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) |
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September 27, 2017 | Final confirmation by chair about the acceptance |
October 4, 5 pm - |
Allocation of remaining bachelor thesis candidates via E-Learning |
October 18, 2017 |
11:00 - 12:30, tba. 13:30 - 15:00, tba. |
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 |
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.