In the last years, the team around Professor Sachs has established itself as one of the world's leading academic institutes in the field of stakeholder management. In order to remain at the cutting edge of stakeholder research, we have formulated the following vision and mission statements for the Institute for Strategic Management: Stakeholder View.
Vision
We excel in rigorous as well as relevant research, as enablers of engaged learning experiences and are estimated as facilitators of interactions and dialogues between firms, social and political actors as well as other stakeholders.
Mission
- As a research institute of the University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich HWZ, we support the development of the University's ability to attract the best and brightest practitioners and its positive impact on the greater Zurich area. Our international relations directly contribute to HWZ's opportunities to offer exciting educational programs in management and business administration.
- Our research is solidly grounded in theoretical foundations, while maintaining a strong connection with corporate life. This allows the production of research findings that are both, rigorous as well as relevant.
- We constantly strive to improve our teaching and learning in order to develop practitioners with a solid theoretical foundation and academics with a deep understanding of business reality. To this end, we provide educational services in academic as well as corporate environments, encompassing undergraduate, graduate, PhD, as well as executive education.
- By making the findings of our research projects available to a larger community of business practitioners, politicians and other stakeholders, we contribute to a positive development of our society.
