The Humanistic Management Network Team
The Humanistic Management Network works with a number of individuals from academia, the private, and public sector, on a project basis. The core team consists of six people working on the creation of actionable knowledge for human centered businesses.
The six Principals of The Humanistic Management Network are:
Wolfgang Amann (PhD.): Member of faculty and Executive Director MBA St. Gallen; responsible for management education initiatives of The Humanistic Management Network (wamann[at]humanetwork.org)
Claus Dierksmeier: (PhD; Dr. habil.) Professor for political and economic philosophy at Stonehill College, Easton (Boston), MA / USA; responsible for the theoretical foundations of humanistic ethics. (cdierksmeier[at]humanetwork.org)
Shiban Khan: PhD. candidate University of St Gallen; responsible for relationship management at The Humanistic Management Network (skhan[at]humanetwork.org)
Michael Pirson (PhD.): Research fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard; responsible for the research agenda of The Humanistic Management Network (mpirson[at]humanetwork.org)
Heiko Spitzeck: PhD. candidate University of St Gallen and Lecturer at Cranfield University; responsible for fundraising at The Humanistic Management Network (hspitzeck[at]humanetwork.org)
Ernst von Kimakowitz: PhD. candidate University of St. Gallen and independent consultant; responsible for the consulting offer of The Humanistic Management Network (evkimakowitz[at]humanetwork.org)
Wolfgang Amann (wamann[at]humanet.org) back to team members
Wolfgang Amann is a faculty member of the University of St. Gallen and heads its MBA Programme. Previously, he worked for DaimlerChrysler and was a top management consultant before pursuing his PhD in international management in St. Gallen. He subsequently joined IMD in Lausanne and then became the director of the Henley Centre for Creative Destruction, which innovates strategies to drive markets, at the Henley Management College in the UK. In addition, he has held visiting appointments at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Bangalore and Hosei University in Tokyo.
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Wolfgang Amann's primary expertise and interests lie in the areas of successful internationalization through
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the development of strategic success positions (SSP),
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the choice of the right path for growth and internationalization,
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value adding corporate governance systems,
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and ensuring that globalization as well as multinational firms continue to show humanistic traits.
He has directed, delivered and contributed to open and in-company programmes in the USA, most Western and several Eastern Europen countries, the Middle East, China, India and Japan. His clients include, for example, DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, DuPont, DSG International, Holcim, IBM, Ikea, Proctor&Gamble, Tetra Pak, Qiagen, Vodafone, Westinghouse, World Bank/IFC, as well as several family businesses and family offices.
Claus Dierksmeier (cdierksmeier[at]humanet.org) back to team members
Claus Dierksmeier is Associate Professor for philosophy at Stonehill College, Easton (Boston), MA / USA. He studied philosophy, law, and theology in Hamburg and Münster, Germany. After receiving his PhD in Hamburg, Germany and his “Habilitation” degree in Jena, Germany, Claus did further research on socio-liberal philosophy in Spain and Latin America (Uruguay, Argentina), before, six years ago, he came to the Boston area.
Claus is the author of several books and many articles on ethics, the history of legal and economic ideas. His main areas of expertise are
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political and economic philosophy
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the ethics of globalization
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theory of freedom and liberalism
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philosophy of law and religion
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Corporate Social Responsibility
Claus works as an academic advisor on Corporate Social Responsibility for the Strategy Institute of the Boston Consulting Group. He is a member of many academic societies, serves on the advisory board of the Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations, and is on the Review Board for the Journal of Intergenerational Justice.
Shiban Khan (skhan[at]humanetwork.org) back to team members
Shiban Khan is currently finishing her Doctoral studies at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, where she looks at the connotation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) from the Indian perspective. In her dissertation, she argues that CSR is a highly context-specific phenomenon, and stresses upon the importance of understanding cultural nuances in understanding CSR. Shiban's expertise and interests include: theories of CSR, cultural implications of CSR, contextual interpretations of humanistic management practices, the interplay between CSR and humanistic management, issues in emerging markets, sustainable internationalization and communication. She is a visiting tutor at the Henley Management College, UK. She has previously been a visiting scholar at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and also at Hosei University, Tokyo. She has served as the executive director of oikos International, a student focused organization that promotes the integration of sustainability in higher education. She did consulting for introduction of green technologies in South Asia, and has worked as an auditor for social issues in the workplace in the Bangladeshi readymade garment industry. With a background in environmental policy and communication, Shiban holds a Master in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA.
Michael Pirson (mpirson[at]humanetwork.org) back to team members
Michael Pirson received his PhD in Organizational Behavior from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. His research focuses on the conditions of stakeholder trust in organizational contexts. He is also examining the impact of organizational design on stakeholder well being and looks at social enterprises as humanistic alternatives to traditional business design. In his teaching, he focuses on the management dilemmas in the 21st century, such as ecological and social sustainability, stakeholder trust, employee engagement and individual happiness. He also uses activity based learning techniques to teach social entrepreneurship. Michael is currently a research fellow and a lecturer at Harvard University. Before receiving his doctorate, Michael worked in international management consulting for several years. He also gained experience in the political arena while working on Hillary Clinton’s Senate campaign. Michael has started several social enterprises in the area of economic development and currently serves on the board of three social enterprises based in the U.S.
Heiko Spitzeck (hspitzeck[at]humanetwork.org) back to team members
Heiko Spitzeck is a lecturer at Cranfield University´s Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility in the UK. During 2006 - 2007 he held visiting scholar positions at the University of California at Berkeley and Fordham University in New York and will shortly defend his PhD thesis at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. In the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) he is responsible for the network´s communication activities. Between 2004-2006 he served as Director for oikos International, a student-driven NGO for sustainable management and economics. His research is oriented around organizational behavior, especially learning and innovation from business and society interactions (corporate responsibility, normative and strategic management, NGO strategy, sustainability and management education). Before starting his academic career, Heiko worked for the international consulting firm Accenture in Munich. He studied European Business Studies at the Universities of Bamberg (Germany) and Seville (Spain).
Ernst von Kimakowitz (evkimakowitz[at]humanetwork.org) back to team members
Ernst von Kimakowitz is currently in the final year of his doctoral studies at the Institute for Business Ethics of the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and works as an independent consultant. Within The Humanistic Management network he leads the consulting service offer.
His research interest is the transnational corporation as a development agent. More specifically he is looking at the interaction between transnational corporations and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing economies. This interest is based on the assumption that a healthy SME sector offers substantial benefits to foreign direct investors whilst presenting a strong lever for local development.
In his consulting work he focuses on projects related to corporate social responsibility and economic development. His mandates include consulting engagements for the United Nations (UNCTAD), as well as for various private sector clients.
Previously, he spent five years in the strategy department of one of the leading international management consulting firms in London, England. His consulting engagements were predominantly in the telecommunications and energy industries with projects taking place in various countries across Europe, the Americas, and Central Asia.
He holds an MSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). His undergraduate studies were in Political Science and Business Administration at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany and the Universidad de los Andes in Mérida, Venezuela. He is a German citizen with a lively interest in international issues.