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What companies can learn from football
Adecco Finance Focus 2010
Game and suspense: football and
company organization
Why does a football team have 11 players – and
not 9 or 15? Why is a goal 2.44 meters high and
7.32 meters wide? Why was the new return
pass rule introduced? And why are players no
longer allowed to use their hands as they were
in early forms of the game? Why bother with
rules at all?
The rules of the game are there to regulate it
– no more and no less. In other words, it’s the
rules which make the game possible.
Restraints on freedom are a condition of the
game; without them, it would not ...
Dr. Reinhard K. Sprenger - The Management author and trainer in interview
Karriereführer Europa 2008/2009
The Management Pope. Reinhard K. Sprenger has written extensively on the topic of management, including the themes of motivation, trust and personal responsibility. His latest book, "Gut Aufgestellt" ("Well Positioned"), is a comparison between football and management. In karrlerefuhrer, he discusses international teams, the European Football Championship and what managers can learn from football. Sabine Olschner posed the questions.
Europe is moving closer and closer together. Does this increasing internationalisation make work more difficult for management?
Much of what we understand about globalisation is challenging. One could also say that it's overwhelming us. In any case, we aren't anthropologically well prepared to work with people who are and remain culturally foreign. In addition to differences in gender, age and education, there are also differences in nationality and race.
What are the implications for managing international teams?
For management, it means that you can no longer consider yourself the benchmark. We tend to manage others the way we ourselves would like to be managed. That approach was ...
"People usually talk about confidence when there is none"
Report 01 | 08
People who talk about confidence a lot seem to be the ones who need it most that's the claim made by Dr. Reinhard K. Sprenger, a management theorist and consultant. Report had an exclusive interview with him about the role that confidence does and could play in companies today.
There is a lot of talk about confidence these days.
Is that a sign that is in short supply?
The real question is even bigger. Why is the need for confidence growing? It's likely because our traditional culture of trust has broken down. We all know the kind of trust that is imprinted in our genes: trust based on familiarity. We say, "I know this person. I've dealt with him in the past and am confident that my expectations will
pan out." This type of trust hardly exists any more.
Why is that?
There are many reasons: We live and work with people who, in the end, are complete strangers. 1 work with many people 1 have never met before. And I will probably never see them again. That undermines ...
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