Dr Frithjof Arp - Researcher Profile

Biography

Dr Frithjof Arp's career spans three continents and includes positions as Managing Director in Malaysia and Singapore (1995-2004; two companies concurrently), Australia (2004-2008) and Regional Manager Europe for a large Singapore conglomerate (1991-1995). Starting from an electronics engineering background, Dr Arp pursued management and leadership training in Germany.

Related Links:

• Research on foreign executives in local organisations (FELOs) FELO research project website -- investigating an international cross-cultural management phenomenon

Research & Supervision Interests

International Business
Organisational Strategy
Management of Change
Cross-cultural Management
International Human Resource Management
Asia, Emerging Markets (generally)
ASEAN-countries (specifically)

Keywords

International Business, Cross-cultural Management, Change Management, ASEAN, Asia, Malaysia

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2012

Consulting

Frithjof Arp assists small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from Germany, Australia, Malaysia and other ASEAN countries with their internationalisation, market-entry, and alliance / joint venture strategies. Dr Arp prefers to advise on people-management interventions, productivity enhancements, mid-market transactions (2-200 Mio), and work with closely-held companies.

Activities

Professional organisation memberships

Affiliate
German Society for Research in Human Resource Management (DGfP)

Pool of Independent Directors
Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group (Malaysia)

Languages

• English
• German
• Italian
• Indonesian/Malaysian