Heinz-Josef Kiefer

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Heinz-Josef Kiefer , also Heinz J. Kiefer (born May 19, 1927 in Beuthen , Upper Silesia ; † June 30, 2012 in Essen ), was a German manager and university professor.

Life

Kiefer studied economics and was trained in 1953 by Theodor Pütz at the Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck with the work The representative size groups of the Ruhrzechen and the optimal company size. A contribution to the problem of company size at the time of the investigation at the end of 1951 for Dr. rer. oec. PhD. Since 1947 he was a member of the Catholic student association KDStV Tuiskonia Munich.

In 1966 he worked for Rheinische Stahlwerke AG (Rheinstahl group). In 1972 he became a board member of Rheinstahl AG in Dortmund.

Kiefer has been Professor of Information Companies and Structures at the Information Science Faculty of the University of Navarra in Pamplona since 1977 .

From 1972 to 1990 he was chairman of the board and chairman of the scientific advisory board of the Ruhr Institute for Sociopolitical Research and Education eV in Essen. The Ruhr Institute was a science-oriented "think tank" based in Essen. Its main task was to advise on the content as well as the planning, organization and orientation of the events in the socio-political discussion groups of the Ruhr Institute. These discussion groups were established in many cities in the Ruhr area in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. They helped shape public opinion in the region through large lecture events with prominent scientists and politicians and through controversial panel discussions. In the socio-political discussion groups of the Ruhr Institute, executives from business, science, educational institutions, administration and the liberal professions met. In internal as well as in public events, the aim was to develop balanced socio-political standpoints and values ​​on the major, publicly discussed questions. For the Ruhrinstitut, the foundation of this basic educational policy work was the values ​​of the Basic Law (preamble, image of people, society and economy, catalog of basic rights) and Christian social teaching in both Catholic and Protestant forms.

Kiefer was chairman of the board of the supply association of federal and state-sponsored companies VBLU, based in Bonn.

In 1973 he was appointed Knight of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher by Cardinal Grand Master Maximilien Cardinal de Fuerstenberg and invested on May 12, 1973 in the Cathedral of the Visitation in Augsburg by Lorenz Cardinal Jaeger , Grand Prior of the Order. On September 5, 1984, he received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon.

In 2000 he and his family founded the Wilhelm Weber Prize for services to the theory and practice of Christian social teaching .

His estate is in the Archives for Christian Democratic Politics in St. Augustine.

Fonts

  • Courage for new communication models = Essen contributions to socio-political research and social communication. Vol. 1 . Heinz J. Kiefer (editor). With contributions by R. Appel, F. Barsig, A. Faus Belau, W. Erasmy, W. Geiger, G. Grotkamp, ​​B. Krähling, Th. M. Loch, G. v. Lojewski, W. Schätzler, H. Vollmer , Bochum 1980, Studienverlag Dr. N. Brockmeyer, ISBN 3-88339-145-X
  • Basic values-oriented regulatory policy for the eighties , Heinz J. Kiefer (editor). With contributions by P. Berglar, H. Besters, Ph. Herder-Dorneich, HJ Kiefer, U. Matz, A. Menne, JC Papalekas, Th. Schmidt-Kaler, M. Spieker, J. Starbatty, J. Stegmann, W Weber, Verlag Johann Wilhelm Naumann, Würzburg 1980, 2nd edition Würzburg 1981, ISBN 3-88567-009-7
  • Challenges and location = Essen contributions to socio-political research and social communication. Vol. 3 , Bochum 1982, Studienverlag Dr. N. Brockmeyer 1982, ISBN 3-88339-289-8
  • On the way to the information society = Essen contributions to socio-political research and social communication. Vol. 2 , Heinz J. Kiefer (editor). With contributions by G. v. lojewski, V. von Hagen, H. Linnerz, J. Sobotta, H. Vocke and F. Wördemann, Bochum 1982, Studienverlag Dr. N. Brockmeyer, ISBN 3-88339-287-1
  • Requests to speak in the intergenerational dialogue = Essen contributions to socio-political research and social communication. Vol. 6 . Heinz J. Kiefer (editor). With contributions by P. Berglar, W. Grieger, R. Hochkirchen, H. Kiefer, M. Kiefer, S. Pförtner, Bochum 1985, Studienverlag Dr. N. Brockmeyer, ISBN 3-88339-477-7
  • Market economy and Christian social doctrine , in: The New Order. Published by the Institute for Social Sciences Walberberg, special issue April 1985, IfG Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Bonn 1985, pp. 6-17
  • The German question as a strategic key . Heinz J. Kiefer (editor). With contributions by Sir Julian Bullard, Herbert Czaja, Gerhard Hubatschek, Heinz J. Kiefer, Hermann Freiherr von Richthofen, Klaus Weigelt, with a foreword by Alfred Dregger and an introduction by Markus Kiefer, Munich 1988, Olzog Verlag, ISBN 3-7892- 7360-0 , together with Julian Bullard
  • Political culture and journalistic responsibility = Essen contributions to socio-political research and social communication. Vol. 7 . Heinz J. Kiefer (editor). With contributions on the subject of mass media and political culture in Germany by J. Feddersen, HJ Friedrichs, K. Gerhardt, G. v. Lojewski, HJ Kiefer, H. Oberreuter , Bochum 1990, Studienverlag Dr. N. Brockmeyer, ISBN 3-88339-795-4
  • New technology, new programs, economic utopias? : Are the radio programs technically possible in the future affordable? , Kohlhammer 1991, ISBN 3-17-011309-7 , together with Henning Wilkens
  • Social communication as the basis of the European Revolution 89/90 - culture, nation, public responsibility = Essen contributions to socio-political research and social communication . Heinz J. Kiefer (editor). With contributions by E. Biser, I. Herrmann, K. Krämer, DE Kress, G. v. Lojewski, A. Rummel, H. Schöne, W. Bergsdorf, E. Bordfeld, H. Köster, R. Lehmann, D. Schütze, D. Lesche, Bochum 1991, Studienverlag Dr. N. Brockmeyer, ISBN 3-88339-870-5
  • European market for broadcasting companies. Who is competing? Who regulates? What are the effects? = Contributions to the broadcast economy. Vol. 5 , Heinz J. Kiefer / Hans Joachim Lehmann (editor). With contributors from Jean-Bernard Münch, Konrad Bonkosch, Antonio Riva, Janesz Jervsek, Michael Berko, Udo Reiter, Victor Rocaries, David Glencross, Oskar Maier, Heinz J. Kiefer, Hans-Joachim Lehmann, Hanns A. Abele, Stuttgart / Berlin / Cologne 1993, Verlag W. Kohlhammer 1993, ISBN 3-17-012653-9
  • Perspectives on technology and society: contributions; Eberhard Steinmetz on his 65th birthday / Scientific Advisory Board for Strategic Studies , 2003, ISBN 3-86130-154-7 , together with Eckart Pankoke

literature

  • Herbert Kremp, Florian H. Fleck (Ed.): Responsibility and clarity in times of pressure. On the 60th birthday of Heinz J. Kiefer in conversation about his social and economic, journalistic, political and historical-philosophical analyzes , Würzburg 1988, Creator Verlag , ISBN 3-89247-034-0 .
  • Eckart Pankoke, Joachim Starbatty, Eberhard Steinmetz, Markus Kiefer (eds.): Strategic thinking. Contribution to 25 years of Scientific Advisory Board for Strategic Studies; Heinz J. Kiefer on his 70th birthday , Aachen 1997, Verlag Mainz, ISBN 3-89653-159-X .
  • Heinz Nixdorf, bridge builder for Upper Silesia. Professor Heinz Josef Kiefer, entrepreneur and scientist, celebrated his 75th birthday on Pentecost Sunday, in: Die Tagespost No. 61 v. May 22, 2002, p. 8.
  • o. V., mentioned by name: Heinz Josef Kiefer , in: Die Tagespost No. 63 v. May 26, 2007.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heinz Josef Kiefer, obituary notice. In: waz.trauer.de. July 7, 2012, accessed May 2, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b Walter Habel: Who is who? . Arani, 2002, p. 721.
  3. ↑ Manfred Spieker : From socialism to the democratic constitutional state: the contribution of Catholic social teaching to the transformation processes in Poland and in the former GDR. Schöningh 1992, p. 203.
  4. ↑ Information Brochure Ruhr Institute: Ruhr Institute - Socio-political discussion groups. n.d., n.d., p. 1
  5. ^ The Federal Republic of Germany State Handbook: Associations. Carl Heymanns Verlag, 2004, p. 881.
  6. ↑ Office of the Federal President
  7. ^ Wilhelm Weber Prize for Dr. Thomas Rusche. In: domradio.de. April 28, 2017, accessed on May 2, 2017 (see infobox).

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personal data
SURNAME Kiefer, Heinz-Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kiefer, Heinz J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Beuthen , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 2012
Place of death eat