Mit gezielten Strategien sozialer Kompetenz und vielfältigen Interventionsmethoden werden Situationen und Kommunikationsprozesse wirksam gestaltet und für ein ressourcenorientiertes Management nutzbar gemacht. Soft Skills gekonnt anwenden zu können, eröffnet neue berufliche und persönliche Perspektiven. Dazu gehört das selbstverantwortliche und erfolgreiche Handeln in unterschiedlichen Rollen und Settings sowie die selbstbewusste und überzeugende Kommunikation mit verschiedensten Menschen und Menschengruppen (Stakeholder). Die Fertigkeit vielfältige Interventionsmethoden effizient und kontextbezogen nutzen zu können, soll verbessert werden, letztlich mit der Zielsetzung kompetent mit Entwicklungs- und Veränderungsprozessen in Organisationen umgehen zu können. Damit soll die emotionale und soziale Intelligenz im (Führungs-)Alltag gefördert und verstärkt genutzt werden.

Präsentationen, Fallstudien, Diskussionen

Essay, praktische Prüfung (Rollenspiel, Fallstudie)

Essay, praktische Prüfung (Rollenspiel, Fallstudie)

Die Lerninhalte aus der Managementlehre werden um Ansätze des Komplexitätsmanagements und des vernetzten Denkens ergänzt, um die Studierenden zu befähigen, komplexe Situationen zu bewältigen. Im Einzelnen werden vernetztes Denken und Netzwerktechnik sowie verschiedene Ansätze des Komplexitätsmanagements behandelt.

Präsentationen, Fallstudien, Diskussionen

Essay, Fallstudienanalyse

In der Veranstaltung Projektmanagement werden Konzepte, Methoden und Hilfsmittel des Projektmanagements für Industrieprojekte vermittelt. Es wird ein Überblick über das gesamte Gebiet des Projektmanagements (PM) gegeben. Die erworbenen theoretischen Kenntnisse über die Methoden und Hilfsmittel werden im Modul in Form von Gruppenarbeiten am Beispiel einer Fallstudie vertieft und gefestigt. Hierzu werden der Begriff Projektmanagement, Entwicklung, Bedeutung und Inhalte des Projektmanagements, die Methoden der Projektplanung sowie die Projektsteuerung und Überwachung betrachtet. Zudem werden auch die theoretischen Ansätze und Methoden zur Lösung ausgewählter Projektpraxisfragestellungen behandelt.

Präsentationen, Fallstudien, Diskussionen

Essay, Fallstudienanalyse

Essay, Fallstudienanalyse

Im WS 2019/20 wird das Thema "Landschaft" im Mittelpunkt des Moduls stehen. Alles ist Landschaft. Wie wir wohnen, wie wir essen, welches Mobilitätsverhalten wir an den Tag legen, welche planungspolitischen Prioritäten wir setzen und welche Werte wir Gebautem und Freiraum beimessen, bestimmt die Qualität der Landschaft. Sie ist ein Kollektivgut, das es gemeinsam zu bewahren, auszuhandeln und weiterzuentwickeln gilt.
Wir beschäftigen uns innerhalb des Moduls mit dem Perspektivenwechsel, der sich v.a. im europäischen Kontext vollzieht: die Siedlungsentwicklung nach innen von der Landschaft aus zu denken. Auf welche theoretischen Grundlagen kann dieses Denken sich beziehen, welche planungspolitischen und planungspraktischen Konsequenzen bringt es mit sich?

Teilnahme an den Veranstaltungen des Moduls
Selbststudium zu Thema Raumentwicklung und Landschaft
mündliche und schriftliche Präsentation der eigenen Position zum Thema

Die Studierenden erhalten einen Überblick über die aktuelle stadt- und landschaftstheoretische sowie planungspolitische Diskussion zu einer landschaftsorientierten Siedlungsentwicklung nach innen. Die Studierenden sind fähig, die verschiedenen Positionen kritisch zu reflektieren und zu ihrer eigenen Forschung in Beziehung zu setzen. Die Studierenden können eine eigene theoretische Position zum Thema formulieren.

Eine Literaturliste wird in der Kick-off Veranstaltung ausgegeben.

Teilnahme an der Kick-Off Veranstaltung und der Endpräsentation, sowie weiteren Zwischenbesprechungen in Absprache mit der Dozierenden.
Verfassen eines Artikels (3-5 Seiten), in dem das Thema landschaftsorientierte Siedlungsentwicklung nach innen reflektiert und eine eigene Position gefunden wird.

The doctoral consortium is an opportunity to sharpen and deepen both focus and methods of research, supervised by a group of external professors and/or advisors. It is designed to foster the presentational, critical and discursive skills in a group of international peers. By submitting their work-in-progress and interim results to an international doctoral consortium candidates also learn how to position their work in a competitive research environment.
Applications are refereed through an academic committee. Participants benefit from understanding others' experiences and results and receive valuable feedback from consortium chairs and other participants. A joint publication is to result from a consortium. A doctoral consortium will take the form of a multi-institution and often international seminar, workshop or summer school - an example can be found on www.dokonara.org, the consortium on sustainable spatial development our University participates in each year.

Students will be assisted by lecturers of the Institute of Architecture and Planning at the University of Liechtenstein in preparing their proposal and application for their doctoral consortium participation. Insights acquired will be discussed and reinforced by your doctoral supervisor and other advisors at the University of Liechtenstein.

The primary objective of the doctoral consortium is for the candidates' doctoral research to be presented, argued and advanced in an international and scientific setting.

Successful participation will strengthen research content, method and students' ability to engage in focused, critical discourse.

The students will be assessed in this module through:

• competitive selection process of the doctoral consortium
• research paper submitted to the doctoral consortium
• assessment by the Professors reviewing proposals at the doctoral consortium

Module availability:
In coordination with supervisor: upon application at an international doctoral consortium, e. g. international doctoral research workshops, seminars or symposia on architectural design theory; low-carbon building technology and building integrated sustainability systems; or sustainable spatial development, urban and regional planning and design, or an approved related field.

• This course is designed to give first year PhD Students an aid for their academic endeavour. Just like in Research Design, the focus lies on methodological competences. At the same time, however, this course also aims at techniques rather than design strategies. The objective is to provide core compentences on how to craft a scientific text properly. Due to the concept of peer-monitoring applied in this course also social competencies will be trained. During the first year students will be working on their academic writing style, they will be made familiar with normative writing styles and ways to publish tackling various kinds of genres, and they will help and learn from each other through peer-monitoring activities. As a base sample texts will be used and the texts students will be producing will be worked on. The course is built on three pillars:Knowledge Management:
  Working with databases, literature management softwares, etc.Publishing:
  How to write and publish various genres: abstracts, research papers, articles, data commentaries, reviews, project proposals, formatting, etc.Peer-Mentoring:
  Giving and receiving feed-back, presenting and reviewing, considering peer-feedback, joint writing activities, etc.

Workshops, one-on-one and think-pair-share sessions, individual and guided e-learning.

Students will be acquainted with principles of academic writing, normative writing, publishing, and peer-mentoring.

By the end of the course students will be able to make use of academic vocabulary, they will be able to discuss texts, tables, charts, and figures, and they will be sensitised about their personal and academic command of the English language.

They will be familiar with reference management systems, working with databases, formatting written texts, and academic values.

They will know principles of certain academic genres, like abstracts, research papers, articles, data commentaries, reviews, project proposals, etc.

They will be able to give and consider peer-feed-back, present and review, and they will be able to carry out joint writing activities, etc.

Lebrun, J-L. (2011). Scientific writing 2.0: A reader and writer's guide. New Jersey, NJ: World Scientific.
Reid, N. (2010). Getting published. Writing strategies for European social scientists. Oslo, Norway: Nova Science Publishers.
Pinker, S. (2015). The sense of style: The thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century. London, UK: Penguin Random House.
Williams, J.M., & Bizup, J. (2017). Style: Lessons in clarity and grace (12th edition). Boston, MA: Pearson.

• submit a brief manuscript for review
• review a manuscript and present the reviewer report during the session
• review a reviewer report (i.e., conduct a meta-review)
• active participation in discussion
• prepare and present a brief summary of specific writing strategies

This module is a requisite cross-faculty course in the preparation phase of the doctoral programs in Architecture and Planning as well Business Economics. It addresses fundamental aspects of research design and management with a focus on the specific disciplines, styles of inquiry, and learning cultures at the University of Liechtenstein.

Research design can be broadly conceived of as the high-level plan to conducting research projects in the service of answering research questions. A research design links the key parts of a research endeavour to form a coherent scheme, under consideration of ontological, epistemological, and methodological choices. Key elements include the problematization, research question, relevant theoretical lenses and conceptual frameworks, specific strategies of inquiry, and measures to ensure key criteria including validity and reliability.

Research management skills address the researcher's ability to manage projects, work autonomously, build an international research network, think analytically, and be creative, inquisitive, and original. Combining research design and management skills across two doctoral programs helps us bring together diverse cohorts and integrate scientifically rigorous training with elements of professional development training. Through our approach towards innovative doctoral education we contribute to embracing some key aspirations of the League of European Research Universities (LERU).

• Details with Schedule

Interactive, seminar style presentations and discussions

After completing the module, students will be able to

• assess the nature and quality of a research design;
• develop research designs, including problematization, research questions, philosophical assumptions, general strategies of inquiry, and specific methods for collecting and analyzing data;
• manage research projects under consideration of time, resources, and quality management;
• converse reflectively with the academic research community of their respective fields;
• position their work in the context of their research community as well as with regards to specific discourses in that community;
• apply for research funding; and
• appreciate the range of research styles and cultures across the University of Liechtenstein and beyond.

The course aims to develop key skills required for conducting scientific research in Architecture and Planning as well as Business Economics. At this, we explicitly aim to expose PhD students to a broad range of methodological and theoretical approaches, always under consideration of the respective implications for research design. Grounded in the understanding that research designs should be in response to relevant research questions, we aim to equip our students with the skills that qualify them as competent researchers beyond the design and execution of their particular dissertations.

By developing skills in research design and research management, as well as by promoting an awareness of the variety of epistemological and methodological approaches, this module provides an understanding of the multiple logics and procedures involved in the discovery and formation of knowledge. Participants will learn to appreciate the structure and performance of successful research endeavours and will acquire conceptual and technical skills needed for designing their own research approaches in light of the particular styles and research cultures of their respective scientific communities and discourses.

A detailed module handbook, reading resources and corresponding handouts will be available.

The following books illustrate some of the most elementary aspects:

• Cresswell, J.W. 2014. Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative & Mixed Method Approaches. Sage
• Denzen, N.K. and Y.S. Lincoln. 2017. The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research. Sage
• Groat, L. and D. Wang. 2002. Architectural research methods. Wiley
• Recker, J. 2013. Scientific Research in Information Systems: A Beginner’s Guide. Springer
• Saunders, M.N.K., P. Lewis, and A. Thornhill. 2015. Research Methods for Business Students, Pearson
• Zeisel, J. 2006. Inquiry by Design: Environment/Behavior/Neuroscience in Architecture, Interiors, Landscape, and Planning. W.W. Norton

The students will be assessed in this module through

• a seminar paper,
• the presentation and defence of the seminar paper,
• and their participation in class.

In the seminar paper the students will be asked to outline and discuss a potential research design for their dissertation. That way, the seminar paper builds on knowledge acquired in the course, and it serves to transfer this knowledge to the students’ individual PhD project. Attendance of all mandatory and selected classes as well as the presentations is expected; 80% attendance is required for a positive grade.

The research proposal must include a description of the dissertation as a research agenda and of the methodical approach. In the colloquium on the research proposal, doctoral students shall present their dissertation project and provide reasons for their chosen approach.

Details are listed in the Implementing Provisions concerning the Doctorate Regulations

The supervisor and the co-supervisor decide on the acceptance of the research proposal and recommend a grade.

In the defence the doctoral students prove whether they have fulfilled the requirements of the dissertation.

The defence can be held when the dissertation has been recommended for acceptance in the written appraisal of the supervisors and each supervisor has awarded a minimum grade of 4.0.

The Doctoral Examination Board holds the defence and determines which grade is awarded.