Department of Management and EntrepreneurshipWe encourage an entrepreneurial mindset
Help shape our society for the long term
The Department of Management and Entrepreneurship (MUT) aims to enable students to understand and actively shape decision-making, start-up and change processes in the business world. The programme places people at the centre, with a focus on the behaviour of individuals, groups and organisations. Our students are prepared to take on leadership roles in their own or existing companies and learn how they can help shape our society in a sustainable way.
News from the MUT Department
Teaching at the MUT Department
In addition to the benefits of a prestigious university, such as excellent research, extensive networks and interdisciplinary collaboration, we in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship offer personalised support and study programmes that foster not only professional skills but also personal development.
Our Chairs and Professorships
- Chair of Accounting and Control (Dr Werner Jackstädt Endowed Chair)
- Chair for Corporate Entrepreneurship and Digitalisation in Family Businesses (WIFU Endowed Chair)
- Chair of Corporate Finance
- Chair of Management and Innovation in Health Care
- Chair of Marketing
- Chair for Organisation and Development of Business Families (WIFU Endowed Chair)
- Chair for Family Business Law (WIFU Endowed Chair)
- Chair for Strategic Organisation (Reinhard Mohn Endowed Chair)
- Chair for Corporate Governance (Reinhard Mohn Endowed Chair)
- Professorship of Family Entrepreneurship and Innovation (WIFU Endowed Junior Professorship)
- Professorship of Personnel and Organisational Psychology
Events
Research at the MUT Department
The department’s research focuses on gaining a better understanding of start-up and change processes within organisations, particularly family businesses, from various perspectives. We analyse different levels – from large economic systems right down to individual people. In doing so, we draw on various theoretical approaches, ranging from institutional theory to behavioural sciences, and examine different societal contexts such as sustainability and digitalisation.
The research priorities are aligned with the specialist areas of the professorships, chairs and institutes and can be divided into three areas: • Leadership and responsibility • Innovation and start-ups • Organisation and markets
We place particular emphasis on complex issues that bridge different disciplines and topics. As businesses and their environments are constantly changing, dynamism, change and transformation are at the heart of our research.
Research at the Faculty of Management, Economics and Society
Publications
All publications from the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at UW/H are gradually being included in the university bibliography.
Our institutes
The three institutes within the MUT Department play a special role due to their respective areas of specialisation. For example, they develop initiatives for sustainable corporate governance (RMI), make sustainability measurable (ZNU) and focus on family businesses and entrepreneurial families (WIFU).
