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Institutsmesse 2023-24
IBU at Institute Fair of the Student Council

The three chairs of the IBU participated together in the institute fair of the student council of economics. In the foyer of the Audimax, students could inform themselves about the specialization offers of our chairs.

Teaching at the Institute of Management
Girls' Day 2024
The Chair of Management Accounting will take part in Girl's Day again in 2024

You can put your management skills to the test and learn about business management aspects in the waffle "production" business game. You'll be surprised how much fun it can be to manage a company and learn about sustainability at the same time. So, what are you waiting for? Sign up and experience an exciting day at Girls'Day.

Girls' Day 2024
KD2School
Workshop: Gender in Adaptive Design 2024

Prof. Nieken and her group together with the KD²School are organizing the second workshop on "Gender in Adaptive Design" on April 17 and 18. In an interdisciplinary format, international researchers discuss topics around gender discrimination, AI, and adaptive systems. Together, we will discuss how the integration of gender aspects can lead to fairer and more inclusive technological solutions. If you have any questions, please contact Tom F. Reuscher.

Link to the Workshop Program
Gastvortrag Audi AG
Guest Lecture Audi

The Chair of Management Accounting welcomed two representatives from Audi AG for a guest lecture on the topic of "Challenges and opportunities in the financial management of the automotive industry". Karsten Everding and Jörg Felten provided our students with exciting insights into controlling for research and development in the automotive industry.

Innovation Managment Accounting
AMA Workshop 2023
Workshop Sustainability Controlling

Together with the consultancy Horváth, the Chair of Management Accounting organized a workshop on the topic of "Sustainability Controlling". Together with experienced partners from Horváth, our students were able to work on practical case studies on calculating the CO2 footprint and thus gain exciting insights.

Lehre am Lehrstuhl MA
Lehrpreis 2023
Faculty Teaching Award 2023 for Prof. Dr. Hagen Lindstädt and team

Once a year, the KIT Presidium awards the KIT Faculty Teaching Prize for outstanding teaching. The prize is endowed with 10,000 euros and is awarded per KIT faculty. The prize money is to be used for the further improvement of teaching and studies.

Link to the YouTube-Video
Start-up
StartUp Initiative at the Chair of Management

Opportunity to promote start-ups at the chair of Prof. Dr. Hagen Lindstädt

Link to the start-up slide
Nieken
"The Leadership Quarterly" Best Article Award 2021

Prof. Petra Nieken has been awarded the best article award from the journal "The Leadership Quarterly" with the paper: How (not) to motivate online workers: Two controlled field experiments on leadership in the gig economy. with co-authors Sebastian Fest, Ola Kvaløy and Anja Schöttner.

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