Wolfgang Männel (October 18, 1937 in

Falkenstein, Saxony Falkenstein () is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 4 km southwest of Auerbach, and 17 km east of Plauen Plauen (; ; ) is a town in Saxony, Germany with a population of around 65,000. It i ...

– September 26, 2006) was a German professor of Business Administration.

Academic contributions

Männel was born as the son of the German entrepreneur Max Rudolf Männel and his wife Liska. He graduated at the

University of Mannheim The University of Mannheim (German: ''Universität Mannheim''), abbreviated UMA, is a public university, public research university in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1967, the university has its origins in the ''Palatine Aca ...

. In 1972, Männel became professor of Business Administration at the University of Frankfurt, in 1973 at the

University of Dortmund TU Dortmund University () is a technical university in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with over 35,000 students, and over 6,000 staff including 300 professors, offering around 80 Bachelor's and master's degree programs. It is situate ...

and in 1982 at the

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...

. He influenced the German Business Administration a lot with works about

cost accounting Cost accounting is defined by the Institute of Management Accountants as "a systematic set of procedures for recording and reporting measurements of the cost of manufacturing goods and performing services in the aggregate and in detail. It includ ...

. His literature is stilled used by almost every German student in this academic field.

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Prof. Wolfgang Männel
(German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mannel, Wolfgang 1937 births 2006 deaths People from Falkenstein, Saxony University of Mannheim alumni Academic staff of Goethe University Frankfurt Academic staff of the Technical University of Dortmund Academic staff of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg