Leadership
Managing Yourself and Others
In an increasingly project-oriented professional world, leadership is an indispensable component of success, not only in supervisory positions, but in any specialized professional activity.
Successful management action does not depend merely on expertise in a substantive field. Leadership requires self-assurance in dealing with others and with oneself. In addition to a high degree of self-management, leadership mainly demands skills in communication, interaction, conflict resolution and teamwork. Whether or not they have direct supervisory responsibility for employees, today’s leaders must master the modern instruments, methods and techniques of successful management. Most of all they need the ability to examine, adapt and optimize their own management style continuously.
The certificate programme in Leadership focuses on the various dimensions and tasks of leadership in organizations. You will acquire skills to analyze your own leadership actions, and to adapt them to changing conditions.
You will examine leadership action critically and constructively as a process of interaction, and practice using instruments and methods of leadership in specific situations. In this way you will lay the foundation for sustainable, successful leadership action, and develop your own personal leadership style.
Learning Outcomes
The certificate programme in Leadership widens your access to leadership tasks in businesses and organizations. On completion of the course, you will be familiar with the key components of successful business leadership, and will be able to base your own leadership action on those principles.
You will be able to assess the importance of corporate and organizational cultures for the management process, and orient your leadership action in your specific working environment accordingly.
You will learn to observe your own concept of leadership and to develop alternatives for your future leadership behaviour. You will be familiar with a skills portfolio of excellence in leadership that supports you in systematically expanding your leadership capabilities.
At a Glance
Final certificate:
- University certificate (5 ECTS)
ZFU certification:
No. 252609
Beginning of course:
- Students can start the course at any time.
- Introductory seminars are held regularly for an optimum start.
Current dates
Duration:
- 2 months
- The period of supervised study can be extended by three months without additional fees.
Prerequisites:
- A first academic degree
or
- Equivalent qualifications: Secondary leaving certificate with qualification for higher education, completed vocational training and at least two years’ work experience with supervisory duties,
or
- Equivalent qualifications: Completed vocational training and at least five years’ work experience with supervisory duties.
We recommend work experience and current employment as a prerequisite for this certificate programme. This ensures that you can directly transfer the skills you acquire to your professional practice.
Credit:
Your achievement in the Leadership certificate programme can be counted towards a master’s degree course or the General Professional Studies certificate programme at DUW if you fulfil the admission requirements for the given course.
Tuition Fees:
See the schedule of fees in our Info and Download Area.
Related programmes of study:
General Professional Studies
Personal Skills
General Management
Knowledge Management
Cross-cultural Communication
Accreditation
All courses of study at DUW that lead to an academic degree are approved by the accreditation agency ACQUIN.
State Certification
All of DUW’s programs of study are approved by the German national Distance Learning Office (Zentralstelle für Fernunterricht, ZFU) in Cologne. This certifies that course content is complete, correct and appropriately presented to ensure that you can achieve your educational goal.
Target Groups
The certificate programme in Leadership is aimed at those who want to acquire or expand their leadership skills in order to extend their radius of action and succeed in positions with management and leadership responsibilities.
This certificate programme is especially designed for:
- Employees who want to prepare themselves to take on leadership responsibilities.
- Employees who have project leadership tasks or want to prepare to take on such assignments.
- Managers who want to critically examine their own leadership behaviour and expand their leadership skills.
Course Content
The certificate programme in Leadership teaches an understanding of the various dimensions and responsibilities of leadership in businesses and organizations. You will acquire an overview of the fundamentals of leadership, and examine selected current theories of leadership as they relate to actual practice. Based on selected examples taken from practice, you will analyze leadership as an interactive process, giving particular attention to the relation between the leadership process and corporate culture. At the same time, you will develop a framework that you will use to examine your personal concept of leadership, and to develop it further with regard to your specific sphere of activity. In the process, you will lay the foundation for specific growth of your personal leadership ability.
Info and Download Area
You can find further information on the certificate programme in Leadership, as well as a schedule of fees, a registration form, the current calendar and advice on financing your continuing education studies, in the Info and Download Area
Do you have questions about this program?
The DUW guidance counselling team is happy to help and advise you. The DUW guidance counselling team is available by phone at 0800-9 333 111,* or by e-mail at studienberatung@duw-berlin.de.
* free call from German landlines; mobile costs may vary
