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Unpredictable developments and radical, sometimes existential changes in politics, society, the market and technology are no longer the exception, but the rule. Most organizations react to this as they have always done in the past: They optimize. But that is no longer enough...

An owner-managed company functions according to different principles than a listed company with a partly unspecifiable and intangible set of (co-)owners. A non-profit association functions according to different mechanisms than a state organization or a cooperative. In this context, the organizational culture is, among other factors, significantly shaped by the ownership structure.

Many organizations are currently undergoing profound and accelerated changes. What are the occasions for transformation and how do they deal with them? What are the factors of success or failure in the eyes of the stakeholders involved? The aim of the Transformation Compass 2021 study was to use an online survey to ascertain the understanding of transformation among stakeholders who are currently involved in a far-reaching change process in their organization or have been involved in the last three years. The study is part of a research project of the Wiesbaden Business School (Prof. Dr. Klaus North) in collaboration with the organizational consultancy p4d GmbH, the organizational consultant Oliver Haas and in cooperation with SYNERGIE VD GmbH with the aim of better understanding, enabling and shaping transformation processes.

As part of a merger process between two logistics companies for the metal industry, p4d carried out a qualitative impact analysis on the merging of the two locations concerned. In-depth interviews with managers from both locations laid the foundation for preparing the organizational development workshops moderated by p4d.

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In 2015, p4d carried out an accompanying study on the university project of a practice semester for the Zentrum für LehrerInnenbildung, ZfL (Centre for Teacher Training). Students wanting to become teachers were questioned in seven in-depth interviews. The aim of this qualitative analysis was to create a concept for the project’s future integration into the project "Connected worlds in everyday life: Cologne teacher training between the poles of science and living environment".

In 2016, based on interviews with 39 national and international executives of the DGRV’s (German Cooperative and Raiffeisen Confederation – reg. assoc.) department for international relations, p4d evaluated the current situation and the requirements in the context of human resources. This was carried with the objective of developing and restructuring the HR section, a process which p4d facilitated and supported in an advisory function.

For SKF, in the context of various organisational development processes, p4d carried out in-depth interviews with senior executives on the topic of Work and Departmental Culture. The analyses which were carried out independently of each other, covered the areas of Logistics, Laboratory, Railway and Off-Highway as well as Production and the Renewable Energy Unit. The results of each analysis were used to prepare senior executives for the workshops on internal organisational and departmental development.

For the foundation Stiftung Mercator, in 2016, p4d evaluated the work of the German-Turkish Youth Bridgeorganisation. In this context, we conducted, at the levels of advisory councils, partners, organisers and participants, in-depth interviews with 24 stakeholders in Germany and in Turkey. Furthermore, we gave advice to the Youth Bridge and supported them with a workshop on questions of organisational development. The evaluation process was supplemented and completed by an online questionnaire submitted to both organisers and participants involved in exchange projects.

For the GDPRD Secretariat, p4d carried out qualitative interviews on the role and work organisation of the secretariat. This was aimed at preparing a workshop on organisational development to be facilitated by p4d.