Competence centre for continuing education, research and consulting in HRM and organisational development.
Numerous developments such as digitalisation, demographic and social changes, and political upheavals require new answers for shaping value creation, HRM and leadership. You are challenged to realign yourself and ensure sustainable transformation in and of organisations ‘on the fly’. The Institute for Human Resource Management and Organisation supports society and our partners from practice and research in mastering their future challenges. We would be happy to work with you to find an innovative approach and a tailor-made solution.
Our location in Olten makes us easily accessible and a central hub for science and practice in human resources management, leadership and organisational development – in research, continuing education and consulting.
Our continuing education courses
As a leading and renowned full-service provider of continuing education in HRM, complemented by the areas of leadership, change, personnel and organisational development, and education management, we are pioneers in our field and support HR managers, leaders and consultants in their professional qualification and in their competence and career development. We also offer tailor-made in-house training programmes for companies.

International Change Management
- Fee
- CHF 8'500
- Teaching language
- English
- Place
- Olten
- Duration
- 15 days in 8 months
- Next start
- On request
Our research
Our research projects are at the cutting edge, with our interdisciplinary team examining issues from a variety of well-founded technical and management perspectives. Together with partners from industry, associations and research, we implement the results effectively and thus beneficially for practical application. Our consulting services are independent, research-based and highly effective.

Flexibility and Lifelong Learning
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- School of Business, Institute for Human Resource Management

Digital Leadership & Organisational Change
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- Institute for Human Resource Management

Sustainable working environment & Future HR
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- School of Business, Institute for Human Resource Management
Selected projects

Lead AI
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- Institute for Human Resource Management, Institute for Information Systems
- Research field
- Digital Business

DC4HC – Digital Competence for Healthcare
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- Institute for Information Systems, Institute for Human Resource Management
- Research field
- Digital Business
Our services

Über den Hype hinaus: HR-AI-Circle
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- School of Business, Institute for Human Resource Management

Inhouse Weiterbildungen und Schulungen
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- School of Business, Institute for Human Resource Management

HR-Trendstudie
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- School of Business, Institute for Human Resource Management

Die Toolbox – Ihr Schlüssel zu erfolgreicher Projektarbeit
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- School of Business, Institute for Human Resource Management

Das Diversity Prisma – Eine organisationale Standortbestimmung
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- Institute for Human Resource Management

Datenanalyse im HRM
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- School of Business, Institute for Human Resource Management
Our publications

Mehr SMART als PHONE - fokussiert und inspiriert arbeiten
- Date
- 7.6.2025
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- Institute for Human Resource Management

Die beste HR-Strategie für Ihr Unternehmen
- Date
- 1.11.2021
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- Institute for Human Resource Management
Our news

Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast (ausser KI verspeist Kultur zuerst)
- Date
- 29.4.2026
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- Institute for Human Resource Management

HR-Trendstudie 2026: HRM als Treiber & Enabler von KI in Organisationen(?)
- Date
- 16.4.2026
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- Institute for Human Resource Management

Cut’n Coach: Coachingkompetenz für die Coiffeurbranche im Fokus
- Date
- 2.4.2026
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- Institute for Human Resource Management
Our institute
Team
Institute Advisory Board
Institute management

Prof. Dr. Sibylle Olbert-Bock
- Phone
- +41 62 957 24 05
- sibylle.olbert@fhnw.ch
Contact
