Founder's Syndrome

This book is aimed at exposing the implications of founder's syndrome (or founderitis) on the organizational development, revealing how it can become more than a simple hindrance and threaten its very existence. Through qualitative research, the issue of founderitis has been explored in depth, going beyond merely highlighting the symptoms and rather emphasizing the underlying cause of the dysfunctional behavioral patterns and mechanisms. Recognized as nothing more than an entanglement of organizational learning disabilities, founder's syndrome exceeds an exclusive responsibility. Concurrently, its preservation and reinforcement becomes a collective responsibility and not the founder's individual problem to solve.

Autorentext

Adnana O. Cucu en Gabriel F. Marica hebben een MA in sociaal ondernemerschap en management van de Roskilde Universiteit, Denemarken. Met hun ervaring in kwalitatief onderzoek en consultancy putten ze uit de integratie van verschillende disciplines: sociaal ondernemerschap, sociale innovatie, lerende organisatie, transformationeel leiderschap en psychologie.

Klappentext

This book is aimed at exposing the implications of founder's syndrome (or founderitis) on the organizational development, revealing how it can become more than a simple hindrance and threaten its very existence. Through qualitative research, the issue of founderitis has been explored in depth, going beyond merely highlighting the symptoms and rather emphasizing the underlying cause of the dysfunctional behavioral patterns and mechanisms. Recognized as nothing more than an entanglement of organizational learning disabilities, founder's syndrome exceeds an exclusive responsibility. Concurrently, its preservation and reinforcement becomes a collective responsibility and not the founder's individual problem to solve.