Die Universität Witten/Herdecke ist durch das NRW-Wissenschaftsministerium staatlich anerkannt und wird – sowohl als Institution wie auch für ihre einzelnen Studiengänge – regelmäßig akkreditiert durch:
Research and teaching activities of the chair endowed by the Witten Institute for Family Business (WIFU) focus on social science issues, in particular on sociological, social psychological and social pedagogical issues in business families and their connection with economic sciences.
Expanding research and teaching on family businesses by considering the family side of family enterprises from the social science perspective is the hallmark of the chair. Business families are therefore our key interest of research, theory development and teaching. Sociological systems theory is the most suitable approach to placing emphasis on the challenges business families have to face. These challenges arise from the interrelation of three systems: the company system, the family system and the system of legal ownership of the company by the family members. We therefore pursue research activities being oriented towards systems theory and systemic constructivism and based on qualitative research methods.
The chair excels in its course contents, its focus on business families and its affiliation to the Witten Institute for Family Business.
Our teaching focuses on the specific characteristics of business families from the social science perspective, in particular from sociological, social psychological and social pedagogical perspectives. Candidate topics of seminars and lectures are:
Current research topics:
For detailed information on research topics, projects and publications of the chair, please visit the WIFU-Homepage.
Univ.-Prof. Dr.
Heiko Kleve
Fakultät für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (Department für Management und Unternehmertum)
WIFU-Stiftungslehrstuhl für Organisation und Entwicklung von Unternehmerfamilien
Lehrstuhlinhaber
Phone: +49 2302 / 926-538
E-Mail: Heiko.Kleve@uni-wh.de
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PD Dr.
Tobias Köllner
Fakultät für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (Department für Management und Unternehmertum)
WIFU-Stiftungslehrstuhl für Organisation und Entwicklung von Unternehmerfamilien
Projektleitung
Phone: +49 2302 / 926-527
E-Mail: Tobias.Koellner@uni-wh.de
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Die Universität Witten/Herdecke ist durch das NRW-Wissenschaftsministerium staatlich anerkannt und wird – sowohl als Institution wie auch für ihre einzelnen Studiengänge – regelmäßig akkreditiert durch: