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.  

  1. 2024
  2. Published

    Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung nach dem Referentenentwurf eines Umsetzungsgesetzes zur CSRD: Eine kritische Würdigung

    Wulf, I. & Velte, P., 2024, In: Der Betrieb. 77, 17, p. 1017-1024 8 p., DB1460035.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  3. Published

    Narration as Functions: from Events to Narratives

    Huang, J. & Usbeck, R., 2024, WNU 2024 - 6th Workshop on Narrative Understanding: Proceedings of the Workshop. Lal, Y. K., Clark, E., Iyyer, M., Chaturvedi, S., Brei, A., Brahman, F. & Chandu, K. R. (eds.). Miami, Florida: Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), p. 1-7 7 p. (WNU 2024 - 6th Workshop on Narrative Understanding, Proceedings of the Workshop).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Narrative approach to futures: Future-oriented perspective to responsible digital transformation

    Zimmer, M. P. & Minkkinen, M., 2024, ECIS 2024 Proceedings. Atlanta: AIS eLibrary, 16 p. 2

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Preface (Editorial)

    Zhou, F., Mercorelli, P., Han, Y., Idris, N. R. N., Dong, W., Andreescu, G. D., Bose, B. K., Singh, R., Carbone, G., Kolhe, M. L., Iqbal, K., Amer, G., Anggono, W., Liu, C., Dwivedi, P. & Aly, H., 2024, 4th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Computer Technology (ICEECT 2024). 1 ed. IOP Publishing Ltd, Vol. 2917. 2 p. (Journal of Physics: Conference Series; vol. 2917).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  6. Published

    Processability of Mg-Gd Powder via Friction Extrusion

    Rath, L., Chan, C., Suhuddin, U., Buresch, H., Ebel, T. & Klusemann, B., 2024, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Technology of Plasticity - Current Trends in the Technology of Plasticity - ICTP 2023 - Volume 1. Mocellin, K., Bouchard, P.-O., Bigot, R. & Balan, T. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 431-441 11 p. (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Reduction of Anisotropic Mechanical Properties During Extrusion by Means of Additively Manufactured Dies

    Esterl, F., Nienaber, M., Bohlen, J. & Ben Khalifa, N., 2024, Extended Abstract Book of the 9th JSTP International Seminar on Precision Forging : March 11–14 2024, Kyoto, Japan. Terano, M. & Matsumoto, R. (eds.). Kyoto: Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity, p. 29-30 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearch

  8. In preparation

    Reporting and Analysing the Environmental Impact of Language Models on the Example of Commonsense Question Answering with External Knowledge

    Usmanova, A., Huang, J., Banerjee, D. & Usbeck, R., 2024, (In preparation) Sustainable AI Conference 2023: Sustainable AI Across Borders: Conference Proceedings. Vol. abs/2408.01453.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  9. Published

    Revisiting Supervised Contrastive Learning for Microblog Classification

    Huang, J. & Usbeck, R., 2024, The 2024 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing: Proceedings of the Conference; November 12-16, 2024. Al-Onaizan, Y., Bansal, M. & Chen, Y.-N. (eds.). Kerrville: Association for Computational Linguistics, p. 15644-15653 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Riding Two Horses at The Same Time: Paradox Responses for Navigating Exploration and Exploitation in Small and Medium-Sized IT Consulting Firms

    Werner, M., Stockhinger, J., Klein, S. & Vieru, D., 2024, ICIS 2024 Proceedings: Digital Platforms for Emerging Societies. Loebbecke, C., Hsu, C. & Marabelli, M. (eds.). Atlanta: AIS eLibrary, 3090

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Robust Maneuver Planning With Scalable Prediction Horizons: A Move Blocking Approach

    Schitz, P., Dauer, J. C. & Mercorelli, P., 2024, In: IEEE Control Systems Letters. 8, p. 1907-1912 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review