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

    TARGET SETTING FOR OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS - STUDY CASE -

    Lueg, R., 01.03.2022, In: International Journal of Strategic Management. 22, 1, p. 31-38 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    The Sustainability Balanced Scorcard and venture capital ownership

    Lueg, R., 01.10.2022, In: International Journal of Business Research. 22, 2, p. 25-33 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Challenging the status quo of accelerator research: Concluding remarks

    Wenzel, M., 2022, Accelerators and Organization Studies: Problematizing the Status Quo . Wenzel, M. (ed.). Lüneburg: OS insights, p. 47-50 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

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    Accelerators and organization studies: An introduction

    Wenzel, M., 2022, Accelerators and Organization Studies: Problematizing the Status Quo. Wemzel, M. (ed.). Lüneburg: OS insights, p. 1-4 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  5. Published

    Imaginary practices as the nexus between continuity and disruptive change

    Stjerne, I. S., Buch, A. & Wenzel, M., 03.10.2023, A Research Agenda for Organisational Continuity and Change. Hernes, T. & Feuls, M. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 127-145 19 p. (Elgar research agendas).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  6. Published

    Multimodality in Strategy-as-Practice Research

    Knight, E. & Wenzel, M., 11.03.2025, Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice. Golsorkhi, D., Rouleau, L., Seidl, D. & Vaara, E. (eds.). 3 ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 729-739 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  7. Published

    Orchestrating distributed data governance in open social innovation

    Gegenhuber, T., Mair, J., Lührsen, R. & Thäter, L., 01.03.2023, In: Information and Organization. 33, 1, 11 p., 100453.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Risikomanagement bei Startups

    Schulte, R. & Wagenknecht, M., 01.07.2022, In: Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship. 70, 3-4, p. 243-252 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Digital Workplace Transformation: Subtraction Logic as Deinstitutionalising the Taken-for-Granted

    Zimmer, M. P., Baiyere, A. & Salmela, H., 01.03.2023, In: Journal of Strategic Information Systems. 32, 1, 20 p., 101757.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Perk or Peril? Making Sense of Member Differences When Interorganizational Collaboration Begins

    Nathues, E., Endedijk, M. & Vuuren, M. V., 10.2023, In: Small Group Research. 54, 5, p. 708-748 41 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review