This paper introduces the possibilities of Weblogs in the context of e-learning and knowledge management. At the beginning it gives a classification of Weblogs in the context of social software. Then one tries to find a general valid definition for the research object. Based on that, main...

Der Einsatz von Social Software in Personalmanagementprozessen gilt als ein Zukunftsthema im HRBereich.Durch das Nutzen von Blogs, Wikis und Social Networking Services (SNS) im Internet undinnerhalb eines Unternehmens sollen Informationen über Bewerber und Mitarbeiter schnell und einfachzur...

The production planning with renewable resources faces several special problems compared tocommon planning methods with inputs which are “always available”. Due to their unsteadiness ingrowth, external influences like weather and natural resources and specific transport and...

Groupwareplattformen im schulischen Umfeld sind seit vielen Jahren fest im Schulalltag integriert (Stahl 2004, S. 163). Die Akzeptanz vieler Systeme leidet aber an einer umständlichen Bedienung und einem nicht bedürfnisgerechten Funktions-angebot (Jiang et al. 2005, S. 570). Zudem scheint die...

Large costs arise at a seaport container terminal from the duration of the unloading of vessels and from the time a vessel is waiting to be unloaded. The optimal allocation of vessels to berth space (Berth Allocation Problem) becomes more and more important as its solution is also input to...

Meanwhile, standard mobile phones are able to run applications which can be installed additionally tothose provided by the network operators. These applications can be used for various purposes - onepossibility is to use mobile phones for guiding persons on unknown territory. Mobile phones...

Mobility, understood as the possibility to move around, is an important part of human life. Sociologistshave even called mobility a vital principle for the individual and society. Mobility needs may besatisfied in several ways: independently by motorized and non-motorized individual traffic, by...

This paper deals with the use of RFID in reverse logistics. At first, reverse logistics is introduced as anarea of logistics research, which has gained in importance in the last years. Drivers of this developmentas well as current challenges for reverse logistics are discussed. The author then...

The mobile data communication is a much discussed topic since several years. So far, there are nosweeping applications established yet. This work investigates successful business models in themobile internet and the relevant general conditions regarding market, technological and useracceptance...

Durch die ständige Weiterentwicklung drahtloser Übertragungstechniken werden regelmäßig neueVerfahren standardisiert und auf den Markt gebracht. Diese bieten Verbesserungen gegenüber denbestehenden Varianten und eröffnen damit potenziell neue Einsatzgebiete und Anwendungen. Um...