Theses
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Overview
Types of theses
Conceptual thesis
- Usually systematic literature research and theory development
- Concerns Bachelor's rather than Master's theses
Empirical thesis
- Independent data collection and analysis
- Qualitative (case studies, interviews) or quantitative (surveys, secondary data analyses, etc.) or mixed-method studies
Practical thesis
- Independent data collection and evaluation with a practice partner (e.g. company, association/association, public organization)
- Includes a form of data collection and analysis and requires a theoretical interest in knowledge in addition to the practical application interest
Topics for future theses
On the one hand, our department offers the opportunity to submit your own topic suggestions or to agree on a topic together as part of personal supervision. On the other hand, we have a list of open topics that are currently available from our ongoing research activities. These topics are supervised by:
As head of the department, Professor Braun is involved in all supervision and assessment processes, whereby the ongoing supervision of theses is usually carried out by research assistants. In addition, Prof. Braun also supervises some theses completely on his own and is in close contact with the students. Current topics are
Title | Type |
Reception of the Citizenship Behavior construct in project research | Bachelor's/Master's thesis |
Human-AI interaction: Forms of cognitive-emotional attachment | Bachelor's/Master's thesis |
Social media strategy and implementation in the context of plural project and organizational goals | Bachelor/Master thesis |
Politics-as-Projects: Characteristics and characteristics of projects as an organizational form in politics | Master's thesis |
| Potential analysis of support associations and process model for implementation using the example of project management | Bachelor's/Master's thesis |
I accept most theses.
You can write in German or in English. It is best for me however, if we work together in cooperation with the company you are working at.
Additionally, if none of these topics interest you, you may work with the following data for your own topic in the context of project management:
- Patent data
- Company financial data
- Data science technical competition data and interviews (from Kaggle Grandmasters)
- R&D data from companies and universities from around the world
| Topic | Research question | ||
| Open topic | Open research question | ||
| Networks | Can reputation be increased faster by increasing the exposure to the project team? | ||
| Project Management | Is it possible to change norms faster by increasing the exposure to the desired norm? | ||
| Innovation Management | Does the process of reading produce more unique innovation project proposals? What low-cost tool can be developed to methodically produce these unique proposals via reading? | ||
| Project Portfolio Management | What can we learn from Chinese R&D? An investigation in the uniqueness of Chinese R&D management methods in natural sciences. | ||
| Sustainable Project Management | Does there exist another tension - the creativity tension - in sustainable project management? | ||
| Project Management | Is it possible to design an environment where actions cause resources to accumulate? This is also known as the "Matthew Effect". | ||
| Psychology | Do increased serotonin levels reduce impulsive decision making in projects? | ||
| Communication | Can detailed status update reviews by project managers increase performance? | ||
| Change management | Can one suggestion for team improvement as weekly task improve project team performance? | ||
| Knowledge Management | What is the best incentive for project teams to develop knowledge base outside the context of work? | ||
| Communication | Is written task assignment (along with project relevant documents) better than oral task assignment? | ||
| Project Performance Management | What time-task format is more productive? Sprints, continuous, etc. | ||
| Knowledge Management | Is it possible to design a learning software for current team members to meet future knowledge requirements of upcoming projects? | ||
| Knowledge Management | Is it possible to design a learning software for university students members to meet future knowledge requirements of upcoming projects? | ||
| Psychology | How can a project manager steadily improve project team cognitive endurance and thus focus/concentration? | ||
| Project Performance Management | How does daily skill refinement improve project performance? | ||
| Research & Development | What can we learn from old USSR R&D projects? | ||
| Research & Development | What can we learn from Medieval R&D projects using Renaissance data? | ||
| Networks | Can the reputation of a project worker in an organization be better modeled with wave mathematical models from physics? | ||
| Project Performance Management | Is it better to manage project tasks via flows rather than one-off taks completions? | ||
| Technology | What kind of tasks can be automated in the project environment? | ||
| Network | How long does it take an idea to spread across project organizations of different levels? | ||
| Human Resources | What are the current barriers in project work for skilled immigrants? What institutions are required for German comanies to hire more of these immigrants? | ||
| Innovation | What is the ratio of resources required to achieve a radical innovation compared to incremental innovation? | ||
| Knowledge Management | Does the "Zettelkasten" method improve project performance and competitive edge? | ||
| Network | Do more business trips with your team improve creativity? | ||
| Project Management | Is it possible for a project manager to become an expert at managing? | ||
| Knowledge Management | Is it possible for "just-in-time" learning to be applied in project contexts? What would a tool look like that applies this concept? | ||
| Human Resources | What are modern signals that a potential future university student can send to a project manager to show the student is qualified for the project? | ||
| Networks | Is it possible to design a platform that hires people and matches them to projects within the context a multi-organizational network? | ||
| Knowledge Management | What management practices exist to systematically reduce technology adoption costs? | ||
| Networks | Does the "Matthew Effect" - a natural phenomenon that resources are cummulative based on the effort invested by a single person - also exist in project networks? |
Open to topics on psychological aspects of project management, e.g. on the following topics
- Leadership in projects
- Team processes in projects (decisions, team development, trust, shared mental models, cohesion, conflicts, ....)
- The individual in the project (motivation, commitment, stress perception, ...)
- Resistance & change management in projects
Title | Type |
Howtounfreeze: Sensitization during change processes | Empirical work / literature review |
Citizenship Behavior in project research / in the context of sustainability | Empirical work |
Green mindset as a driver of sustainable action: How individual convictions promote environmentally conscious behavior in projects | Empirical work / literature review |
SocialIntrapreneurs: Innovative power from within - How companies shape sustainable change through internal pioneers | Literature work |
Human-AI interaction (e.g. fears, trust, acceptance, commitment) | Empirical work / literature review |
AI in social projects | Empirical work / literature review |
Successfully completed theses
| Stakeholder management in wind power projects | Bachelor thesis | Müller, Felix |
| Management Support and Project Citizenship Behavior for the Environment | Bachelor thesis | Schröder, Felix |
| Development of a criteria catalog for the transformation from traditional to agile project management with the SAFe® framework and concepts for employee sensitization | Master's thesis | Asgarihatamabadi, Aida |
| Development of a selection scheme for low-code platforms: A data-based method for selecting the optimal platform for digitizing public service processes | Master's thesis | Eryörük, Nurgül |
| Scheduling in theory and in practice - Coordination and transparency between construction companies and construction supervisors | Bachelor thesis | Koneswarathasan, Kirushani |
| Literature study on the improvement of decision making under consideration of biases | Bachelor thesis | Thrun, Jannik |
| Reception of the Citizenship Behavior construct in project research - A systematic literature analysis | Bachelor thesis | Kristina Wascher |
| Stress in project management? A systematic literature review | Bachelor thesis | Ecevit-Peyker, Aylin |
| Investigation of the application possibilities of AI applications and algorithms in project controlling | Bachelor thesis | Yag, Berkkan |
| Sustainable goals in project management: areas of tension and recommendations for action for stakeholders | Bachelor thesis | Lücking, Timo |
| Identification and Commitment - A qualitative study based on project team members of SMA Solar Technology AG | Master's thesis | Hoferichter, Jonas |
| Literature research on the topic of human capital investment and its impact on the success of projects today | Bachelor thesis | Ness, Niklas |
| Communication in project teams: A look at the affordances of social media | Bachelor thesis | Heppe, Christian |
| An intelligent knowledge management for the optimization of project planning - Conceptualization of an AI-based resource planning approach to efficiently use the knowledge of past projects | Master thesis | Raz, Eduard |
| Maturity assessment of the implementation of a Manufacturing Execution System and resulting improvement potentials | Bachelor thesis | Mehrländer, Jonas Sebastian Andreas Lilong |
| Literature study on the identification of approaches in the sustainability assessment of project and project management processes | Bachelor thesis | Bode, Marius |
| Upscaling projects and risk management - In the industrial plant engineering sector Progress report | Bachelor thesis | Thole, Julian |
| Effort and time optimization of classical construction scheduling through Theory of Constraints (bottleneck theory) | Bachelor thesis | Reinhardt, Lasse |
| Investigation of the possible applications of AI applications and algorithms in project risk management | Semester thesis | Zeromska, Oktawia |
| Project management software in the field of tension between organizational flexibility and standardization - The example of project planning and construction of solar parks | Bachelor thesis | Lichtschlag, Max |
| Acceptance of cloud-based project management software An investigation of user acceptance in a medium-sized industrial company | Bachelor thesis | Springer, Maximilian |
| Changing narratives in the public discourse on renewable energy and the role of projects - A topic modeling analysis | Master thesis | Arroyo Portillo, José |
| Professionalization of project management in event technology | Master's thesis | Sehner, Florian |