IUB Scholars fuse Jazz and Management at “jazzahead!” Conference

On March 24 IUB professors Ursula M. Staudinger, Jens Förster, and Sven Völpel will contribute new management insights at “jazzahead!“. This international conference on music, markets, and management takes place from March 24 – 26 at the Congress Centrum Bremen.

[ Mar 23, 2006]  For three days, the German and international jazz scene will meet in Bremen’s Congress Centrum for the conference “jazzahead!”. Featuring jazz from A to Z, one of the conference’ focal points is the ‘manexchangement’- management symposium. Here, well known scholars and experts in the field of management will discuss what freedom and improvisation in jazz might have to do with the order and structure of today's company management.



Three panel discussions with IUB scholars will take place:

From 9.30 – 11.00 a. m. (Part 1/Groove 1), Prof. Ursula Staudinger together with Jürgen Born, CEO of Werder Bremen GmbH, and Prof. Herborn of the Folkwang Hochschule Essen, will partake at a symposium labeled: “Management strategy as closed system?”

From 11.00 – 11.45 a. m. (Part 1/Groove 2), Prof. Jens Förster along with Christopher Dell, head of ifit – Institut für Improvisationstechnologie, and Jörg Schindler, Chief Executive of Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik GmbH will confer about: “New developments - created by coincident?”

Prof. Sven Völpel will partake at the final symposium (Part 1/Groove 3) from 1– 2.15 p. m. There, together with Hans-Herlof Hardtke, owner of the LISEGA-Unternehmensgruppe, and Prof. Sigfried Busch from JIB- JAZZ INSTITUTE Berlin he will discuss: “How much guidance needs a team?”

The event is open to the public.

More information at www.jazzahead.de