CAS in Leading Complex Operations and Transformations
Which strategic questions do humanitarian leaders face today?
What factors and skills are crucial to successfully lead transformation processes?
The "CAS in Leading Complex Operations and Transformations” focuses on strategic leadership. It aims at inspiring leaders and managers to optimise theirn capacity and flexibility in complex operations and to lead change and transformation according to organisational strategies.
The course can be undertaken as an independent module or as part of the "MAS in Humanitarian Leadership" programme.
The" CAS in Leading Complex Operations and Transformations" in short:
Contents | - Strategy |
Facilitation | Being a practitioner-oriented programme, the CAS uses a blended learning approach: self-study with selected readings, individual coaching, reflexive questions, case studies, flipped classroom, group/team exercises, journaling, oral presentations, reflective writing, work-based learning. |
Scope | 10 ECTS points, including online teaching, block course, and reflective writing |
Duration | 21 weeks, part-time, 300 study hours |
Start | On request. Multiple starts per year |
Degree | Certificate of Advanced Studies in Leading Complex Operations and Transformations of the University of Lucerne |
Fees | On request |
The admission for this study programme is restricted to persons working for the ICRC, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), or national Red Cross / Red Crescent Societies.
The following additional entry requirements exist:
- Successful completion of the following CAS courses:
- - "CAS in Leading by Example"
- - "CAS in Leading High Performing Multidisciplinary Teams"
The study programme is led by a committee of representatives of the University of Lucerne and the ICRC. Its members include:
Prof. Dr. Bruno Staffelbach
Full Professor in Business Administration of the University of Lucerne and Chair of the Center for Human Resource Management (CEHRM)
Claire Hoang Sperandio
Director People & Culture, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Prof. Dr. Martina Caroni
Tenured Professor of International, Constitutional and Comparative Law at the University of Lucerne
Mohini Ghai Kramer
Global Head of Learning and Development, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Programme Management
Thomas Knobel
Programme Manager
Olga Pollack
Programme Coordinator
Francesca Iseppi Steiger
Programme Administrator
Liaison at the ICRC
Sally al-Nakshabandi
Head of the Humanitarian Leadership and Management School of the ICRC
