Information on individual educational components (ECTS-Course descriptions) per semester

  
Degree programme:Contextual Studies
Type of degree:Intern
 Special-Time
 Winter Semester 2024
  

Course unit titleModels of Change and Personality Development
Course unit code800101022702
Language of instructionGerman / English
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional)Elective
Semester when the course unit is deliveredWinter Semester 2024
Teaching hours per week2
Year of study2024
Level of course unit (e.g. first, second or third cycle)First Cycle (Bachelor)
Number of ECTS credits allocated3
Name of lecturer(s)Birgit Susanne SONNBICHLER
Monika WOHLMUTH-SCHWEIZER


Prerequisites and co-requisites

No prerequisites.

Course content

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.

Learning outcomes

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.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Journaling, Peer Coaching, Stakeholder Interviews, Prototyping

Assessment methods and criteria
  • 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
Comment

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.

Recommended or required reading

Scharmer, C. Otto (2016): Theory U. Leading from the Future as It Emerges. 2nd edition. Massachusetts: Berrett-Koehler Publisher, Inc.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning)

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.

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