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Hospitals provide highly sophisticated services, but they are largely
steered by means of simplistic management models, which do not match the complexities faced by these organizations. The design of management models in hospitals and public organizations at large shows a bend toward reductionism. The reductionism of these models is rooted in their short-termism, and in the…

The attention-based view (ABV) has highlighted the role of organizational attention in strategic decision making and adaptation. The tendency to view communication channels as “pipes and prisms” for information processing has, however, limited its ability to address strategic change. We propose a broader role for communication as a process by which actors can attend to and engage…

Rezension zu "Jeder kann führen: Über moderne Führung zwischen Systemdenken und Menschlichkeit" von Timm Richter

Eine neue Generation meldet sich zu Wort
Die Vereinfachungskraft klaren Denkens wird hier eindrucksvoll demonstriert. Wem Peter Druckers "The Effective Executive" altmodisch erscheint, findet bei Richter eine zeitgemässe Fortschreibung.

De quelles manières les petites entreprises peuvent-elles croître et quelles mesures doivent-elles prendre pour afficher une croissance saine?

Kaum etwas hat sich in den letzten Jahrzenten so verändert wie die Geschlechterverhältnisse. Frauen haben im Bildungsbereich aufgeholt – sie stellen einen Anteil von über 50% bei Matura, Studium und auch den Hochschulabschlüssen. Frauen verfügen über die gleichen politischen Rechte und es wird als normal angesehen, dass Mütter erwerbstätig sind. Die Gleichstellung der Geschlechter…

This paper looks at the impact of digitalization on third-party logistics (3PL) business models. An eclectic framework for the analysis of digital disruptions in service industries is elaborated by linking Porter’s five forces to insights from research on digitalization and innovation. Applying this framework to the business field of 3PL reveals that logistics service providers face…

In the wake of the economic crisis and with the rise of the Tea Party Movement in the United States, Ayn Rand’s novels have been (re-)discovered by a large readership. Advocating a stark individualism and laissez-faire capitalism, Rand’s opus magnum "Atlas Shrugged" (1957) resonates with many Americans’ fears that their country may resemble more and more the dystopian world…