Thomas Reichmann

Thomas Reichmann (born August 2, 1938 in Berlin ) is a German economist , pioneer in controlling and retired university professor .

Life

Reichmann studied economics from 1958 to 1963 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . After receiving his doctorate in 1966, Reichmann dealt in his habilitation thesis in 1972 with the determination of lower and upper price limits in industrial companies. After his habilitation in Frankfurt in 1972, he accepted an appointment at the Technical University of Dortmund . There he founded the chair for corporate accounting and controlling. He was also involved in setting up the Business and Information Technology School (BiTS) in Iserlohn (Laureate Education, Inc.) and is President of the Honorary Senate there.

Reichmann has been organizing the German Controlling Congress (DCC) since 1985. The DCC is an important platform for specialists from science and practice throughout Germany. In 1988 Reichmann founded the Controlling Innovations Center (CIC). Since then he has been the managing partner of the CIC. The range of services offered by the Controlling Innovations Center includes the development and implementation of complete solutions for controlling and IT solutions.

research

The focus of Reichmann's research is system-supported controlling conception . The multi-dimensional controlling pyramid developed by Reichmann represents the central control instrument in this regard. Together with Laurenz Lachnit, Reichmann developed the RL key figure system in 1976, the first self-contained key figure system based on logical relationships , which was expanded with the RL group key figure system. With the Balanced Chance and Risk Card (BCR-Card) he designed a performance measurement instrument that integrates risk management .

The first edition of his book Controlling, now in its 9th edition, with key figures and management reports laid the foundation for today's system-supported controlling. Together with Péter Horváth, Reichmann started the magazine for success-oriented corporate management Controlling , which has been published since 1989, and Vahlen's Large Controlling Lexicon .

Fonts

• Controlling with key figures and management tools , Vahlen, Munich 2006 (9th edition), ISBN 978-3800632534
• Controlling. Concepts of Management Control, Controllership, and Ratios , New York, Barcelona, ​​London, Hong Kong, Tokyo 1997, ISBN 3540627227
• Vahlens Großes Controlling-Lexikon , Munich 2002, ISBN 978-3800627585
• Manual Cost and Success Controlling , Munich 1995, ISBN 978-3800619184
• Rating according to Basel II , Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3800632329

Web links

• Literature by and about Thomas Reichmann in the catalog of the German National Library