There is no doubt that at least since the 1990s process orientation has evolved into one of the central paradigms of organizational design. Since then, all process management subtasks have matured. Process management decisions, however, lack economic foundation. They are usually based on...

The motion of a particle on a flexible one-dimensional base is investigated numerically. It is regarded as a barrier-overcoming process in a multi-dimensional phase space. Driving the system far from equilibrium, a directional flow of the particle is observed. In order to understand the...