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. Published

    Integrating the German and US perspective on organizational practices for later-life work: The Later Life Work Index

    Wilckens, M. R., Wöhrmann, A. M., Adams, C., Deller, J. & Finkelstein, R., 2020, Current and emerging trends in aging and work. Czaja, S. J., Sharit, J. & James, J. B. (eds.). 1. ed. Cham: Springer Nature AG, p. 59-79 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Aktueller Wissensstand zu Fluglärm und Gesundheit - einschließlich WHO-Reviews und neuer Literatur bis Ende 2018

    Penzel, T., Krämer, U., Höger, R., Zimmermann, S. & Wichmann, H.-E., 01.07.2019, In: Umweltmedizin - Hygiene - Arbeitsmedizin (ecomed Medizin). 24, 4, p. 187-218 32 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    ‘We are all herd animals': Community and organizationality in coworking spaces

    Blagoev, B., Costas, J. & Kärreman, D., 01.11.2019, In: Organization. 26, 6, p. 894-916 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Why Do Extreme Work Hours Persist? Temporal Uncoupling as a New Way of Seeing

    Blagoev, B. & Schreyögg, G., 01.12.2019, In: Academy of Management Journal. 62, 6, p. 1818-1847 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  5. Published

    Beyond the finance paradigm: The entrepreneurial logic of financial resource acquisition from an effectuation perspective

    Weigand, C., 05.09.2019, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. 11, 5, p. 440-460 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Simulation of Electric Arcing in HVDC Relays During a Short Circuit Situation

    Ewuntomah, C. M. & Oberrath, J., 09.2019, Electrical Contacts 2019 - Proceedings of the 65th IEEE Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts, Holm 2019. IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 257-261 5 p. 8923689. (Electrical Contacts, Proceedings of the Annual Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts; vol. 65).

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

  7. Published

    Leveraging Architectural Thinking for Large-Scale E-Government Projects

    Burmeister, F., Drews, P. & Schirmer, I., 12.2019, ICIS 2019 Proceedings. Krcmar, H. & Fedorowicz, J. (eds.). Association for Information Systems, 17 p. 3126. (40th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2019).

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

  8. Published

    A structural property of the wavelet packet transform method to localise incoherency of a signal

    Schimmack, M. & Mercorelli, P., 11.2019, In: Journal of the Franklin Institute. 356, 16, p. 10123-10137 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    The impact of key audit matter (KAM) disclosure in audit reports on stakeholders’ reactions: A literature review

    Velte, P. & Issa, J., 04.09.2019, In: Problems and Perspectives in Management. 17, 3, p. 323-341 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    § 315 c Inhalt der nichtfinanziellen Konzernerklärung

    Velte, P., 2019, Bilanzierungsvorschriften: Spezialkommentar zu den §§ 238-342e HGB. Heidel, T. & Schall, A. (eds.). Düsseldorf: IDW Verlag GmbH, p. 745 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch