Bachelor Thesis

Schedule Winter Term 2017/2018

Date To do
Until June 26, 2017, 11.55 pm Register for the bachelor thesis on E-Learning at the category
Office of Study Affairs
Until September 1, 2017 Announcement of thesis topics at chair homepage
Until September 8, 2017,
12 pm (noon)
  1. Registration at E-Learning: Name your first choice
  2. Hand in complete application files at Chair of your first choice
September 27, 2017 Final confirmation by chair about the acceptance

October 4, 5 pm  -
October 6, 12 pm (noon)

Allocation of remaining bachelor thesis candidates via E-Learning
October 18, 2017

11:00 - 12:30, tba.
Assignment of topics through pitch of research question, beginning of reading period

13:30 - 15:00, tba.
Introduction to academic paper writing and presenting

November 1, 2017
Consultation on thesis title, research question, and thesis structure within individual appointments
November 3, 2017 Thesis registration
November 8, 2017

Individual appointments (for discussion of research question, thesis structure and work in progress, formatting issues etc.)

November 21, 2017

17:00 -21:00, G22E-109
Final presentation of Bachelor thesis by bachelor thesis candidates (10 min + 10 min discussion)

December 7, 2017
Individual appointments (for discussion of work in progress, formatting issues etc.) upon request
December 15, 2017 Submission deadline for Bachelor thesis

 

Checklist: How to apply for Bachelor thesis supervision

1.      Hand in complete application files

Submit your application to Angela Rother (G22E-113).

Any prior meeting to discuss thesis topics is not necessary.

2.      Application files: Recent transcript of records and motivation letter 

The motivation letter should not exceed half a page and should address:

  • Courses attended at the chair of IM and the grades achieved
  • Existing knowledge about statistical data analysis methods (software expertise or statistics courses attended)
  • Reasons for choosing the chair of IM
  • Topic selection

 

List of thesis topics (WT 2017/2018)

  • Diversity Management: Importance for Organizational Attractiveness
  • Human Resource Management: Assessing leadership success in for-profit and/or non-profit organizations
  • Human Resource Management: Leadership without hierarchy - assessing opportunities and challenges
  • Social Entrepreneurship: International observations and country comparisons
  • Strategy: Innovation in non-profit organizations
  • Strategy: The effect of intellectual capital on firm performance
  • Strategy: the impact of innovation capabilities on firm performance
  • Strategy: understanding the phenomenon of early and rapid internationalization

 

Kick-off meeting

For the kick-off meeting of the bachelor thesis colloquium, the course participants are asked to prepare a brief presentation on the most preferred thesis topic proposing a potential thesis title, research question, and structure. Each student has about 5 minutes to convince the audience of his or her idea. After listening to all presentations and a short break, the supervisors will assign the thesis topics.

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