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...

How does a major international company learn? In particular, how does a successful international company even discover that it needs to learn to do things differently, and to do different things, rather than relying on its past recipes for success? According to the literature, success tends to...

Unfortunately, most students leave the university with little knowledge about decision-making in the public sector. Unless they study towards a management degree, most students experience little to no business education in their curricula. As a consequence, student perceptions of the business...

Sozialbilanzen sind darauf ausgerichtet, die klassische Rechnungslegung und Berichterstattung eines Unternehmens so inhaltlich zu vertiefen und thematisch zu erweitern, dass transparent wird, wie und in welchem Umfang das Unternehmen seine soziale Verantwortung wahrnimmt. Ausgehend von einer...

The field of organizational learning has developed dynamically but is not ready for closure. This article reviews the cultural contexts in which research on organizational learning has been conducted since the 1960s, and the intellectual traditions that underpin the field. It traces changes in...

A firm's ability to shape its policies to meet societal demands depends on how it perceives the opportunities and risks in its environment. We hypothesized that corporate culture plays a significant role in shaping organizational perceptions. This paper summarizes the findings of a study on how...

Organisationslernen und Wissensmanagement sind in der Organisationsforschung als anerkannte Forschungsbereiche und in der Organisationspraxis zu einem festen Bestandteil von Veränderungsprozessen geworden. Der Beitrag beschreibt die Entwicklung des Feldes und hebt wesentliche Ergebnisse hervor....

The intensity and scope of attention to the (negative) impacts of business activities on the social and natural environment have waxed and waned over the past forty years. A revival of interest on a wide scale is visible and audible again today. Numerous organizations, including the United...