Winfried W. Weber

German business scholar

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Winfried W. Weber
Born	Tübingen, Germany
Nationality	German

Academic career

Winfried W. Weber is a German economist and management professor. He is director of the Mannheim Institute of Applied Management Research at Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, with a research focus on new role models of management, global family business and entrepreneurship.

He is the founder of managemendenker.com, a blog on management practice, theory, and influential thinkers. Weber is also the president and founder of a non-profit management network, the Peter Drucker Society of Mannheim E.V.,^[1] whose aim is to strengthen the leadership and networks of managers.

Education

Weber obtained his doctoral degree (PhD) in economics at Witten/Herdecke University; Reinhard Mohn is Chair for Corporate Governance, Business Ethics and Social Evolution.

Publications

Books

Weber, Winfried W. (2021, in preparation): Die Purpose-Wirtschaft, Mannheim
Weber, Winfried W. (2016): Einführung in das Management von Non-Profit-Organisationen, Mannheim
Weber, Winfried W. (2007): Complicate your life, Göttingen
Weber, Winfried W. (2005): Innovation durch Injunktion – Warum man Innovationen nicht planen (lassen) kann, Göttingen
Weber, Winfried W. (1998): Führung und Lernprozesse in mittelständischen Weltmarktunternehmen - neue Ansätze zur Unternehmensglobalisierung, Bremen
Weber, Winfried W. (1996): Kundennähe in mittelständischen Weltmarktunternehmen, Bremen
Weber, Winfried W. (1991): Defizite internationalen Management-Trainings - zur Bedeutung interkultureller Kommunikationsprozesse, Chur/Zürich

Editor and co-editor

Weber, Winfried W., Ed. (2013): Versteht die Realwirtschaft noch, was die Finanzwirtschaft tut? Mannheim (in German and English language)
Weber, Winfried W. (2010), Ed. with Gladius Kulothungan: Peter Drucker's Next Management. New Institutions, New Theories and Practices, Göttingen
Weber, Winfried W., Ed. (2009): Peter Drucker – der Mann, der das Management geprägt hat. Erinnerungen und Ausblick zum 100. Geburtstag, Göttingen

Selected articles and interviews

A new Management Caravanserai – Learning from the German Model^[2]
From hierarchical organizations to networks, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Jan. 20th, 2014^[3]
Germany's Midsize Manufacturers Outperform its Industrial Giants, Harvard Business Review, August 12, 2016^[4]
Management-Guru Peter Drucker, Brandeins, September 2016 ^[5]
List of publications ^[6]
Management training in the right context ^[7]
Why are Mittelstand champions so successful? ^[8]
Sennheiser: Motivated by the customer ^[9]

References

^ "Leadership im Dialog".
^ "Center for Global Family Businesses | Mannheimer Institut für angewandte Managementforschung". Mim.hs-mannheim.de. 2014-07-06. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
^ http://www.winfriedweber.com/42904.html?entry_id=f8718eb3d5ab07e87429d6683baf97bc#blogstart ^{[dead link]}
^ Weber, Winfried W. (12 August 2016). "Germany's Midsize Manufacturers Outperform its Industrial Giants". Harvard Business Review.
^ "Peter Drucker - brand eins online".
^ http://www.winfriedweber.com/42257.html ^{[dead link]}
^ "Management training in the right context | Arabian Post". 16 April 2015.
^ "Why are Mittelstand champions so successful? | Arabian Post". 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
^ "Sennheiser: Motivated by the customer | Arabian Post". 2014-10-04. Retrieved 2022-02-07.