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Strategies in Failure Management

Scientific Insights, Case Studies and Tools

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Editors:
  1. Sebastian Kunert

    1. artop–Institute, Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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  • Analyses failure in businesses and consulting with empirical research findings
  • Features case studies to illustrate practical consequences of different strategies
  • Offers useful tools to manage failures in everyday business

Part of the book series: Management for Professionals (MANAGPROF)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  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
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About this book

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.

 

Editors and Affiliations

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

    Sebastian Kunert

About the editor

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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