Armin Töpfer
Armin Töpfer (born April 1, 1944 in Lörrach ) is a German business economist .
Life
Professional background
From 1966 to 1979 Töpfer studied economics at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau , where he obtained his doctorate by 1981. He was then a lecturer at the European Business School in Düsseldorf and from 1982 to 1992 professor for business administration at the University of Kassel . From 1992 until his retirement in 2010 he was Professor of Business Administration / Market-Oriented Management at the TU Dresden .
Töpfer was a lecturer at the University of Freiburg and the EAP European Business School Düsseldorf , today's ESCP Europe Business School Berlin. He was also involved with a focus on management at the University of Kassel.
He is head of the market-oriented corporate management research group. In addition, he is the deputy chairman of the board of the Scientific Society for Market-Oriented Management. V. at TU Dresden as well as scientific director of the MBA program in Health Care Management at Dresden International University . He is also involved in a master’s degree at the University of Graz and an Executive MBA at the University of Mainz.
Act
The main focus of his teaching and research are value-oriented corporate management / balanced scorecard , strategic marketing / customer relationship management , service management , total quality management / business excellence, business process optimization / Six Sigma , mergers & acquisitions , hospital management and personnel management.
The focal points of empirical research include planning and control systems of industrial companies, strategic marketing concepts in German industry, the future orientation of operational human resources , the implementation process and implementation problems of the balanced score card, entrepreneurship in retail - comparison of independent and employed food retailers as well as success factors and Effects of e-learning .
Töpfer was involved in the restructuring of the Daimler-Benz group (1995–1997), overcoming the crisis surrounding the A-Class , the reorganization of Airbus , the realignment of R + V Versicherung , and an analysis of the overall and economic benefits the Standardization (DIN) and in the implementation of Six Sigma in hospitals.
Publications
Monographs
- Business administration. Application and process-oriented basics. 2nd Edition. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2007.
- Research successfully. A guide for Bachelor, Master and PhD students. 3. Edition. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden 2012.
Editorships
- Add. m. Nikolaus Schweickart (Ed.): Value-oriented management: value retention - value control - holistic design . Springer, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 978-3-540-25868-1 .
further reading
- Potter, Armin. In: Dorit Petschel : 175 years of TU Dresden. Volume 3: The professors of the TU Dresden 1828–2003. Edited on behalf of the Society of Friends and Supporters of the TU Dresden e. V. von Reiner Pommerin , Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-412-02503-8 , p. 969.
- Festschrift for the 65th birthday: Holistic corporate management in dynamic markets , Gabler 2009, ISBN 978-3834912442 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Armin Töpfer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography on the website of the Chair for Market-Oriented Management
- Six Sigma Academy (Kassel)
- Profile at researchgate.net
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Potter, Armin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German economist, university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Loerrach |