Organisation and Management
The Organisation & Management (O&M) department, headed by prof. Eva Knies, conducts research on the organisation and management of public issues (in the public and private sectors). The department is engaged in organisational research, organisational sociology research, management and organisational psychology research, both conceptual and empirical, as well as theoretical and applied.
The O&M researchers focus on public organisations and public themes in public and private organisations, such as diversity, inclusion and exclusion, people at a distance from the labour market, corruption and doping in sports. The O&M researchers apply various perspectives, ranging from an interpretative to a positivist, institutional, experimental and activist approach. Emphasis is placed on both learning to understand social issues and contributing to resolving social issues. Public (central government and local authorities) and semi-public service organisations (healthcare institutions, schools, sports associations and sports umbrella organisations) constitute the focus of our research.
HRM, Work & Organising, Sport & Society
This department has three chairs: Strategic Human Resource Management, Work & Organising, and Sport & Society. Collaboration and cross-fertilisation take place across a wide range of disciplines between the O&M chairs, and between the latter and the PGM chairs.