Professorship of Business Management, in Particular Strategic Management

Organisational unit: Section

Organisation profile

The Otto Group Chair of Strategic Management directed by Prof. Dr. Markus Reihlen focusses its research and teaching activities on various areas of management, in particular strategic and international management, entrepreneurship, organization design, and the management of professional service firms. Our research and teaching agenda is best described as interdisciplinary embedded in various local, national, and international networks. We work with a broad range of theoretical frameworks from sociology, economics, and organizational psychology. Our teaching philosophy reflects the interests in situated and collaborative learning. Instead of applying the frontal teaching method, we prefer student-centered teaching that encourages critical reflection and learning by both students and instructors.
The Otto Group Chair contributes to various teaching programs for undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate students at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. Among others, the chair is in charge of the extra-occupational MBA in Strategic Management for future leaders at the Otto Group and is involved in various university-industry-cooperations with companies.

Topics

Der Forschungsansatz des Lehrstuhls basiert auf drei zentralen Grundpfeilern. Erstens basiert unser Forschungsansatz auf der Einsicht, dass wir die facettenreichen Phänomene der Unternehmensführung am besten erklären und verstehen können, wenn wir diese mit sehr unterschiedlichen „Denkwerkzeugen“ (Theorien und Methoden) untersuchen.Die Forschungsagenda ist deshalb interdisziplinär ausgerichtet und greift sowohl auf ökonomische als auch auf verhaltenswissenschaftliche Theorien zurück.

Zweitens ist unsere Forschung international ausgerichtet, indem Forschungsergebnisse des Lehrstuhls über Tagungen und Workshops innerhalb der internationalen Fachgemeinschaft kommuniziert und reflektiert werden.

Drittens sind viele bisherige Forschungsprojekte in unmittelbarer Kooperation mit der Praxis entwickelt worden und liefern damit die Möglichkeit, sowohl neue Praxisthemen aufzugreifen als auch neue Erkenntnisse aus der Forschung in der Praxis umzusetzen.

Anknüpfend an bisherige Forschungsarbeiten dienen folgende Themengebiete der exemplarischen Konkretisierung des Forschungsprogramms: Entrepreneurship, Lernen und Innovation, Strategischer Wandel, innovative, flexible Organisationsformen, Wissensmanagement sowie Internationalisierung von Unternehmen Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung von Unternehmen (Corporate Social Responsibility) und Unternehmensstrategie.

Continuing education products

The international MBA in Strategic Management - a programme for Professionals

Business Development, Corporate Development and Strategy are combined with one another in the MBA Programme in Strategic Management.

The programme will familiarise you with classic theories of business development and strategic management while teaching you how to successfully apply the methods and tools of a manager internationally. Within the context of your own career experience, you will be encouraged to adopt different points of view as you reflect on factors relevant to success in general management and strategic management in particular, together with corporate development. The MBA Programme in Strategic Management takes a targeted approach to developing your personal and substantive skills further, so that you can approach situations not as invariable givens but as opportunities in which to seize the initiative and actively take charge.

English-language instruction in the MBA Programme in Strategic Management was originally developed in co-operation with the Otto Group under academic supervision of Leuphana University and has been accredited by FIBAA as exceeding the relevant quality requirements. From April 2013, the MBA in Strategic Management will also be available for external applicants as well as for employees of other co-operation partners.

  1. Journal of Management Studies Paper Development Workshop - JMS 2015

    Christoph Seckler (Speaker)

    2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  2. Journal of Management Studies (Journal)

    Markus Reihlen (Reviewer)

    2008

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  3. Jahrestagung der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Hochschulmanagement - VHB 2013

    Katrin Obermeit (presenter)

    22.02.201323.02.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Is Transaction Cost Theory a useful Perspective for Make-and-Buy?

    Anna Krzeminska (Speaker)

    03.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  5. International Journal of Service Industry Management (Journal)

    Markus Reihlen (Reviewer)

    2008

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  6. Interdisciplinary accounting research seminar - 2015

    Christoph Seckler (Coauthor)

    2015 → …

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  7. Institutional Work and Organizational Transformation: A Case Study of a University Merger - 2013

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    14.03.201315.03.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    08.07.201210.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Institutional Change of the German Higher Education System and the Strategic Response of the Entrepreneurial University

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    26.06.201329.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. How SMEs Stay Entrepreneurial in Stable Environments: An Ambidextrous Leadership Perspective

    Christoph Seckler (Speaker)

    2016 → …

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Higher Education Research Conference - EFMD 2013

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    23.05.201324.05.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. Herbsttagung des Arbeitskreises Politische Ökonomie 2013

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    18.10.201320.10.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. Herbsttagung Arbeitskreis Politische Ökonomie 2014

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Coauthor)

    17.10.201419.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. Handelshøjskolens Forlag (Publisher)

    Markus Reihlen (Reviewer)

    07.2002

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  15. Graduate School (Organisational unit)

    Markus Reihlen (Office)

    10.201004.2012

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  16. Graduate School (Organisational unit)

    Markus Reihlen (Coordinator)

    10.200931.12.2014

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  17. Graduate School (Organisational unit)

    Markus Reihlen (Chair)

    01.03.2022 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  18. Governance of Professional Service Firms: A Configurational Theory

    Markus Reihlen (presenter)

    08.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  19. German Academic Association for Business Research e.V. (External organisation)

    Markus Reihlen (Member)

    2008 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  20. German Academic Association for Business Research e.V. (External organisation)

    Stefanie Habersang (Member)

    2017 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  21. German Academic Association for Business Research e.V. (External organisation)

    Johanne Düsterbeck (Member)

    2021 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  22. From institutional contradictions to organizational transformation

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    03.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  23. Fristentransformation, Zinsstruktur und Konjunktur

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    19.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  24. European Group of Organizational Studies (External organisation)

    Markus Reihlen (Member)

    2008 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  25. European Group of Organizational Studies (External organisation)

    Stefanie Habersang (Member)

    2017 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  26. European Group of Organizational Studies (External organisation)

    Vivien Küst (Member)

    2019 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  27. European Group of Organizational Studies (External organisation)

    Johanne Düsterbeck (Member)

    20212022

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  28. European Academy of Management - EURAM 2013

    Sebastian Göse (presenter)

    23.06.201325.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  29. European Academy of Management Doctoral Colloquium 2012

    Christoph Seckler (Speaker)

    2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  30. ESU 2018 Conference and Doctoral Program on Entrepreneurship

    Vivien Küst (Speaker)

    09.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  31. Entrepreneurship in Professional Service Firms – Framing a Research Agenda

    Markus Reihlen (Speaker)

    08.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  32. “Distinguished Scholars Seminar” with Royston Greenwood

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    24.09.201426.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  33. Die Betriebswirtschaft (Journal)

    Markus Reihlen (Reviewer)

    2008

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  34. Developing an ontology for data science projects to facilitate the design process of a canvas

    Lukas-Walter Thiée (Speaker)

    21.02.202223.02.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  35. Dean's Office (Organisational unit)

    Markus Reihlen (Chair)

    05.202201.2023

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  36. Conference Reviewer at the European Conference on Organizational Knowledge, Learning, and Capabilities

    Markus Reihlen (Reviewer)

    2004

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  37. Conference Reviewer at the Annual Conference of the Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft

    Markus Reihlen (Reviewer)

    2007

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  38. Conference on Entrepreneurial Universities 2012

    Johann Daniel Bronstein Bejarano (Speaker)

    25.04.201227.04.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  39. Conference of the Acadmey of Marketing - AM 2015

    Katrin Obermeit (presenter)

    07.07.201509.07.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  40. Concurrent Reconceptualization of Concurrent Sourcing

    Anna Krzeminska (Speaker)

    09.08.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  41. Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Conference - ACERE 2013

    Anna Krzeminska (Speaker)

    07.02.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  42. Auftaktveranstaltung Wissenschaftsökonomie 2012

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Participant)

    31.05.201201.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  43. Ashgate Publishing Limited (Publisher)

    Markus Reihlen (Reviewer)

    2006

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  44. A Process Perspective on Organizational Failure: A Qualitative Meta-analysis

    Christoph Seckler (presenter)

    08.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  45. Annual Strategic Management Society Conference 2009

    Anna Krzeminska (Speaker)

    12.10.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  46. Academy of Management (External organisation)

    Markus Reihlen (Member)

    2008 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  47. Academy of Management (External organisation)

    Stefanie Habersang (Member)

    2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  48. Academy of Management (External organisation)

    Johanne Düsterbeck (Member)

    2022 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  49. Abschlussworkshop Neue Steuerung von Universitäten 2012

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Participant)

    12.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  50. 9. Wissenschaftlichen Tagung der Keynes-Gesellschaft 2013

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Participant)

    18.02.201319.02.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch