Slow-Developing Catastrophic Risks (SDCRs) refer to risks, the development of which, though hardly discernible at first or by non-experts, may lead to critical transitions (or regime shifts). As a result, SDCRs can have catastrophic consequences in terms of fatalities or economic losses. Because...

Big data are changing the way we work as companies face an increasing amount of data. Rather than replacing a human workforce or making decisions obsolete, big data are going to pose an immense innovating force to those employees capable of utilizing them. This book intends to first convey a...

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...