
Februar 2, 2011
Denn ohne eine echte Integration der besten Management-Techniken, der besten Produktions- und Marktbearbeitungsmethoden aus den fälschlich als “Peripherie-Standorte” bezeichneten Niederlassungen oder Tochtergesellschaften wird sich eine neue, internationale Identität nicht entwickeln können.
“Das würde allerdings ein fundamental anderes Selbstverständnis deutscher Unternehmen erfordern. Ausländische Märkte müssten zu echten Heimatstandorten werden, was auf den ersten Blick als Widerspruch erscheinen mag. Aus deutschen Unternehmen müssten Organisationen werden, die beispielsweise gleichzeitig auch eine chinesische oder indische Identität hätten,” argumentiert Hutzschenreuter[1]. Nur: welches deutsche Unternehmen verfügt eine Veränderungskultur, die ein solches Lernen von den manchmal immer noch belächelten ausländischen Standorten fördern und fordern? Und mehr noch: Wo gibt es systematische Change-Programme, die mit der kühnen Vision, zu einem wahrhaft internationalen Konzern zu werden, solches Lernen organisieren und auf die interne Agenda setzen?
* HBR-Blog[2]
Source URL: http://change-centre.org/german-companies-need-to-change-their-identity-post-in-german/

März 24, 2010
This year’s “equal pay day”, conducted on March 26th 2010 as the date to which German women have to continue their last year’s work in order to achieve the equal annual salary of their male colleagues in 2009, brings the Change Centre Foundation to call for precise measures to be taken by the German economy:
“It is especially the resistance to change becoming manifest in the very concrete attitude and behaviour patterns of decision makers that we are interested in at the Change Centre Foundation,” says Christina Angela Rauh, editor and content manager at CCF. Joachim Klewes, the initiator of the think tank, states: “The same holds true for this issue as it does for other changes in business and society: As long as there are no concrete programmes within the organisations, these structural changes – by law or sets of regulations for example – only have impact on practice sluggishly.”
Via international research cooperations the Change Centre Foundation therefore strives to introduce best practice examples from abroad in Germany. Furthermore, there is going to be a Europe-wide research project which will investigate the attitudes of national representatives from all 27 EU member state parliaments towards specific societal changes.
Source URL: http://change-centre.org/equal-pay-day-only-concrete-programmes-will-induce-change/

März 24, 2010
Zum diesjährigen “Equal Pay Day” am 26. März 2010, dem Datum bis zu welchem deutsche Frauen über das Ende des Jahres 2009 hinaus arbeiten müssen, um auf das gleiche Vorjahresgehalt wie ihre männlichen Kollegen zu kommen, fordert die Change Centre Foundation konkrete Schritte gegen die Lohndiskriminierung in der deutschen Wirtschaft:
„Was uns in der Change Centre Foundation interessiert, ist vor allem die Resistenz gegen Veränderungen, die sich in den ganz konkreten Einstellungs- und Verhaltensstrukturen von Entscheidern manifestiert,“ sagt Christina Angela Rauh von der Change Centre Foundation. Der Initiator des Think Tanks, Joachim Klewes bemerkt dazu: „Bei diesem Thema gilt das Gleiche wie bei anderen Veränderungen in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft: Solange es keine konkreten Programme in den Organisationen gibt, wirken sich die Strukturveränderungen – etwa durch Gesetze und Vorschriften – nur im Schneckentempo auf die Praxis aus.”
Mithilfe internationaler Forschungskooperationen will die Change Centre Foundation daher best practice-Beispiele aus dem Ausland in Deutschland bekannt machen. Geplant ist darüber hinaus ein eigenes Europa weites Forschungsprojekt, in dem die Haltung von Abgeordneten in den 27 nationalen Parlamenten der EU-Mitgliedsstaaten zu konkreten Veränderungen untersucht wird.
Source URL: http://change-centre.org/equal-pay-day-nur-konkrete-programme-andern-etwas/

März 20, 2010
Written by the leading educational researchers around the world, this international miscellany provides a diversified review of the educational change and its’ implementation research. It depicts lessons learned from past school reforms and community organizing for change, thereby pointing out the critical factors for success under diverging circumstances.
The book’s concern is to bridge the existing gap between research findings on educational change and the actual policy making process in order to fully unleash all potentials of the knowledge society. The concluding chapter focuses on teachers as those learning to lead the change at the forefront.
All readers with academic interest in the topic as well as policy makers and practitioners in the field of educational reform will find sound impulses for their work in this basal book.
Sugrue, C. (Ed.) (2008). The future of educational change: International perspectives. London, New York: Routledge
Source URL: http://change-centre.org/international-perspectives-on-educational-change/

Februar 17, 2010
This empirical population study gives insight not just into demographic changes throughout Europe, but into the attitudes and expectations of citizens towards these changes. The authors deal with subjects such as the motivation of having children, opinions on family and intergeneration changes in value systems or family transformation in post-soviet Eastern Europe.
Furthermore, the acceptance of family policy measures is outlined as well as the anticipated impact of family policies on fertility behaviour among the childless. Opinions on the reconciliation of family and work are analyzed in interrelation to female labour market participation.
This book was funded by the European Commission as part of the DIALOG research project and will especially be useful to policy makers and everyone concerned with population change.
Höhn, C., Avramov, D. & Kotowska, I. (Eds.) (2008). People, Population Change and Policies. Lessons from the Population Policy Acceptance Study Vol. 1: Family Change. Dordrecht: Springer
Source URL: http://change-centre.org/attitudes-towards-family-change-in-europe/

Februar 10, 2010
When two companies are brought together into one business, may it be a joint venture or after mergers or acquisitions, one of the most decisive elements for the successful transition process is the integration of divergent corporate cultures. Thanks to this publication this oftentimes neglected determinant is investigated in detail and with scientific closeness.
The authors Fons Trompenaars and Peter Prud’homme introduce a novel model to specify and analyze the abstract concept of corporate cultures. In addition, they provide brief but very useful insight into the success stories of international players such as Ikea, Nokia and Suez in order to highlight the importance of corporate culture change for extraordinary business performance.
Trompenaars, F. & Prud’homme, P. (2005). Managing Change Across Corporate Cultures. Chichester: John Wiley and sons Inc.
Source URL: http://change-centre.org/managing-change-across-corporate-cultures/

Februar 10, 2010
When two companies are brought together into one business, may it be a joint venture or after mergers or acquisitions, one of the most decisive elements for the successful transition process is the integration of divergent corporate cultures. Thanks to this publication this oftentimes neglected determinant is investigated in detail and with scientific closeness.
The authors Fons Trompenaars and Peter Prud’homme introduce a novel model to specify and analyze the abstract concept of corporate cultures. In addition, they provide brief but very useful insight into the success stories of international players such as Ikea, Nokia and Suez in order to highlight the importance of corporate culture change for extraordinary business performance.
Trompenaars, F. & Prud’homme, P. (2005). Managing Change Across Corporate Cultures. Chichester: John Wiley and sons Inc.
Source URL: http://change-centre.org/managing-change-across-corporate-cultures-2/
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