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The Art of Improvisation in Business (IEL-B-3+5-WPM-IEL)

Department
  • Bachelor's program Management & Law
Course unit code
  • IEL-B-3+5-WPM-IEL
Level of course unit
  • Bachelor
Year of study
  • Fall 2024
Semester when the course unit is delivered
  • 5
Number of ECTS credits allocated
  • 5.0
Name of lecturer(s)
  • FH-Prof. Dr. Som Oliver
  • Assoz. FH-Prof. Mag. (FH) Kohlberger Martina, PhD
Learning outcomes of the course unit
  • Upon completion of this elective course, students will be able to:

    -Explore, apply and reflect on exercises and training methods to boost creativity and improvisation skills

    -Build on and adjust their personal behaviours and interactions, recognizing the impact on group dynamics

    -Implement double-loop learning processes for sustainable capability development

    -Individually reflect on their emotions, contributions and learning path during the course

    -Cognitively understand concepts of creativity, theories of communication, positive psychology, futures literacy, and self-leadership
Mode of delivery
  • blended learning
Recommended optional program components
  • none
Course contents
  • -Develop improvisational skills for effective use in business contexts

    -Foster creativity as a trainable capability for problem-solving and decision-making

    -Enhance communication proficiency to adopt a flexible approach to varying situations

    -Cultivate collaborative skills using a strength-based approach

    -Promote personality development by building confidence with uncertainty

    -Didactics: Interactive and highly collaborative learning settings focusing on group activities, improvisation-theatre-like settings, methods of positive psychology, mini-lectures for self-learning
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
  • The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.
Assessment methods and criteria
  • -Online quizzes on asynchronous self-study mini lectures (totaling to 40%)

    -Individual reflection paper based on diary (60%)
Language of instruction
  • English
Work placement(s)
  • none

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