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. 2019
  2. 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

  3. Published

    Die Auswirkungen der Digitalisierung und Big Data-Analyse auf eine nachhaltige Entwicklung des Tourismus und dessen Umweltwirkung

    Schmücker, D., Horster, E. & Kreilkamp, E., 12.2019, Dessau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt, 212 p. (Umwelt, Innovation, Beschäftigung; vol. 2019, no. 07).

    Research output: Working paperProject reportsResearch

  4. Published

    From simulation to real-world robotic mobile fulfillment systems

    Xie, L., Thieme, N. & Li, H., 12.2019, In: Logistics Research. 12, 1, 13 p., 9.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. 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

  6. Published

    A new and benign hegemon on the horizon? The Chinese century and growth in the global South

    Nguyen, H. T. & Karaman Örsal, D. D., 13.11.2019, Kiel: Institut für Weltwirtschaft Kiel, 45 p. (Economics / Discussion papers; no. 60).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    Crack closure mechanisms in residual stress fields generated by laser shock peening: A combined experimental-numerical approach

    Keller, S., Horstmann, M., Kashaev, N. & Klusemann, B., 01.11.2019, In: Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 221, 15 p., 106630.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Liquidity risk and the covered bond market in times of crisis: empirical evidence from Germany

    Wegener, C., Basse, T., Sibbertsen, P. & Nguyen, D. K., 01.11.2019, In: Annals of Operations Research. 282, 1-2, p. 407–426 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Optimizing eating disorder treatment outcomes for individuals identified via screening: An idea worth researching

    Taylor, C. B., Graham, A. K., Fitzsimmons-Craft, E. E., Sadeh-Sharvit, S., Balantekin, K. N., Flatt, R. E., Goel , N. J., Monterubio, G. E., Topooco, N., Karam, A. M., Firebaugh, M.-L., Ruzek, J. I., Funk, B., Oldenburg, B., Wilfley, D. E. & Jacobi, C., 01.11.2019, In: The International journal of eating disorders. 52, 11, p. 1224-1228 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. 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

  11. 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