Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis or Project Study
๐ Key facts
Contents
- ๐ก Background
- ๐ฆพWho We Are
- ๐ฏ Goals
- ๐ Profile
- ๐ Further Reading
- ๐ Requirements to any Work
- ๐ฌ How to Apply
๐ก Background
Performance & productivity measurement is incredibly important in any organizations. However, there are unique challenges associated with knowledge, innovation, and creative work. The topic becomes ever more important with virtual and remote work. We want you to find out how knowledge, creative, and innovative productivity can be measured, what companies are doing, and which approaches work best.
๐ฆพWho We Are
The Chair for Strategy and Organization is focused on doing research with impact. This means we do not want to repeat old ideas and base our research solely on the research people did 10 years ago. Instead, we currently research topics that will shape the future. Topics such as Agile Organizations and Digital Disruption, Blockchain Technology, Creativity and Innovation, Digital Transformation and Business Model Innovation, Diversity, Education: Education Technology and Performance Management, HRTech, Leadership and Teams. We are always early in noticing trends, technologies, strategies and organizations that shape the future, which has its ups and downs.
๐ฏ Goals
- Identify concepts in theory to measure knowledge, innovation, and creative work
- Identify firms that offer ways to measure knowledge, innovation, and creative work productivity
- Identify technology solutions to measure knowledge, innovation, and creative work
- Create a conceptual model/ tool to measure output
๐ Profile
- Reliable and self-driven
- Enthusiasm for data-driven decisions / productivity / analytics / organizations
- Ability to do sophisticated internet, desk research, and connect with practitioners
- Passion to learn more about the future and do research with impact
๐ Further Reading
Ramรญrez, Yuri & Nembhard, David. (2004). Measuring Knowledge Worker Productivity: A Taxonomy. Journal of Intellectual Capital. 5. 602-628. 10.1108/14691930410567040.
๐ Requirements to any Work
We do not want your research to gather dust in some corner of a bookshelf but make it accessible to the world. Thus, we warmly encourage you to create some or all of the following:
- Infograph - visually represent some of your work (find examples here)
- Slide Deck - summarize your research and possibly present it
- Extract most important sequences from podcasts, videos, and other media
- 3-4 Tweets about the most important findings and summarizing the topic
- optional: Medium Article - let people outside university know about your research and start your personal brand
๐ฌ How to Apply
If you are interested, please contact Prof. Dr. Isabell Welpe (e-mail below) by submitting your CV and grade report. Please also briefly outline your tentative research idea (research question, data and methods, possible outcomes with a tentative outline all in word as *.docx)
We're greatly looking forward to hearing more about you!
๐ welpe@tum.de