Virtualisierung spielt eine immer größere Rolle beim Betrieb von SAP-ERP-Systemen. Jedoch liegen die Einflüsse der Virtualisierung auf die Performance und Skalierung oftmals im Dunkeln und treten erst bei Problemen zutage. André Bögelsack stellt anhand des Benchmarks „Zachmanntest“ dar,...

Forschungsstand zum Vertrauenskonstrukt und der Einfluss der Virtualisierung auf Vertrauen -- Gemeinsamer Kommunikationsstil im Unternehmen als Ansatz zur Förderung von Vertrauen bei Virtualisierung interner Kommunikation -- Empirische Überprüfung der Vertrauen fördernden Wirkung eines...

Collective knowledge and the associated concepts of collectively learning, remembering and inventing are increasingly important in today’s economy and society. Completing knowledge work alone is more and more difficult for individuals. Based on novel datasets which identify founders as...

This book introduces readers to essential facilitation techniques for leadership in the contexts of project and network management. It provides method-based messages, a facilitator curriculum, and a veritable arsenal of 50 carefully selected and 'reality-tested' tools for facilitation in...

Learn the skills you must master to assume leadership roles-creative directors, art directors, and advertising managers-on creative teams and in integrated branding campaigns for corporate clients. This book compares and contrasts the skill sets and responsibilities of creatives with those of...

This book addresses one of the most critical issues facing global business leaders and the multicultural workforce - how to work and relate effectively in the intercultural contexts. It is a map for navigation and a guide for behavior in many critical intercultural contexts that global business...

Boards of directors are a central feature of any corporate governance regime. The role of directors and how they affect firm value and policies is examined in depth in academic literature. However, it is easy to get both lost and overwhelmed when searching through the literature review that...

When collaboration works, the results can be breath-taking! But it doesn’t always deliver on its potential. Collaboration has been defined as "an unnatural act practiced by non-consenting adults". And often that’s exactly what it is! Some collaboration can be painfully difficult with the...

By 2020, 40 percent of the workforce won’t want to be your employee. That means managers and executives have to forget the old recruit-and-search for-months methods to acquire talent and revise their perception that “talent” is only full-time employees. The good news is that this talent...

This book blends academic rigor and real world experience on the agile and planning schools of project management and the process of becoming a project leader. To some, project management is all about logically and rationally planning out dependencies and mapping them out into a flawless plan; a...