A big thank you to Dr. Reinhard Nöbauer, CEO of voestalpine High Performance Metals Division, and Christoph Lipinski from vidaflex and betreuerinnen.at for visiting JKU and providing extremely valuable insights as part of our redesigned course Introduction to Organization!

Dr. Reinhard Nöbauer discussed the challenges faced by a global sales organization that necessitate constant adjustments. In particular, he explained how it was possible to address the resulting changes through sustainably managed organizational development and use them to improve the company’s competitive position. Christoph Lipinski shared about the founding of the brokerage platform betreuerinnen.at, which implements a new approach to union activities and serves as an effective measure to address the care crisis while improving working conditions for 24-hour caregivers.

Both guest lectures are part of the relaunched of the bachelor course Introduction to Organization, which has been completely revamped this summer semester. The new format integrates teaching more closely with current developments in business and society, as well as with the institute’s research areas: Organizing for Creativity and Innovation, Organizing for Digital Transformation and Scale, and Organizing for Sustainability and Societal Transformation. Moreover, we are linking academic teaching more closely with management practice by featuring two high-caliber guest lectures on a selected topic each semester—in this semester: (Re-)Shaping Organizations—each exploring the topic from different perspectives.

Therefore, our sincere thanks again to Dr. Reinhard Nöbauer and Christoph Lipinski for their invaluable support in our efforts to provide excellent academic education!