Motivation and Leadership - Interactive curriculae of TU Ilmenau

Bachelor module: "Unternehmensführung", knowledge from a bachelor degree in Business Studies or Management.

1) Knowledge and understanding

Students have imparted a general understanding of Motivation (content and process theories) and Leadership Theories (traits theories, situational theories, behavioural theories). Furthermore, they know and understand success factors of teams, team roles (Belbin) and boundary spanning behaviour.

2) Intellectual skills

Students are enabled to think critically and to be creative: manage the creative processes in self and others; organise thoughts, analyse, synthesise and critically appraise. This includes the capability to identify assumptions, evaluate statements in terms of evidence, detect false logic or reasoning, identify implicit values, define terms adequately and generalise appropriately.

3) Professional practical skills

Students have effective performance skills within team environments and have the ability to recognise and utilise individuals' contributions in group processes and to negotiate and persuade or influence others. They have knowledge in team selection, delegation, development and management.

4) Transferable (key) skills

Students have developed effective two-way communication: listening, effective oral and written communication of complex ideas and arguments, using a range of media, including the preparation of business reports

Students possess highly personal effectiveness: critical self-awareness, self-reflection and self-management; time management; sensitivity to diversity in people and different situations and the ability to continue to learn through reflection on practice and experience.

Starting with human capital theory and leadership tasks and challenges this unit comprises the core theories and concepts within three main categories:

1. Fundamentals of Motivation and Leadership
2. Content Theories of Motivation
3. Process Theories of Motivation
4. Leading individual Employees
5. Leading Teams
6. New Leadership - Letting go of Control

Board, PowerPoint-Slides, Literature/journal articles, e-learning-platform moodle

The lecture is held onsite in the lecture theatre but will be streamed online, technical requirements permitting. Depending on covid-related regulations or illness of the lecturer teaching may be switched to online-teaching only.

For web-based teaching the following equipment is required:

-        Camera for video (720p/HD),

-        Microphon,

-        Internet access (recommended: 4 MBit/s),

-        Device that can run the Webex application.

-        Webex (browser based or app)

Further recommendations can be found under the following link: https://intranet.tu-ilmenau.de/site/vpsl-pand/SitePages/Handreichungen_Arbeitshilfen.aspx.

-        Bass, B.M. (1985): Leadership and Performance beyond Expectations

-        Bass, B.M. (1990): Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership: Theory, Research, and Managerial Applications, 3rd Edition.

-        The SAGE Handbook of Leadership, 2011

-        Hellriegel, D., Slocum, J. W. & Woodman, R. W. (1986). Organizational Behavior. 4th Edition, St. Paul, South Western Educational Publishing

-       Northouse, P.G. (2016): Leadership – Theory and Practice, 7th Edition, Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications

Prof. Bach