Professor Emeritus
Research Interests
- Controllership
- Organizational Change
Education and Career Progression
Date | University | Position |
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1986 – 2021 | WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar | Director of the Institute of Management Accounting and Control (with Marko Reimer & Utz Schäffer), also Head of the Chair of Management Accounting & Control, Controlling and Logistics, Controlling and Telecommunications, and Management Accounting and Control |
1982 – 1986 | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg | Assistant Professor at the Chair of Business Administration, especially Accounting and Controlling of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Männel, Habilitation thesis: „Logistikkostenrechnung“, Second Referee: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Peter Mertens, Venia legendi for Business Administration |
1978 – 1981 | TU Dortmund University | Research Assistant at the Chair of Production Management and Industrial Management of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Männel, Dissertation: „Rechnungswesen für Studentenwerke“, Second Referee: Prof. Dr. Helmut Brede, summa cum laude |
1973 – 1978 | Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen | Studies in Business Administration, Diploma |
Practical Experience
Date | University |
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2006 - 2020 | Chairman of the International Controller Association's (ICV) Board of Trustees |
2003 - 2020 | Chairman of the Jury, Controller Award of the International Controller Association (ICV) |
05/2006 - 11/2014 | Member of the German Logistics Association's (BVL) Scientific Advisory Committee |
2010 - 2015 | Member of the Jury, BVL's Science Award for Logistics |
since 1995 | Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of CTcon GmbH |
since 2010 | Member of the Advisory Board of the Henkel Center for Consumer Goods |
1994 - 2007 | Member of the Supervisory Board of Gesundheitszentrums ev. Stift eGmbH, Koblenz (now StiftungsKlinikum Mittelrhein eGmbH) |
1998 - 2005 | Member of the Supervisory Board of Lufthansa Cargo AG, Frankfurt |
2000 - 2003 | Member of the Supervisory Board of Microlog Logistics AG, Lorsch |
Memberships and further Interests
Academic appointments: | Associate Dean Corporate Connections 2015 - 2019 Member of the Senate of WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management since 03/1986 Academic Director of the WHU Bachelor of Science Program from 09/2010 to 01/2015 Chairman of the Doctoral Committee of WHU from 10/1994 to 9/1995 Chairman of the Board of Examiners at WHU from 8/1986 to 12/1988, from 10/1992 to 10/1994 and from 10/1996 to 9/2008 Associate Dean of WHU from 1/1989 to 9/1990, from 10/1993 to 10/1994 and from 5/1999 to 9/2007 Dean of WHU from 10/1990 to 9/1992 |
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Management: | Center for Controlling & Management (CCM) (since 2000) Kühne-Center for Logistics Management (2000 - 2010) Arthur-Andersen-Center for Accounting and Tax Law (1997 - 2004) |
Referee mandates: | Management Accounting Review (MAR), Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft (ZfB), among others |
Memberships: | German Association of University Professors and Lecturers, Schmalenbach-Society, European Accounting Association |
Appointment offers: | C-4 professorship in Business Administration and Logistics in the department of Law and Social Sciences at the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz during the winter semester 1989/90 (rejected) Chair of Business Administration with particular focus on corporate management (emphasis on strategy and controlling) at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration in the spring semester of 1998 (rejected) C-4 professorship in Business Administration with a focus on accounting and controlling at the TU Darmstadt in the spring semester of 2003 (rejected) |
Honorary doctorate: | The European Business School International University (EBS) in 2006 |
Visiting professorships: | Visiting professor at Vienna University during summer semester 1990; Subject area: Controlling Visiting professor at Vienna University during winter semester 1999/2000; Subject area: Controlling |