Research group Work and Organization studies

presents…

Master Business Administration–

Specialisation

Leadership & Change

Management
26th November 2018
PEOPLE MAKE OR BREAK DOWN an
organization

“Everything that can go wrong in a company resides in human

behavior”

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 SO what?:
• Employers focus on these people skills when recruiting!

• With these people skills you do make a difference throughout

your entire career!

•  That’s what YOU CHOOSE FOR when joining the specialisation

leadership & change management :

Our mission: we enrich our students with the scientific frameworks AND
skills in order to learn them to coach themselves and others, to
communicate and collaborate in a solution-focused and connective way,
to be able to motivatie yourself and others; to transform changes into
learning opportunities for yourself, your team and the whole organisation.

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 Myth 1

“Leadership skills will not facilitate my access to a first job”

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TOP STARTERS IN SALES
Master in Business Administration or other business related
education
Interpersonal skills: making contacts easily, working
together as close team; customer orientation
RELATIONS ACCOUNTMANAGER CUSTOMERS
Higher education degree in an economic/financial study (e.g.
Business Administration, Applied Economics, Business
Engineer, …)
Interpersonal skills : organized, communicative,
autonomous, cooperative and customer oriented. You think
critically about all your activities.
COMMERCIAL ADVISOR
Higher degree (bachelor or master) in an economic study
domain
Interpersonal skills : being communicative and commercial,
enthusiastic and team player
JUNIOR TECHNICAL PURCHASER
Master diploma in a relevant study domain (Business
Administration, Business Engineer, Applied Economics, ...)
Interpersonal skills : communication skills, negotiating and
convincing, team player
MARKETING & COMMUNICATION
Higher education degree in business administration, business
management or communication
Interpersonal skills : communicative, mastering the
necessary presentation skills and is able to act creatively and
innovative. You are strong in organization and working with
deadlines
HR ASSISTANT – LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
Master degree, preferably in a human sciences study domain
Interpersonal skills : making contacts easily, complying with
rules and agreements, working together as close team, being
able to adapt to changing situations, thinking creatively
(Inventing), ability to learn
50% admits not having hired a young worker
because of an insufficient mastery of
of employers certain interpersonal skills.

80% considers it of utmost importance that

young school leavers master these
of employers interpersonal skills at the work floor.

40% reports to have encountered problems with

the interpersonal skills of youngsters at the
of employers work floor.

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 More than half of the employers believe young
school leavers do
NOT master these skills

versus
the youngsters, they believe they DO

Herremans, W., Vansteenkiste, S., & Sourbron, M. (2016). Op weg naar de arbeidsmarkt. De arbeidsmarktintrede van
Vlaamse schoolverlaters. Over.Werk. Tijdschrift van het Steunpunt Werk, 26(1), 92-105.

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 Leadership skills DO make a difference when applying for a first
job

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 Myth 2
“Leadership skills… I will learn that by the time I’ll become a
leader”

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 Similar to a professional bachelor you now possess
the technical skills for the start of your career (content
wise knowledge about functional domains like marketing, ICT, accountancy)

Top & higher

management
Conceptual
skills
Middle Leadership
management skills

Technical
Lower skills
management

Level of importance

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 With your academic degree you possess the
conceptual skills to climb the career ladder
(reflecting on complex and abstract situations)

Top & higher

management
Conceptual
skills
Middle Leadership
management skills

Technical
Lower skills
management

Level of importance

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 But leadership skills are needed at each
level of your career
Top & higher
management
Conceptual
skills
Middle Leadership
management skills

Technical
Lower skills
management

Level of importance

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 We work on skills that matter for your
lifelong career
Career success

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 So, leadership skills… are needed at each level of your career, it
is an ASSET throughout your career

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 Myth 3

“Dealing with people and change, I will learn that on the job”

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Figures show that ‘on the job’ fails frequently

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 • YES, large offer of external trainings to improve your
communication, coaching, motivating, leadership, &
agile working skills; to lead diverse generations once
‘on the job’

• BUT companies do not want to carry this cost and do

need to decide and act fast in this VUCA-context!

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 Leadership skills are NOT simply learned ‘on the job’

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 Myth 4

“Leadership skills: you can not learn that … that’s a natural talent,
that is determined by genes… either you have it or you don’t”

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Research reveals the learning-potential for
leadership skills:
• Transformational leadership can be
learned/developed further
 by training, observation, willingness to
learn, (‘self’)-coaching
• Since majority of employers do not invest in
developing ‘soft skills’ of young workers
 need to include this training IN your study
programme
Sources: Avolio & Bass, 2004; Kelloway & Barling,2000; Parry & Sinha, 2005; Herremans et al., 2016

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To that end we use a variety of LEARNING
METHODS in our specialization:
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 Leadership skills:
YES it can be learned

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 Myth 5

“Dealing with people … that’s trial and error”

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 TO ENABLE YOU TO DISTINGUISH HYPES FROM
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE IN LEADERSHIP & CHANGE MT
SKILLS

• We will make you familiar with state of the art research and
diverse disciplines, among others:
• Meta-analyses:
E.g. “The results show that coaching has significant positive
effects on all outcomes with effect sizes ranging from g = 0.43
(coping) to g = 0.74 (goal-directed self-regulation). These findings
indicate that coaching is, overall, an effective intervention in
organizations (Theeboom et al., 2013, in The Journal of Positive Psychology)
• Positive psychology
• Neurosciences
•…

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So, in this graduation track, you get

theoretical frameworks AS WELL AS

training & skills development.

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 Leadership & change management is NOT just trial & error: you can
learn and learn to use evidence-based practices.

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 Study programme
Master Business Administration –
Specialisation
Leadership & Change Management

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 Study programme

• Leadership & decision-making (6 credits)

• Organizational learning & development (6 credits)
• Leading Change (6 credits)

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 Study programme

In-depth courses Leadership & Change Management

• Human Resource Management (6 credits)
• The future of job & work design (6 credits)

Or elective courses from other study fields (12 credits)

Master thesis Leadership & Change Management (18

credits)
• Master’s thesis (15 credits)
• Business Research methods (3 credits)

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 Team work
In the graduation track
Leadership & change
management in MBA
Leadership: advanced decision-making
and motivating skills in vuca context
(leadership labs:necessary basis you
must have yet) Dealing with change
From Self-reflection to
self- coaching and
coaching skills

Communication: Potential/eagerness to
solution-focused and develop professionally
connective

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 More information…

Website Research group Work & Organization studies:

https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/wos

Or send an e-mail to:

tim.defeyter@kuleuven.be
diane.arijs@kuleuven.be

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