micro-credential
Change Management
Do you want to play an active role in shaping change within organizations? This Micro Credential shows you how to make change happen, whether it’s driven by digital transformation or by managing increasingly diverse teams. Learn how to manage change processes while taking people, structure, and technology into account. Gain practical, concise training—flexibly, alongside your career and personal life.
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Effectively Managing Change—in Digital, Organizational, and Personal Contexts
TheChange Managementmicro-credential provides practical skills for strategically planning, actively supporting, and thoughtfully implementing change processes in organizations. It focuses on current topics such as digital transformation, generative AI, diversity, modern work environments, and psychological adaptation processes.
This micro-credential in the field of “Business Administration and Economics” can be earned as part of an existing FERNFH degree program or as a standalone short program designed exclusively to lead to this qualification.
This micro-credential is offered as part of theBusiness Administration & Business Psychology | Bachelor's degree program.
Courses
- Digital Transformation & AI (2 ECTS, Summer Semester)
- Organizational Laboratory (2 ECTS, Summer Semester)
- Change Management & Process Support (3 ECTS, Winter Semester)
- Gender & Diversity Management (3 ECTS, Summer Semester)
- Psychology of New Work Environments (3 ECTS, Summer Semester)
It is recommended that students take the courses in this order.
Skill development
Upon successful completion, students will be able to …
- Understand and explain concepts of digital and AI transformation; identify areas of application, potential uses, and ethical risks; apply the fundamentals of prompt engineering; understand the skills needed to work with generative AI; and reflect on one’s own abilities in order to identify steps for personal development.
- reflect on their own actions within organizational processes, and recognize and evaluate organizational relationships. They are able to intervene effectively in complex decision-making situations and to develop and design management tools.
- To identify diversity-related phenomena in organizations, outline measures in human resources and organizational development, and critically evaluate existing measures.
- apply current change management methods and justify their approach to process consulting. They have background knowledge of change management, can independently design and oversee projects, structure change initiatives, identify potential interventions, and deepen their reflective skills regarding change-related topics.
- describe modern work models and trends, analyze the psychological implications of digital transformation, and distinguish between career paths and models of a subjectively fulfilling work life. In addition, they understand psychological adjustment processes associated with changes such as changing jobs, job loss, or transitioning to retirement, and can describe and contextualize support measures in economic contexts.
Duration of the program: 2semesters
Scope: 13 ECTS credits
Level: 6 – Undergraduate
Cost: €599 plus ÖH membership fee
Application deadline: Dec. 31, 2026
Start: April 23, 2027
Application deadlines
01. Jan. 1970
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