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Compulsory Module 1: Approaches to Organization Studies (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The ability to differentiate between research approaches and traditions in
organization studies and to analyze the social, cultural, and historical influences on organization studies and organizational practice.
Compulsory Module 2: Organizational Design (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the mandatory course referred to in § 7 (1).
Learning Outcome: Knowledge of the structural and procedural aspects of organizational
design; on this basis, students develop the ability to identify, conceptualize and evaluate context-specific methods of organizational design.
Compulsory Module 3: Communication and Conflict (10 ECTS-Credits, 3 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the mandatory course referred to in § 7 (1).
Learning Outcome: The skill to assess and respond to organizational conflict situations,
along with the development of communicative competence in different contexts based on knowledge about the origins and development of intra-personal, inter-personal and grouprelated conflicts.
Compulsory Module 4: Interventions in Organizations (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the mandatory courses referred to in § 7 (2 and 3).
Learning Outcome: Based on knowledge they gain about the preconditions for and effects of
different forms of intervention, students develop the competence to analyze and systemize context and situation-specific methods of organization Consulting.
Compulsory Module 5: Organizational Dynamics and Change (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the mandatory courses referred to in § 7 (2 and 3).
Learning Outcome: Development of personal and organization-specific change competences
based on knowledge gained about the causes and systematics of organizational dynamics along with adaptive, responsive and active forms of organizational Change.
Compulsory Module 6: Organizational Knowledge and Management Development (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the mandatory courses referred to in § 7 (2 and 3).
Learning Outcome: The development of personal and organization-specific management
competences, based on awareness gained of management theory, along with the methods and processes of knowledge development, knowledge transfer and the sharing of knowledge in organizations;
Compulsory Module 7: Organizational Analysis: Research Methods (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the mandatory courses referred to in § 7 (2 and 3).
Learning Outcome: Students develop the competence to design and carry out empirical social research projects based on knowledge of the philosophy of science and research methods
employed in the social sciences.
Compulsory Module 8: Research Colloquium for Master Thesis (5 ECTS-Credits, 1 h)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of the mandatory course referred to in § 7 (7).
Learning Outcome: Having completed the research colloquium, students are able to create the concept of a scientific study, to write it, and to present research results in different contexts.
Notes:
- There may still be changes in the courses offered as well as room allocation and course dates.
- The course descriptions found in the English version of the course catalogue are for informational purposes only. Authoritative information can be found in the "Vorlesungsverzeichnis" (German version of the course catalogue).