The MTE subjects are primarily meant to give future engineers a solid introduction to the field, to encourage them to educate themselves further and ultimately to enable them to deal successfully with complex systems and to see technical objectives and decisions, with all consequences, against a non-technical background.

The lecture covers the following main topics: Social perception and interpersonal judgement; attitudes; group dynamics and group performance; leadership behavior and leadership styles.

The lectures on social psychology provide a scientific approach to understanding perception, communication, leadership styles and social processes in groups and organizations. The lectures on sociology use various studies to introduce basic sociological concepts, theories and empirical research methods, along with select sociological topics.

The lecture covers the main topics of social interactions in groups as a basis for effective teamwork in organisations: group; group structure; group dynamics and performance; group analysis; examples of applications.