Institute for SMEs and Craft Trades

Institute for SMEs and Crafts

The Institute for SMEs and Crafts is a legally independent institution at Allensbach University of Applied Sciences Konstanz (affiliated institute). With this institute, the university promotes research in the SME and skilled trades sector, strengthens the exchange between science and business practice and promotes the internationalization of the university.

The institute's areas of activity include knowledge transfer, consulting, research and teaching. The focus is on global megatrends, Education 4.0 (e-learning), sustainability / CSR, dual vocational education and training and dual higher education, as well as knowledge transfer with consulting for companies, chambers and associations from the SME and skilled trades sector. All projects are publicly funded.

Management: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Wagenmann

Range of services

for companies, chambers, trade associations and vocational training institutions:

Educational concepts in dual vocational education and training
Global megatrends and their influence on SMEs
Education 4.0 - e-learning and blended learning in dual education
Sustainability and sustainability reporting for SMEs
Train-the-trainer certificate courses
Internationalization in education

for international students:

Certificate courses with credit points (ECTS) in business administration subjects

Key topics

Dual vocational education and training and dual higher education
Education 4.0: e-learning, integrated learning
Sustainability
Internationalization in education and business

Project examples

May 2023 - Apr. 2025

Funding project of the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung gGmbH (state government of Baden-Württemberg) for its sub-foundation Klimaschutzstiftung Baden-Württemberg: Development of an action-oriented certificate course "Sustainability and climate protection manager in the skilled trades"

Jan. 2022 - Feb. 2023

Funding project of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs as part of the Vocational Training 4.0 funding program - Innovation in digital vocational orientation and in digital inter-company vocational training: "ÜBA/ÜLU learning concept present, digital, coordinated and sustainable"

Dec. 2020 - May 2024

Funding project of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs as part of the ZukunftsKompetenzen@bw funding program: "Low-threshold digital learning media development with on-board resources" https://www.hwk-konstanz.de/artikel/digitale-lernhaeppchen-fuer-die-handwerkliche-aus-und-weiterbildung-64,669,2172.html

Dec. 2020 - Feb. 2022

Funding project of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs as part of the Future Initiative Crafts 2025: Model project study "New Work: The influence of megatrends and business model innovations on work in the craft trades of the future - concretized on the carpentry trade and with recommendations for action for companies, craft organizations and politics"

Jun. 2018 - May 2021

Funding project of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs as part of the Digitalization and Vocational Training funding programme: "Digitalization and networked learning in inter-company training (ÜBA) in the skilled trades"

Apr. 2017 - Oct. 2019

Funding project of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs as part of the digitization and vocational training funding programme: "Digitization and networked learning in dual vocational training in the skilled trades"

Cooperations

Cooperation with the Constance Chamber of Crafts → more
Cooperation with the craft training centers of the Constance Chamber of Crafts in publicly funded projects → more