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Im April 2020, d.h. zum Start der Online-Lehre des Corona-Semesters, wurde unter Studierenden der HFU eine Umfrage durchgeführt. Dieses Dokument beinhaltet die Ergebnisse der 1.150 teilnehmenden Studierenden.

The bachelor’s thesis deals with the question of whether a treatment with neurofeedback could provide a benefit for the members of an organization during a change process. In particular, the motives and challenges of change projects were identified. Furthermore, the methods which can be used to reduce and even prevent these problems were examined. The non-achievement of basic human needs, the associated fear, the loss of trust and stress plays a major role here. A good change management is able to address some of these issues, for example through good communication and the implementation of a change vision. The difficulty is that people may be too stuck in their views, including previous bad experiences, to be helped by current methods. It could be shown, that the training with neurofeedback achieves positive and fast lasting effects. The thesis explains how the person to be treated must be prepared and what a training might look like. Various areas in which neurofeedback has already been successfully used are briefly described and it is investigated whether there are treatments for disorders that are similar for the resistances in change processes. Expert interviews have examined these assumptions more closely and provided a practical and concrete perspective on the treatment with neurofeedback in an organizational context. Finally, it was found that training with neurofeedback in companies is quite an interesting option. At this stage, however, there is a lack of studies that can prove the concrete benefits. Until now, neurofeedback has been applied almost exclusively to the medical field and this will probably not change in the upcoming years due to the high complexity of the procedure. Other methods, such as yoga or meditation, are on the one hand easier to carry out and the other hand already established in society. However, since positive results have already been achieved with biofeedback and people are beginning to take an interest in it, this could be a first step towards neurofeedback.

The goal of this research is to find out whether the hierarchical leadership style of the German Bundeswehr influences their soldiers in a way, that they develop certain competencies that are highly demanded in the agile companies in the free market economy. For this purpose, the following question was asked: In which ways does the leadership style of the German Bundeswehr influence the motivation of the soldiers, their ability to work in a team and the relationship to the direct leader? To be able to answer this question in a proper way, scientific literature was used to built a theoretical background. It was completed by a semi-structured, qualitative interview with an expert of the German Bundeswehr. With nearly three decades of experience, he is responsible for the coaching of leaders and has a broad knowledge about the leadership culture of the German Bundeswehr. Both, the literature and the expert are in agreement about the fact, that being a soldier is more than a job, but a calling. Being a soldier means living for the higher mission. Meaning, that the motivation for completing a task has to be higher than the one of civil workers, because it is based on intrinsic motivation. Also, in the Bundeswehr, it is essential to be able to work in a team, no matter if one has a sympathy for the others or not. In contrast to the agile way of team work, the military does not put a lot of effort in figuring out the best team constellation, but rather focus on the best way to achieve the goal. So, for the soldiers it is inevitable to be able to work in a team with all different kinds of people. Additionally, to be able to go through privation and hard times together, the soldiers build close connections among themselves and to their leaders. So, in comparison to a mostly professional relationship between colleagues and superiors in the free market, the soldiers often are friends in their personal life as well. Based on the mentioned findings, it is possible to expect soldiers to be attractive potential applicants for leading positions in agile organizations.