Leadership Excellence Institute Zeppelin | LEIZ Annual Report April 2014
“Good leadership and right decision-making
are the most important success factors for a rich life.
From my experience as an entrepreneur,
I know that leadership excellence requires
much more than a competent application
of business knowledge.” Prof. h.c. Dipl.-Ing. Karl Schlecht | founder of the Putzmeister Group, President Karl-Schlecht Foundation, and benefactor of the Leadership Excellence Institute Zeppelin | LEIZ
The “Leadership Excellence Institute Zeppelin | LEIZ” is sponsored by the Karl Schlecht Stiftung (KSG)
the institute
The “Leadership Excellence Institute | LEIZ” is a platform for interdisciplary, intersectoral, and intercultural research, teaching, and executive education on the challenges of leadership excellence in a globalized world. The LEIZ contributes to: Governance Economics, Organisation Theory, Business Ethics, Psychology of Ethical Decision-Making, and Leadership Ethics. It refers to normativity as an organizational governance challenge resulting from different social interests and expectations concerning the integrity of leadership decisions. Linked to that, it focuses on challenges of transcultural management based on the ability to develop global inter-organizational relationships. Leadership excellence, in this sense, can be understood as “mastery” of leaders to navigate confidently in this global system of transparency, inclusion and integrity, and to take the right decisions. The LEIZ was formally inaugurated on April 12th, 2013 as an expertise center on leadership at Zeppelin University.
Connection bet ween Research and Practice
The starting as well as reference point of LEIZ is practice-oriented research and the development of solutions for real societal problems. Its academic research is connected with continuing education, expert fora, and business services, which in turn provide new inspiration for academic research. Its approach is interdisciplinary, intesectoral, and international. Two academic chairs belong to LEIZ. Their responsibilities lie in developing and realizing teaching, research, and practiceoriented activities of the institute. The Chair “Institutional Economics – Organisational Governance, Integrity Management & Transcultural Leadership” is held by Prof. Dr. Josef Wieland who is also the director of LEIZ. The Chair for Psychology and Leadership Ethics will be appointed by autumn 2014.
“Leadership excellence as a
motivational competence depends on
a continuous learning process
for developing personal integrity,
transcultural competence, and character.� Prof. Dr. Josef Wieland | Director LEIZ
projects
| Development of an organizational control instrument for
for evaluating the effectiveness of CSR measures; expert interviews and survey research among 30 – 50 firms; Client: Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs; External funding: 96.000 €; Start: January 2014; Duration: 11 months. | Graduate School “Ethics and Responsible Leadership” to-
gether with the Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics; External funding: 259.200 €; Start: April 2014; Duration: 36 months. | Conception and development of a Transcultural Profiler:
An instrument for developing transcultural competence and leadership in organizations; External funding: 25.000 €; Start: March 2013; Duration: 13 months. | Transcultural Caravan: A study on success factors of contem-
porary global cooperation between economics, politics, and society along transcultural places; Aims: 1) Analysis of experiences collected at these historical or contemporary places of transcultural cooperation; 2) Development of a virtual caravan with global network partners. | Shared Value, Corporate Social Responsibility, and competi-
tiveness of firms.
Graduate School Ethics and Responsible Leadership
In January 2014, the “Leadership Excellence Institute Zeppelin LEIZ” and the Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics (WZGE) jointly established a Graduate School on “Ethics and Respon sible Leadership”. The discourse and doctoral platform is sponsored by the Karl Schelcht Foundation (KSG) and supports motivated and internationally oriented doctoral candidates who delve into questions of good management in global contexts. The program developed by Prof. Dr. Dr. Karl Homann (LMU, München), Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h. c. Christian Kirchner (HU, Berlin), Prof. Dr. Andreas Suchanek (HHL Leipzig), and Prof. Dr. Josef Wieland (ZU, Friedrichshafen), offers a unique platform for research in the field of economic and business ethics. It connects specific qualification of the graduate students with the expertise of leading business ethicists and encompasses practical fora, project studies, and lectures. The objective of this school is to compile theoretically grounded and practically relevant contributions for responsible management in global competition and thereby shape the discourse in academia, corporations, and the general public.
Teaching 2013/2014
Bachelor Corporate Management & Economics Prof. Dr. Josef Wieland Business Ethics & Leadership Excellence Compliance & Integrity Management Global Ethics | Between Economy and Politics Zeppelin Projekt: Fachliche Perspektiven | St채dte Andreas Heck & Murali Nair Rajendran Values Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Corporate Governance
Master Corporate Management & Economics, Communication & Cultural Management, and Politics, Administration & International Relations Dr. Angelica V. Marte Diversity Management Leadership A | B Dr. Angelica V. Marte & Murali Nair Rajendran International & Intercultural Management
PhD-Program Prof. Dr. Josef Wieland Models of economic and business ethics
Transfer to Practice
Executive Education | Executive Master Intersectoral Leadership and Governance: An
executive program for the next generation of top management in and between the market, the state, and the civil society Start: September 2014; more information: zu.de/intersek | EMBA Compliance Management and Corporate Governance
in cooperation with Lake Constance Business School. An executive study program for Chinese young leaders from Daimler North East Asia, Beijing and for European Young Leaders from Daimler Financial Services, Stuttgart | Master Classes on Confucian Entrepreneurship with the World
Ethics Institute Beijing (WEIB) Expert Fora | Forum Compliance and Integrity (FCI). A nationally and interna-
tionally recognized council for the development of standards of Integrity and Compliance Management | Forum Transcultural Caravan (in planning)
Business Services |
LEIZ Lecture Series on Leadership and Moral Character
| Values Management & Leadership Toolbox: practically appli-
cable instruments of values management | LEIZ Transcultural Profiler. An instrument for transcultural com-
petence and leadership development in organizations | Coaching of leaders and management teams | Organizational and leadership development (tailor-made)
team
Julika Baumann Montecinos, Diploma in Internat. Cultural and Business Studies Research Associate
Christoph Forster Intern
Dr. Ursula Glunk Manager and Program Director LEIZ
Dr. Angelica V. Marte Research Fellow and Program Director Tailor-Made
Murali Nair Rajendran, MA, MBA Research Associate
Gabriele Pirkl Assistant LEIZ
Alexander Spelsberg Student Assistant
Pauline Vernimb Student Assistant
Rebecca Werst Student Assistant
ADVISORY BOARD
Andreas E. H. Heck, Diploma in Bus. Admin. Research Associate Research Manager
Dr. h. c. Ernst Susanek Chairman LEIZ-Advisory Board, Honorary Chairman ZU Foundation
Tim Schleicher Student Assistant
Prof. Dr. Stephan A. Jansen President ZU Dietmar Kokott former Senior Vice President BASF SE, Board of Trustees Wittenberg-Zentrum für Globale Ethik Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Klaus Leisinger President Foundation Global Values Alliance Prof. Dr. Christa Rohde-Dachser
Prof. Dr. Josef Wieland Director LEIZ | Chair Institutional Economics – Organisational Governance, Integrity Management & Transcultural Leadership
Institut für Psychoanalyse der DPG Frankfurt Prof. h. c. Dipl.-Ing. Karl Schlecht Chairman Karl Schlecht Gemeinnützige Stiftung (KSG)
Most Recent Publications
W ieland, J.
(2014, forthcoming):
Moralische Charakterbildung, Leadership Excellence und Corporate Character. In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaft und Unternehmensethik. W ieland, J.
(2014, forthcoming):
Governance Ethics: Global value creation, economic organization and normativity. Berlin: Springer. W ieland, J., H eck , A . E. H.
(2013):
Shared Value durch Stakeholder Governance. Marburg: Metropolis. W ieland, J.
(2013):
Governancestrukturen des Gemeinwohls – Eine wirtschaftsethische Skizze. In: v. Kempf, E., Lüderssen, K., Volk, K. (Hrsg.): Gemeinwohl im Wirtschaftsstrafrecht. Berlin: De Gruyter, S. 45 – 64. W ieland, J.
(2013):
Unternehmensethik und Wertemanagement in der Medizintechnik. In: Ungethüm, M., Kramer, W. (Hrsg.): Tuttlingen – Weltzentrum der Medizintechnik. Innen- und Außen(an)sichten. Ostfildern: Thorbecke, S. 241– 252.
Contact LEIZ Transfer to Practice Dr. Ursula Glunk Manager and Program Director LEIZ Phone: +49 7541 6009 2265 E-Mail: ursula.glunk@zu.de Contact LEIZ Research Andreas E. H. Heck Research Manager Phone: +49 7541 6009 2263 E-Mail: andreas.heck@zu.de zu.de/leiz Imprint Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH Am Seemooser Horn 20 88045 Friedrichshafen | Germany Editor: Dr. Ursula Glunk Art Director: Philipp N. Hertel Date: May 2014
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