MSE Master of Science in Engineering

The Swiss engineering master's degree

Jedes Modul umfasst 3 ECTS. Sie wählen insgesamt 10 Module/30 ECTS in den folgenden Modulkategorien:

  • ​​​​12-15 ECTS in Technisch-wissenschaftlichen Modulen (TSM)
    TSM-Module vermitteln Ihnen profilspezifische Fachkompetenz und ergänzen die dezentralen Vertiefungsmodule.
  • 9-12 ECTS in Erweiterten theoretischen Grundlagen (FTP)
    FTP-Module behandeln theoretische Grundlagen wie die höhere Mathematik, Physik, Informationstheorie, Chemie usw. Sie erweitern Ihre abstrakte, wissenschaftliche Tiefe und tragen dazu bei, den für die Innovation wichtigen Bogen zwischen Abstraktion und Anwendung spannen zu können.
  • 6-9 ECTS in Kontextmodulen (CM)
    CM-Module vermitteln Ihnen Zusatzkompetenzen aus Bereichen wie Technologiemanagement, Betriebswirtschaft, Kommunikation, Projektmanagement, Patentrecht, Vertragsrecht usw.

In der Modulbeschreibung (siehe: Herunterladen der vollständigen Modulbeschreibung) finden Sie die kompletten Sprachangaben je Modul, unterteilt in die folgenden Kategorien:

  • Unterricht
  • Dokumentation
  • Prüfung
Management of Complex Processes (CM_ComplPro)

One of the biggest challenges encountered in management is recognizing opportunities and making use of them while giving consideration to the associated risks. The constantly increasing dynamism and complexity of the environment in which companies and organizations operate is, however, making it difficult to take successful decisions. Multifactorial correlations, non-linearities, feedback effects and time lags make it difficult to correctly predict the impacts of a decision.
Students gain insight into the methods and tools employed for decision-making when faced with complex questions. They learn about cause-and-effect diagrams and quantitative simulation models and apply these in case studies.

Lernziele

Students

  • are familiar with the systemic approach, can correctly identify the limits of a system and are aware that models only depict reality imperfectly
  • are able to analyze complex processes applying the correct methodology and communicate about them
  • know how to manage conflicts of objectives with the correct methodology (e.g. costs versus quality)
  • can depict complex processes as a cause-and-effect network
  • can depict technical and operational processes in the form of an event-orientated simulation model
  • are familiar with the most important steps of a simulation study
  • understand the problem-solving cycle as a creative process
  • have learned to implement systemic problem-solving methods in operational practice

Modulkategorie

  1. Basics of types of decision, decision making process and six sources of influence
  2. Shared mental models 
  3. Introduction to system dynamics (causal loop diagrams, stocks and flows, analysis of dynamic system behavior)
  4. Simulation paradigms applied to understand behavior of dynamic systems governed by human decisions

Lehr- und Lernmethoden

Lecture with examples to be solved in a group. Exercises and case studies.

Bibliografie

  • Sterman J: Business Dynamics. McGraw-Hill (2010). ISBN 978-0071068123
  • Senge P.: Die fünfte Disziplin. Klett-Cotta (2008). ISBN 978-3608913798
  • Warren K.: Competitive Strategy Dynamics. Wiley (2002) ISBN 978-0471899495
  • Sherwood D.: Den Wald vor lauter Bäumen sehen. Wiley (2003). ISBN 978-3527500574
  • Gandolfi, A: Von Menschen und Ameisen. Orell Füssli (2001). ISBN 978-3280026694
  • Vester F.: The Art of Interconnected Thinking (2007) ISBN 978-3-939314-05-9
  • Probst G. & Ulrich H.: Anleitung zum ganzheitlichen Denken und Handeln (1988) ISBN 3-258-03976-3 - Pensée globale et management : résoudre les problèmes complexes (1989) ISBN 2-7081-1066-7
  • Law, A.M.: Simulation modeling and analysis. McGraw Hill Boston (2006). ISBN 978-0071255196
  • Patterson K., Grenny J., Maxfield D., McMillan R., Switzler A.: Influencer (2008) ISBN 13: 978-0-07-148499-2. 

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