Marius Leibold Knihy

Managing the aging workforce is a critical concern for businesses globally as populations age. This demographic shift impacts not just social systems but also the operational dynamics of companies. Countries like the U.S., Western European nations, Japan, and emerging societies in China and Eastern Europe are experiencing a rise in average age, projected to increase from around 40 to 50 years over the next few decades. In some sectors, the workforce's average age could rise by 5 to 10 years in just ten years, presenting significant challenges for organizations. To address these challenges, companies must develop new leadership strategies, health management concepts, knowledge management practices, and innovative approaches to diversity. Investments in aging employees are essential to nurture their talents, facilitate learning, and retain them within the company. Simultaneously, businesses must focus on enhancing productivity, innovating new products, and attracting international expertise. This necessitates a reevaluation of strategies and human resource management practices. The book offers an analysis of the current and future landscape, along with strategic concepts that organizations will need to thrive in aging societies.

Digital Rebirth goes beyond mere digital transformation, focusing on a fundamental reinvention of a company's purpose, nature, and processes, supported by digital business and technological platforms. This book offers a practical framework for achieving digital rebirth, distinguishing it from common digital transformation strategies. It targets large and medium-sized companies, subcontractors, service providers, and aspiring entrepreneurs, making it essential reading for company boards, executives, managers, startup leaders, and business consultants. Each section presents proven concepts related to digital rebirth, including digital reinvention, collaborative practices, combinatorial technologies, and digital ecosystems. It illustrates how leading companies have successfully undergone digital rebirth or are in the process of doing so, positioning themselves as key players in the digital economy. The book includes industry examples alongside methodologies and practical tools for implementing Digital Rebirth. Its content is well-suited for company workshops, executive sessions, and leadership mindset training, having been validated by the authors in collaboration with boards from prominent companies worldwide. At the conclusion, a framework of five digital drivers is provided to guide purposeful and successful company rebirth. The concept emphasizes that traditional industry models are inadequate for navigating the complexit

Strategic Management may be classified as the managerial science of how to lead and enable business organizations to achieve its stakeholders’ objectives in a rapidly changing competitive and collaborative environment. With new strategic management requirements, new business management models arise, based on knowledge, networking and innovation. Designed both for advanced students and business managers, this book presents a unique selection of the most recent thinking and applications regarding strategic management of business organizations in the increasingly global and networked knowledge economy. Setting a new benchmark in the field of strategic management literature, the book links advanced new theory in strategic management with practical business illustrations. Joining high-level concepts with business applications, carefully selected articles by world-recognized authors are combined with case studies of world-recognized international businesses (including Siemens and DaimlerChrysler).