Social Competences 1
Brief description
Self-organisation and learning management: • Memory models • Learning as an active construction process • Learning planning, learning styles and learning techniques • Exam-taking behaviour • Time analysis • Dealing with goals • ALPEN method, Pareto and Eisenhower Principle • Recognizing and eliminating “time thieves“ • Measures to increase efficiency • Scheduling tools Presentation techniques: • Content and technical preparation of a presentation • Structure and outline of a presentation • General framework of a presentation • Presentation media • Body language • Fundamentals of rhetoric • Feedback rules
Mode of delivery
face to face
Type
compulsory
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Course handouts
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, blended learning, discussion, group work, presentations.
Assessment methods and criteria
Continuous assessment (class contribution by students).
Prerequisites and co-requisites
None
Infos
Degree programme
Banking and Finance (engl.)
ECTS Credits
3.00
Language of instruction
English
Curriculum
Full-Time
Academic year
2025
Semester
1 WS
Incoming
No
Learning outcome
After successful completion of the course, students can get organised themselves and use learning techniques. Students also can • apply successful learning methods • apply methods and tools of efficient time management • use learning psychology concepts and concepts of human brain functions in everyday organisational life • use models of learning types and learning styles in their jobs or in their studies • use Mnemo-techniques, Mindmapping and Improved Reading • apply efficient self-organization and project-management-oriented working techniques • use tools for solution-oriented time management correctly After successfully completing the course, students can also use presentation techniques • to formulate their own messages clearly and comprehensibly • to logically link arguments and thus to argue convincingly • to think and speak in a goal-oriented manner • to prepare presentations with appropriate media support, • to give presentations, • to deal with stage fright before and during a presentation, • to give and receive feedback.
Course code
1229-19-01-VZ-EN-08