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The election of the Alumna/Alumnus of the year at the Alumni Night is a fixed point in the academic year at FHWien der WKW. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, we have decided not to hold the Alumni Night in person this year. The health of all of us is important to us and we do […]Read more on Presentation of the award “Alumna/Alumnus of the Year” will take place online this year

Insights into personal leadership styles from industry experts: Every year we offer our Master’s students intensive dialogues with executives from the tourism industry. Due to Covid-19, these conversations did not take place in a cozy coffee house atmosphere this year, but via video conference. However, this did not detract from the knowledge gained from the […]Read more on Tourism leadership talks with ten top guests

Since mid-March, universities in Austria have been closed, courses have been converted to distance learning and everyday life has changed considerably for students. A research team from the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Vienna wants to find out how students deal with the current situation and home learning and what challenges arise in […]Read more on Study “Learning under COVID-19 conditions

FHWien der WKW is among the top universities of applied sciences for its high practical relevance and its “contact to work environment” – as reported in the renowned U-Multirank university ranking. […]Read more on FHWien der WKW among the top 25 universities worldwide at U-Multirank

In the January issue of CFO aktuell, the Competence Center for Business Controlling & Accounting presented the case study of an Austrian publicly listed company, in which the effects of IFRS on controlling were analyzed. The introduction of IFRS resulted in various simplifications in the case presented, such as the elimination of calculative interest and […]Read more on Publication on IFRS effects on controlling

In his online keynote, Vijay Viswanathan presented concepts and strategies for consumer experience and engagement and referred to COVID-19. […]Read more on International expert Vijay Viswanathan gave an online keynote about Integrated Marketing Communications

Due to the coronavirus, on March 10, 2020 all courses at FHWien der WKW were switched to distance learning. In the special edition of the FNMA magazine (Forum Neue Medien in der Lehre Austria) “Plötzlich online“ (‘Suddenly online‘) FHWien der WKW is now represented with an interesting article about distance learning. Uta Rußmann and Ilona […]Read more on FNMA Magazine „Plötzlich online“

An experience report on virtual teaching at FHWien der WKW Forced by the Covid-19 restrictions, we adapted an organizational laboratory for a virtual environment. How can organizational dynamics on different levels (structure, culture, processes, relationships) be experienced and explored online? An interview by Christina Schweiger (CS) with Barbara Kump (BK) and Joachim Schwendenwein (JS), external […]Read more on Organization Laboratory goes Minecraft

Students develop event concepts for Baden Tourism Board and Phoenix Yachting […]Read more on Tourism Event Projects

In his master's thesis Jakob Staudinger dealt with online buying habits in food retailing during the COVID 19 pandemic. The results have now been published in RETAIL. […]Read more on Master’s thesis about Online Buying Habits in Food Retailing during the Corona Crisis