Teaching

The course offers an introduction into nonprofit management. You can find the course's syllabus here.

The course offers an introduction into public management. The course is expected to be held next in spring 2025.

Important note: All participants of this event have to register for the lecture in Portal² and on ILIAS to get access to script, lecture videos and other materials.

At the Chair of Business Administration, Public & Nonprofit Management we offer students in Business Administration and Business Education the opportunity to write their bachelor thesis at our chair.  The topics for the bachelor thesis in Business Education you will find here. Please find general information on how to write scientific papers in ourregulations. The regulations in German you will find here.

The learning content of the module includes a systematic overview of the structure and function of the German academic system, its legal foundations and the way in which universities and academic institutions are managed. In addition to management tasks in research, quality and personnel development, the module also provides insights into the day-to-day work of university management, from personnel management to funding/marketing management. Career prospects in science, including employment relationships, are also part of the module content, as are links between the science system and current (world) politics.

The lecture examines the question of responsibility in the management of companies and other organizations on the basis of concrete case studies and fundamental texts from the economic and philosophical tradition.

You can find the course's syllabus here.

In addition to current university policy developments, the module's learning content includes a deeper insight into the employment relationships of academic staff at universities, including existing tasks, rights and obligations as well as the salary/remuneration system. The module content also includes dealing with some selected court cases in the higher education sector and an insight into the funding opportunities (research funding, etc.) in the science system.

You can find the course's syllabus here.

This seminar explores the intersection of corporate and nonprofit management through the lens of hybrid organizing. Hybrid organizations are increasingly prevalent in today's complex and interconnected world and are argued to exist in the for-profit as well as in the nonprofit and the public sector. They combine profit-driven and mission-oriented approaches (incl. social and environmental responsibilities).

This fall 2022 Professor Helmig offers this course for the first time. It deals with “grand challenges” of our world using the latest Management research. Language: English. You can find out more about the course here.  

The syllabus of the course you will find here.

The syllabus of the course you will find here.

The syllabus of the course you will find here.

Case study seminar on challenges in public and nonprofit management. The course's syllabus can be found here.

This semester’s research seminar (Spring 2025) focuses on “harnessing productive tensions in hybrid organizations.” The course language is English. You can find the course syllabus here.

Students must formally apply for this seminar by handing in an application consisting of (1) a motivation letter (max. 1 page), (2) a CV (1–2 pages), (3) a Bachelor certificate, and (4) a current transcript of records. Please combine all documents into one PDF file.

Students studying in the master program Culture and Business must personally hand in the form “Antrag auf Übertragung (Export) der Masterarbeitsbetreuung.” Without this form, the registration cannot be processed.

Applications (including UNI-ID) must be sent to Ludwig Uhl (ludwig.uhl@uni-mannheim.de) via email by 06 February 2025.

Information about being accepted for the research seminar will be sent out by 13 February 2025. You must send Ludwig Uhl your binding module participation confirmation or cancellation by 14 February 2025.

Please note that higher-semester students are prioritized when allocating places in the research seminar. Applications are then legally binding, and attendance at the kickoff is compulsory.

Our chair offers a range of up-to-date topics for master’s theses. If you wish, you also can propose a topic yourself.  The formal requirements for writing a master’s thesis at the Chair of Busniess Adminstraiton, Public & Nonprofit Management are regulated in the module catalogue. Before writing your master’s thesis, please complete the checklist and submit it to the respective supervisor of master’s theses. Please find general information on how to write scientific papers in our regulations. The regulations in German you will find here.

Tuesday, 20th September, 10:15–12:30 (Kick-off)

Tuesday, 18th October, 10:15–11:45 (Q&A-session)

Tuesday, 22nd November, 10:15–12:30 (Presentation session)

The aim of the internal doctoral candidate's seminar is to give the opportunity to conferring a doctorate, to introduce the results of their research projects and to discuss. This happens mostly in the form of talk formats similar to conference which are taken as a base to question the actual state of the research critically and to develop.

The aim of the internal research seminar is to discuss topically of running projects in the team and to develop them. For this doctorates and Post-Docs present the actual state of their research projects with the objective to discuss concrete challenges in the team, to develop solutions and to agree on the next process steps.

During the paper development seminar current paper projects as well as the overall research strategy of the chair of business administration, public & nonprofit management are discussed and further developed by Prof. Helmig and his research team.

The seminar „Management Science“ is a annual three-day conference of chairs in the field of marketing, public and nonprofit management and sustainability management. Doctoral students and postdocs present and discuss research projects with an interdisciplinaly group of researchers.