Prof. em. Dr. Norbert Thom Prof. hc Dr. hc mult. Email: norbert.thom ...

Other positions and activities (selection):
President of the "Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft und
Management" (Swiss Society of Business Management) (1990-1993)
Chief editor of the management and organization magazine "Zeitschrift Führung und
Organisation (zfo)" (1986-95). Member of the zfo advisory publishing committee
(1996-2006)
Vice-president of the "Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Organisation" (Swiss
Association for Organization and Management) (1991-2007)
Member of the Swiss Science Council (official organisation providing advice to the
Federal Government on all questions related to science policy) (1997-2000)
Vice-president of the Foundation of the Swiss Association for Management and
Organization (since 2000)
President of the corresponding jury of the following awards related to science and
practice
a) SGO-Award (1992-2004, 7 awards)
b) Staufenbiel-Award (since 1999, 3 awards)
c) REHAU-Award (since 2000, 12 awards)
d) IOP-Award (since 2001, 6 awards)
e) Swiss HR-Award (2003-2007, 3 awards)
Member of the jury of the Seghezzi-Price 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011 for
academic works in the field of quality managment
Co-founder of the interfacultary “Kompetenzzentrum für Public Management (KPM)”
of the University of Berne (2002)
Vice-president of the “Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft des Kantons Bern”
(Economic Association of the Canton of Berne) (since 2002)
Awards:
Karl-Guth award 1978 (for the best German doctoral dissertation in corporate
management)
Honorary Medal of the Johannes-Kepler University of Linz (Austria 1988)
Denker (thinker) award 1992 (for contributions to innovation management and to the
employee suggestion system). First individual person in Switzerland to receive this
award.
Goldener Ideen-Oskar (Golden Idea Oscar) 1993 (for merits in teaching and research
in the fields of idea and innovation management). First individual in Switzerland to
receive this award.
Honorary member of the “Gesellschaft für Organisation” (GfO) (2002). Only actively
working honorary member.
Honorary member of the Swiss Society of Business Management (2003). Only active
professor of management in Switzerland
Doctor honoris causa (Dr. iur. h. c.) 2005 of the Mykolas Romeris University of
Vilnius, Lithuania
Doctor honoris causa (Dr. rer. soc. oec. h. c.) 2006 of the Johannes Kepler
University Linz, Austria
Doctor honoris causa (Dr. rer. pol. h. c.) 2006 of the Martin Luther University Halle-
Wittenberg, Germany
Honorary member of the "Gesellschaft für Organisation und Management" (SGO)
Honorary Ambassador of the "IDEE-SUISSE® - Schweizerische Gesellschaft für
Ideen- und Innovationsmanagement", Zurich (since 2010)