📌 Key facts
💡Background
In Q2 2022 alone, more than 700 startups were founded in Germany (Statista, 2022). Most of these startups consist of a founding team with more than one founder. While this brings advantages, e.g., in terms of different previous experiences, it also increases the risk of leaving the team due to team conflicts (Howarth, 2022).
To find out more about what makes a startup team thrive, we founded “The Gottman Initiative”.
🧢 Your Role
We’re looking for one or more forward-thinking informatics students to:
- Design a unified strategy to streamline data flows and optimize tracking processes.
- Implement solutions for managing and integrating diverse data sets.
- Create stunning visualizations that unlock the full potential of our data using tools like Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms.
Your work will not only support cutting-edge research but also leave a lasting impact on the way we study and improve startup team dynamics.
Sounds interesting?! It definitely is!
🦾Who We Are
The Chair for Strategy and Organization is focused on research with impact. This means we do not want to repeat old ideas and base our research solely on the research people did 10 years ago. Instead, we currently research topics that will shape the future. Topics include Agile Organizations and Digital Disruption, Blockchain Technology, Creativity and Innovation, Digital Transformation and Business Model Innovation, Diversity, Education: Education Technology and Performance Management, HRTech, Leadership, and Teams. We are always early in noticing trends, technologies, strategies, and organizations that shape the future, which has its ups and downs.
🧠 Topics of Interest
- Data Strategy & Optimization: Consolidating fragmented data and ensuring robust, scalable processes.
- Data Visualization: Developing dynamic dashboards that turn complex data into actionable insights.
- Tech Integration: Exploring automation, APIs, and tools to seamlessly link our data streams.
- IDP
🎓 Expectations
- Curiosity & Initiative: A passion for solving complex data problems and optimizing systems.
- Technical Skills: Experience (or strong interest) in data processing, database management, and visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, Python, etc.).
- Dilligence: Your work is super accurate and your creativity is contagious. Thus, you’re highly motivated to deliver excellent results.
- Big-Picture Thinking: Ability to craft strategies for long-term data organization and usability.
📬 How to Apply
- Please indicate your preferred start date and motivation in your application.
- Please don’t use ChatGPT within your application. Please write briefly and precisely, as you will do in your project work.
- Please send your complete application documents (CV, Transcript of Records) in one pdf file to christian.wimmer@tum.de.
- After reading the thesis description, you still have questions? Feel free to contact your potential supervisor Christian.