key aspects of content, methodology, social dynamics, and time management in projects. Additionally, the analysis, conceptualization, and implementation phases will be explained, including the necessary frameworks (e.g., project marketing, project controlling). Upon completing the Project Management course, you will be able to present a fully planned project for certification according to IPMA (Level B or C).

Your Key Learnings

  • You understand the basic concept of project management as defined by IPMA and the advantages of integrating project management as a fixed business process.
  • You are familiar with the process model and key components of project management (project initiation, coordination, controlling, marketing, closing, and handling project crises).
  • You know which project management methods apply to the different phases of the project management process and can implement them in practice.
  • You can identify potential "pitfalls" in advance, reducing the risk of failure.
  • You can differentiate which project complexities require specific methods.
  • You know how to assemble and adapt a project team based on situational needs and can effectively fulfill your role as a team member in a project.
  • You are capable of independently and responsibly planning, managing, coordinating, and successfully completing projects (Level B or C).
  • You can use project management software (MS Project) to support various areas of project management.

In your Master's thesis, you will work independently on a problem in a topic area of your own choice, in terms of content and using scientific methods. In most cases, this is a question with practical relevance to your own working environment.