Die Universität Witten/Herdecke ist durch das NRW-Wissenschaftsministerium staatlich anerkannt und wird – sowohl als Institution wie auch für ihre einzelnen Studiengänge – regelmäßig akkreditiert durch:
Fakultät für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (Department für Management und Unternehmertum)
WIFU-Stiftungslehrstuhl für Corporate Entrepreneurship und Digitalisierung in Familienunternehmen
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Education
Doctoral Studies in Business Administration (Dr. rer. pol.)
EBS University for Business and Law / January 2019 – July 2022
Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
Title: The Birth and Rise of the Chief Digital Officer: Four Essays on the Digital Change Agent / magna cum laude (0.7)
Master of Science, General Management
EBS University for Business and Law / September 2016 – June 2018
Average: 2.1 (on a scale from 1 – 6 with 1 being the best)
Focus area: Strategic Management and Managing People & Organizations
Thesis: Transformational Leadership and the Role of Authenticity: A Cross-Generational Analysis (88%)
Semester abroad, Business administration
Stockholm University, Sweden / August 2017 – December 2017
Bachelor of Science, General Management
EBS University for Business and Law / September 2013– June 2016
Average: 2,7
Thesis: Outcomes of Ethical Leadership - A Review of Evidence (91%)
Semester abroad, Business administration
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain / January 2015 – June 2015
Abitur (High school diploma)
Diltheyschule Wiesbaden, Germany/ August 2004 – June 2013
Advanced courses: Mathematics and ancient greek, Latinum.
Work Experiences
Postdoctoral Researcher
University Witten/Herdecke / February 2023 – Present
University Lecturer
EBS University for Business and Law / February 2023 – Present
Teaching the course “Organizational Behavior,” Bachelor of Science, first semester
Project Manager/ Advisor
Lorenz Consulting, Germany / August 2020 – Present
Supporting the family business, redesigning the service offering, conceptualization, and executing a cost-saving and coherent business development strategy, performed as measures to survive and thrive in a global pandemic and "the new normal."
Research Associate
EBS University for Business and Law / July 2022 – January 2023
Management group/ chair of leadership: research chair work, teaching and researching in the area of leadership, organizational behavior, and digital transformation. Hiring and leading research assistants.
Analyst
Korn Ferry GmbH, Germany / October 2019 – July 2020
Working in the advisory business, Korn Ferry is the preeminent organizational consulting firm for analysis, meta-analysis, and interpretation of top executive assessments, driving new initiatives and business opportunities
Working Student
Korn Ferry GmbH, Germany / October 2018 – September 2019
Similar scope of responsibilities
Intern
Korn Ferry GmbH, Germany / May 2017 – August 2017
Executive Search
Intern
ITCL GmbH, Germany/ June 2015 – July 2015
Owned by Mr. Prof. Straube, head of the logistics department of TU Berlin, Logistics consultancy, assistance in a strategy project, analysis, and research
Peer-reviewed publications
Lorenz, F. & Buchwald, A. (forthcoming). A Perfect Match or an Arranged Marriage? How Chief Digital Officers and Chief Information Officers Perceive Their Relationship: A Dyadic Research Design. European Journal of Information Systems. (ABS: 4, VHB: A, Impact factor: 9.011)
Conference Proceedings
Lorenz, F., & Diehl, M. R. (2022). The New Kid on the Block: Chief Digital Officers and Three Ways of Political Job Crafting. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 14133). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
Buchwald, A., & Lorenz, F. (2020). Who is in charge of digital transformation? The birth and rise of the chief digital officer. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2020, No. 1, p. 14317). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management. https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.14317abstract
Conference and Workshop Presentations
Lorenz, F., Diehl, MR. (2022). The New Kid on the Block: Chief Digital Officers and Three Ways of Political Job Crafting. Annual European Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation (SEI) Doctoral Consortium. Rotterdam School of Management
Lorenz, F., Diehl, MR. (2022). The New Kid on the Block: Chief Digital Officers and Three Ways of Political Job Crafting. 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Lorenz, F., Diehl, MR. (2022). The New Kid on the Block: Chief Digital Officers and Three Ways of Political Job Crafting. 1st Workshop on Organization Studies and Family Firms (OSF). EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht
Lorenz, F., Diehl, MR. (2022). The New Kid on the Block: Chief Digital Officers and Three Ways of Political Job Crafting. Paper development workshop on strategic innovation. Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam
Lorenz, F., Diehl, MR., Buchwald, A. (2022). Putting frames into action: Chief Digital Officers’ social construction of challenges and coping approaches associated with digital transformation in incumbent firms. Networking Seminars Series University of Bergamo
Meurer, M. M., Lorenz, F., & Waldkirch, M. (2021). With a little help from my entrepreneurial peers: unravelling collective sensemaking on business model innovation in online communities. Paper development workshop creative spark Berlin
Organizational Behavior
EBS University for Business and Law / September 2022 – October 2022
Bachelor of Science, first semester (Evaluated with 1,6)
Guest Lecture
EBS University for Business and Law / February 2021
“Change Management in Digital Transformation” in Marjo-Riitta Diehl’s course at the chair of OB and HR.
Die Universität Witten/Herdecke ist durch das NRW-Wissenschaftsministerium staatlich anerkannt und wird – sowohl als Institution wie auch für ihre einzelnen Studiengänge – regelmäßig akkreditiert durch: