This book provides a compact overview of the topic of change management. It contains a comprehensible introduction to the basics and techniques of organizational change and provides practical information on the most important success factors. The reading is suitable for practitioners as well as for courses at colleges and universities. Topics such as stakeholder analysis, the use of the Social Intranet for communication and idea generation or intrapreneurship programs and a whole range of ...

This Quick Guide to Change Management for all cases serves as a short guide. It offers those responsible and those affected a quick overview of how corporate change can succeed. To ensure practical transfer, it provides valuable tips based on real-life experiences and illustrated by a series of case studies drawn from the author's own research and consulting experience. In addition, there is an in-depth look at typical occasions of corporate change, such as business succession, acquisition...

A comprehensive playbook for applied design thinking in business and management, complete with concepts and toolkitsAs many companies have lost confidence in the traditional ways of running a business, design thinking has entered the mix. Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation presents a framework for design thinking that is relevant to business management, marketing, and design strategies and also provides a toolkit to apply concepts for immediate use i...

Scenario planning helps organization leaders, executives and decision-makers envision and develop strategies for multiple possible futures instead of just one. It enables organizations to become resilient and agile, carefully calibrating their responses and adapting quickly to new circumstances in a fast-changing environment. This book is the most comprehensive treatment to date of the scenario planning process. Unlike existing books it offers a thorough discussion of the evolution and the...

Provides a clear road map to instilling a culture of safety excellence in any organizationDid you know that accidental injury is among the top ten leading causes of death in every age group? With this book as your guide, you'll learn how to help your organization develop, implement, and sustain Safety Culture Excellence, vital for the protection of and improvement in the quality of life for everyone who works there.STEPS to Safety Culture Excellence

This workbook provides the roadmap from the beginning of the process to that point where the New Executive is safely ensconced in her position, with explanations and new ways of thinking about organizations and change, charts that illustrate subject matter and assignments that aid the transitions.

What do companies like Google, Uber, Trello, LinkedIN, Huawei, Flixbus or Holiday Check have in common? They all belong to the successful companies that use OKR profitably and for whom OKR makes an important contribution to their corporate success and goal achievement. OKR is a simple, agile approach to setting and implementing strategies in companies that is optimized for complex market situations. Particular attention is paid to not only transferring goals to individual employees in a go...

The digitalization of businesses calls for new forms of leadership and collaboration, as traditional human resources strategies are reaching their limits. Personal responsibility, networking and diversity are increasingly recognized as key prerequisites for agility, adaptability and innovativeness.This book encourages HR managers who want to be pioneers of, or support, digital transformation to rethink their HR strategies. It begins with a clear illustration of the difference betwe...

Companies acquire and merge to generate accelerated value growth. But merger integrations pose an enormous challenge to organisations: they are fraught with over-inflated expectations of making rapid synergy gains, laden with pitfalls inherent to complex organisational change, charged with emotion and are often influenced by socio-psychological dynamics. This complicated situation poses risks, and it is no surprise that many merger integrations turn out to be botched jobs.This book...

The belief that rainmakers bring rain is a superstition, but they are able to create cohesion among the people who believe in their powers. Stefan Kühl describes how the rainmaker effect works in the model of the learning organization. Many of the modern management principles that are billed as formulas for success – e.g., clear objectives, employee identification, participation, and continuous learning – fail to deliver on their promises. However, they do have other beneficial effects. Th...

The Management Study Brief provides an introduction to management concepts, theories and practices. It is intended as a quick reference for business professionals, including employees, managers, group leaders, team leaders, and students of business or business management. This Study Brief contains key terms and definitions, a brief history and short profiles of major contributors to management theories and principles that have greatly influenced and shaped today’s management styles and pra...

This handbook, translated from the German, deals with change processes in companies and organizations. It provides information on the fundamental principles, background and methods and instruments of change management and is aimed at those responsible for change management within companies and organizations, as well as at external consultants, coaches and trainers. The book combines the focal areas of organizational development and human resources within a single holistic approach to the p...