Wirtschaftsingenieure sind in der Praxis erfolgreich, leisten jedoch aus ihrem Kerngebiet der Integration von Ökonomie und Technologie heraus keine signifikanten Beiträge zum wissenschaftlichen Fortschritt. Angesichts dieser Beobachtung verfolgt die Deutsche Akademie für Technikwissenschaften...

Big data are changing the way we work. This book conveys a theoretical understanding of big data and the related interactions on a socio-technological level as well as on the organizational level. Big data challenge the human resource department to take a new role. An organization’s new...

Research topic of study is to discuss system approach in strategic HRM. It assumes system approaches as core of HR strategy. This study presumes that task performance is key to human resource management. Technical field knowledge increases task performance. Society for Human Resources...

Despite the dominant role corporations play in our economy, culture, and politics, the nature and purpose of corporations remains hotly contested. This conflict was brought to the fore in the recent Supreme Court opinions in Citizens United and Hobby Lobby. Although the prevailing narrative for...

Today roadmaps are becoming commonly used tool for detecting and designing a desired future for companies, states and the international community. The growing popularity of this method puts tasks such as identifying basic roadmapping principles, creation of concepts and determination of the...

This chapter covers detailed production planning methods when product demands are known. The two most important production planning approaches are push systems (known as materials requirement planning, MRP) and pull systems (known as just-in-time, JIT). Figure 5.1 presents an overview of the...

Purpose - With increasing exposure to disruptions, it is vital for supply chains to manage the risks proactively. Prediction of potential failure points and overall impact of these risks is challenging. In this paper, systems thinking concepts are applied for modelling supply chain risks. The...

2.1.1 Konstruktivismus -- erkenntnistheoretischer Rahmen2.1.2 Systemtheorie als transdisziplinärer Ansatz; 2.1.3 Theorie sozialer Systeme; 2.1.4 Der/die BeobachterIn beobachtet in der Gesellschaft; 2.2. Die Beobachtung von Sozialsystemen; 2.2.1 Einfache Sozialsysteme (Interaktion); 2.2.2...

Dieser Kurzaufsatz versucht, Karl Marx als Klassiker ernst zu nehmen. Wir vertreten folgende Thesen: (1) Marx war ein Kämpfer für individuelle Freiheit. (2) Marx war ein Systemdenker, von dem sich die moderne Wirtschaftsethik auch heute noch fruchtbar inspirieren lassen könnte. (3) Marx war...