On 27.04.2023, schoolgirls learned the basics of business in a playful way at the "Become a Manager (for a Day)" event organized by the Chair of Management Accounting. In their own company, they decided which waffles to produce and at what price to sell them. It was a great experience that allowed the girls to demonstrate their leadership skills and make important decisions. Perhaps the event even sparked an interest in a career in management in some of them!

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.

Together with Mengjie Wang (Cardiff University) and Emike Nasamu (University of Chester), Paul M. Gorny received the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Grant for their project “Predict, Advise or Perform? – The Role of Automated Systems in Human Interaction.”

In the winter semester 22/23, the Chair of Management Accounting held a seminar in cooperation with Porsche AG on the topic of "Supply Security and Resilient Supply Chain". The seminar participants looked at the costs of risks in the supply chain of the automotive industry as well as various measures that can be taken to be successful in the long term. The final event took place at Porsche AG in Zuffenhausen and was attended by experts and senior managers. The seminar ended with a guided tour in the production of the Porsche Taycan!

A similar seminar will be offered in the winter semester 2023/2024!

The successful research cooperation between Prof. Marc Wouters and Audi AG in the field of "Controlling of vehicle development projects", which has been in place since 2015, starts a new round on January 1, and April 1, 2022, with two new research projects. The focus is on the major technical, but also economic challenges in the automotive industry of tomorrow. Audi AG is funding two research positions. These new projects are at the interface between innovations in business practice and research questions in business administration.

Prof. Dr. Simon Dato and Prof. Dr. Eberhard Feess will visit the group of Prof. Nieken for a Mini-Workshop on Moral Behavior. For more information please contact office (office-hrm@ibu.kit.edu)

Prof. Lindstädt on wargaming, strategic planning and scenario techniques.

The Chair of Management Accounting is organizing the seminar "Automotive Industry in Transition - Security of Supply and Resilient Supply Chain" together with the Porsche AG in the upcoming semester (WS 2022/2023). The focus of the seminar is on the analysis of measures to secure supply. Registrations are possible until October 5th under this link .

Prof. Petra Nieken published an ebook together with  Prof. Gisela Lanza, Prof. Peter Nyhuis, and Dr. Angelika Trübswetter. The ebook gives insights into digital leadership and our project teamIn.

Prof. Dr. Marc Wouters is one the Guest Editors of a Special Issue of Management Accounting Research (MAR). Related to the 2020 Performance Management Association (PMA) Conference, this Special Issue of MAR welcomes research on performance measurement and management in a dynamic environment. This research addresses the challenge how performance measurement is or could be used in fast-moving environments. Technological disruptions; globalization; new forms of collaboration between organizations in supply chains and in broader networks of organizations; availability of more data through social media and the Internet of Things, are but examples of such challenging contexts.

Digital Citizen Science is an innovative approach to conduct field research - interactively and in the real world. Especially in times of social distancing measures essential questions about how private lives are changing are investigated. Who is experiencing more stress during HomeOffice hours? Who is flourishing while learning at home because flow is experienced more often? Which formats of digital cooperation are fostering social contacts and bonding? These and other questions that target the main topic: Well-being @Home are focused in these seminar projects.

The Human Resource Management Group, led by Prof. Dr. Nieken, is pleased to announce teamIn, which was launched on January 1, 2020. As a joint project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the European Social Fund, teamIn - Digital Leadership and Technologies for Tomorrow's Team Interaction", investigates the adaptation of leadership and organizational structures to the challenges of digitization and industry 4.0.