Curriculum Vitae
- 1966 Dipl.-Kfm., Faculty of Business Adminstration, University of Cologne
- 1967 - 1968 Special student, Carnegie-Mellon-University, Pittsburg, USA
- 1969 Dr. rer. pol., Faculty of Business Administration, University of Cologne
- 1973 Habilitation, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Cologne
- 1974-1977 Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Free University, Berlin
- 1978-2010 Professor of Organizational Behaviour, University of Mannheim
- since 1998 Member of the Heidelberg Academy of Science
- 1998 Honorary Doctoral Degree University of Munich
- since August 2010 Professor emeritus, University of Mannheim
- 2011 Honorary Doctoral Degree Corvinus University Budapest
- 2011-2015 Professor of Management Theory, Vice-President Research, Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen
- 2014-2015 President ad interim, Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen
- Since 2016 Guest Professor at Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft (Reinhard-Mohn-Institut für Unternehmensführung), Universität Witten/Herdecke
Hobbies
Listening to jazz, movies, theatre, history – in particular history of organization
Main fields of research
- Theories of Decision-Making in Organization
- Theories of Organizational Learning
- Rigour and Relevance in Organizational Research
- Design of Organizations
- History of Organization
