Teaching

Meet our Local Heroes! For the sixth time in a row, the Chair of Industrial Management hosted the "Businessplanseminar – Local Heroes Edition" which provides 12 bachelor and master students with the invaluable opportunity to tackle real business challenges posed by three local start-ups. Collaborati...

Globally active corporations are encountering an ever-growing array of ethical dilemmas. These challenges prompt critical questions: How can principles such as freedom of speech, tolerance and respect be effectively upheld in an international context? What strategies are available to global organiza...

We just received the great news that the BMBF-funded Project BIOTEXFUTURE will be continued for another year until end of 2025. The vision of BIOTEXFUTURE is to transform the entire textile value chain from petroleum-based to bio-based. Within the innovation space, the role of the Chair of Industria...

Prof. Voigt and all team members wish all students, FAU staff, colleagues and friends of our Chair all the best for the new year! May it be happy, successful, peaceful and healthy! We start with charged batteries into 2024 and are looking forward to take on all the exciting challenges and tasks toge...

On December 20th, Professor Dr. Daniel Gerhard gave an exciting guest lecture about the challenges of managing new technologies as part of the PLB lecture. Based on his many years of professional experience, Prof. Gerhard succeeded in transferring new findings from research and science to new manufa...

On December 13th, Prof. Voigt and Lars Friedrich had the privilege of hosting Dr. Daniel Kiel, Innovation Manager at DATEV, as a distinguished guest speaker in the "BWL für Ingenieure" course. Dr. Kiel delivered a captivating lecture titled 'Innovate to Elevate – Die Kunst der Ambidextrie im Strateg...

On December 11th, we wrapped up the final session of our seminar, "AI & Data in Business and Management," led by Dr. Lydia Mammen (Vice President Digital Analytics & Data Science, adidas AG), Prof. Dr. Kai-Ingo Voigt, and Lauren Anne Mackintosh. During this session, three student teams to...

On December 7th, Professor Voigt had the pleasure of hosting Klaus Helmrich, former CEO of Digital Industries at Siemens AG, for a captivating guest lecture centered around "AI Applications in Industrial Production." During the lecture, Mr. Helmrich not only traced the evolution of generative AI app...

On Monday, December 4th 2023, a team of researchers of the Chair of Industrial Management and colleagues of BIOTEXFUTURE met at the adidas Outlet in Herzogenaurach to collect consumer data on their perceptions of biobased textiles directly at the point of sale. The on-site data collection provides v...

All 24 participants of the 10th class of the FAU-Siemens-EMBA  embarked on a highly enriching journey in their "Strategy" module taught by Prof. Dr. Harald Hungenberg at FAU WiSo in Nuremberg. Amidst absorbing the latest strategic management issues, our international group of students also relished ...