Teaching

Winter Term 2024/25

Please visit ViaCampus to learn about the course schedule. Furthermore, please register via Moodle to the corresponding courses.
You will find links to the mandatory online introduction sessions there.

BACHELOR COURSES

Crafting tomorrow: On the practice of future-making - Current Issues in Management and Entrepreneurship Theory (EN) (3078)

Strategisches Management & Organisation (DE) - Please note: the moodle password will be announced in the first session!

Seminar: Einführung in die Unternehmensgründung / Businessplan (DE) (6025)

Scientific Work: An Introduction (EN) (6105)

   

MASTER COURSES

Corporate Campus Challenge (EN) (6852)

Advancing Business Ideas (DE) (6858)

Advancing Perspectives on Entrepreneurship (EN) (6821)

Business Model Development: Idee, Konzept, Value Proposition, Markt (DE/ plan can be written in English) (6795)

Shaping the future: Advanced Practices in (utopian and dystopian) future-making - New Perspectives on Management and Entrepreneurship Theory (EN) (6616)

Business Simulation on Strategic Management (EN) (6631)

Scientific Work: An Advanced Perspective (EN) (6856)

Selecting AI-Startups (EN) (6889) 

Understanding AI and AI-Startups (EN) (6890)


 

More Information

Publications

Management: Grundlagen der Unternehmensführung

  • Buchcover Management

    Schreyögg, G./Koch, J. (2020): Management: Grundlagen der Unternehmensführung (8. Auflage), Wiesbaden.

    Read the book

Grundlagen des Managements

  • Buchcover Grundlagen des Management

    Schreyögg, G./Koch, J. (2014): Grundlagen des Managements, Basiswissen für Studium und Praxis (3. Auflage), Wiesbaden.

    Read the book

Final thesis

The application process is centralized and coordinated by the faculty. The application deadlines are usually March 15 (for summer term) and September 15 (for winter term) each year. You can find more information about the faculties application procedure here.

Applicants will be chosen based on their previous course record at the chair. We recommend to attend our “Landscape Seminar” before writing your thesis. Landscape Seminars are these two:
BA: Seminar: Current Issues in Management and Entrepreneurship Research (English) – 3078 I MA: New Perspectives in Management and Entrepreneurship Theory (English) - 6616 

You are encouraged to use the services offered by the University Library and the Writing Centre to support your writing and research process.

Notification of acceptance

Within the week after the official application deadline
Selected students will receive an email containing comprehensive information on the registration, colloquium, topic etc.

Preparation period

Find and familiarizing yourself with a topic.
Obtain the application form for admission from the examination board.

Colloquium & Registration

Wednesdays from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. during the 5th week of lectures.
The purpose of the colloquium is to present and discuss the objectives and the structure of your thesis among the chair members and the other candidates. The title will be finalized and registered that day – the official writing time starts!

We supervise theses in the research fields of Strategic Management, Organization and Entrepreneurship.

For bachelor students we only offer conceptual (i.e. non-empirical) topics. Master students who have studied qualitative methods with at least good results can choose an empirical topic after prior consultation. Bachelor students are given a list of topics to choose from. Master students are expected to find and develop their own topic and research question within the current research areas of the chair.


Currently, we are particularly focused on the following actual research areas:

  • Strategic communication
  • Entrepreneurial Creativity
  • Time and Temporality

Your proposed and assigned topics will be discussed during the colloquium before your thesis is officially registered. 

FAQ

Can I choose the language of the thesis?
Yes, you may write your thesis in either German or English.

What are the chair´s expectations for the colloquium presentation?
Your research pitch should contain a research question, an explanation of the research gap/problem, a preliminary content page (line of argumentation) and an overview of important high quality literature to be used for working on the proposed topic (max. five slides & 5min in total). You are expected to send your presentation the day before the colloquium to ufo@europa-uni.de 

What is the scope of my Bachelor's or Master's thesis?
Bachelor students must write 9.000 words (& max. 30 pages) only including the main text body (i.e., references, table of contents etc. do not count)
Master students must write 18.000 words (& max. 55 pages), only including (i.e., references, table of contents etc. do not count)

How long is my writing time? 
Your official writing time starts the day of the colloquium and ends according to the working time specficied in the study-specific regulations.

Will you assign the topic of the thesis? Is there an option to choose my own topic?
Generally, your thesis’ topic will be assigned based on a current research problem. However, there is the option to propose your own topic (see below).

If I chose my own topic, can I write about the topic of XY?
Bachelor students are given a list of topics to choose from. Master students may propose own topics, if they relate to a current research problem in the fields of Strategic Management, Organization and Entrepreneurship.

Is it also possible to conduct an empirical study for my thesis?
For Bachelor students we only offer conceptual (i.e. non-empirical) topics. Master students who have studied qualitative methods with at least good results can opt for an empirical topic after prior consultation.

Can I write my thesis together with a company?
Generally, the process of data collection and data analysis has proven to be very complex for the purpose of a final thesis. However, empirical-based theses are possible in the context of current research projects of the chair. 

Who will supervise my thesis?
One member of the chair will be assigned by the professor in order to supervise your thesis and support you during this process.

When can I start to write my thesis?
There is a unified starting date for Bachelor’s and Master's theses, which starts with our colloquium. You will need the time from the supervision acceptance to the colloquium to work out your topic more precisely and to prepare a proposal presentation for the colloquium. 

How should I quote/cite?
You must cite and edit your references according to the rules of the APA style guide (7th ed.). 
Exception: You must always indicate the page number of in-text citation, also for indirect citations!

How should I format my thesis?
The chair will provide a template with pre-configured settings 

How do I submit my thesis? 
Submit your thesis to the examination office in accordance with the guidelines of your study and examination regulations. For further information you must refer to the examination office.