Faculty of Theology Management, Ethics and Innovation in the Non-Profit Sector – Diaconal Leadership and Governance – Master
Nowadays, social enterprises act as professional service providers within the framework conditions of the welfare state. Specific skills and knowledge are required for executive positions in these types of companies. Students learn to manage complex social, diaconal and ecclesiastical organisations and to shape the community in non-profit organisations.
Facts & Formalities
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Type of programme | Continuing |
| Start of programme | Winter semester only |
| Standard period of study | 5 semesters |
| Language(s) of instruction | German |
| Fees and contributions | 1,860.00 € / Semester |
| Application procedure | Continuing-education master’s programmes and Law - Legum Magister |
| Application deadlines | Information about deadlines can be obtained after you have put together a degree program. |
| Special characteristic | Since winter semester 2014/2015 the programme starts in a two-year cycle only in the winter semester. |
Course Content
The academic programme conveys core topics associated with achievement behaviour in non-profit organisations. These include the religious and ethical foundations of helping that are reflected upon from a Christian perspective and an openness toward other worldviews, fundamentals of non-profit management as well as provision of help in the subsidiary and welfare-oriented areas of the welfare state’s assistance system. A special characteristic is the focus on development of social services through innovation.
Students can select their areas of specialisation according to their interests from the following compulsory elective modules: scientific innovation and project-based research, management of organisations in social contexts, and systematic organisation development / diversity management.
The academic programme conveys the skills and knowledge required to develop a scientifically substantiated leadership style in the specialised modules that focus on organisation and personality development.
Course Structure
The academic programme is divided into stage 1 studies, two areas of specialisation (in which students can select their own special fields) as well as an advanced semester:
Stage 1 studies diaconal studies (Heidelberg University)
- Spirituality and religiousness as the foundation of social commitment
- Transformation processes in the non-profit sector
- Foundation of non-profit management
- Interdisciplinary study and research competencies
Compulsory elective focus Organisational management in social contexts (EH Darmstadt)
- Basics of stakeholder management
- External stakeholder management
- Internal stakeholder management
- Stakeholder management practice
Compulsory elective focus Social innovation and project-related research (EH Freiburg)
- Research and innovation
- Social work and social change
- Innovation and strategic management
- Structuring and governance of organisations
Compulsory elective focus Systemic organisation development / diversity management (EH Ludwigsburg)
- Basics of systemic organisation development and diversity management
- Change management
- Change management in practice
Advanced semester Leadership and leadership personalities (Heidelberg University)
- Innovation and social transformation
- Leadership and governance
- Basics of management law
Master's thesis
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