Das Lehrbuch präsentiert auf den drei Ebenen Individuum, Gruppe und Organisation unterschiedliche Verhaltensmodelle, die eine wichtige Grundlage für ein modernes Führungsverhalten bilden. Zunächst werden die maßgeblichen Theorien aus den Bereichen Persönlichkeit, Intelligenz, Wahrnehmung,...

Introducing Organizations as Social Systems Conducting Experiments -- Introducing Organizations as Social Systems Conducting Experiments -- The experimental and social arche of organizations -- The Experimental Arche: Ashby’s Cybernetics -- The Experimental Arche Continued: Von Foerster on...

What are organizations? What is their point? How should one design successful organizations? Although these questions have been treated by many authors in many different ways, this book offers a new perspective. In a nutshell, the book combines cybernetics, social systems theory and...

How can artist-scientist collaboration be of value to science and technology organizations? This innovative book is one of the first to address this question and the emerging field of art-science collaboration through an organizational and managerial lens. With extensive experience collaborating...

Interaktion in der Führungsforschung: Zwischen Bedeutungsgewinn und Marginalisierung -- Führung als Interaktion: Zur interaktiven Qualität der Führungsbeziehung -- Interaktion und Identität: Eine theoretische Verknüpfung -- Identität und Identitätskonstruktion — Perspektiven...

Vorwort Vorgesetze, Kollegen, Mitarbeiter - Menschen im Arbeitsleben sind essenziell für uns: Wir orientieren uns an ihnen, sie geben uns Sicherheit, gemeinsam schaffen wir herausragende Leistungen. Gelungene Beziehungen tun uns gut, sie fördern unsere körperliche und psychische Gesundheit....

This book discusses a core question in many fields of the social sciences, namely how to create, share and adopt new knowledge. It creates an original space for conversation between two lines of research that have developed largely in parallel for a long time: social network theory and the...

Change is a necessary, though sometimes challenging part of staying relevant, being engaged and seeking ways to flourish in one’s life. Coaching helps individuals develop coherent strategies for their life and work and to tap into their strengths and inspiration. Often our clients find...

This volume analyzes intergenerational solidarity from diverse interdisciplinary angles within the social sciences. It provides analytical tools to advance research and documents how societies are adjusting to major changes that affect the core of the social fabric