Course information
Further your education at the Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management at BA, MA or doctoral level! Find out more here.
Bachelor level
Introduction to fundamental challenges and concepts of organizational and leadership research and practice. The basic knowledge imparted should enable students to understand current leadership and organizational challenges and to comprehend effective procedures for handling these challenges.
The lecture «Leadership & Human Resource Management» is a mandatory component of the Bachelor’s degree program in Business Administration and is complemented by ten practice groups.
«Leadership & Human Resource Management» is the English-language counterpart to the German-language lecture. This lecture is primarily intended for visiting students at the University of St.Gallen and is accompanied by six practice groups.
Master level
The course is divided into the two subject areas of feedback discussions and coaching processes, with the focus on coaching. The theory is worked out using practical examples and is rounded off with training sessions on the design of feedback discussions and coaching processes.
As part of the course, students are given the opportunity to apply the knowledge they have acquired in the subject area «HR management» in a project in cooperation with a practice partner. The range of content of the HR practice projects is diverse and can include topics such as personnel selection, personnel development, personnel retention or employer branding. The specific content is determined in consultation with the practice partners. A particular focus of the practical projects is on evidence-based HR management.
The «Strategic Leadership» course is an integral part of the Master in Strategy and International Management (SIM) at the University of St.Gallen. It focuses on current issues and perspectives relating to strategic leadership in an increasingly complex world.
Strategic leadership means actively shaping the sustainable development of an organization—through orientation, vision, and value-based action. Strategic leaders set the tone, promote creative solutions to complex challenges, and effectively implement strategies. Last but not least, it is about winning people over and inspiring them to support strategic initiatives.
In this course, we examine key challenges of strategic leadership at the individual, team, and organizational levels. Topics covered include:
- The role of the strategic manager: personality and values
- Characteristics and dynamics of high-performance teams
- Strategic issues of organizational leadership: energy, leadership in times of crisis, inspiring leadership and organizational culture
- Current trends: demographic change and health-oriented leadership
Doctoral level
Organizational Behavior (OB) has been one of the most dynamic and practically relevant fields of research in management science for decades. The focus is on the question of how individuals, groups and structures within organizations influence behaviour in the workplace – with the aim of using this knowledge to increase organizational effectiveness.
The colloquium offers participants a platform to actively discuss, critically reflect on and further develop their own research work in the field of OB and related disciplines. The aim is to support students in deepening their empirical projects and to prepare them for submission to academic conferences or renowned journals in the field of General Management or Organizational Behavior.
The aim of this course is to deepen the theoretical understanding of research designs and methods and to enable participants to design and conduct their own empirical study.
The focus is on three central learning objectives:
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Introduction to Research Methods
Students learn about central quantitative and qualitative methods that they can apply in their dissertation. -
Understanding and Evaluating Research Designs
The course provides a structured overview of suitable research designs for various research questions – and simultaneously sharpens the ability to critically reflect on and classify them. -
Preparing Results Professionally
Participants learn how to present their research findings correctly, comprehensibly, and scientifically soundly.
Further courses
This intensive training takes place at the end of the first week of the academic semester for ISP students. It offers students the opportunity to get to know each other better while acquiring valuable team and leadership skills.
Contact us
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Nils Fürstenberg
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nils.fuerstenberg@unisg.ch
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+41 71 224 31 86