Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Tobias Specker

Portrait of Tobias Specker© A. Diekötter

General Business Administration and International Marketing

tobias.specker(at)fh-kiel.de
Grenzstrasse 3
24149 Kiel
Room: C12-2.06

Prof. Dr. Specker holds the professorship for international marketing and general business administration in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is the head of the Industrial Engineering International Sales and Purchasing degree program. His teaching focuses on general business administration, strategic management, international marketing and management, and intercultural management.
In addition to his work at Kiel University of Applied Sciences, Prof. Dr. Specker teaches at universities in Germany and abroad and is a member of several subject-related committees and associations.

Information on the individual courses can be found in the module database.

    • 09/2008-06/2010 seconded as Vice President of the Chinese-German University of Applied Sciences (CDHAW) in Shanghai.
    • since 11/2004 at the Kiel University of Applied Sciences
    • Academic activity
    • Freelancer (international personnel and organizational development - M&A management) and self-employed entrepreneur
    • Key account management (capital goods industry)
    • Mechanical engineering and business studies

    Prof. Dr. Specker is a member of several subject-related committees and associations:

    • Advisory Board MBA Procurement Management at the TH Ingolstadt (since 10/2023)
    • MDHK specialist coordinator for industrial engineering at DHIK (see www.dhik.org)
    • Academic Director Chinese Projectsemester CPS from 10/2018-09/2021
    • Initiator and academic mentor of sneep (student network for ethics in economics and practice) - Kiel local group
    • Member of the “Internationalization” working group - FFBT Industrial Engineering e.V.
    • Member of the Faculty and Department of Industrial Engineering e.V.
    • Member Academic Association of Sales Engineering (AASE)
    • Initiator and founding member VWI University Group Kiel e.V.
    • Assessor for various internal accreditation procedures, e.g. Goethe Business School - University of Frankfurt
    • Expert AQAS e.V.
    • Scientific advisory board at the Schleswig-Holstein Business Academy
    • Member Editorial Board "Journal of East European Management Studies" (JEEMS)
    • Head of study “Organizational Theory” at the AKAD University Stuttgart (Organizational Theory)
    • Scientific head of the “Supply Chain Management” module at the IUBH Bad Honnef
    • Scientific director of the “Economy & Society” module at the IUBH Bad Honnef
    • Founding partner and CEO GE-cubed-i
    • various teaching positions at domestic and foreign universities in the areas of corporate management, marketing, logistics, financing, corporate governance and business ethics
    • BMBF project to expand China competence at German universities (funding period 10/2018-09/2021)
      Academic project management Chinese Projectsemester CPS
      Characteristics and progression forms in the development of intercultural competence

    On appointment via email