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Prof. Dr. Swen Günther holds the Chair of Process and Innovation Management at HTW Dresden within the Faculty of Business Administration. His academic leadership spans teaching and research in production management, project management, process/quality management, and technology/innovation management. He oversees the Bachelor's and Master's programs in Industrial Engineering and collaborates with international partner universities like Satakunta/VAMK (Finland) and FH Burgenland (Austria).
Education & Career: Günther earned his PhD (Dr. rer. pol.) from TU Dresden's Market-Oriented Management department. Prior to academia, he worked at Procter & Gamble in manufacturing and quality management (2008-2015). His research focuses on Lean Six Sigma, TRIZ Reverse, transfer indicators, and digitalization. He leads the BMBF-funded 'Transfer_i' project (2019-2021), developing transfer metrics for academia-industry collaboration.
Research Interests: His work emphasizes systematic knowledge/technology transfer, digital transformation in processes, and innovative management methodologies. Recent studies address transfer indicators for universities, cost-benefit analyses of digital projects, and empirical research on management trends.
Teaching & Advising: Over 50+ theses supervised (2018-2021) across process optimization, quality management, and innovation transfer. He advises companies on Lean/Six Sigma implementation and organizes industry excursions with firms like T-Systems MMS and König & Bauer.
Professional Engagement: Member of German Society for Quality (DGQ) and Society for Organisation (GFO). Regularly publishes in journals like Qualität in der Wissenschaft and Zeitschrift für Organisation.
