In 2017 the Malik Institute conducted a Malik Syntegration for Brainport Smart District. Brainport is a leading technology region in Europe, located in the Southeast Netherlands, with Eindhoven at its heart. This top technology region creates solutions for the societal challenges of tomorrow. The partners in the development of Brainport Smart District are dedicated to the realization of housing development, [...]
“Anyone who wishes to understand the financial crisis needs to understand what indebtedness means. Only by correctly understanding debt does it emerge how effective measures to combat the crisis could be and where the dangers of this crisis lie. The actual problem is not falling share and property prices, but rather indebtedness.” (in German)
“Hopes of an economic upturn are rising everywhere, except in Germany. But it may all turn out differently: the stock markets are in decline, the USA is becoming the birthplace of programmed crises. Why? Because America’s economic strength is utterly overrated.” (in German)
“Corporate governance according to the standards of so-called ‘best practice’ as specified in corporate governance codes can lead directly to bankruptcy. The probability that this occurs is not slight.” (in German)
“The bears are prevailing on the US stock markets and the hordes of MBA graduates will have to learn the hard way: a good manager does not have to solve case studies, but instead recognize risks and opportunities at an early date. The swan song will take its time, in the opinion of Fredmund Malik.” (in German)
“The USA is the guarantor of worldwide economic growth. With this image and the current record growth it provides for worldwide euphoria. But what if everyone is mistaken as a result of sheer enthusiasm? A completely different view is no less plausible. And as an entrepreneur one has to be prepared for emergencies.” (in German)
In his web blog "Berraspektiven" Michael Berra has also exposed the previous half-truths on the subject of "teamwork": "Emde is of the view like the Swiss management consultant Fredmund Malik from the Management Center Sankt Gallen that teamwork is currently (sic!) hugely overvalued. According to a study by the business consultants Proudfoot every employee spends about 84 days annually on [...]
Persian blog about Professor Malik and Peter Drucker: more
In the web blog “Early Bird” of Klaus J. Stöhlker AG one could read: "Oswald J. Grübel, ruler over all UBS bankers and Fredmund F Malik, the king of management thinking, agree. Grubel said, 'I see Switzerland as a country where things function'. For Professor Malik 'function' is the catchword of the year." more (in German) Klaus J. Stöhlker AG [...]
The Fundación Civil – an association which is very active in business and political questions – wants to give Spain a wake-up call with Professor Malik's theories: To the blog entry (in Spanish) Download the German translation
