From Monday to Wednesday, our institute hosted our annual joint PhD seminar with the accounting chairs of Martin Nienhaus from FINACC - Chair of Financial Accounting - Ruhr-University Bochum, Sara Bormann, Katharina Hombach, and
Last week our team attended the 22nd Annual Conference for Management Accounting Research (ACMAR) at the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar.
As usual, the two days were packed with interesting paper presentations, insightful and current keynotes, and overall a great opportunity to connect with fellow researchers in management accounting from all across over in a perfectly organized and friendly atmosphere by our wonderful hosts.
This week we had the pleasure of welcoming Anke Dassler, CFO at ista, to our Controlling Lecture!
How does one analyze profitability accurately in a diversified, R&D-intensive biotech company? And what does one need it for?
Last week we had the pleasure of welcoming Theresa Humpe, Sarah Markic, and Robin Wershoven from SET MC, who presented an interesting project from their current consulting experience, which perfectly matched the content of our master course “Performance Management & Strategy Execution”. In an interactive format, our guests engaged our students in a lively discussion centering around role responsibilities, appropriate performance measures, and the impact of corporate culture on the performance management system.
Dear master students,
We have published the topics for the upcoming seminar, the theme is "Managing Corporate Growth". You can find the topics and other information on our course page. Applying for the seminar is possible via the following form on the ACM-Website until Monday, January 13, 2025, 12 pm (noon).
Third time’s a charm - and once again our guests from Henkel did a phenomenal job of introducing the new cohort of bachelor students from our completely revamped business administration program to accounting in corporate practice!
Last Tuesday, interested bachelor and master students of our Insurance Management course were invited to the headquarters of LVM Insurance Münster to get to know the company, connect with employees, and to engage in discussions about topics such as thesis projects, internships, and career entry in a relaxed atmosphere.
With a lot going on at Spotify over the past few years – from its push into podcasts to layoffs and price increases – Martin Artz explained how these decisions have affected Spotify’s business model through its cost and revenue structures and what the rationale behind these decisions was in an interactive lecture that sparked a lively discussion with and among students.