Wissenschaftliche Literatur Decision-Making

Veronica Jemanyur Rop

Human Dignity – Participation of Women in Integral Human Development

A Study Among the Kalenjin in the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya

THEOS – Studienreihe Theologische Forschungsergebnisse

The title of this book is Human Dignity- Participation of Women in Integral Human Development and the subtitle is A Study Among the Kalenjin in the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya.

The dignity of the human person is central to the integral human development (IHD) of any community. The Catholic Social Teaching teaches that human dignity originates from God and is of God, because human beings are made in God’s own image and likeness. As a person…

Karin Tremp

Strategic Decision-Making

Top Management Team’s Dominant Logic and the Inherent Threat of Strategic Inertia

Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis

Why do companies — especially the most established ones — consistently struggle to meet changing market and technical conditions? Organizational researchers and particularly those focusing on strategic management have long been interested in identifying factors that lead companies to success or failure. Outside observers are continuously surprised when well-established companies suddenly falter or collapse (take for example market leaders such as Kodak or Nokia). In…

Dirk Förster-Trallo

The Impact of Psychological Occupational Strains on Engineering Managers’ Decision Making Behaviour

Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis

Due to the digitalisation of the working world and the intensified competition between organisations, the working environment of employees in technical working environments has changed in recent years. This applies in particular to executives in companies as they have been given greater responsibilities as a result. They are exposed to various stresses and strains. Negative effects of stress on the health of individuals have been empirically proven in recent years and…

Katarína Remeňová & Nadežda Jankelová

A Descriptive Approach to Decision Making and the Decision-Making Style

Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis

The scientific monograph provides in-depth coverage of the theory of decision making from a descriptive perspective, concentrating on decision-making style, the way of thinking, and information gathering. In the decision-making process, it is essential that a decision maker with a particular style bears responsibility for the decision and also for its subsequent implementation and control of the achieved results.

The decision-making style in the conditions of…

Tobias Wiens

Scheduling – Transportation – Pricing

Selected Problems and their Solutions

Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis

Tobias Wiens investigates three selected problems in the fields of scheduling, transportation and pricing, with the aim of introducing appropriate analytical methods as a basis for better decision making. The author first introduces the new research field of team assignment and scheduling, taking into account team production effects. In contrast to the opinions prevalent in literature on job splitting, a given job’s processing time is not simply its default processing…

Thomas Meissner

Der Competitive Intelligence Ansatz im Kontext strategischer Entscheidungen

Eine organisationale und prozessuale Perspektive

Strategisches Management

Diese Studie widmet sich dem Themenfeld der strategischen Entscheidungen (Strategic Decision Making) und wie diese vor dem Hintergrund einer stets komplexer und vielschichtig werdenden Unternehmensumwelt dennoch wettbewerbsorientiert getroffen werden können. Viele Unternehmen innovieren ihr bestehendes Business Model um sich gezielt diesen rapiden Wandel zu stellen und weiterhin wettbewerbsfähig aufgestellt zu sein. Diese Entwicklungen umfassen auch häufig Erweiterungen…

Sonja Čotar Konrad / Tina Štemberger

CHILDREN MATTER
Empowering teachers for generations to come

Schriften zur pädagogischen Psychologie

Throughout history, teachers and schools have always presented the reflection of societies, their priorities, needs and their orientation. Today, in the fast-changing world, teachers’ roles are changing, as are the expectations directed towards them. Teachers are faced with demands in terms of in-depth subject knowledge, advanced pedagogical skills, reflective practice and ability to adapt teaching to the needs of each individual as well as to the needs of the group of…

Nina Groß

Entwicklung und Evaluation eines Wissenstransferprozesses für Teams in komplexen technischen Systemen

Schriften zur Arbeits-, Betriebs- und Organisationspsychologie

In technisch eng gekoppelten, risikoreichen Arbeitsumgebungen, so genannten komplexen technischen Systemen, können Fehler fatale Folgen für die Mitarbeitenden, die Organisation, die Umwelt oder durchaus auch Dritte haben. Die Anwendung von Falschem oder fehlendes Wissen, stellen dabei mögliche Faktoren dar, welche die Auftretenswahrscheinlichkeit von Fehlern erhöhen. Der Einsatz von Wissenstransferprozessen bietet einen möglichen Ansatzpunkt, um Wissen und Erfahrungen –…

Daniel M. Ringel

Creating Insights in Large Markets

Electronic Commerce, Marketing & Finance

Today, firms face large and complex markets, in which they must make strategic and tactic decisions. However, their ability to make informed decisions is limited. First, they lack access to comprehensive data regarding the large markets in which they operate. Second, even in cases in which such data are available, traditional analysis methods in marketing cannot adequately address the vast quantities of data points involved thousands of consumers, firms, and products.…

Thomas Rachfall

The Impact of Information and Communication Technology on the Information Overload Phenomenon

Schriften zum Betrieblichen Rechnungswesen und Controlling

Most people are working with the help of information and communication technology (ICT), with a still rising rate of workplaces being equipped with new technology. More and more people are presumed to act efficiently with new ICT and services in an environment that is getting more multifaceted for employees in the communication process. In response to the quickly changing environments, individuals and organisations are suffering from information overload (IO). However, in…