Overview

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.  

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Author:   Sebastian Kunert
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Weight:   0.545kg
ISBN:  

9783030102616

ISBN 10:   3030102610
Pages:   327
Publication Date:   19 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Failure Inside Companies: Failure in Organizational Change.- Failure in Innovation: Is There Such a Thing?.- Failure in Projects.- Failure in Teams - Why Successful Teams Do Not Fail (so Often).- Failure of Leadership.- Failure in Innovation Decision Making.- Failure in Personnel Development.- Failure in Startup Companies - Why Failure Is a Part of Founding.- Failure in Public Relations - Non-Profit Organizations Facing Growing Challenges.- Failure in Intercultural Cooperation.- Failure Beyond Companies: Failure in Consulting - Consultation Cannot Fail!.- Failure in Coaching - Between Professional Craft and the Art of Creating a Relationship.- Failure of Networks and Network Management.- Failure in Volunteer Work - A Call for Strategic Volunteer Management.- Failure in Public Institutions - Characteristics of Organizational Culture in the Military.- Failure in Health - Burnout as an Intuitive Competence for Setting Health-Conducive Personal Bourndaries.- Failure in Design.- Failure inUse of Technology.- Failure in Sports.- Failure on Stage.

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This book offers a comprehensive overview on failure in business, management and consulting.

Author Information

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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