One way to alleviate the need for teaching different robots individually is by using teleoperation. Typically, human demonstrations can be captured by skeleton tracking with VR or motion capture, which requires special hardware. Can the use of simple videos combined with deep learning and AI achieve similar results which can be generalized?

Loneliness is on a rise during this pandemic. In such challenging times, robots understanding and showing emotions can help in building relationships with humans that foster emotional security. The purpose of this study is to investigate if emotional robots can help to decrease the feeling of loneliness.

Digitalization and AI offer extensive opportunities for companies' marketing activities. However, these new algorithms are also associated with a number of challenges. The suggested topics in the attached PDF are intended to shed light on these aspects.

The increasing work from home is blurring the boundaries between work and private life. What does constant availability do to employees? What influence do digital readiness, digital resilience and competencies in the use of information and communication technologies have?

With this work you will screen existing knowledge about the right KPIs for teams and suggest a systematic prospective on how to measure team performance in firms.

With deep learning systems that can analyze facial reactions otherwise invisible to the eye, HR can try to know if someone is a good fit for the company. In this thesis, you will be performing facial expression recognition in real-time for the seven basic emotions and you will be study how effective emotion recognition is in employee performance interviews.

Covid-19 has made working from home part of the everyday life for many employees. The line between work and private life is therefore becoming increasingly blurred. The research questions deal with how home office affects employees and how it influences their mental health as well as organizational outcomes.

Covid-19 has made working from home part of the everyday life for many employees. How does this affect employees? What effects on satisfaction, stress experience, commitment and productivity can be identified? What influence do the framework conditions at home have, such as equipment, additional obligations, etc.?

A generation of young employees is currently growing up with constant availability and increasing work from home. The primary research question deals with how young and older people differ in terms of their work-life balance? Which different preferences can be identified? How do they deal with the same demands? What different resources do different generations have?

The arrival of social robots in work teams is only a matter of time. But such robots – like any new team member – must be integrated into their teams to ensure their successful and sustainable use. Exemplary research questions are: What do we already know about the integration of new team members in all-human work teams? What are important factors for the integration of robotic team members in mixed human-robot teams (HRTs)? And what are fruitful areas for future research on robot integration in work teams?

Robots can already today take over a wide range of work tasks. This will become even more important in the future, especially with regard to social robots and their appearance in work teams. Exemplary research questions are: Which factors are important when selecting a social robot for a work task/team? What are the underlying mechanisms of robot selection for work tasks/teams? And what are potential areas for future research on robot selection?

Das vorgeschlagene Thema beschäftigt sich mit der Identifikation von neuen Arbeitsmethoden und Skills (z.B. Scrum, Kanban, Führungskompetenzen, …). Dabei kann beispielsweise durch die Durchführung von Unternehmensbefragungen ein neues Kompetenzmodell für Führungskräfte entwickelt werden. Diese Abschlussarbeit wird mit unserem Kooperationspartner, der Jakob Maul GmbH (MAUL), ausgeschrieben. Die Abschlussarbeit soll bei MAUL vor Ort in Bad König (Zell) geschrieben werden. Währenddessen erhält der Studierende eine finanzielle Vergütung. MAUL ist ein führender Marken-Hersteller von Büroprodukten mit 190 Mitarbeitenden.

The proposed topic deals with the identification of new working methods and skills (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, leadership competencies, …). Thereby, a new competency model for managers can be developed, e.g., by conducting company surveys. This thesis is offered with our cooperation partner, Jakob Maul GmbH (MAUL). The thesis will be written at MAUL, which is located in Bad König (Zell). During this time the student will receive a financial compensation. MAUL is a leading brand manufacturer of office products with 190 employees.

Die Büroumgebung der Mitarbeiter ist einem ständigen Wandel unterworfen. In der Abschlussarbeit sollen mögliche Szenarien zukünftiger Arbeitsumgebungen entwickelt werden, z. B. durch die Durchführung von Unternehmensbefragungen. Diese Abschlussarbeit wird mit unserem Kooperationspartner, der Jakob Maul GmbH (MAUL), ausgeschrieben. Die Abschlussarbeit soll bei MAUL vor Ort in Bad König (Zell) geschrieben werden. Währenddessen erhält der Studierende eine finanzielle Vergütung. MAUL ist ein führender Marken-Hersteller von Büroprodukten mit 190 Mitarbeitenden.

The office environment of employees is undergoing constant change. In the thesis, possible scenarios of future working environments can be developed, e.g., by conducting company surveys. This thesis is offered with our cooperation partner, Jakob Maul GmbH (MAUL). The thesis will be written at MAUL, which is located in Bad König (Zell). During this time the student will receive a financial compensation. MAUL is a leading brand manufacturer of office products with 190 employees.

Digitalization and COVID-19 led to a major shift on how we actually work and will work in the future. The suggested topics in the attached PDF are intended to shed light on these aspects. The topics cover all exciting areas of HR work of the future: from AI-based recruiting and leadership to digital work opportunities.

With advancing digitization also comes a greater responsibility that not only involves technical performance and safety but also social aspects and more concrete ethics. In order to shed more light on this important topic, this thesis should aim at providing insights that can help to answer a number of research questions, including

- What do we already know about ethical aspects of placing technology, such as robots, in teams?

- How do ethics for all-human teams and ethics for human-robot teams fit together?

- What are important ethical considerations for future research on and deployment of human-robot teams?

Selecting suitable instruments and methods to measure causal effects is a challenge for many researchers across scientific fields. It is an important prerequisite for any further decisions regarding any study design. We want to take a closer look at various methods that are currently used to assess causality in (field) experiments in business contexts, compare them and derive specific recommendations.

Many jobs are experiencing a major shift in the skills and core capabilities required for the future. This change does not stop at “classic” office jobs such as team assistance and PMO. We want to take a closer look at how the jobs of a team assistant and a PMO in large corporations are changing, what today’s core competencies are, and which competencies will be needed in the future.