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Course of studies
- IBW - Internationale Betriebswirtschaft (100)
- IBM - International Business Management (37)
- IMM - International Management (7)
- INM - Informatik (6)
- MOS - Mobile Systeme (6)
- OMB - OnlineMedien (3)
- BPT - Bio- und Prozess-Technologie (1)
- EMBA - Executive Master of International Business Management (1)
- MEB - Medical Engineering (1)
- MZ - Mikromedizin (1)
Zu viel der Ehre...Freiwilliges Engagement bleibt in vielen Fällen in der Symptombekämpfung stecken
(2017)
Die vorliegende Bachelorarbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Analyse und Auswertung der Er-folgsfaktoren des Target Marketings für Frauen im Bereich der E-Mobilität. Der Sinn und Zweck der Arbeit gestaltet sich darin, die weibliche Zielgruppe für die Marke Tesla zu gewinnen und zu binden, um somit als Resultat die Verkaufszahlen zu erhöhen. Dies ge-staltet sich als zunehmend wichtiger, da die Frauen ein erhebliches Mitspracherecht im Bereich des Autokaufes haben, sie jedoch weniger mit dem Konzept der E-Mobilität ver-traut sind und diesem misstrauen. Im theoretischen Teil wird zunächst die Vorgehenswei-se einer Social Media Kommunikationsstrategie erläutert und auf einzelne Social Media Plattformen eingegangen. Daraufhin wird das Konsumentenverhalten anhand eines Mo-dells erklärt, sowie auf die Erkenntnisse der weiblichen Zielgruppe eingegangen. Im An-schluss werden die Inhaltsanalyse, das Expertengespräch und die großzahlige Befragung durchgeführt, um herauszufinden welche Strategie aktuell von Tesla verfolgt wird und welche Ausprägungen für die inhaltlichen Beiträge von Bedeutung sind, um eine erfolg-reiche Strategie zu entwickeln.
Demographische Veränderungen in unserer heutigen Gesellschaft führen zu einem Fachkräftemangel, der nur durch eine Mobilisierung von zusätzlichen Arbeitskräften ausbalanciert werden kann. Dieser Fachkräftemangel kann teilweise durch eine Steigerung der Müttererwerbstätigkeit ausgeglichen werden. Dazu muss es Müttern möglich gemacht werden, sich verstärkt am Arbeitsmarkt zu beteiligen ohne das Familienleben zu vernachlässigen. Konzepte der Vereinbarkeit könnten dieses Problem lösen.
Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema Work-Life-Balance von erwerbstätigen Müttern. Genauer gesagt, mit der Fragestellung, mit welchen Work-Life-Balance-Maßnahmen Arbeitgeber zu einem schnellen beruflichen Wiedereinstieg nach einer familienbedingten Erwerbspause beitragen können. Die Untersuchung soll in das Thema Work-Life-Balance einführen und die Notwendigkeit solcher Maßnahmen schildern.
Um die nachfolgende Ableitung von entsprechenden Work-Life-Balance-Maßnahmen zu ermöglichen, werden die Gründe für lange Erwerbspausen untersucht.
Da in dieser Arbeit die Arbeitgeberseite betrachtet wird, soll sich ein Teil der Untersuchung dem betriebswirtschaftlichen Nutzen für Unternehmen widmen.
Most Western countries have very low percentages of women who study in science,
technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. These fields are of economic
importance as they are essential for innovation - the key to the creation of new products,
ideas and processes. Especially in developed countries, the STEM sector is one of the
largest growth factors. Having mainly men studying in STEM fields limits the available
talent and thus the quality of human resources; therefore, it is important that more
women study in STEM fields for more efficiency and increased economic development.
In contrast to Western countries, Muslim countries exhibit large numbers of women in
STEM majors. This thesis analyses different aspects of Muslim countries to determine
reasons for more women in these countries to study in STEM fields. The current study
is based on literature such as journal articles, textbooks and online sources. The
following factors are studied to answer the first research question: social reasons
(including religion, history, perception of women, wealth and social status, and
educational system), legal framework, technological reasons and economic reasons.
The findings indicate that a combination of aspects and circumstances leads to the large
numbers of women in Muslim countries in STEM majors. Among the analysed factors
the educational system and economic situation of Muslim countries seem to be the root
cause.
Furthermore, the current study analyses consequences of the high number of women in
STEM fields in Muslim countries in the labour market, to answer the following
questions: (1) Do educational opportunities lead to equal opportunities in the labour
market? (2) Is it respectable for women in Muslim countries to work? (This question
addresses factors such as Islam, tradition, a woman’s role as a mother, mixed-gender
workplaces, demography and legal restrictions) (3) In which sectors do women work?
(sectors and leadership positions) (4) What is the relation of female labour to the
economy? (impact of economic situation, economic landscape, globalisation, and
importance of female employment for the economy).
The result is that educational opportunities for women in Muslim countries do not
translate into equal chances in the labour market. Regarding STEM fields the
employment of women ranges from gender equality to nearly no opportunities at all,
depending on the country. The small numbers are most likely due to the lower position
of women in society, the generally less opportunities for women in the labour market
and women’s rights issues.
Wissenschaftliche Qualifizierung der Therapieberufe in Deutschland aus Sicht der Arbeitgeber_innen
(2017)
Das Thema der Bachelor Thesis lautet: Wie wandelt sich Technologie und Marktumfeld für Optimy, welche Bedrohungen und Chancen ergeben sich daraus und welche Anpassungsstrategien sollte die Firma wählen? Die Forschungsfrage wurde angegangen, indem eine Literaturrecherche sowie mehrere qualitative Befragungen mit einem Angestellten der Firma Optimy S.A., einem ehemaligen Praktikanten der Unternehmung, verschiedenen Kunden im deutschsprachigen Raum und einem Konkurrenten durchgeführt wurden. Zur Anwendung kommen dabei unter anderem Themen aus dem strategischen Management wie eine PESTLE-Analyse, Porter’s Five Forces, Ressourcen und Fähigkeiten, die Wertschöpfungskette sowie eine SWOT-Analyse und das Versionsmanagement, um das Marktumfeld analysieren zu können. Dabei wurden Erkenntnisse über die Softwareindustrie zur Verwaltung von Förderanfragen, dem Marktvolumen und Eigenheiten von verschiedenen Märkten, die Offenheit der Menschen gegenüber Softwareprodukten und ihre Nachfrage darüber deutlich, welche sich jeweils positiv entwickelten. Weiterhin konnte das Industrieumfeld als positiv und damit als attraktiv bewertet werden, was früher oder später zu einer erhöhten Konkurrenzanzahl führen wird. Weiterhin werden konkrete Handlungs- und Verbesserungsempfehlungen für die Firma Optimy aufgezeigt, um eine differenzierende Wettbewerbsposition auf dem Markt einzunehmen und den Mehrwert für seine Kunden zu steigern. Dabei können geringe Unterschiede zu bestehenden Konkurrenten festgestellt werden, weshalb die Weiterentwicklung von Funktionen, das Eingehen von Partnerschaften und die Steigerung der Qualität sowie der Ausbau einer Marke essentiell sind, um ein unterschiedliches Produktportfolio anbieten zu können. Dabei ist auch in Zukunft zu erwarten, dass Softwareapplikationen häufiger zur Anwendung kommen, cloudbasierte Software wichtiger werden wird, Sponsoringbudgets von Unternehmen ansteigen werden und Menschen einen starken Drang nach Automatisierung besitzen, was das Erfolgspotenzial in diesem Geschäftsfeld hervorhebt.
The aim of this thesis is to elaborate and evaluate the current employer branding concept at a subsidiary of a globally represented organization. This enables the author to draw conclusions and give improvement recommendations.
The first part is based on scientific literature and data. It outlines the concept of employer branding and shows which areas of a company are affected hereby. Next, it is explained why a successful employer branding concept can be advantageous for companies and how to communicate it. To conclude the first part, challenges that come with employer branding in a global company context are elaborated.
The following part of the thesis, is developed from internal data and information. It focuses on the current employer branding concept at the subsidiary. Moreover, it is revealed why an employer brand is necessary and which challenges and opportunities, for this concept, exist at that subsidiary. It is also reflected on the effects, set corporate guidelines and conditions, have on the local employer branding concept.
The last part, attempts to measure the success of the current employer branding concept at the subsidiary. This is conducted by assessing three different sources with regard to their influence and significance on the employer brand. At first, the company’s key performance indicators are evaluated. Secondly, results of two surveys, which were conducted for this thesis, are analyzed and interpreted. Both give insight on people’s expectations and experiences with employers: One survey investigated an external target group while the other questioned the employees at the subsidiary. As a third source, results of a recent internal survey, which evaluated the employee’s perspective on their workplace, are included and assessed.
To conclude the thesis, improvement suggestions on how to have a successful employer brand, according to demographic region, operating business sector and global context are given. The recommendations include content-related adjustments, proposals for the inclusion of corporate standards, ideas on how to raise the employer brand’s awareness and finally suggestions for improved communication of the local employer brand.
Wenn Fehler Geld kosten
(2017)
Viele Fragen bleiben offen
(2017)
Durch eine gesunkene Wertschöpfungstiefe und schlankes Lagern entsteht eine gewisse Abhängigkeit produzierender Unternehmen von ihren Lieferanten. Daraus ergibt sich im Falle einer Engpasssituation ein erhöhtes Risiko für alle Beteiligten. Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die Auswirkungen einer Verknappung am Beispiel der DBK EMS GmbH & Co. KG zu erörtern und Maßnahmen zu entwickeln, die das Unternehmen künftig vor der Problemsituation bewahren oder deren Folgen eindämmen.
Die betrieblichen Auswirkungen eines Versorgungsrisikos werden abteilungsspezifisch analysiert und dargestellt. Hierzu werden verschiedene Kennzahlen, Prozesse und Kalkulationen einem Soll/Ist-Vergleich unterzogen.
Anhand der Ergebnisse werden Maßnahmen konzipiert die eine Verknappung mithilfe eines Tools zur Früherkennung verhindern sollen. Zusätzlich wird ein Leitfaden erstellt der die strukturierte Erarbeitung eines Lösungsplanes beim Eintreten einer Verknappung erleichtern soll.
Vergleich maschineller Lernalgorithmen in Anwendung auf die 3D-Gestenerkennung per Leap Motion
(2017)
Die Gestensteuerung ermöglicht eine intuitive sowie natürliche Interaktion zwischen Mensch und Maschine. Um die Bewegungen des Nutzers im dreidimensionalen Raum erkennen und klassifizieren zu können, sind Sensoren nötig, deren Signale es gilt zu verarbeiten. Diese Verarbeitung geschieht mittlerweile überwiegend durch Algorithmen des maschinellen Lernens, welche mit Hilfe von eingelernten Daten selbstständig Vorhersagen über neue Eingabesignale treffen können.
In dieser Arbeit werden die Eigenschaften und die damit zusammenhängende Erkennungsgenauigkeit solcher Algorithmen untersucht und verglichen. Dabei sollen die Support Vector Machine und das neuronale Netz berücksichtigt werden, welche mit Hilfe der Open Source Bibliotheken TensorFlow und scikit-learn implementiert wurden. Als Untersuchungsgegenstand dienen die Positionskoordinaten von insgesamt 350 dynamischen Gesten. Diese wurden mit dem Tiefenensor Leap Motion mittels einer eigens entwickelten Software aufgezeichnet und entsprechend vorverarbeitet. Auf diese Software, sowie den Prozess der Datensammlung, der Vorverarbeitung und letztendlich der Klassifizierung wird in der Arbeit ausführlicher eingegangen.
Die durchgeführten Tests zeigen, dass beide Algorithmen in der Lage waren eine Erkennungsgenauigkeit von bis zu 93,40% zu erreichen. Die Support Vector Machine schnitt durchschnittlich mit 87,15%, gegenüber dem neuronalen Netz mit 80,47%, besser ab.
Changes are constantly accelerating. A major issue that companies are dealing with is how to communicate those changes in a way that is efficient and effective and therefore successful. Traditional models such as the ones by Lewin, Bridges or Kotter are reaching their limits due to the orientation on fixed vision, goals and processes. The time has come to change the way change is managed. New organizational structures are therefore required. An example of a new model to deal with the speed of change is agile management. Agility provides a platform for better communication, including the quantity and quality aspect. IMS Gear, an automotive supplier located in South Germany, is currently in the stage of a transition. Agile mindsets are anchored in their vision and strategy, yet the implementation of agile frameworks is still improvable. The PEP project is a first step into the direction of ensuring the future of the company despite all external and internal changes. Therefore, based on a model by Audi AG consultant Gergs, improvement approaches are developed.
Usability-Aspekte bei der Gestaltung mobiler Nutzeroberflächen für technikdistanzierte ältere Nutzer
(2017)
Already having surpassed the previous generation in terms of size of the workforce, Millennials have received extensive attention in media and literature. As critical as this generation might be portrayed in media and sometimes also academic literature, the reality and underlying message of it all is that this generation is rapidly entering the workforce with high expectations, implications are made and companies need to react and adapt accordingly. For a company like thyssenkrupp Presta North America, consisting mainly of employees with an engineering background and seeking for these in a highly competitive job market, understanding this generation, specifically the Millennial Engineers, in order to successfully recruit and retain candidates is imperative for successfully operating in the future. Being natives to information technology, highly motivated, ambitious and determined, Millennials have the potential to have an extremely positive impact on the success of businesses. Reported high self-esteem and narcissistic characteristics make this generation require extensive adaptation and adjustment. Change in the engineering role is happening towards a more dynamic workplace. A modern engineer works in a team environment and interfaces with many different stakeholders. With this development in recent years away from the very traditional role of an engineer, the importance of social and soft skills greatly increased. In order to facilitate this, the processes of organizational socialization play a major role and are an opportunity for employers to influence and shape the adjustment. A well-structured process facilitates adjustment and positive long term outcomes. The question was raised, whether the high expectations of Millennial engineering graduates before their first job reported in literature will change once the work life has been entered. Through a series of qualitative interviews with Millennial engineers at thyssenkrupp Presta North America, the high expectations reported previously were not found. The main objective for the employees surveyed was to simply get started in the work life. In regards to change of expectations, however, much greater emphasis on career progression and training and development possibilities was placed.
Country risk affects cross-border investments significantly. Therefore, this paper aims to understand the concept of country risk and the available country risk assessments (models), by comparing and evaluating them. Secondly, the effectiveness of these assessments in predicting an economic downturn will be analysed. Lastly, this paper investigates the determinants behind the country risk models, using country credit ratings as a proxy.
The effectiveness analysis is based on the comparison of the credit ratings with the respective real GDP growth of Malaysia, Mexico, Japan and Portugal in a case study approach. Thereafter, Spearman’s rank order correlation coefficient analysis will be performed to investigate the determinants of the country risk models.
Results from the case study approach show that country risk assessments generally could not predict an impending economic slowdown. In addition, the correlation coefficient analysis illustrates that some variables have in general weak correlations to the credit ratings. For instance, the real GDP growth has mostly weak relationships with the ratings and tends to be statistically insignificant. On the other hand, lending and deposit interest rates have relatively strong correlations to the credit ratings and are significant at 0.01 level for some of the ratings. In addition, Mexico and Japan have the tendency to produce opposite results with the same set of indicators.
Even though investors should not rely on these country risk assessments to forecast a major crisis, the models could act as the basis of risk management. This is because these assessments do provide investors with some useful information.
Regelungen zu Zeitpunkt und Höhe der Umsatzrealisierung haben wesentlichen Einfluss auf die Beurteilung der Leistungsfähigkeit eines Unternehmens. Für eine gesellschafts- und länderübergreifende Beurteilung, bedarf es international vergleichbarer und einheitlicher Bilanzierungsvorschriften. Ab dem 01. Januar 2018 werden die derzeit gelten internationalen Rechnungslegungsvorschriften zur Umsatzrealisierung durch den IFRS 15 ersetzt. Diese Bachelorthesis befasst sich mit den Neuerungen des IFRS 15 und deren bilanziellen Auswirkungen am Beispiel des Herrenknecht Konzerns. Ziel der Arbeit ist die Sicherstellung einer standardkonformen bilanziellen Abbildung nach IFRS 15. Zunächst werden auf Basis einer Literaturrecherche die relevanten theoretischen Grundlagen dargelegt und im Weiteren auf das Geschäftsmodell von Herrenknecht angewandt.
Im Herrenknecht Konzern bilanzierte Fertigungsaufträge nach IFRS werden mittels eines standardisierten Arbeitsblattes auf HGB übergeleitet. Um dies auch weiterhin zu ermöglichen, wird dieses Arbeitsblatt den Neuerungen entsprechend angepasst und in seiner Struktur optimiert. Im Rahmen der Arbeit wird deutlich, dass nicht eindeutig bestimmt werden kann, ob der neue Standard auf die Bilanzierung von Rückkaufvereinbarungen anzuwenden ist. Um die Regelungslücke zu schließen, wird ein Verfahren erarbeitet, das abhängig von den jeweiligen Randbedingungen die bilanzielle Abbildung einer Leistungsverpflichtung eindeutig festlegt.
Uber in der Pflege?
(2017)
Im Rahmen dieser Bachelorarbeit wird untersucht, ob kulturelle Faktoren einen Einfluss auf das Verhältnis zwischen in Deutschland lebenden türkischstämmigen Anwälten und Mandanten haben. Hierzu wird die ethnische Identität von Deutsch-Türken im Zusammenhang mit Generationsunterschieden untersucht. Zudem werden Akkulturationsmodelle, Kommunikationstheorien sowie Ziele und Möglichkeiten des ethnischen Marketings definiert.
Durch Anwendung qualitativer und quantitativer Forschungsmethoden werden jeweils aus Anwalts- und Mandantensicht die ethnische Identität sowie die für die Präferenz eines türkischstämmigen Anwalts relevanten Faktoren einzelner Einwanderergenerationen ermittelt.
Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Anwalts-Mandanten-Beziehung stark von kulturellen Aspekten beeinflusst wird und dass Änderungen im anwaltlichen Ethno-Marketing notwendig sind, da diese nicht von türkischstämmigen Mandanten wahrgenommen werden.
Economic growth in China is slowing down and China will no longer be the manufacturer of the world and consumers become more sophisticated. Therefore Chinese companies have to change strategies. This thesis aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the reasons for Chinese companies transitioning from equipment manufacturers to brand manufacturers, the phase of innovation in China, the internationalization of Chinese brands and accordingly the consumer behaviour. The change is fast and challenging and the Chinese companies have to overcome obstacles like culture, innovation and the country of origin effect. Chinese government is promoting innovation. The quality of Research & Development output lacks behind quantity and is often limited to technology improvements rather than basic research. Government is also pushing companies to go abroad. The biggest obstacle for Chinese consumer brands expanding internationally is the country of origin effect. To compete internationally and to be successful in the long run, Chinese companies have to deliver high product quality and use effective branding. After entering the market with low price products to gain market share, Chinese brands increase product quality and promote the consumer brand. By analyzing the smartphone market, this thesis evaluates the progress and sustainability of changing from low cost to high end manufacturing and branding.
To warn or not to warn? Towards an assistance strategy that reduces unnecessary collision alerts
(2017)
The study attempts to analyze the short-term effects of merger and acquisition bids of German acquirers on the stock prices of two involved companies. On the announcement day, a statistically significant average abnormal return of 11.5% is found for the target firms compared to an insignificant negative abnormal return of -0.28% for bidding firms, and the synergistic gain for involved firms is 5.72% on average. The strategy of specialization or diversification shows strong evidence that it has a large impact on the short-term stock returns with specialization triggering stronger abnormal returns than diversification bids for bidding firms and substantially smaller price reaction for target firms. The outcome also suggests that higher target cash-to-market-value ratio leads to significantly lower abnormal returns for target firms during the announcement period.
The Revive Turbo Cleaner is a cleaning fluid which removes carbon deposits from inside petrol or diesel engine systems. It is distributed internationally through wholesalers and sales agents to workshops and private car owners. After the acquisition of Revive Automotive Solutions Ltd by Bartec Auto ID Ltd in summer 2016, the new owners decided to further develop the brand and to move into the promising German automotive aftermarket, as the Cleaner had shown good sales figures in the home market UK and in a number of international markets. This paper examines environmental factors influencing the German marketplace, analyses Revive’s actual customer segments including consumers and business clients, provides profiles of its competitors and substituting technologies, regards the characteristics of the specific industry and defines the product’s qualities in order to draw a conclusion on the appropriate Marketing Mix to employ for the German market. In advance to the analytical work, the paper critically considers the range of theoretical frameworks used for the analysis, namely PESTEL, Porter’s Five Forces Analysis, the SWOT Analysis and the Marketing Mix in order to define and update original concepts as wells as adapt them to the research requirements.
This thesis has the purpose to investigate the oil price as the global economic factor but also to examine its implications on the worldwide economy. Thereby the determinants of the oil price are investigated by tackling the oil price itself from three different perspectives – the supply and demand framework, the prevailing world oil market structure as well as from the perspective of already statistically proven oil price determinants. In addition, the arising macroeconomic implications of oil price fluctuations on oil-importing and oil-exporting countries are examined. The investigation based on a thought experiment demonstrates the supply and demand framework to be unable to fully explain all past price changes. The examination on the prevailing market structure identifies the world oil market to be best described as a supply, pure, closed, partial and collusive form of an oligopoly. Analyzing the competitive behavior of the world oil market on three levels identifies non-OPEC producers’ competition to behave in a Cournot manner whereas among OPEC producers Saudi Arabia is identified to be a Stackelberg-follower with certain conditions while at the same time permanently bearing the ambition to become the Stackelberg-leader. The identification on the best describing oligopoly model for the overall industry is inconclusive. Investigating OPEC’s cartel hypothesis does not fully exclude its collusive behavior but denies the OPEC to be described as a prime example of a cartel. The examination of already existing econometric analyses identified a total of 13 determinants to play a key role in the oil price definition process. Investigating the arising macroeconomic implications of oil price fluctuations show oil price changes to be of great importance for the overall economic performance and is best described as a form of a positive of negative vicious circle in which the interconnected second or even third round effects intensify the implications on the macroeconomic activity.
The new economy of poverty
(2017)
The Influence of Macroeconomic Indicators Towards Sovereign Credit Rating and Sovereign Bond Spread
(2017)
The main purpose of this thesis is to investigate and to identify the macroeconomic indicators, as the determinants that could impact the sovereign risk. The sovereign risk here is represented by sovereign credit rating and sovereign bond spread. The world economy nowadays has become more globalized. It is becoming essential for all stakeholders in the global economy to become aware of the economic and the financial situation of a country. Sovereign risk interestingly represents not only the economic and financial situation of a country, but also the ability of a country to meet its financial obligation. This indicator plays an important role in attracting capital inflow and investment in a country. By using panel-data
framework, the estimations were built and analyzed to investigate the impact and the influence of the macroeconomic indicators towards the sovereign risk. The sample data of the research consists of 9 macroeconomic indicators as the explanatory variables, each of them includes 50 countries and 10 years of time period. Two separate panel data estimations with fixed effects model were created for each of the dependent variable, sovereign credit rating and sovereign bond spread. The results indicated that central bank rate, government debt level, total government reserves and unemployment rate have significant effects on the sovereign credit rating. Moreover, the results also indicated that current account balance, GDP growth rate, government debt level and unemployment rate have significant influence on sovereign bond spread. As both estimation share 3 significant explanatory variables, this implies that they are closely related.
The influence of gluten free diet on the enteric nervous system and intestinal microbiota of mice
(2017)
The advertising industry has strongly changed over the past years. Obviously, the coming of digital media has created networking between consumers and revolutionized traditional marketing toward companies building lasting relationship with potential customers and thereby generating an exponential growth in exposure and influence still called viral marketing. Despite the fact that viral marketing is an old topic, its relevancy in the business area is quite recent. However, little research is devoted to the adoption and internal usage of social media in SMEs, which are of high social and economic importance. Findings of numerous researches on this topic have been constructed on the B2C market. For this reasons, the aim of this study seeks to address the gap in knowledge regarding the use of social media in the B2B SMEs in Germany.
The end of performance appraisal: a practitioners' guide to alternatives in agile organisations
(2017)
This research provides a comprehensive analysis on the relationship between reputation and brands image through a better understanding of the effect of corporate scandals on brand image. Secondary data taken from academic journals, academic books and press articles were used to develop this research. While some corporate scandals are the result of misbehaviour from inside the corporate, some are the result of external factors the corporate had nothing to do with and some are due to technological failures. However, irrespective from the source of the scandal, all types of scandals will change the consumer’s perception on the corporate’s brand. For example, a certain degree of brand distrust or brand hate might develop after the scandal. Nevertheless, a corporate can recover from any scandal through several appropriate strategies. While these strategies might differ in detail, they all must include addressing the public about the issues truthfully and adopting relevant corrective actions depending on the scandal’s type and scale. The main purpose of this thesis is to explore these concepts further in detail, to understand how a corporate can recover from a scandal and restore their pre-scandal brand position. Finally, a case study about Samsung’s recent exploding devices scandal will provide a current example on the topic. While this research will provide a summary on how will a scandal affect consumer’s perception and how could a corporate recover from a scandal, it is important to note that each scandal is unique and therefore will have unique effects on perception and will require a unique strategy to recover from it.
This thesis investigates the effect choice options in e-commerce applications have on consumers’ decision making. Previous research showed that a large number of options
can affect consumers negatively. However, the conditions for such choice overload are unclear. After reviewing the existing research, the amount of information (entropy)
contained in a choice set and individual differences were determined as possible influencing factors in an online environment. In a choice experiment, choice sets with
varying information loads and an assessment of the Big Five personality traits were used to test the impact of the two identified factors on choice avoidance behavior. Results from chi-square-tests and a logistic regression model suggest choice overload but without entropy having an effect. A logistic regression model revealed that extraverted consumers are easier overloaded. A low Neuroticism score was found to be related to less occurrence of a too-much-choice-effect. Consumers with a high Openness score on the other hand choose one of the presented options more often and were therefore less often
overwhelmed by the assortment. An interaction effect between personality and the amount of entropy was not found. These findings extend the research on choice overload and offer valuable input for marketers targeting consumers online.
The dimenSion concept - approaching service prototyping from a multi-aspect description perspective
(2017)
The concept of Job Crafting was developed by Amy Wrzesniewski and Jane E. Dutton in 2001. It describes job alterations initiated by employees that can occur in three different ways: Task crafting, relational crafting and cognitive crafting. The aim of Job Crafting is the better alignment of employee needs and preferences to the job demands and rewards.
In this bachelor thesis, the concept of Job Crafting will be explained and will be put into the context of similar concepts. Both, positive and negative outcomes of Job Crafting behaviour will be explained and opposed. The outcomes can have the form of increased motivation, performance and person-job fit which are intended by the Job Crafting behaviour. But misalignments of Job Crafting with organisational goals and negative impacts on colleagues on the negative side can also occur and need to be considered. The bachelor thesis also illustrates important motivators for Job Crafting and the most important aspects that play a role in Job Crafting behaviour. In the end, the thesis provides an outlook of Job Crafting based on the information that was evaluated. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to provide an insight into the concept of Job Crafting and to inform about the recent state of research on the topic.
Job Crafting is considered to be a rather positive employee behaviour that mostly results in better outcomes for employees than before Job Crafting actions. As organisation in the current economic state need to be adaptive in order to stay competitive, Job Crafting offers a solution for organisations to provide their employees with enough freedom to stay flexible. Job Crafting is not to be considered as a substitute for common Job design but rather as a complement to it that can be used by employees to further enhance their behaviour and performance. Managers should be aware of its existence and even foster it into a direction that benefits the organisation.
The importance of lean management in indirect areas has drastically increased in recent years, as it allows companies to remain competitive. At Bosch Gasoline Systems, lean management has been practiced in indirect areas for some two years now, but the project team responsible still attempts to improve tools and processes wherever possible.
This bachelor’s thesis therefore provides an overview of the possible improvements that might be made to the Lean Management System (LMS) in order to facilitate its introduction in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, the US, Japan and Korea.
After an extensive literature review, an “ideal” lean culture profile is developed, which is then compared to the cultural profiles of the countries of interest. The basis of the “ideal” lean culture profile is derived from the study of Liker (2014) and Zollondz (2013) where they present 14 lean principles and then the significance of these principles is analysed using Hofstede’s cultural model.
Thereafter, interviews are conducted with experts from the lean team as well as with locals from the various countries of interest in order to find out about the cultural differences between the countries of interest and Germany, as well as to find out about the applicability of the current version of the lean management system in these countries.
Since there are differences between the developed “ideal” lean culture profile and those of the other countries discussed in this thesis, these differences are then analysed. The conclusions drawn, which are also supported by statements from the interviewees, are used to derive countermeasures and possible ideas for facilitating the introduction of the LMS abroad.
In the conclusion, limitations and further research questions are discussed.
Although sustainability reporting in China receives more attention in the past ten years, effective studies and literature of sustainability reporting are still in urgent need. A good sustainability reporting will provide stakeholders with needed information and guidance in the activities, and it also minimises the potential harm while creating economic, social and environmental values (Schaltegger & Wagner, 2006, 5). The main objectives of this research are not only to have an overall view of Chinese sustainability reporting situation but also to look into how Chinese companies will develop or what needs to be changed for a better development. To achieve this goal, sustainability reporting issued by top 10 manufacturing companies will be studied concerning GRI. During the analysis, the GRI Specific Standard Disclosures and Principle of Defining Report will be adopted to view how Chinese companies perform in sustainability reporting both in content and quality. Further, the possible elements of influencing companies development will be illustrated. Then make an attempt of what will future SR focus. The result obtained from the analysis is that Chinese sustainability reporting still have many problems in both quality and content. Most of them share the similar preference on how and what to disclose, such as focusing on resource saving. After making an explanation of what will affect future development of the companies in China, it is concluded that in the future the focus of SR will be concentrated on adoption of new energy, technology innovation, application of greener supply chain and consumption of green products.
Die Entwicklung zu Industrie 4.0 stellt neue Herausforderungen an alle Bereiche eines Unternehmens. Gerade dem Supply Chain Management werden neue Anforderungen gestellt, um bei der globalen Vernetzung der Supply Chains nicht den Anschluss zu verlieren. Die Vernetzung zu cyber-physischen Systemen erzeugt große Menge an Daten, Big Data, aus denen die richtigen Informationen gewonnen werden sollten. Industrie 4.0 wird auch Einfluss auf den Arbeitsalltag, die Organisation und die Mitarbeiter nehmen. Den enormen Potenzialen stehen Risiken und hohe Investitionen entgegen. Vor allem das Thema Datensicherheit spielt gerade in Deutschland, eine wichtige Rolle. Neue Technologien, wie die Blockchain, stehen noch am Anfang der Entwicklung, werden aber schnell Einfluss auf das industrielle Umfeld und somit auch auf das Supply Chain Management nehmen.
Mobile diagnostics – or mobile health in general – is highly appealing, not only for clinicians, but also for patients. It implies empowerment, in particular of those who are really in need, such as inhabitants of less developed regions within the world who have limited access to healthcare. It also implies simplification: Easy data management – a continuous flow of information. Therefore, development of miniaturized and highly integrated diagnostic systems allowing near patient “instant” diagnostics gain a lot of momentum since more than a decade. However, system integration requires time and a significant amount of investment. In addition, there is strong competition on resources from other emergent technologies, such as next generation sequencing which made the collection of e.g. human genome data less expensive and much faster. A more severe challenge is that mobile diagnostics require a change in healthcare management, e.g. towards integrated practice units. This, in turn, requires implementation of adequate reimbursement, standards of interoperability, training of staff, quality control. In 2010, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) launched the grant initiative Mobile Diagnostic Systems (MD, 2011─2015) as part of its high-tech strategy. MD aimed at generating knowledge on how microsystem technologies fit into German healthcare environments. On the basis of interviews with multidisciplinary MD actors, this thesis evaluated retrospectively how the publicly funded innovation network managed to overcome pre-defined external barriers of diffusion, including technology, regulatory affairs and market access. Retrospectives reveal internal barriers involving knowledge and technology transfer, negatively influencing generation of innovation. In particular, financing still represents a high hurdle for biotech innovators in Germany: Larger firms look predominately for market-ready or in-market technologies rather than prototypes and venture capitalists are rare or extremely risk-averse. Another important finding was, that actors involved were highly focused on individual work packages. This risks of not seeing the whole environment embedding MD. Consequently, potential opportunities may be missed, e.g. synergies with relatively close (DIALOC) or more distant initiatives (Global Health Delivery Project-based discussion rounds). This could be partly due to the fact that publicly funded networking activities provide less freedom-to-operate because of pre-defined milestones. In addition, further development of actors with respect to role playing (e.g. boundary spanning or innovation selling) is often not included in such “innovation packages”, but can help to maneuver change. Internal barriers need to be addressed first before targeting the major remaining external hurdle: Reimbursement. Although the latter was covered within MD, standardization of technology evaluation is still an unmet need which strongly influences the willingness-to-implement novel mobile diagnostics. Thus, the value added is to be demonstrated to justify adequate reimbursement. Achieving this goal can be successful, when innovation networking finds its path towards a common vision, e.g. towards value-based integrated healthcare. Pathfinding and visioning can be facilitated by process promoter with excellent network management capabilities. In addition, such a promoter could help to further develop engagement, openness and commitment of collaborators. Therefore, transfer of MD activities to established “top” networks or clusters is recommended for securing valuable knowledge generated. In this environment, an important next step – globalization of MD for ensuring future return on investment – could be triggered as well.
Since MD innovation was found to involve both product and service innovation, maneuvering change is particularly challenging for small and medium sized enterprises. These could benefit from engagement in innovation networking. Findings of this case study can help all direct and indirect actors in the field of MD innovation or in other high complex environments to reconsider pathfinding as well as role playing in networking.
Corporate Culture is more and more becoming an important factor to be competitive in the constantly changing environment. Technology as well as generation (in this case generation Y/millennials) and organizational structures are influencing the organizational performance and culture. The shift from hierarchical to networked structured organizations has an impact on the collaboration within and outside the company. Organizations need to find new ways to transmit theirs corporate culture, reach their employees and support collaboration.
Enterprise 2.0 tools are one of the newest tools of this century. Facebook and other social media platforms are already celebrating great success. So why shouldn’t it be able to reach this success in terms of internal use of social tools? And how does Enterprise 2.0 tools influence others aspects of the organizations which may as well have an impact on the corporate culture?
The B. Braun Aesculap AG division “Degenerative Spinal Disorders” will be launching a new Spinal System mid 2017. A Spinal System is a combination of implants and instruments used to treat spinal disorders caused by deformity, tumors, trauma or via degenerative conditions.
The current industry standard is that manufacturers sell the implants necessary for these surgeries in non-sterile packs, which require sterilization by the client organizations. This is different in other orthopedic sectors such as hip or knee, where the use of sterile packed implants is the industry benchmark. As this is not the standard case for spinal surgery so far, all processes within the majority of client organizations are accustomed to using non-sterile packed spinal implants in their operating room processes and logistics.
The new Spinal System, being offered by Aesculap AG in the near future, is challenging this status quo, as it will be offering a system solution in which the implants will be sold in sterile packaging.
This new business model entails changes in the processes within the manufacturing and client organization. These changes need to be implemented and communicated correctly.
In this thesis both business models based on sterile and non-sterile packed implants and their respective processes are compared. Strategic and operative relevant aspects are analyzed to define strategic criteria necessary to appropriately implement and communicate the new system.