The TUM School of Management is the business school of the

Technical University of Munich The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; german: Technische Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Establis ...

, located at its Munich campus. It is triple accredited by the

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(EQUIS), the

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(AACSB) and the

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(AMBA).

History

In 1974, a Faculty for Business Administration and Social Sciences was established at TUM. In 2002, the TUM School of Management was founded by splitting up the Faculty for Economic and Social Sciences and integrating the Department of Business and Social Sciences at

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Research

The main research areas of the Department are: *

Innovation Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or services or improvement in offering goods or services. ISO TC 279 in the standard ISO 56000:2020 defines innovation as "a new or changed entity ...

and

Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values th ...

* Marketing,

Strategy Strategy (from Greek στρατηγία ''stratēgia'', "art of troop leader; office of general, command, generalship") is a general plan to achieve one or more long-term or overall goals under conditions of uncertainty. In the sense of the "art ...

and

Leadership Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group or organization to "lead", influence or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. The word "leadership" often gets view ...

* Operations and

Supply chain management In commerce, supply chain management (SCM) is the management of the flow of goods and services including all processes that transform raw materials into final products between businesses and locations. This can include the movement and stor ...

* Finance and Accounting * Economics and Policy

Rankings

The TUM School of Management has been rated as one of the best business schools in Germany. In the national 2020

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, the department is rated in the top group for the majority of criteria, including courses offered and research orientation.

References

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