CAS Scalable Agility

The CAS Scalable Agility is aimed at people who would like to extend their knowledge or gain new competencies in agile business transformation and innovation:

• Graduates with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from a university or higher education institution in economic sciences, business information systems, business psychology, industrial engineering or business studies

Professional groups:

• Employees at middle and upper management levels
• Heads of department with managerial responsibility
• Corporate and organisational developers
• Employees in corporate and organisational development

With the CAS Scalable Agility, graduates acquire the following skills and abilities and specialized knowledge:

• Knowledge about the latest scientific and academic theories, concepts, methods and possible applications of agility and agile transformation in business enterprises.
• Knowledge about the differences between doing agile and being agile.
• Knowledge about the various dimensions of the agile mindset.
• Knowledge about the various forms and principles of agile leadership.
• Knowledge about the interactions between agile ways of operating and innovative capability on the basis of agile forms and methods of innovation.
• Knowledge about agile forms of organisation in business enterprises and the scaling of organisational forms and methods.
• Knowledge of and insights into examples and best practices from real life.
• Application competency for the successful implementation of agile forms of organisation in business enterprises
• Implementation of concrete strategies and concepts for agile transformation in your business enterprise.

On completion, you have a complete portfolio of instruments and skills which you need in order to introduce and lead agile transformation and innovation management in your organisation.

• Expertise : you are taught by a team of leading specialists in agile transformation;  
• Maximum flexibility: The learning platform and electronic resources are accessible 24/7. You can consult the content and watch the learning videos whenever you want and as many times as you like;  
• 100% online format: you can learn at your own pace using distance learning technologies;  
• Individual support: the UniDistance teams are always ready to listen to you and guide you in your learning. A qualified teaching assistant is hired specifically for this programme to provide you with personalised support; 
• On-the-job training: thanks to the flexibility of online learning, you can balance your professional and personal lives with training;   
• Practice-oriented training: you develop your own fully applicable professional project throughout the modules. If needed and by appointment at any, you can receive additional coaching from our team of experts to implement your project into your business or organisation; 
• Greater employability thanks to training in a growing field; 
• Networking: you build up a professional network and benefit from all the advantages of our alumni network 
• Nationally and internationally recognized university diploma (ECTS, Bologna-System) 

UniDistance Suisse is the only university institute in Switzerland to offer the CAS Scalable Agility completely as an online learning model. The whole CAS takes place entirely online. Twice per module, you meet your fellow students and the lecturers to exchange ideas and information in a virtual classroom. As well as input seminar papers, the virtual classes also include supervised teamwork, working on case studies and examples based on real life experience, and interactive exercises under the guidance of the lecturers.

On our e-learning platform, you will find all the learning materials, scientific/academic bases and further literature, tasks, assignments and exercises, module videos of the lecturers and exercise quizzes, which are available for you to download for independent study

The CAS Scalable Agility is offered twice a year in the spring and autumn semesters. Two virtual classes take place per module. In rotation, the virtual classes are planned on a fortnightly basis, on a Wednesday evening between 6.00 and 7.30 p.m. in each case.

Following the successful completion of all modules, UniDistance Suisse awards you the university-level continuing education certificate, the Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) Scalable Agility.

You are awarded 10 ECTS points for the whole CAS.

The maximum number of students who can take part in the CAS Scalable Agility is limited to 15.

The language of instruction and the literature used is English.