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Martin J. Eppler is a Swiss communication and management scholar, Professor of Media and Communication Management at the
University of St. Gallen A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...
, and director of its Institute for Media and Communication Management, known for his contributions in the field of
knowledge management Knowledge management (KM) is the collection of methods relating to creating, sharing, using and managing the knowledge and information of an organization. It refers to a multidisciplinary approach to achieve organisational objectives by making ...
, specifically
information overload Information overload (also known as infobesity, infoxication, information anxiety, and information explosion) is the difficulty in understanding an issue and effectively making decisions when one has too much information (TMI) about that issue, ...
Case, Donald O., ed. ''Looking for information: A survey of research on information seeking, needs and behavior.'' Emerald Group Publishing, 2012. and Information Quality Management, Collaboration, and Knowledge Visualization.


Biography

Eppler received his
Master in Management The Master of Management (MM, MBM, MIM, MMgt) is a master’s degree comprising one or two years graduate level coursework in business management. As the program is designed for students interested in entering leadership roles, the degree attrac ...
from the
University of St. Gallen A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...
and had also studied at the
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and the ESCP Europe. He received his PhD in Management from the
University of Geneva The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology until the 17th centu ...
with the thesis, entitled "Informative Action: An Analysis of Information Overload in Management." Back at the University of St. Gallen he received his habilitation for Management, with emphasis on Information and Communication Management.
Curriculum Vitae, Martin J. Eppler. April 2016.
He has won 12 MBA teaching awards, six best paper awards, and he is the winner of the 2018 getabstract International Book Award and the 2021 European Innovation Excellence Award (for his Teaching of Research Methodology). Eppler started his academic career as lecturer and project manager at the University of Geneva, while also working as consultant for the Geneva Knowledge Group. He then moved back to the University of St. Gallen, where he was appointed Senior Lecturer and Vice Director of the Institute for Media and Communication Management. In 2003 he was appointed Professor of Information and Communication Management at the
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, and since 2009 he is Professor of Media and Communication management at the
University of St. Gallen A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...
, head of the ISP MBA program, and director of its Institute for Media and Communication Management. Eppler has been a visiting professor at Georgiatech (Atlanta, USA), Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, Canada), the Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) Beijing, at the Aalto University in 2010, and at the Universidad del Pacifico Graduate School in 2011 as well as Cambridge University. He was a member of the editorial board of the reviews "OrganisationsEntwicklung," and formerly the "Journal of Universal Knowledge Management, and of "Studies in Communication Sciences," and "Information & Management."


Selected publications

Eppler published 24 books and more than 300 articles in the fields of management, organization studies, communication, and visualization. Select Books: * Eppler, Martin (2024) ''Visipedia'' * Eppler, Martin, Bresciani, Sabrina (2024) ''Visual Communication Design'' * Eppler, Martin, Muntwiler, C., Buder, F., Unfried, M. (2023) ''Debias by Design'' * Eppler, Martin, Bünzli, Fabienne (2022) H''ow to talk about Data. Build your Data Fluency'' (Financial Times Publishing) * Kernbach, S., Eppler, Martin (2022) ''Life Design Action Book'' * Kernbach, S., Eppler, Martin (2020). ''Life Design'' * Eppler, Martin J., Kernbach, Sebastian (2018) '' Meet up! '' (Cambridge University Press) Winner of the getabstract International Book Award * Eppler, Martin J., Pfister, Roland, Hoffmann, Friederike (2014/2017). ''Creability. Second Edition.'' * Eppler, Martin J., Kernbach, S., Pfister, Roland (2016). ''Dynagrams'' * Eppler, Martin J., Mengis, Jeanne (2008) ''Management Atlas'' * Reinmann, G. & Eppler, M. (2011). ''Wissenswege. Methoden für das persönliche Wissensmanagement.'' * Eppler, M. J., Pfister, R. (2012/2017). ''Sketching at work. Second Edition. ranslated into Chinese and Portuguese' * Eppler, M.J. (2009) Managing Information Quality, Second Edition. Articles, a selection: * Muntwiler, Christian Eppler, Martin J. "Improving Decision Making through Visual Knowledge Calibration." Management Decision 8(61), 2374-2390, 2023. * Lengler, Ralph, and Martin J. Eppler.
Towards a periodic table of visualization methods for management
" IASTED Proceedings of the Conference on Graphics and Visualization in Engineering (GVE 2007), Clearwater, Florida, USA. 2007. * Martin J. Eppler.
Making Knowledge Visible Through Intranet Knowledge Maps: Concepts, Elements, Cases
" ''System Sciences, 2001. Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on. IEEE,'' 2001. * Schindler, Martin, and Martin J. Eppler.
Harvesting project knowledge: a review of project learning methods and success factors
" ''International Journal of Project Management'' 21.3 (2003): 219–228. * Eppler, Martin J., and Jeanne Mengis. "The concept of information overload: A review of literature from organization science, accounting, marketing, MIS, and related disciplines." ''The information society'' 20.5 (2004): 325–344. * Eppler, Martin J., Patrick Seifried, and Axel Röpnack. "Improving Knowledge Intensive Processes through an Enterprise Knowledge Medium (1999)." ''Kommunikationsmanagement im Wandel.'' Gabler, 2008. 371–389.


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Martin Eppler
at University of St. Gallen {{DEFAULTSORT:Eppler, Martin J. 1971 births Living people Swiss business theorists Information visualization experts Academic staff of the University of St. Gallen