Organisation profile

EMPOWERING MINDS. INSPIRING INNOVATIONS. SHAPING TRANSFORMATIONS.

As part of Leuphana University, the School of Management and Technology is a dynamic and innovative community of students and faculty with high-level expertise in the fields of organization studies, responsible management, entrepreneurship, product development process, digital transformation and data science, and psychology and societal transformation. Our core aspiration is driving innovation in management and technology to shape responsible and sustainable transformations. In our research, we pioneer understandings of and solutions to the core challenges of our time, such as digitalization and sustainable production. In our teaching, we challenge conventional wisdom and inspire entrepreneurial thinking and responsible action. In business and society, we team up with local and international partners to contribute to the regional development of northern Germany. We value the interrelationships between disciplines, which is reflected in our interdisciplinary degree programs and collaboration in research.

 

The School of Management and Technology is home to the disciplines of Accounting and Finance, Business Psychology, Business Information Systems, Engineering, Management and Marketing. We support the respective identities and profile development of the disciplines, while also promoting interdisciplinary research and teaching in the shape of programs of study and research centers. This interdisciplinary approach is characterized by a commitment to responsibility and helping meet societal challenges.

Main research areas

The School of Management and Technology is the academic and professional home to 1,500 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral students, more than 50 professors, more than 70 research associates and research assistants, 36 professional staff members.

The main themes of the school are reflected in its study programs: The 3 major and 7 minor programs at the College, 5 master's programs and 4 doctoral programs at the Graduate School provide academic training. The doctoral programs focus on (1.) Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation (EMI), (2.) Information Systems and Data Science, (3.) Engineering and (4.) Management, Finance and Accounting.

In total, we offer 16 programs of study in the disciplines of Business Administration (in particular Accounting and Finance), Business Information Systems, Business Psychology, Engineering and Management.  

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    Entrepreneurship and Poverty Reduction: Applying I-O Psychology to Microbusiness and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries

    Gielnik, M. & Frese, M., 02.2013, Using Industrial Organizational Psychology for the Greater Good: Helping Those Who Help Others. Olsen-Buchanan, J., Koppes Bryan, L. L. & Thompson, L. F. (eds.). New Yorl: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 394-438 45 p. (SIOP Frontier Series).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Institutional Change of the German Higher Education System: From Professional Dominance to Managed Education

    Reihlen, M. & Wenzlaff, F., 02.2013, Lüneburg: Otto Group Lehrstuhl für Strategisches Management an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 37 p. (Arbeitspapier : Discussion paper; no. 9).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Local responses to global technological change. Contrasting restructuring practices in two rural communities in Austria

    Fink, M., Lang, R. & Harms, R., 02.2013, In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 80, 2, p. 243-252 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Mediation: Ein Thema auch im kollektiven Arbeitsrecht?

    Schubert, J., 02.2013, Anforderungen an ein modernes kollektives Arbeitsrecht: Festschrift für Otto Ernst Kempen. Schubert, J. (ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 401-418 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    The death of German firms: What role for foreign direct investment?

    Franco, C. & Weche Gelübcke, J. P., 02.2013, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 37 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 264).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Adjustments of Wage-Tenure Profiles with Respect to Entry Age

    Pfeifer, C., 01.02.2013, In: Journal of Business Economics : JBE. 83, 2, p. 171-191 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Careers and productivity in an internal labor market

    Yang, P., Janssen, S., Pfeifer, C. & Backes-Gellner, U., 01.02.2013, In: Journal of Business Economics : JBE. 83, 2, p. 121-143 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The positive effects of a protean career attitude for self-initiated expatriates: Cultural adjustment as a mediator

    Cao, L., Hirschi, A. & Deller, J., 01.02.2013, In: Career Development International. 18, 1, p. 56-77 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The granular nature of the great export collapse in German manufacturing industries, 2008/2009

    Wagner, J., 13.02.2013, In: Economics. 7, 5, 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review