MA Leadership and Consulting

This part-time Master's programme is aimed at managers and consultants. It aims to provide you with socio-psychologically sound knowledge for sustainable leadership and consulting. To this end, you will take a psychodynamically oriented interdisciplinary perspective when studying, which builds on psychoanalysis and combines it with approaches in humanist and systemic psychology as well as economics and social sciences in order to enable modern leadership and counselling.

The course places great emphasis on the transfer of theory and practice. You will be able to reflect on your own practical experience and test new, scientifically based methods in a trusted setting.

The contents of the studies are, among others: organisational development from a psychodynamic perspective; organisations in transition; leading and being led; leadership and containment; psychodynamically oriented communication; coaching; supervision; control of organisational development, group and team processes; crisis and conflict management; Balint oriented group teaching supervision.

As part of your studies, you will train in various competencies that are central to management and consulting functions:

• Analysis and diagnostic competence: psychodynamically sound understanding of psychosocial dynamics in organisations and different corporate cultures; strengthening of self-perception and perception of others in different contexts
• Leadership competence: understanding and practice of leadership with a goal of sustainability
• Consulting competence: psychodynamically sound planning, implementation and evaluation of consulting processes
• Management skills: changing organizational cultures and associated structures, as well as designing and planning training courses and workshops.
• Conflict Competences: conflict Analysis, Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution

You can use these competencies in numerous areas of application: in the design of leadership processes, personnel and team development, organizational development, change management, innovation management and strategy planning, mediation and conflict management, moderation, management consulting, coaching as well as individual and group supervision.

The course is aimed at anyone who, as a manager or consultant, understands dynamics in organisations and wants to make a contribution to the success of satisfactory working relationships. Prerequisite is a degree in psychology, sociology, pedagogy, economics, law, medicine or a similar field as well as relevant professional experience.

Executive
You will study the Master's programme Leadership and Consulting part-time with a required attendance time of four weekends and one block week per semester. The program is designed as a extra-occupational education programme, which is usually completed within two years. It will focus on leadership and organization and is completed with a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree.

Scope: 60 credit points (Master of Arts)

Extended
The extended study with the emphasis consultation and research spans three years and after successful conclusion qualifies you for legally recognised consulting, coaching and supervision practices according to the guidelines of the professional associations relevant for it (DGSv, DBVC).

The extended study includes

• Three additional modules
• Practical activities in the form of independently conducted consulting processes or change projects in companies and organizations as well as research projects
• Teaching supervision to accompany independently conducted consultations

If you are interested, you can participate in a mentoring program.

Scope: 90 credit points (Master of Arts); recognized supervision training (DGSv); psychodynamic coach (IPU)

We maintain scientific contacts in the field of industrial and organizational psychology with professors from the following universities: FU Berlin, TU Berlin, ESMT Berlin, Bremen University, Coventry University, Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Kassel University, Klagenfurt University, St. Gallen University, Witten-Herdecke University and Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen.