Students are able to use basic management tools for discussion & moderation within learning and project teams.
They are knowledgeable concerning key concepts, instruments and methods for structural time & resource project planning.
They apply good scientific writing and style principles in their reports, know the format of a scientific paper, the process of peer review and are skilled in the art of professional presentation in front of an academic or industrial audience.

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· Scientific writing & style

• • Structure of a scientific argument
  • Evidence, reasons, warrants and claims
  • Elements of a manuscript / paper
  • Citing references
  • The publishing and review process

• • Basics structure for delivering effective presentations
  • Presenting through voice, body language and audience engagement
  • Use visual aids

• • Initiation process
  • Project charter and project boundaries
  • Scope planning, time scheduling,
  • Resource and cost planning
  • Project organisation & task distribution
  • Overview about risk management in projects
  • Start-up process

Course materials as provided in the seminar (required)
C. Atkinson, "Corporate Energy: How to Engage and Inspire Audiences Paperback", New Leadership Press, 2016
A.T. Cobbams, "The Basics of Project Management and Team Leadership" Sage Publications Inc., 2011
Schimel J., "Writing science : how to write papers that get cited and proposals that get funded" Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2012

Interactive seminar - discussion, demonstration, case study, student presentations

Immanent examination character,
to successfully complete this course students must:

• Attend the course
• Participate in group works and projects
• Prepare and present a
• • technical presentation
  • documentation of their project plan within a group
• give a final presentation and report