Our Philosophy of Research

Through our national and international network in politics, business and science, the Institute of Management wants to be a commonly acknowledged platform for practice oriented research & development pushing systematically the exchange of experiences in the field of management.

The research work of the Institute of Management involves all of the four-competence centres: Health Management, Governance, Sustainable Management and Entrepreneurship.

For this, the institute counts on the co-operation with acknowledged international partners from universities as well as from the economy.

Our Research Principles

We ensure the quality within our research processes by applying the following research principles:

1. Practice-Orientation
   We do research from practice for practice.
2. Participation of the public
   The active participation of our practice partners in our research projects is a continuing characteristic of our research.
3. Funding Combination
   Our research creates a measurable added value for practice. The funding of our research projects by our commercial partners and by research promoting organisations is a fundamental indicator for the relevancy of our research for practice.
4. Principle of Public
   The findings of our research are provided to the public. We confront the public discussion through adequate discussions with our stakeholders.
5. Cooperation between Science and Education
   We ensure the transfer of our research findings to education and further education

Our Approach to applied Research

Please read more about the sympathy of practice oriented research in a paper (German) from Prof. Dr. Arie H. Verkuil (PDF).