MAP

Summer semester 2025 kicks off

Our MAP talents came together on the lawns of the Münster castle for the first MAP Summer Games in the best weather and in a relaxed atmosphere. 🎯☀️

Whether in quizzes, throwing games or skill challenges - our students showed what they are made of with team spirit, ambition and a good dose of humour. 💪🧠

Of course, there was also a prize to be won: The winning team secured a voucher for the FYAL - the perfect opportunity to celebrate their victory in style. 🏆

A big thank you goes to Noah Forsmann and Niklas Laube for organising the event!

We wish all students a successful start to summer semester 2025 - we look forward to many more highlights! 🚀

End of the 2024/2025 semester 🌟

After weeks full of group work, lectures and exams, we brought the semester to a close last week - with a sociable evening in the Pool Hall Münster! 🎉 There, our MAP talents not only put their billiards and table football skills to the test, but also took the opportunity to socialise and expand their network in a relaxed atmosphere.

A huge thank you to everyone who took part! We are already looking forward to the next semester with many new challenges, exciting encounters and, of course, more great events. 🚀

✨ Who is actually behind MAP? Meet our team! 🙌

Behind MAP is a dedicated team of academic staff from the four management chairs of Prof Backmann, Prof Rieger, Prof Bendig and Prof Foege. Together, we organise the annual application phase, exciting events with practice partners and internal events for our members. 🚀

At the top are our chairpersons Beatrice Schuldt and Dr Matthias Sinnemann, supported by Dr Jonathan Hoke as Financial Officer. Also on board: Johanna Kemper, who supports our team as a student assistant. 🤝

Dr David Lohmar and Sarah Lassek drive forward our practice partnerships 🏢, while Vanessa Bröker and Charlotte Czernietzki design the marketing presence 📷. Laila Fischer 🎉 organises unforgettable internal events, and Johannes Hüby watches over the finances as cash auditor.

🚀 Thank you to our fantastic team for your commitment!

A successful start with grosse-hornke! 🚀

Last week, our MAP students had the opportunity to get to know our new practice partner grosse-hornke better. 🤝🏻 After learning about consultant stereotypes, we were able to find out more about day-to-day project work at grosse-hornke using various cases👩🏼‍💼 Afterwards, the students were able to chat with the consultants over delicious food from the Atlantic Hotel. Many thanks to Silke Grosse-Hornke & Mazino Ejeta for the exciting insights!

We look forward to more events with you 🙌

🎄 A wonderful end to the year with our MAP community! 🎄

This year's MAP Christmas party was a complete success! 🎉 In addition to our existing members, there were many new faces in attendance, including 14 dedicated members who we warmly welcomed into our network for the winter semester.

The event provided the perfect opportunity to exchange ideas and make new contacts in a relaxed atmosphere. In addition to games to get to know each other and an exciting quiz that made for tricky moments, there were also culinary highlights such as delicious pizza and mulled wine.

We are proud to have such a committed and inspiring community and look forward to everything the coming year has in store for MAP! 🌟

A big thank you to everyone who attended and to the organizing team who made this celebration possible. Here's to a successful 2024 and many exciting events in 2025! 🚀

🚀 Welcome to the Board of Trustees! 🚀

Welcome back Prof. Dr. Johann Nils Foege! 🎉

He has been Professor of Management and Director of the Institute for Innovation, Strategy and Organization at the University of Münster since 2024. He co-founded MAP in 2017 and was subsequently the initiative's Chief Financial Officer for many years. Nils Foege researches and teaches at the interface between innovation management, strategic management and organizational theory on topics such as digital innovation, innovation cooperation, sustainability, organizational identity and top management teams. We are very pleased that he is now part of MAP again!

Please visit the chair's website to stay up to date. 💻

We are delighted to welcome Prof. Johann Nils Foege back to MAP and are very excited to see what successes we can achieve together! 🤝

Exciting news: MAP and FIEGE start cooperation 🚀

We are delighted to announce our new partnership with FIEGE today! 🤝 The cooperation is an important step in our commitment to exchanging ideas with practitioners, promoting young academic talent and building long-term relationships.

Who is behind the name?

“We are FIEGE. A family business that has been driving innovative business models in logistics, digital, real estate and ventures for over 150 years. As an innovation leader in the logistics industry, we at FIEGE employ more than 22,000 people at around 139 locations in 14 countries. Together, we optimize our customers' value chains and keep the world running.

Our corporate culture and the FIEGE spirit of success make us unique. Because we live family values and respectful cooperation. Internship, working student, trainee program or direct entry - we are looking for people who inspire us and want to create something new with us. Personalities with the courage to drive things forward and think ahead. Whether at our headquarters in Greven with a view of Münster-Osnabrück Airport, in the latest office building on the Kreativkai in Münster harbor or around the world, be part of our vision and experience the future of FIEGE up close!”

Would you like to find out more about FIEGE Logistik? Then take a look directly at the website.

We are delighted to welcome Fiege as a practice partner and are excited to see what we can create together! ✨

🚀 Welcome to the Board of Trustees! 🚀

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Verena Rieger has joined the MAP Board of Trustees! 🎉

She has headed the Chair of Corporate Management at the University of Münster since April 2024. Her chair researches and teaches at the exciting interfaces of strategic management, sustainability, digital change and innovation management. We are delighted that she is now part of MAP! As part of her board of trustees, she accompanies and advises the selected students.

Please visit the chair's website or follow the chair on LinkedIn to stay up to date. 💻

We are very excited to see what successes we can achieve together at MAP and look forward to working together! 🤝

End of the summer semester 2024

We went bowling at the end of the semester. 🎳 In addition to an exciting fox hunt, the MAP students showed how to hit targets precisely with a high house number. 🦊🎯

Thank you for the great evening, the great semester and we wish everyone a successful exam phase! 🙏

🌟 Exciting news: MAP and grosse-hornke launch practice cooperation! 🚀

Are you interested in future topics such as digitalization and sustainability? What about transformation and project management?

The management consultancy grosse-hornke from Münster specializes in challenging business-critical projects. The team supports international companies with complex transformation and IT projects. 🌍

We are delighted to announce our partnership with grosse-hornke today! 🤝 The cooperation is an important step in our commitment to exchanging ideas with practitioners, promoting young academic talent and building long-term relationships.

Can't wait and want to find out more now? Then you can follow @grosse-hornke on LinkedIn or connect directly with @Silke Grosse-Hornke.

We are excited to see what next year will bring and what we can work on together! ✨

Winter term 23/24 closing

On 29 January 2024, we held our end of term event in the form of a games evening. Fun tournament games, delicious pizza and cold drinks afterwards provided an opportunity to network in a relaxed atmosphere. In particular, the randomised groups enabled new constellations.

The atmosphere was lively as the groups took part in a small tournament and competed in exciting games. At the end of the tournament, the winners were duly crowned, bringing the evening to a successful and entertaining close.

Rob Britton Talk &  festive Get-together

Our annal Expert Talk with Rob Britton took place on the 20th November 2023, providing attendess with exciting insights into the aviation industry. In particular, Rob Britton shared his expertise on leadership and effective management. Further, participants had the chance to discuss career steps with the former Managing Director and their questions.

Afterwards, the MAP members came togther to welcome the new members in a festive atmosphere.

We would like to thank everyone involved for a loverly afternoon.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Rob Britton Expert Talk

On 29.11.2022 our annual expert talk with Rob Britton took place again. 

Rob gave exciting insights into his work so far and talk about what he has learned while working for 10 different startups. 

In addition, the students were also able to gain new knowledge on the topic of transforming corporate culture and get rid of all their questions.

Thank you very much for the nice afternoon!

Management Talk with Rob Britton

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MAP-Workshop - German Sign Language

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MAP-Christmas Party 2020

The fourth MAP Christmas party took place on 14.12.2020. This Year the event took place in a digital format. Read more