More than bricks in the wall: Organizational perspectives for sustainable success

Abstract

This book illustrates different organizational perspectives for achieving sustainable corporate success. Its contributions cover a range of research areas that have been developed at Prof. Gilbert Probst's Chair of Organization and Management at the University of Geneva over the past twenty years. By analyzing current research questions and highlighting corresponding managerial challenges, this book provides a comprehensive view on corporate growth, change management, crisis management, knowledge management, and managing corporate boundaries. Inhalt - Forewords - Chapter 1: Corporate Growth - Chapter 2: Constant Development through Organizational Change - Chapter 3: Manoeuvering through Organizational Crisis - Chapter 4: The Knowledge Perspective of the Firm - Chapter 5: Managing Inside and Outside the Firm It's more than just Bricks in the Wall: Three Decades of Organizational Studies, Continued Learning, and Leadership Zielgruppe Practitioners and academics interested in the areas of organizational growth, change man-agement, crisis management, knowledge management, and managing corporate boundaries Consulting firms, research organizations, students, doctoral students Über den Autor/Hrsg Lea Stadtler is a research and teaching assistant at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She has a Master degree in International Business Administration (Otto-Friedrich University, Bamberg, Germany) and has a formal education certificate in Banking and Finance. Achim Schmitt is a Professor at Audencia Nantes, School of Management, France and has a Ph.D. in Business Administration. Patricia Klarner is a Professor at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany and has a Ph.D. in Business Administration. Thomas Straub is a Professor at the School of Business Administration, Fribourg, Switzerland and has a Ph.D. in Business Administration. He is Associate Professor at the Department Chair of UNESCO, University of Bucharest, Rumania and Visiting Professor at the HEC, University of Geneva, Switzerland. © Gabler Verlag | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH 2010. All rights reserved.