Prof. Dr. sc. Brigitte Stieler-Lorenz

Executive Director of Core Business Development GmbH, Institute for Product and Process Innovation, Berlin

Scientific Vita:

• Engineer for Radio Technology and Business and Engineering degree in Communications
• Promotion and Habilitation at the Berlin University for Economics
• Professor and Head of Chair for Personnel Management, Executive Director of the Institute for Research on Work Psychology and Organizational Science, Consulting and Training, Director of Core Business Development GmbH

Research Focus:

• Research and consulting on interfaces between people and ITK-Technology
• Competence development and work design in ITK businesses
• Development and implementation of knowledge communication methodologies
• Stress prevention through Personnel and Organizational Development in ITK businesses

Contact: stieler-lorenz(at)cbd-berlin.de

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Howaldt

Executive Director of Sozialforschungsstelle Dortmund (sfs), Scientific Institution of the University of Dortmund

Scientific Vita:

• Studied Sociology in Bielefeld and Duisburg, emphasis on Work and Industrial Sociology
• Habilitation at University of Bremen
• Research Associate at the sfs, Freelance work for private organizational consulting, Co-Founder of SI-Consult, teaching assignments at Universities of Dortmund and Bremen, Director of sfs Dortmund

Research Focus:

• Theory and practice of organizational consulting and development
• Modern concepts of organizational and work design
• Business networks and regional cooperations
• New ways of interaction between science and practice

Contact: howaldt(at)sfs-dortmund.de

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