Introduction
Expertise and administrative management skills are the basis for successful and satisfying work as a manager or consultant. Yet that alone is not enough, because the most burdensome problems often do not lie in the professional, economic or technical, but in the interpersonal area. The way in which we react to others always has causes in our own personality and life history. This often leads to open or hidden conflicts in organizations, which lead to unfulfilled possibilities, decreased commitment, rises in sick days or project failures.
Social-psychological knowledge and competences are therefore of decisive importance for good leadership and counseling as well as for the further development of organizations. By contributing to a climate of trust, they promote personal development and prepare the ground for organizational growth.
This part-time Master's program 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 counseling.
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.
Course contents
The contents of the studies are, among others: organizational development from a psychodynamic perspective; organizations in transition; leading and being led; leadership and containment; psychodynamically oriented communication; coaching; supervision; control of organizational 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 organizations 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 Competencies: 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.
„Anyone who wonders why and how organizations actually function and anyone who does not shy away from observing the underlying phenomena in their own self during the learning process is in the right place here. For me, the Leadership and Consulting course has made a major contribution to my personal and my personnel development.“Dr. Heidrun Munker, School Developer
University application
The course is aimed at anyone who, as a manager or consultant, understands dynamics in organizations 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.
„Anyone who wonders why and how organizations actually function and anyone who does not shy away from observing the underlying phenomena in their own self during the learning process is in the right place here. For me, the Leadership and Consulting course has made a major contribution to my personal and my personnel development.“Kai Kuljurgis, Management Consultant
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Course of studies
Executive
You will study the Master's program Leadership and Consulting part-time with a required attendance time of four weekends and one block week per semester. The program is designed as an extra-occupational education program, which is usually completed within two years. It will focus on leadership and organisation 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 recognized 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)
Interconnectedness
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.
Reasons for studying Leadership and Consulting at the IPU Berlin
Opportunities for advancement and development: psychologically sound consulting and leadership skills are gaining in importance in all areas, yet are rarely taught as part of degree programs.
Strengthening one's own identity as a manager or consultant: gain sovereignty and confidence in the uncertain terrain of leading and consulting in different work contexts.
Recognized consultant training: the possibility of graduation as coach or supervisor, certified by the German Society for Supervision and Coaching (DGSv).
Top-level studies: all courses are led by renowned lecturers from academia and practice who are leaders in their respective fields.
Tailor-made studies: no abstract memorizing, but contents based on your own experiences.
Theory and practice transfer: in small select groups, your own experiences are seen in connection with psychological theory and new beginnings can be tried and tested.
Networking: The carefully selected study group creates a high-quality framework for the exchange of experience and personal development.
„I recommend the Master’s program in Organisational Studies because it combines the professional and personal development of students in an innovative and sustainable way.“
Prof. Dr. Dr. Rolf Haubl, Director of the Sigmund Freud Institute in Frankfurt, Professor of Sociology and Psychoanalysis at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main.
