Leadership and Change Management

Unfortunately the minor is not available during the academic years 2024-2026 because the Open University cannot offer the Leading as Practice TU-E3010 course. The minor in Leadership and Change Management (SCI3111) aims at developing knowledge and skills in (a) motivating and leading people in technology-based start-ups and organizations and (b) planning and implementing organizational changes in technology-based start-ups and established companies.

The Leadership and Change Management minor emphasizes the role of people in technology-based start-ups and existing companies. The students minoring in Leadership and Change Management  will learn to lead and inspire people in technology-intensive environments. In particular, they will learn about:

• Various ways to motivate people and how and when to use each of them
• Various leadership approaches and how and when to use each of them
• Different types of organizational changes
• The challenges that managers and employees face during every type of organizational changes
• How to manage employees during organizational changes
• The role of emotional intelligence in leadership and change management

This knowledge will allow students to get ready for the following tasks in work-life:

• organizing teams to achieve common organizational goals
• enhancing teamwork and collaboration among members of teams in the context of start-ups and established organizations
• ensuring wellbeing at the workplace
• ensuring sustainable personal and company growth
• planning organizational changes (creation vision, communication changes, creating commitment to changes)
• implementing changes—monitoring psychology of employees (e.g., a threat to identity, fear of changes, etc. ) and taking corrective actions to avoid the resistance to changes

The minor will add value to the student's careers, helping students integrate people-related knowledge into their special technical and engineering skills. Therefore, the competence and capabilities learned in this minor create opportunities for a career as a manager in technology-based start-ups and companies.

Mandatory courses, choose 5-10 credits out of the following:

TU-E3010 Leading as Practice (5 cr)
TU-E3041 Leadership and Change Management (5 cr)

Elective courses, select as many courses as needed to fulfill the extent of the minor:

TU-E3050 Designing Adaptive and Creative Organizations (5 cr)
TU-E3170 Facilitating Change (3 cr)
TU-C3022 Organizing of Business (5 cr)
TU-E1021 Strategies for Growth and Renewal (5 cr)

Please check the current course selection in the course catalogue.