Diaconal Leadership and Governance Management, Ethics and Innovation in the Non-Profit Sector
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.
The degree programme offers an attractive union of relevant topics such as leadership skills, innovation and non-profit management, organisation development and management with diaconal and ethical backgrounds of the fields of activity and the option for intensive reflection and development of own leadership and professional skills.
To this end, Heidelberg University cooperates with the Protestant Universities of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt and Ludwigsburg. Students can select own special fields in the academic programme. These include: management of organisations in social contexts and systematic organisation management/diversity management. The aim of the part-time programme is to develop and reflect on ethical leadership skills.
Please Note:
The masterstudy program “Management, Ethics and Innovation in the Nonprofit Sector/Management, Ethik und Innovation im Nonprofit-Bereich” is not a classic management degree course, but relates in particular to church-based social service providers and other nonprofit organizations in the social sector.
Additionally, a language proficiency certificate in German may be required in accordance with the university's regulations, as the program is taught in German.
The electronic portal has been closed since the application deadline of 08/31/2024. It is also possible to join the current semester after consultation with the course director!
Social innovation is essential in order to deal with future social and welfare challenges. The course is the only diaconal studies degree programme in Germany to offer a specialisation in innovation in the non-profit sector.
A further characteristic of the programme is its focus on values-based leadership skills that are conveyed through management- and values-based courses that emphasise personality development. The cooperation agreements with the Protestant Universities of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt, Freiburg and Ludwigsburg make the programme particularly appealing in terms of practically-oriented research in the areas of social, diaconal and business sciences.
Course Director
Karla Neuschwander
Diakoniewissenschaftliches Institut
Karlstr.16, 69117 Heidelberg
masterstudiengang@dwi.uni-heidelberg.de
Telefon: (06221) 54-3678