Nicole Jung

Professor Nicole Jung serves as a full-time Professor and Liaison lecturer at the Deutsche Bundesbank University of Applied Sciences, teaching general business administration and management courses covering leadership, organization, HR, change management, and culture. She actively engages as a student counselor available by appointment and participates in university governance as a senate member.

Her academic foundation includes:

• Vocational training as a bank clerk
• Business administration studies with intercultural qualifications in English and American Studies at the University of Mannheim (including study abroad at Napier University, Edinburgh)
• PhD from the University of Mannheim
• Visiting Scholar position at Stanford University

Her research examines organizational power dynamics, motivation systems, and cross-cultural management practices, with special emphasis on how organizations engage management consultants. This work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical applications through industry collaborations, particularly in change management implementation and client-consultant relationship optimization.

Publications from 2008-2012 consistently explore management consulting phenomena, revealing trends in client professionalization, consultant influence in management fashion cycles, and innovation project governance. Her work appears in authoritative venues like the Oxford Handbook of Management Consulting and Management Revue, establishing her expertise in organizational consulting dynamics.

Professor Jung has secured interdisciplinary research funding through collaborations with ZEW Mannheim and SOFI Göttingen, focusing on organizational innovation capabilities and consultant roles in the information economy. She extends this work through practitioner-oriented change management workshops that translate academic insights into operational frameworks for industry partners.