Institute for Human Resource Management

School of Business

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.

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.

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Team

Institute Advisory Board

The Institute Advisory Board plays a key role in guiding our institute with its expertise. It provides feedback on the strategic direction, scope, and quality of our services, introduces current topics from both industry and academia, and acts as a sounding board for new product and project ideas.

Institute Advisory Board Members:

Barbara Bourouba
Leiterin Human Resources, ERNE Gruppe
Bettina Buomberger
Leiterin Personalamt, Kanton Basel-Landschaft
René Lichtsteiner
Direktor, Lichtsteiner Human Capital Investments
Dr. Marcel Oertig
Partner, Avenir Consulting
Matthias Mölleney
Gründer und Geschäftsführer peopleXpert GmbH
Yvonne Seitz
Head HR, Ringier Medien Schweiz
Prof. Dr. Bruno Staffelbach
Rektor Universität Luzern, Professor für Betriebswirtschaftslehre
Direktor Center für Human Resource Management (CEHRM)
Nicole Kamm Steiner
Head Human Resources, ABB Switzerland
Michael Zaugg
Senior Vice President Human Resources, Ypsomed AG