Strategies in Failure Management

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxviii

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2. Introduction

   • Sebastian Kunert

   Pages 1-6

3. Failure Inside Companies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Failure in Organizational Change

      • Sebastian Kunert, Henning Staar

      Pages 9-25

   3. Failure in Innovation: Is There Such a Thing?

      • Bettina von Stamm

      Pages 27-45

   4. Failure in Projects

      • Sebastian Kunert, Rüdiger von der Weth

      Pages 47-66

   5. Failure in Teams: Why Successful Teams Do Not Fail (So Often)

      • Petra Badke-Schaub, Gesine Hofinger

      Pages 67-78

   6. Failure of Leadership

      • Salvatore Moccia

      Pages 79-94

   7. Failure in Innovation Decision Making

      • Stephan Bedenk, Harald A. Mieg

      Pages 95-106

   8. Failure in Personnel Development

      • Simone Kauffeld, Ann-Christine Massenberg

      Pages 107-119

   9. Failure in Startup Companies: Why Failure Is a Part of Founding

      • Claas Triebel, Claudius Schikora, Richard Graske, Sarah Sopper

      Pages 121-140

   10. Failure in Public Relations: Non-profit Organizations Facing Growing Challenges

       • Carsten Tesch

       Pages 141-154

   11. Failure in Intercultural Cooperation

       • Sebastian Kunert, Jonas Schumacher

       Pages 155-158

4. Failure Beyond Companies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159

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   2. Failure in Consulting: Consultation Cannot Fail!

      • Karin Lackner

      Pages 161-174

   3. Failure in Coaching: Between Professional Craft and the Art of Creating a Relationship

      • Thomas Bachmann

      Pages 175-189

   4. Failure of Networks and Network Management

      • Jules Thoma, Christiane Funken

      Pages 191-209

   5. Failure in Volunteer Work: A Call for Strategic Volunteer Management

      • Romualdo Ramos, Theo Wehner

      Pages 211-229

   6. Failure in Public Institutions: Characteristics of Organizational Culture in the Military

      • Martin Elbe

      Pages 231-239

   7. Failure in Health: Burnout as an Intuitive Competence for Setting Health-Conducive Personal Boundaries

      • Gunther Schmidt, Florian Pommerien-Becht, Nora Daniels-Wredenhagen

      Pages 241-266

This book offers a comprehensive overview of failure in business, management and consulting. It features contributions by experts from diverse fields, who share unique insights from their real-life experiences. Readers will find perspectives from leadership, project management, change management, innovation management, human resource management, counseling, restructuring, entrepreneurship and sports. Each chapter combines the latest empirical findings with relevant case studies, making for a unique book that offers a fascinating exploration of the largely unexplored area of setbacks, pitfalls, flops and disappointments in the business world.

 

• Project failure
• Leadership failure
• Team conflicts
• Conflict management
• Mediation failure
• Organizational restructuring
• Strategy failure

• artop–Institute, Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

  Sebastian Kunert

Sebastian Kunert is a Managing Partner at the consultancy 'artop – Institute' at Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany. Furthermore, he is Professor for Human Resources and Organizational Studies at Business and Information Technology School, Berlin. He graduated in Psychology and received his doctoral degree from Humboldt-University Berlin. His main research interests focus on innovation management ecosystems, organizational culture, leadership, project management, and evaluation.

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