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.

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. 2024
  2. VHB Jahrestagung 2024

    Elke Schüßler (Organiser), Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich (Speaker) & Stefanie Habersang (Speaker)

    05.03.202408.03.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. 2022
  4. Dean's Office (Organisational unit)

    Markus Reihlen (Chair)

    05.202201.2023

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  5. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Markus Reihlen (Chair)

    05.202212.2022

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  6. Graduate School (Organisational unit)

    Markus Reihlen (Chair)

    01.03.2022 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  7. 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

  8. Academy of Management (External organisation)

    Johanne Düsterbeck (Member)

    2022 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  9. 2021
  10. European Group of Organizational Studies (External organisation)

    Johanne Düsterbeck (Member)

    20212022

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

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

    Johanne Düsterbeck (Member)

    2021 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  12. 2020
  13. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Markus Reihlen (Chair)

    01.03.2020 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  14. 2019
  15. 35th EGOS Colloquium - EGOS 2019

    Vivien Küst (Speaker)

    07.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. University of Sydney

    Stefanie Habersang (Visiting researcher)

    02.201903.2019

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  17. European Group of Organizational Studies (External organisation)

    Vivien Küst (Member)

    2019 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  18. 2018
  19. ESU 2018 Conference and Doctoral Program on Entrepreneurship

    Vivien Küst (Speaker)

    09.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. 2017
  21. Universität St. Gallen

    Markus Reihlen (Visiting researcher)

    01.04.201731.07.2017

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  22. European Group of Organizational Studies (External organisation)

    Stefanie Habersang (Member)

    2017 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

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

    Stefanie Habersang (Member)

    2017 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  24. Wissenschaftliche Kommission Organisation Workshop 2017

    Christoph Seckler (Speaker)

    2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  25. 2016
  26. A Process Perspective on Organizational Failure: A Qualitative Meta-analysis

    Christoph Seckler (presenter)

    08.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  27. Presidential Committee (Organisational unit)

    Markus Reihlen (Member)

    01.05.201630.04.2020

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  28. Vom Markt zur Wirtschaftsordnung. Was kann die Soziologie zum Verständnis von Wirtschaftssystemen beitragen?

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Participant)

    17.03.201618.03.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  29. Academy of Management (External organisation)

    Stefanie Habersang (Member)

    2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

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

    Christoph Seckler (Speaker)

    2016 → …

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  31. Lecteur

    Christoph Seckler (Lecturer)

    2016 → …

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  32. Oxford Said Annual Conference on Professional Service Firms 2016

    Christoph Seckler (Speaker)

    2016 → …

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  33. Strategic Management Society 36th Annual Conference 2016

    Christoph Seckler (Speaker)

    2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  34. University of Oxford

    Christoph Seckler (Visiting researcher)

    20162017

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  35. 2015
  36. 12th Conference of the European Sociological Association - ESA 2015

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Participant)

    25.08.201528.08.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  37. 4th Annual Meeting of the Society For Business Ethics - SBE 2015

    Jill A. Küberling-Jost (presenter)

    06.08.201509.08.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  38. 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

  39. 12. Wissenschaftlichen Tagung der Keynes-Gesellschaft 2015

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Participant)

    15.02.201516.02.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  40. Interdisciplinary accounting research seminar - 2015

    Christoph Seckler (Coauthor)

    2015 → …

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

  41. 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

  42. 2014
  43. Herbsttagung Arbeitskreis Politische Ökonomie 2014

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Coauthor)

    17.10.201419.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  44. “Distinguished Scholars Seminar” with Royston Greenwood

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    24.09.201426.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  45. 1st World Interdisciplinary Network for Institutional Research Conference - WINIR 2014

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    11.09.201414.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  46. Fristentransformation, Zinsstruktur und Konjunktur

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    19.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  47. From institutional contradictions to organizational transformation

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    03.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  48. Organizational responses to evaluations, rankings and performance indicators – evidence from French and German Universities

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (presenter)

    02.07.201405.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  49. 10th New Insitutionalism Workshop - NIW 2014

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    20.03.201421.03.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  50. 16. Workshop Hochschulmanagement Wissenschaftliche Kommission Hochschulmanagement 2014

    Katrin Obermeit (presenter)

    21.02.201422.02.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  51. 10. Wissenschaftlichen Jahrestagung der Keynes-Gesellschaft 2014

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    18.02.201419.02.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  52. Strategic Management of Sustainability: The Struggle for Legitimacy

    Monika Lesner (Speaker)

    16.01.201418.01.2100

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  53. 2013
  54. Strategic Change and Organizational Transformation of Higher Education Institutions - 2013

    Katrin Obermeit (presenter)

    21.11.201322.11.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  55. Workshop: Strategic Change and Organizational Transformation of Higher Education Institutions - 2013

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Organiser), Markus Reihlen (Organiser) & Markus Reihlen (Speaker)

    21.11.201322.11.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  56. Workshop: Strategic Change and Organizational Transformation of Higher Education Institutions - 2013

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker) & Markus Reihlen (Speaker)

    21.11.201322.11.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  57. Herbsttagung des Arbeitskreises Politische Ökonomie 2013

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    18.10.201320.10.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  58. Makroökonomische Effekte von 100%-Geld, Vollgeld und Co. und Auswirkungen auf die Stabilität und Nachhaltigkeit der Geld- und Finanzordnung - ZÖSS 2013

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    05.10.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  59. Quality Management in a Top Tier Accounting Firm: Towards a Socio-Cognitive Model

    Christoph Seckler (Speaker)

    13.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  60. Revisiting the evolution of strategic initiatives

    Monika Lesner (Speaker)

    09.08.201313.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  61. Strategic Management of Sustainability: The Struggle for Legitimacy

    Markus Reihlen (Speaker) & Monika Lesner (Speaker)

    09.08.201313.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  62. 73rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - AOM 2013

    Christoph Seckler (Speaker) & Sebastian Fischer (Speaker)

    08.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  63. Quality Management in a Top Tier Accounting Firm: Towards a Socio-Cognitive Model

    Markus Reihlen (Speaker)

    08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  64. 2nd International Meschede Summerschool in Economics - 2013

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Participant)

    22.07.201326.07.2013

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

  65. Parenting Practices and Advantage for Corporate Entrepreneurship

    Monika Lesner (Speaker)

    04.07.201306.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  66. Surviving in the wild: determinants and practices of strategic initiative development

    Monika Lesner (Speaker)

    04.07.201306.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  67. 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

  68. Transfer Leadership and Control in Organizational Practice Transfer

    Markus Reihlen (Speaker)

    26.06.201329.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  69. European Academy of Management - EURAM 2013

    Sebastian Göse (presenter)

    23.06.201325.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  70. 10th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics - ESEE 2013

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Coauthor)

    18.06.201321.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  71. Workshop "Bedingungen einer stationären Ökonomie" - 2013

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Organiser)

    15.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  72. 75. Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung des - VHB 2013

    Anna Krzeminska (Speaker)

    25.05.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  73. Higher Education Research Conference - EFMD 2013

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    23.05.201324.05.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  74. Leveraging Error to Improve Audit Quality: Towards a Socio-Cognitive Model

    Markus Reihlen (Speaker) & Christoph Seckler (Speaker)

    05.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  75. 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

  76. Research Seminar at the Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Queensland University of Technology - ACERE 2013

    Anna Krzeminska (Speaker)

    13.03.2013

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

  77. 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

  78. 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

  79. 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

  80. Research Seminar “Management and Microeconomics” - 2013

    Anna Krzeminska (Speaker)

    24.01.2013

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

  81. 38th workshop of the "Kommission Organisation" of the "Verband der Hochschullehrer für BWL" - 2013

    Markus Reihlen (Speaker) & Christoph Seckler (Speaker)

    2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  82. University of Queensland

    Christoph Seckler (Visiting researcher)

    2013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  83. 2012
  84. 26th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference - ANZAM 2012

    Monika Lesner (Speaker)

    05.12.201207.12.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  85. 9th Annual New York University Stern School of Business Conference for Social Entrepreneurship 2012

    Anna Krzeminska (Speaker)

    08.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  86. Workshop Karrieresystem Hochschule 2012

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Participant)

    08.11.201209.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  87. 16th FFM Conference 2012

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Coauthor)

    25.10.201227.10.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  88. Workshop "Zinssystem" 2012

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    19.07.2012

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

  89. Abschlussworkshop Neue Steuerung von Universitäten 2012

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Participant)

    12.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  90. 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

  91. Novak Druce Annual Conference on professional service firms 2012

    Markus Reihlen (Organiser)

    08.07.201210.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  92. Organization-Turn in der Hochschulforschung? Bringing Organization Research back to Higher Education Research 2012

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Speaker)

    14.06.201215.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  93. Auftaktveranstaltung Wissenschaftsökonomie 2012

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Participant)

    31.05.201201.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  94. Presidential Committee (Organisational unit)

    Markus Reihlen (Member)

    01.05.201230.04.2016

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  95. 28th European Accounting Association Doctoral Colloquium - EAA 2012

    Christoph Seckler (Speaker)

    05.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  96. 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

  97. 7th International Conference on Higher Education Marketing 2012

    Katrin Obermeit (presenter)

    28.03.201230.03.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  98. 1st EFMD Higher Education Research Conference - EFMD 2012

    Ferdinand Wenzlaff (Coauthor)

    14.02.201215.02.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  99. 1st EFMD Higher Education Research Conference - EFMD 2012

    Johann Daniel Bronstein Bejarano (Speaker)

    14.01.201215.01.2012

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

  100. European Academy of Management Doctoral Colloquium 2012

    Christoph Seckler (Speaker)

    2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  101. University-Industry Interaction Conference 2012

    Johann Daniel Bronstein Bejarano (Speaker)

    201229.05.2012

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

  102. University of Oxford

    Christoph Seckler (Visiting researcher)

    2012

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  103. 2011
  104. 31st Annual International Conference of the Strategic Management Society - SMS 2011

    Anna Krzeminska (Speaker)

    08.11.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  105. 25th Annual Conference On Professional Service Firms 2011

    Markus Reihlen (Speaker)

    03.07.201105.07.2011

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

  106. Management Consulting Divison Conference der Academy of Management

    Markus Reihlen (Speaker)

    03.06.2011

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

  107. National University of Singapore

    Christoph Seckler (Visiting researcher)

    2011

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  108. 2010
  109. University of Oxford (External organisation)

    Markus Reihlen (Member)

    01.12.2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  110. Graduate School (Organisational unit)

    Markus Reihlen (Office)

    10.201004.2012

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  111. Concurrent Reconceptualization of Concurrent Sourcing

    Anna Krzeminska (Speaker)

    09.08.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  112. 70th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - 2010

    Markus Reihlen (Organiser)

    08.2010

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

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

    Markus Reihlen (Speaker)

    08.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  114. Governance of Professional Service Firms: A Configurational Theory

    Markus Reihlen (presenter)

    08.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

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