2023-2024 / GRHO0036-1

People and Self Management

Duration

24h Th, 60h AUTR

Number of credits

 Master in management (120 ECTS) (MBA)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Sven De Weerdt

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The students can choose from the following list of themes:
Self-Management

  • Intrapersonal regulation: monitoring and modifying internal states. How to increase your emotional balance
  • Effective ways to take care of yourself and increase resilience and antifragility (growth through pressure)
  • Awareness of different aspects of the self. Bridging the gap between the actual and the ideal self
  • Enhancing response flexibility, i.e. tempering reactivity and increasing the capacity to choose by creating mental space between input and action
 
People Management:                           
  • How to motivate others and increase their engagement and commitment
  • Insights into leadership roles and styles
  • Teaming, trust and vulnerability
  • To coach for results and across cultural differences How to give and receive feedback & install a feedback culture
  • Managing and leading by objectives: delegating without worries

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the seminar, students will be familiar with interesting and useful concepts in the area of self-management and people management. Moreover, students will be challenged to enhance their self-knowledge in these two interrelated domains, and to improve upon their people management skills in interpersonal conversations and as a team leader.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

The following element will be evaluated:

  • presentations
  • self-reflective exercises
  • general engagement/participation/contribution to the seminar

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

The seminar will take place at the Kloster Heidberg in Eupen.  It will be organized over a weekend from Friday 5pm until Sunday 1pm.

Contacts

sven.deweerdt@uhasselt.be

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