More than Bricks in the Wall: Organizational Perspectives for Sustainable Success: A tribute to Professor Dr. Gilbert Probst

This book illustrates different organizational perspectives for achieving sustainable corporate success. Its contributions cover a range of research areas that have been developed at Prof. Gilbert Probst's Chair of Organization and Management at the University of Geneva over the past twenty years. By analyzing current research questions and highlighting corresponding managerial challenges, this book provides a comprehensive view on corporate growth, change management, crisis management, knowledge management, and managing corporate boundaries.

Table of Contents:
Corporate Growth.- Graduation Day: How New Growth Initiatives Turn into Sizable Businesses.- Adoption of Strategic Initiatives: The Role of Global Teams during Piloting.- Major Challenges in Doing M&A – A Theoretical Approach.- Leading Development.- Constant Development through Organizational Change.- Managing the Pace of Strategic Change: The Rhythm of Change as a Means of Balancing.- Structuring Ambidextrous Organizations: Exploitation and Exploration as a Key for Long-Term Success.- Intangibles as Enablers – Key Success Factors and/or Inhibitors.- Maneuvering through Organizational Crisis.- When Crises Represent an Opportunity: Insights into Corporate Turnarounds.- Employment Downsizing: Causes, Costs, and Consequences.- Restructuring in a Crisis and in a Position of Strength: Practical Illustrations from the Tourism Industry.- Strategic Management in Turbulent Times.- The Knowledge Perspective of the Firm.- Successfully Maintaining Participation in Virtual Communities of Practice.- The Development of Social Capital: On Managing Game-Players, Trade-off Makers and Low-Keys.- Enhancing Knowledge Management at Holcim.- Is This the Essence of Knowledge Management? Or Wearing Sunscreen? Or Is It 42?.- Managing Inside and Outside the Firm.- Proactive Work Orientation.- International Ambidexterity: An Extant Challenge for Business Professors?.- Managing Across Corporate Boundaries: Public-Private Partnerships.- Internal Complexities: Managerial Challenges in a Corporate Holding.- Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit: For Theirs Is the Kingdom of Heaven.- It’s more than just Bricks in the Wall: Three Decades of Organizational Studies, Continued Learning, and Leadership.

About the Author :
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-Universitat 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.