Alexander Exner

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Alexander Exner

Alexander Exner (born September 25, 1947 in Vienna ) is an Austrian organizational consultant and manager . His focus is on the development and practical application of systemic consulting and systemic management.

biography

Exner studied business administration and mechanical engineering at the Vienna University of Technology . After completing his studies, he began working as an organizational consultant in 1974 with the approach of organizational development. In 1980 he founded the Neuwaldegg consultancy group, a company for management consulting and organizational development in Vienna, of which he was a member until the end of 2018. Exner is also a teaching trainer and teaching advisor to the Austrian Society for Group Dynamics . Since 2005 he has also been the managing partner of Exnerberatung GmbH.

From the beginning of the 1980s he dealt with representatives from various disciplines, such as Niklas Luhmann , Dirk Baecker , Fritjof Capra and representatives of the Milan School, with the transfer of systemic knowledge from sociology and systemic family therapy to advising companies. He is a co-founder of the Neuwaldegg research group, founded in 1986, whose aim is to combine research and practice in management and consulting.

Exner worked as a consultant for Palfinger AG from 1975 to 1989 and was appointed to the management board from 1989 to 1997. From 1997 to 2011 he was a member of the supervisory board and the strategy team. From 2003 to 2010 he also held the position of Chairman of the Supervisory Board. From the beginning of 2000, one focus of his work was the further development of the systemic management approach. During these years, the management model of corporate (self) control emerged together with colleagues from research, consulting and business .

Publications (selection)

  • Exner Alexander / Exner Hella: radical change made easier! The transformation system as a prototype of the new. In: Journal for Organizational Development. 4/2018, pp. 69-75
  • Exner Alexander / Exner Hella: Companies need agile advice. Everything changes - only the systemic advice not? In: Journal for Organizational Development 1/2017, pp. 70-77
  • Control companies, manage complexity. An overall control concept for chief financial officers. In: CFO current. Volume 8, May 2014, No. 3, pp. 109–112.
  • Heuristics of experienced organizational developers. Corporate (self) control. In: Bernd Schmid (Ed.): Systemic Organizational Development, Schäfer-Pöschl Verlag, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-7910-3281-8 , pp. 99-109.
  • Exner Alexander / Exner Hella / Hochreiter Gerhard: Corporate (self) control. In: Journal for Organizational Development. 02/2010, pp. 56-65.
  • Exner Alexander / Exner Hella / Hochreiter Gerhard: Self-management of companies. Campus, Frankfurt / New York 2009, ISBN 978-3-593-38825-0 .
  • Exner Alexander / Fischer-Ledenice Katharina: Concentration on the essentials. How to manage your company with leadership. In: Hernsteiner. 2, 2007, Topic: The role of leaders in cultural change, pp. 18–22.
  • When the attitude is against ethics. In: P. Heintel, L. Krainer, M. Ukowitz (eds.): Advice and ethics. Practice, models, dimensions. Ulrich Leutner Verlag, Berlin, 2006, ISBN 3-934391-29-X , pp. 53-70.
  • Exner Alexander / Hummer Cornelia: How do family businesses manage themselves? The external manager in the field of tension between family and company. In: Hernsteiner. 1, March 2005, pp. 17-22.
  • Exner Alexander / Moeller Michael: Attractive impulses for corporate management. In: F. Boos, B. Heitger (Hrsg.): Value creation in the company. How innovative internal service providers increase competitiveness. Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 3-409-12748-8 , pp. 43-57.
  • Exner Alexander / Exner Hella: The PUB conversation (personal company-centered consultation). In: Boos, Heitger: Change - systemic. Management of Change - Practice, Concepts and the Future. Klett-Cotta Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-608-94386-2 , pp. 244-258.
  • The unused space. In: Boos, Heitger: Change - systemic. Management of Change - Practice, Concepts and the Future. Klett-Cotta Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-608-94386-2 , pp. 108-113.
  • Exner Alexander / Moeller Michael: When the new is overwhelmed by the old. Change in turbulent times. The case study of Pixelpark AG. In: Hasenzagl, Stocker: Management beyond fashion trends. Corporate management in a knowledge-based and digital economy. Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7083-0051-3 , pp. 3–17.
  • Exner Alexander / Fischer-Ledenice Katharina / Jung Torsten: 1 + 1 becomes 1. Post-merger integration in the service industry. In: Barbara Heitger, Alexander Doujak (Ed.): Hard cuts - new growth. The logic of feelings and the power of numbers in change management. The concept of the un: balanced transformation. Wirtschaftsverlag at Ueberreiter, Frankfurt, 2002, ISBN 3-8323-0913-6 , pp. 162-171.
  • Exner Alexander / Königswieser Roswita: Systemic Intervention. Architectures and designs for consultants and change managers. 9th edition. Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-7910-3016-6 .
  • Exner Alexander / Boos Frank: Organizational development as a series product? In: Königswieser / Exner: Systemic Intervention. Architectures and designs for consultants and change managers. Klett-Cotta Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-608-91938-4 , pp. 117-127.
  • Exner Alexander / Exner Hella: Dealing with the incomprehensible. In: Journal of Systemic Therapy. Volume 17 (1), 1998, pp. 4–12.
  • Exner Alexander / Königswieser Roswita: Questions to Niklas Luhmann (interview). In: Lutz / Königswieser (Ed.): The systemic-evolutionary management. Orac Verlag, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7007-0262-0 , pp. 95–111.
  • Exner Alexander / Königswieser Roswita / Capra Fritjof: Change in management - management of change. In: Roswita Königswieser, Christian Lutz (Hrsg.): The systemic-evolutionary management. Orac Verlag, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7007-0262-0 , pp. 112-121.
  • Corporate identity. In: Königswieser Roswita, Christian Lutz (Hrsg.): The systemic-evolutionary management. Orac Verlag, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7007-0262-0 , pp. 191-203.
  • Exner Alexander / Königswieser Roswita / Titscher Stefan: Management consulting - systemic. In: Roswita Königswieser, Christian Lutz (Hrsg.): The systemic-evolutionary management. Orac Verlag, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7007-0262-0 , pp. 204-235.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Questions to Niklas Luhmann (interview). In: Lutz / Königswieser (Ed.): The systemic-evolutionary management. Orac Verlag, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7007-0262-0 , pp. 95–111.
  2. ^ Fritjof Capra / Alexander Exner / Roswita Königswieser: Change in management - management of change. In: Alexander Exner, Roswitha Königswieser, Lutz Königswieser (eds.): The systemic-evolutionary management. Orac Verlag, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7007-0262-0 , pp. 112-121.

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personal data
SURNAME Exner, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian management consultant
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna