Managing People and Teams

Track:	Special Track Int. Human Resources Management
Follow-up / Interfaces:	HR Policies and Tools
Pre-requisites:	Pre-reading and preparation tasks
Didactics:	Lecture, case studies, role games, individual tasks, plenum discussions, E-learning platform
Exam:	Term Paper
ECTS points:	5
Lecturer:	Achim Steinhorst

Aims and objectives:

Excellent leadership aims to create high performance teams and organizations. This starts by leading and managing oneself. How this can be achieved and how to lead and motivate others will be learned in this course. To lead teams to success means to understand group dynamics and to mobilize team energy in order to focus organizational aims. Participants will also perceive performance management as a holistic and cultural phenomenon.

General learning objectives:

The track in International Human Resources Management creates the awareness of modern HRM as a decisive instrument to develop an efficient organization. Participants get an introduction to all relevant HRM areas, from business policy to management objectives and HRM strategies as well as the necessary HRM instruments. An understanding of HRM instruments in the fields of general HRM, OE and Change Management as well as team and personnel development in an international context is created during the courses.
Graduates are convinced that that being a “good leader” (being empathic, supportive & motivating) helps to achieve the job related needs & goals of their team members, the business objectives of their companies and their personal work and life goals.
The participants of the MBA programme should gain particular knowledge about the concepts of how to recruit and maintain the human resources of an organization.

Detailed learning outcomes:

Gain a general understanding of performance management and controlling
Learn about theories and models of leadership
Understand the needs, values and attitudes of motivation and commitment
Understand theories and processes around people and teams, how to develop high performance teams and to manage change and conflicts
Being able to manage diversity within organizations
Develop a understanding about the structure and technicians of management audits
Differentiate between management audits, assessment center, potential analysis and development center

Course textbook:

Provided handouts, especially collection of articles (“Reader”), prereadings

Content:

1. Performance Management

Work in a diverse and competitive environment
Performance Management and Controlling
To Challenge and Assist
Values and Culture as Performance Indicator

2. Leadership

Leadership as part of Business Management and Integrated HR-Management
Theories and Models of Leadership
Management by Objectives
Holistic Leadership

3. Motivation and Commitment

Needs, Values and Attitudes
Motivation and Performance
Incentives within the Process of Motivation
Involvement, Participation and Psychological Contracts

4. Teams – Conflicts and Development

Organizational Behaviour
Theories and Processes around Peoples and Teams
Managing Change and Conflicts
Developing high Performance Teams
Inter cultural Teams

5. Diversity Management

Diverse Organizations
What means Diversity?
Managing successful Diversity Advantage
Creating a Diverse Culture

6. Management Audits

The structure and technicians of Management Audits
Management Audits, Assessment Center, Potential Analysis, Development Center
Behaviour and Typologies
Recruiting and Development through Management Audits