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.
Academy of Management acquisitions activities agentic behaviors ambidexterity analysis benefits Business School career challenges Cleisthenes collaboration Communities of Practice company’s core corporate team corporate turnarounds costs create crisis Crytek culture decline economic employees employment downsizing engagement environment experience exploitative exploration external factors firms focus Gallen Gilbert Probst global team goals Group growth initiatives Harvard Business Harvard Business Review Heinz Fischer Hewlett-Packard Holcim iShare Networks human impact implementation individual industry innovation integration interactions internal Knowledge Management layoffs leaders leadership learning M&A performance Management Review managerial Nestlé operational organization’s participation partners perspective pilot position potential proactive disposition proactive work orientation problems professors Raisch role self-efficacy sharing skills social social capital stakeholders strategic changes strategic initiatives Strategic Management Journal structures success sustainable Switzerland synergies Tushman University of Geneva VCoP members Virtual Communities World Economic Forum.