In this discussion paper the program of the Research Unit "Cultural Sources of Newness" is presented. Short descriptions of currently nine projects follow. The assumption driving the research program is that newness lies at the core of innovations and emerges in cultural sources, which are...

In diesem Discussion Paper wird im ersten Teil das Forschungsprogramm der Abteilung "Kulturelle Quellen von Neuheit" dokumentiert, im zweiten Teil werden insgesamt sechs Projekte und zwei an das Programm gekoppelte Dissertationen vorgestellt. Neuheit, so die zugrundeliegende Annahme des...

In vielen Gesellschaftsbereichen hat die Frage nach Accountability an Bedetutung zugenommen; sogar von einem Age of Accountability ist die Rede. Allerdings verläuft die Diskussion in unterschiedlichen Forschungsfeldern parallel zueinander, ohne dass die jeweiligen Ansätze zu einer...

This contribution argues that it is time to move beyond corporate social responsibility (CSR) to global responsibility. As long as the field retains its old label, the learning agenda for organizations will be too narrow to address the full range of challenges for a sustainable world. It sets...

A great deal of intellectual entrepreneurship happens between institutions. Between institutions in the dual sense of the term: institutions as organizations and institutions as conventions. Ideas and the energy to take them forward are often born when people from different organizations come...

This paper describes experiences with an innovative method to stimulate individual, group and organizational learning in a management context. It highlights the demands placed on management development today and illustrates in detail how the live case workshop method can help meet these demands....

Die Entwicklung neuer Ansätze zur Förderung lebenslangen Lernens stellt eine der zentralen Herausforderungen an die empirische Erziehungswissenschaft dar. Es besteht ein Bedarf an Methoden, die sowohl individuelles als auch Gruppenlernen unterstützen, die der wachsenden Internationalisierung...

This chapter addresses a new approach to organizational learning, namely, artistic interventions, which encompass a variety of ways that people, products, and practices from the world of the arts enter the world of organizations. Although the field has grown rapidly, little empirical research...