Prof. Dr. Marco Boehle

• Influence of digitization on cost management: A site analysis of selected SMEs.

• Short case studies in controlling, field of application: research-based teaching.

• Impact monitoring of the university using the example of gender equality work at Fachhochschule Dortmund.

• Impact-oriented controlling at the NRW police force, research project.

• Evaluation of job profiles and controlling-related event modules, cooperation with Münster University of Applied Sciences.

Boehle, Marco/Jagals, Marvin/Karger, Erik (2021): Self-Service Business Intelligence - Challenges and design recommendations at management level, in: Controlling - Zeitschrift für erfolgsorientierte Unternehmenssteuerung, 32nd vol. 6/20201 pp. 50-56.

Boehle, Marco/Alkhouri, Rouz/Eroglu, Can/Mamuzic, Jennifer/Röbstek, Jonas/Pankoke, Dwayne (2021): Guideline for zero-base budgeting in cost management, in: Controllingportal 26.7.2021.

Boehle, Marco/Azbel, Daniel/Horn, Waldemar/Jesser,Torben-Eric/Kossorz, Fabian/Mönkemeier, Kai Oliver (2021): Real-time reporting for cost management: Comparison of software providers in: Controllingportal 26.7.2021.

Boehle, Marco/Meyer, Stephan/Posala, Pascal/Seibe, Moritz/Stork, Melvin Stork (2021): Dashboards in cost management, in: Controllingportal 26.7.2021.

Boehle, Marco/Schneider, Eric (2020): Social media presence in tax consulting firms, in: Der Steuerberater, 9/2020, pp. 241-245.

Boehle, Marco/Schneider, Eric (2020): Die erste Seite: Social Media Präsenz in Steuerberatungskanzleien, in: Der Steuerberater, 5/2020, p. 1.

Boehle, Marco/Schön, Dietmar/Growe, Alexander (2020): BI-supported controlling cockpit for the IT division, in: Controlling - Zeitschrift für erfolgsorientierte Unternehmenssteuerung, 32nd vol. 2/2020, pp. 80-85.

Boehle, Marco/Scholtholt, Tobias (2019): Design options for the fair taxation of digitalization groups - A critical discussion on the current work of the OECD BEPS project, in: Internationales Steuerrecht, 28. Jg., 23/2019, S. 919-924.

Boehle, Marco (2014): Wirkungsorientierter Haushalt für Kommunalverwaltungen - Ansätze zur Organisationsübergreifenden Wirkungssteuerung am Beispiel der Hilfen zur Erziehung in der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe, zugl.: Dortmund, Technische Universität Dortmund, Inaugural-Dissertation, 2014, Hamburg 2014.

Hoffjan, Andreas/Boehle, Marco (2014): It depends on the effects achieved! - Cross-organizational impact-oriented management of educational assistance, in: Nachrichtendienst des Deutschen Vereins für öffentliche und private Fürsorge, 93rd vol. 8/2014, pp. 368-373.

Hoffjan, Andreas/Boehle, Marco (2014): It's the impact results achieved that matter! A roadmap for cross-organizational impact management - the example of educational support, in: Jugendhilfe aktuell, no. vol. 2/2014, p. 26f.

Hoffjan, Andreas/Boehle, Marco/Karadag, Özgür (2014): It's the impact achieved that counts! Impact-oriented budgeting for local authorities, in: Innovative Verwaltung, no. vol. 9/2014, pp. 27-30.

Hoffjan, Andreas/Boehle, Marco/Karadag, Özgür (2014): What is the impact of public services? A roadmap for drawing up an impact-oriented budget, in: HaushaltsZeitung, o. Jg.,1/2014, p. 16f.

Hoffjan, Andreas/Boehle, Marco/Karadag, Özgür (2014): What is the impact of public services? A roadmap for the preparation of an impact-oriented budget, in: BehördenSpiegel, o. Jg.,6/2014, p. 37.

Karadag, Özgür/Boehle, Marco (2014): Leitfaden Wirkungsorientierter Haushalt (WOH) - Einführung eines Wirkungsorientierten Haushaltses bei der Stadt Dortmund, Dortmund 2014, pp. 1-40.

Pier, Christoph/Boehle, Marco (2012): Impact-oriented budget, Controlling Zeitschrift, 24th vol. 11/2012, p. 651f.

Boehle, Marco (2020): Design of a digital bonus system as an extrinsic motivator for medium-sized mechanical engineering companies, Wirtschaftsförderung Büren 1.10.2020.

Boehle, Marco (2020): Proactive cost management in the corona crisis - partner opportunities, Detecon, Dortmund 8.9.2020.

Boehle, Marco (2020): Digital controlling: How to ensure sustainable success, Wirtschaftsförderung Kreis Unna, Selm 2020.
Boehle, Marco (2020): Digital real estate controlling as a consulting approach for Audalis, Dortmund 2020.

Boehle, Marco (2020): Recognizing relevant information for corporate decisions and thus avoiding the threatening risk of insolvency of the German location, H&Z, Munich 5.3.2020.

Boehle, Marco (2020): Produktion Digital Südwestfalen - data analysis, tracking using RFID, production facilities, products, Soest district, Soest 1.2.2020.

Lu, Nhiem/Boehle, Marco (2020): Digitization workshop for Apertus - real estate - fintech - proptech, User Innovation Center, Dortmund 28.1.2020.

Boehle, Marco (2020): Proactive cost management and software-supported competitive comparisons - partner opportunities, van der Meerx Group, Oberhausen 17.2.2020.

Boehle, Marco/Knappstein, Michael (2019): Absenteeism in German Business Studies - The special importance of creating meaning in work, Netzwerk Industrie RuhrOst e.V. (NIRO), Unna 29.10.2019.

Boehle, Marco (2020): Business consulting in the tax consultancy market using the example of Audalis, Dortmund 2020.

Boehle, Marco (2019): Produktion Digital Südwestfalen - opportunities for cooperation, Soest district, Dortmund 21.11.2019.

• Accounting and annual financial statements
• Cost, revenue and profit and loss accounting
• Internal accounting / cost management
• Cost management and controlling
• International accounting / IFRS
• Fundamentals of business taxation
• New Public Management
• Investment management
• DATEV software seminars on
  
  • Business taxation and accounting
  • Cost accounting and cost management
  • Data analysis and data checking
  • Controlling with DATEV

As the saying goes, the final thesis is the culmination of your studies and at the same time your ticket to your first job.

To meet this challenge successfully, you should choose a topic in which you have a long-term interest, which you can identify with and which matches your interests. If the topic is still topical and has adequate practical relevance, there is a good chance that it will appeal to potential employers. In all strategic considerations, it is important that you approach and start your project early and proactively.

I would be happy to support you in the development and examination process of your Bachelor's or Master's thesis. This applies to all types of academic work, i.e:

• Theory-based work
• Empirical, partially empirical or analytical work
• Project or company-related work

In terms of content, your topic suggestions can come from general business administration, but also from the disciplines of external and internal accounting, e.g. cost management, controlling, IFRS, business taxation and auditing. You will receive thematic suggestions from the relevant courses and on the landing page of my personal research areas.

• 12 PT, Times New Roman
• 1.5 line spacing for the text (spacing does not apply to the footnote area), justified text, automatic hyphenation
• Deliberate paragraph selection, decided according to content, paragraph selection with bleed-through
• Wider left margin than right margin
• Short citation in the text or in the footnotes
• Consistent citation style in the study
• Divide main sections more deeply than basics
• Argumentation 1-3 pages per subchapter
• Simple, clear language, avoid filler words, softeners and convolutions
• Use of meta-language and self-created illustrations to support the reading flow and increase precision
• Source restriction: 1-3 scientific literature sources per page
• Page restriction: BA thesis 40 pages, Master 60 pages + max. 10% tolerance
• Are study sections such as presentation, analysis, discussion, target concept clearly delineated from one another?
• Do the chapters build on each other and are they coherent (common thread) or are there thematically self-contained silos of topics?
• Are the basic principles taken up again at the end of the work and interwoven or discussed with the new findings?
• Do all parts of the chapter refer to the target progress?

Careful literature research is not only important for your specialist topics. Depending on your previous training and your own experience of scientific work, I recommend that you study high-quality methodological literature. This not only serves as a reference function, its use is essential, especially for (partially) empirical studies. Below is a list of initial literature sources to get you started:

• Berger-Grabner, D. (2016): Scientific work in the Business Studies and Social Sciences. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-13078-7
• Breuer, E./Güngör, N./Klassen, M./Riesenweber, M./Vinnen, J./Uni-Taschenbücher GmbH (2021): Wissenschaftlich schreiben - Gewusst wie!: Tips from students for students.
• Theisen, M. R./Theisen, M. (2021): Successful academic writing for Bachelor's and Master's theses.
• Further information can also be found at the Fachhochschule Dortmund Writing Center.

• Sales concept for the heat pump market in Germany
• Corporate crisis
• Insolvency avoidance
• Restructuring expert opinions and insolvency plans for SMEs
• Restructuring in the SME sector through Corona
• Challenges in terms of data quality in the
• Automation of accounting
• Text mining as a sales tool
• Sustainable real estate controlling
• Artificial intelligence in customer relationship management
• Robotic sales solutions - the potential of automated data
• data analysis from sales processes
• Opportunities and challenges in the cross-company handling of data identification and analysis
• Modern trends in data-driven auditing
• Cost management as an outsourcing object
• Application and potential of cost management tools in certain industries
• Conception of a consulting approach to cost management for a tax consultancy firm
• Design of an advanced analytics approach in controlling
• Exploratory data analysis
• Opportunities of data science for controlling tasks
• Controlling of start-up companies
• Digital sales controlling
• Sustainability reporting

Threading into the thesis:

The first step is to contact me to find out about available capacities and to define a rough topic (get a travel ticket). Then the ball is in your court: Familiarize yourself with the subject matter, get to know the spokespeople, minority opinions, problem layers and practical relevance of the topic and independently set yourself a delimitable, manageable yet challenging, innovative task for the ECTS to be earned. A purely descriptive, summarizing work based on existing literature, on the other hand, does not meet our requirements for academic studies. You should also use different types of sources, especially specialist journals. Dissertations are also helpful, as they not only provide a technical review of a sub-topic but also examples of specific issues, e.g. formatting, citation methods, presentation of empirical results. Therefore, consciously design a critical and differentiated reflection section in the thesis.

As a second step, please create a 2-4 page exposé with the current state of research, the derived problem, research gap and objective (work sample). This can be concretized through sub-objectives or research questions. You can then list the methodological approach; an initial rough outline would be important. Do not start creating the outline before reading and analyzing the text for the first time.

In the third step, the exposé serves as a table template for our discussion (constructive maneuver criticism and mutual clarification of understanding), which I prefer to conduct via Cisco Webex. This is followed by a revision phase and your registration process in the Office for Student Affairs. The phase concludes with the title notification to the Office for Student Affairs by the professor. You will not start working on your Bachelor's thesis until the subsequent announcement. Shadow editing before the registration process is not permitted, as the subject of the examination is the extent to which a student can independently work on a new topic using scientific methodology within a closed period of time.