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Trend Seminar in Digital Technologies and Management

EI0531Areas of Specialization6 ECTSEnglishwinter semesterDepartment Computer Engineering
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What it is about

You work in interdisciplinary teams on a Trend Report on a current topic of digital technologies. In the first part you analyze the status quo and identify near-future trends; in the second part you develop possible future developments based on scenario planning as well as product or service ideas and work out technical and business considerations.

What you will be able to do

  • Understand interdisciplinary teamwork and overcome challenges
  • Apply methods of trend and futures research
  • Conduct status-quo analysis from different perspectives (technical, economic, social, political, legal, ecological)
  • Apply scenario planning in real contexts
  • Develop future scenarios from driver analyses
  • Conceptually describe and evaluate innovative product or service ideas
  • Apply the basics of academic writing for a comprehensive report
  • Present results and receive feedback and implement it
  • Moderate discussions and extract different opinions

What the module consists of

  • ProjektarbeitCentral element: creation of the Trend Report in two phases (Basic Seminar and Scenario Planning) in interdisciplinary teams
  • VorlesungenConveying the necessary methodology through internal and external lecturers
  • WorkshopsDeepening the topics by subject experts from science and practice
  • Coaching-SessionsOngoing supervision, feedback and orientation for the teamwork
  • PräsentationenInternal and external presentation of interim results and products/ideas

Teaching method

  • Projektbasiertes LernenDevelopment of the Trend Report as a continuous, practice-oriented project with fixed milestones
  • Interdisziplinäre TeamarbeitEnsuring various perspectives (technical, economic, social, etc.) for a comprehensive analysis
  • Vorlesungen und WorkshopsConveying methodological knowledge and subject inputs for the project work
  • Coaching und FeedbackRegular support to improve work results and learning processes
  • Szenario-WorkshopCondensed application of scenario planning in the team
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