Corporate Development and Work Design - Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO

Future oriented corporate development, design of productive work environments, interconnect processes efficiently

Harmonizing people, technology and organizational strategy

Our goal is to anticipate and develop innovative working and living spaces that stimulate innovation, performance and well-being. At Fraunhofer IAO, we help companies and public institutions make their work and organization agile and flexible. We combine our up-to-date technological expertise with the latest organizational and social-scientific insights.

Our key research topics:

Business and organization models
Work design for production and office environments
Flexible work styles and collaboration
Leadership concepts and systems
Production work in Industry and Business 4.0

Projects

Future Work Lab

Where is work headed? On the factory floor, but also with regard to processes and services, digitalization is raising many new questions. Headed by Fraunhofer IAO, the newly opened “Future Work Lab – an innovation laboratory for work, people and technology” offers innovative approaches and answers.