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      Dr. Johann Weichbrodt

      Activity at FHNW

      Job function

      Area of expertise

      • Analysis and design of mobile and flexible work
      • Learning and development in the new world of work
      • Leadership and organization in flexible and agile contexts

      Project

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      Lecturing and Research

      Lecturing in the MSc in Applied Psychology

      • Modul Mixed-Methods-Forschungsdesigns in the spring semester
      • Supervision of master theses and Research Workshops

      My research focuses on flexible and agile work, especially the necessary organizational and psychological developmental processes. Current and recently finished projects are:

      • “Transformation Journey Agility”: Implementation of a new, agile mode of work in a SME in the engineering industry; scientific evaluation of the organizational and leadership development.
      • “pragmatic solutions gmbh as developmental organization”: Effects of personal learning and development on entrepreneurial success at the organizational level; qualitative process evaluation.
      • “Employee union of the future in the flexible world of work”: Analysis of the needs of flexibly working employees regarding union representation; interview study.
      • «FlexWork phase model»: Development and operation of an online self-assessment for organizational conditions for mobile and flexible work.

      Profile

      since November 2013
      Senior Researcher at the School of Applied Psychology FHNW

      2013
      Specialist for organizational development (part-time) at Helsana Versicherungen AG

      2007–2012
      Researcher at the Organization, Work and Technology Group (org.ar.t) of Prof. Dr. Gudela Grote, ETH Zurich. Doctoral thesis on "Rules and Routines in Organizations and the Management of Safety Rules"

      2005–2009
      Professional training for counseling, coaching and supervision in the Integral Gestalt Approach at the Gestaltzentrum Göttingen

      1999–2006
      Studies in psychology (University diploma) at the Georg-Elias-Müller-Institute for Psychology, University of Göttingen, Germany. Main foci: Work and organizational psychology, educational psychology.

      See also my publication profiles on LinkedIn and Twitter

      • Institute

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      FHNW School of Applied Psychology

      FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
      School of Applied Psychology

      Riggenbachstrasse 16

      CH - 4600 Olten

      Phone+41 62 957 22 33

      E-Mailinfo.aps@fhnw.ch