“Hidden Champions HR – Personnel Management of the World Market Leaders” published

At the end of June, the book “Hidden Champions HR – Personnel Management of the World Market Leaders” was published. In 22 company case studies, the anthology gives an insight into the HR work of medium-sized world market leaders – from B. Braun Melsungen to Knauf and Stihl to Trumpf, Zeiss and Zeppelin. With abat AG, a Bremen company is also represented in the book.

Four chapters cover the topics of Strategy & Culture, Leadership & Responsibility, Digitization & Artificial Intelligence, and Agility & Transformation. There is also an introductory contribution by Professor Hermann Simon, the founder of the Hidden Champions concept, as well as an overview of the HR work of the world market leaders from publishers Prof. Dr. Schwuchow.

Among other things, the articles highlight the key factors for corporate success and the role of corporate culture in times of crisis. The work also discusses the importance of corporate values ​​as guidelines for digital change, the management requirements in the VUCA world and the path to an organization without an organizational chart.

“Hidden Champions HR” was published by Haufe and comprises 288 pages. ISBN: 978-3-648-15913-2

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The publishers

Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Schwuchow has been Professor of International Management at Bremen University of Applied Sciences since 1999 and heads the CIMS Center for International Management Studies. His current work focuses on international leadership development, innovative methods of management learning and strategy and organizational development.

Joachim Gutmann is an author, publisher in the field of human resources management and was head of corporate communications at Kienbaum Consultants International. He is currently Senior Consultant at GLC Glücksburg Consulting AG.

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