On the author



Günter Polhede

Electrical engineering and economics graduate


Activities, experience:

◯   Electrician
◯   Project planning engineer
◯   Coordination of external companies
◯   International relocation, internal coordination
◯   Controller
◯   Production management
◯   ISO 9000 ff. preparation for certification
◯   Company reorganization
◯   Preparation for IPO, in-house
◯   Management board assistant
◯   Lecturer in electrical engineering


Work for NGOs in

◯   Afghanistan, site manager
◯   Ruanda, lecturer in electrical engineering
◯   Uganda, project manager


Publications of the author

(All following publications are in German language)

Germany - Ruanda
Economic growth and consequences - approaches to resource-centered economics
publisher: controller magazin, 6/2012, p. 70 - 73

Time shown on the example of Central Europe and
Understanding - self-sufficiency - learning - work - personal responsibility - uncertainty
publisher: Zeitpresse 3/2012, p. 35 – 37

Economization of relationships
Informational transparency - separation of bank liability - financial reorganization - depolarization
publisher: Zeitpresse 1/2012, p. 18 - 29

Polarizing changes
Systemic market failure on goods and financial markets in the event of inadequate economic growth - polarization - culture of envy - stability - democracy
publisher: Zeitpresse 1/2011, p. 32 - 38

Sufficiently strong economic growth - democratic stability - rationalization - lack of economic growth - changed financial markets-societal polarization - burden on the state - what's next?
publisher: Zeitpresse, summer 2009, p. 22 - 29

Asymmetric economic phenomena
publisher: controller magazin, 2007 special edition, p. 35 - 38

Asymmetric time
publisher: Zeitpresse, winter 2006/2007, p. 11 - 14

Controllers and insolvency prevention
Key controlling - observing signs jeopardizing company's existence
publisher: controller magazin, 2/2006, p. 181 -184

Working in Afghanistan - the economic and cultural-sociological context of poppy cultivation
Afghanistan - a field report
Contribution to the 28th Federal Drug Congress 2005 in Augsburg: www.fdr-online.info
publisher: controller magazin, 1/2005, p. 93 - 94

Time and individuality in Germany and Afghanistan
publisher: Zeitpresse, winter 2004/2005, S. 20 - 25

New Economy and IT
of complex economic and technical processes
publisher: controller magazin, 5/2002, p. 501 - 507

Time stress - time wasting - controlling
in the balancing act between time-scarce economics and time requirements to manage innovative complex development
publisher: controller magazin, 3/2001, p. 229 - 235

Companies in the expansion phase
Credit security and instruments for screening companies
publisher: controller magazin, 6/1998, p. 444 - 450

The system change in East Germany
Economic-psychological aspects of the system change
publisher: Der Betriebswirt, 3/1997, p. 23 - 26

Controlling in companies
Tools for recognizing the economic situation
publisher: Mitteldeutsche Wirtschaft 02/1997, p. 48 - 50

Concept against the impending wave of bankruptcies:
The hard way of doing
publisher: Mitteldeutsche Wirtschaft 12/1996, p. 12 - 14

Quality defects:
Prevention is good, control is necessary
publisher: Der Konstrukteur 1-2/1988, p. 6 - 12

People-machine systems -
automation changes planning processes
publisher: Der Konstrukteur 5/1987, p. 6 - 146 - 14

Good advice is expensive - bad advice can be expensive
1. Dubious management consultants and how to recognize them
publisher: Der Betriebsleiter 10/1986, p. 6 - 10

2. Requirements for reputable consulting companies
publisher: Der Betriebsleiter 11/1986, p. 6 - 99

3. Requirements for those seeking advice
publisher: Der Betriebsleiter 12/1986, p. 6 - 8

Internal co-operation
Trust is good - mistrust is necessary
publisher: BetriebsWirtschaftsMagazin 2/1986, p. 39 – 43
together with Joachim Korff



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