Social Competences 1

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.)

Cycle

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

3.00

Language of instruction

English

Curriculum

Full-Time

Academic year

2023

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