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Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
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The Faculty of Business Administration
and Economics has six departments
offering active, progressive research
and teaching activities:
Department 1: Management
Department 2: Taxation, Accounting
and Finance
Department 3: Business Information
Systems
Department 4: Economics
Department 5: Business and Human
Resource Education
Department 6: Law
Our forward-looking focus, coupled
with our status as a modern, competitive
and research-oriented faculty is one
we strive to maintain also in the years
to come.
In the past academic year our wideranging
research projects were support-
Securing the future for the SME sector through applied risk management
- Dienstleistungsgruppe Salzkotten (DGS) launched a partnership
with the Center for Risk Management (CeRiMa) in February 2011
to explore a variety of risk management issues. How much risk management
does the SME sector need? How can lean, efficient risk management
strategies be implemented in companies? Applied risk
research specialist CeRiMa develops concepts that are better suited
to the needs of the SME sector, with special emphasis given to identifying,
assessing, managing and controlling risks. “The need for risk
management among SMEs is growing exponentially. We want to
approach the issue from a scientific angle, too, and to this end are
supporting this joint research project with CeRiMa that will deliver
valuable insights for businesses,” says Manfred Gubitz, the founder
of DGS. A Ph.D. candidate from the CeRiMa team and DGS experts in
corporate governance, consulting, finance, insurance, law and taxation
are working together to develop scientific risk management concepts
and scenarios for SMEs. One particular area of interest is corporate
succession.
The project team (from left): (front) Prof. Dr. Bettina Schiller, Chair of
Banking and Finance and CeRiMa’s Director and Manfred Gubitz, the
founder of DGS are looking forward to working on the research project
together with (back) Dr. Peter-Karl Becker, Dr. Christian Brünger,
Christian Brockschnieder (all from CeRiMa) and Dr. Uwe Baer (DGS).
(Photo: Daniela Meschede)
ed by the European Union, the German
Research Foundation (DFG), the Federal
Ministry of Education and Research
(BMBF), the State of North Rhine-West -
phalia’s Ministry for Innovation, Research
and Technology (MIWFT) and several
partners from industry, including Daimler
AG, confirming the Faculty’s strong
potential.
Theory and Practice
Our strong focus on topical research
issues makes us an attractive partner
for research projects commissioned by
the private sector. A broad range of projects
on current issues are executed in
close cooperation with these partners.
This topical focus, combined with our
outstanding methodological and technical
expertise, is typical of the Faculty’s
approach. We work with partners in
industry as well as with public institutions
in a deliberate move to strengthen
our relationship with businesses in the
region. To this end we work with the
Chamber of Trade and Commerce of
Eastern Westphalia in Bielefeld to
organize regular events for companies
that are interested in exploring current
issues, discussing possible cooperation
projects, and exchanging knowledge.
This close relationship between theory
and practice enables our students to
familiarize themselves with the day-today
activities in a business organization
while they are still completing their
degrees. In several degree programs
internships, practical projects, and final
papers are part of the regular curriculum.
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A successful theory-practice interface at the Department of Business and
Human Resource Education - During the 2010/2011 winter term, students
completing the In-Company Training module developed innovative solutions
for current training issues faced by the company Wincor Nixdorf. They were
supervised by Prof. Dr. Marc Beutner, Christof Gockel and Markus Schöncke.
Kurt Reichert, Head of Training and Graduate Recruitment at Wincor Nixdorf
is delighted about the successful project and the students’ valuable suggestions.
“We’ve received great input from the students that will help us to manage
the day-to-day challenges we face in the company,” he said.
The project team (from left): Markus Rohner, Julia Baumgärtner, Benedikt
Müller, Stefanie Meißner, Marius Dies, Christina Linpinsel, Sabrina Laub,
Sebastian Averkamp, Hedda Hellwig, Katharina Löwenstein, Fabian Josephs
(all students completing the In-Company Training module), Prof. Dr. Marc
Beutner, Christof Gockel (both from the University of Paderborn), Melanie
Richter (Wincor Nixdorf), Markus Schöncke (Universität Paderborn), Monika
Grundke, Kurt Reichert (both from Wincor Nixdorf). (Photo: Wincor Nixdorf)