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More than Bricks in the Wall: Organizational Perspectives for Sustainable Success

A tribute to Professor Dr. Gilbert Probst

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  1. Lea Stadtler

    1. HEC, University of Geneva, Geneva

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  2. Achim Schmitt

    1. Audencia Nantes School of Management,  

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  3. Patricia Klarner

    1. University of Munich, Germany

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  4. Thomas Straub

    1. School of Business Administration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Fribourg

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-13
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  2. Corporate Growth

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Graduation Day: How New Growth Initiatives Turn into Sizable Businesses

      • Sebastian Raisch
      Pages 16-24

    3. Adoption of Strategic Initiatives: The Role of Global Teams during Piloting

      • Bettina Büchel, Rhoda Davidson
      Pages 25-32

    4. Major Challenges in Doing M&A – A Theoretical Approach

      • Thomas Straub
      Pages 33-42

    5. Leading Development

      • Markus Sulzberger
      Pages 43-50

  3. Constant Development through Organizational Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Managing the Pace of Strategic Change: The Rhythm of Change as a Means of Balancing

      • Patricia Klarner
      Pages 52-59

    3. Structuring Ambidextrous Organizations: Exploitation and Exploration as a Key for Long-Term Success

      • Gaëtan Devins, Caroline N. Kähr
      Pages 60-67

    4. Intangibles as Enablers – Key Success Factors and/or Inhibitors

      • Günter Fleischer,   Hewlett-Packard, Bettina Anne Sollberger
      Pages 68-75

  4. Maneuvering through Organizational Crisis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. When Crises Represent an Opportunity: Insights into Corporate Turnarounds

      • Achim Schmitt
      Pages 78-86

    3. Employment Downsizing: Causes, Costs, and Consequences

      • Wayne F. Cascio
      Pages 87-96

    4. Restructuring in a Crisis and in a Position of Strength: Practical Illustrations from the Tourism Industry

      • Peter Fankhauser, Thomas Cook, Lea Stadtler
      Pages 97-103

    5. Strategic Management in Turbulent Times

      • Henrik Naujoks
      Pages 104-111

  5. The Knowledge Perspective of the Firm

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. Successfully Maintaining Participation in Virtual Communities of Practice

      • Stefano Borzillo
      Pages 114-123

    3. The Development of Social Capital: On Managing Game-Players, Trade-off Makers and Low-Keys

      • Claudia Jonczyk
      Pages 124-130

    4. Enhancing Knowledge Management at Holcim

      • Walter Baumgartner
      Pages 131-137

    5. Is This the Essence of Knowledge Management? Or Wearing Sunscreen? Or Is It 42?

      • Heinz Fischer, Heiko Fischer
      Pages 138-146
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About this book

Peter Gomez, University of St. Gallen Gilbert Spiderman Those were the days … when Gilbert Probst presented his innumerable lectures on systems thinking to executives wearing a T-shirt showing a spidernet; the serious and respected professor impersonating the famous Spiderman? Far from it! Systems thinking translated in German means “Vernetztes Denken”, in clumsy English “Thinking in Networks” – just like the spiderweb. A more precise term would be “Thinking in Circles”, but Gilbert was always looking for good effects – and this with great success, the executives loved it. Gilbert and myself were a good team in the 80s and 90s of the last century. In the form of team teaching we introduced literally thousands of executives and students to the secrets of systems thinking. Somehow like Simon & Garfunkel - he was Art Garfunkel, the front man, I performed the background vocals as did Paul Simon. It took us a long time to develop our product to perfection.

Authors and Affiliations

  • HEC, University of Geneva, Geneva

    Lea Stadtler

  • Audencia Nantes School of Management,  

    Achim Schmitt

  • University of Munich, Germany

    Patricia Klarner

  • School of Business Administration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Fribourg

    Thomas Straub

About the authors

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: More than Bricks in the Wall: Organizational Perspectives for Sustainable Success

  • Book Subtitle: A tribute to Professor Dr. Gilbert Probst

  • Authors: Lea Stadtler, Achim Schmitt, Patricia Klarner, Thomas Straub

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-8945-1

  • Publisher: Gabler Verlag Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Gabler Verlag | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-8349-2580-0Published: 28 July 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-8349-4650-8Published: 12 November 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-8349-8945-1Published: 17 August 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 192

  • Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Organization

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