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Wrapping up our Master Seminar at the AXA Germany HQ in Cologne

Last Friday, the participants of the master seminar "Predictive Analytics" and our Chair visited the AXA Germany headquarters in Cologne to wrap up the master seminar of the current semester. Throughout their research projects, the participants already had the chance to exchange ideas with various AXA employees from the Management Accounting and the Predictive Analytics departments and were thus able to draw conclusions relevant for research and practice.

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Management Accounting at BASF: Challenges and Transformation Processes

Last Thursday, the Chair of Management Accounting & Control was pleased to welcome Stefan Schnell, Head of Group Reporting and Performance Management at BASF, for his guest lecture on the current trends, obstacles and solutions in the domain of management accounting. Stefan Schnell did not only outline the current challenges within the finance department but explained in detail how BASF was, is and will be coping with the ongoing digitization of the management accounting domain.

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Course "Introduction to academic writing" on Jan 28, 2020

On Jan 28, 2020 from 8:15 to 11:45 (room J498), the Chair of Management Accounting & Control offers a course on how to write an academic paper. This course is targeted at Bachelor students in preparation of their upcoming Bachelor thesis. The course covers all relevant topics ranging from literature selection, structure of the paper and necessary steps in writing a paper to citation methods. This will be taught using various examples and use cases in order to give the students a head-start into their Bachelor thesis.

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Cultural Change that Sticks: Dr. Dieter Kahling of Henkel on executing and leveraging cultural change for financial performance

Dr. Dieter Kahling @ MAC

To conclude this year's Performance Management & Strategy Execution lecture, Dr. Dieter Kahling, Corporate VP Group Financial Controlling at Henkel, held a guest lecture on the change in corporate culture under the former CEO Kasper Rorsted and Henkel's subsequent improvement in operational and financial performance. With various examples Dr. Kahling demonstrated how a rigorous execution of the new strategy enabled Henkel to evolve from the "happy underperformer" to market leader positions and further pointed out current challenges in Henkel's strategy.

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Years of experience and theory combined: Prof. Dr. Dieter Truxius shares his insights on Business Performance Measurement & Management

Last Tuesday, Prof. Dr. Dieter Truxius, former dean of the University of Mannheim Business School, visited our chair for a guest lecture. In his talk concerning "Business Performance Measurement and Management: Best Practice Today and in the Near Future" Prof. Truxius presented theoretical concepts coupled with valuable practical experience from his years working in different firms. Using numerous examples, he guided the students through important KPI systems and presented new concepts, for example, for the integration of human and natural capital into management control systems.

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From Ulm to Miami: Insights from PERI on its international expansion

Alexander Schwoerer, Co-Owner of PERI, visited the Chair of Management Accounting and Control for a guest lecture

Last Tuesday, Alexander Schwoerer, Co-Owner of PERI, visited the Chair of Management Accounting and Control for a guest lecture.

Prior to the official part of his visit, students had the possibility to discuss topics ranging from cultural change at PERI, job entry options and current political and economic issues with Alexander Schwoerer during a joint dinner. In his guest lecture, Alexander Schwoerer further shared his insights and learnings at PERI from the period of economic downturn and shed light on the current US strategy.

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