This publication-based dissertation examines human-related success factors for the implementation and application of data analytics tools and methods within the decision-making process of organizations. Generated insights on human-related factors are outlined and described in six chapters. First, a general introduction to the subject is provided and the research is positioned within a broader overall context. Additionally, the first section comprises a summary of the research papers included, along with publication information. Chapter 2 presents a systematic literature review summarizing the capabilities of Big Data analytics (BDA) with regard to firm performance. Five key capability clusters have been identified to categorize all relevant human-related capabilities across existing research to date. Chapter 3 presents an empirical research paper examining the relevant managerial aspects that must be considered when shifting from intuitive to analytics-based decision-making. Introducing a six-factor framework, the chapter outlines the findings of an indepth single case study of a German manufacturing organization that has already implemented analytical methods and tools within its decision processes. Chapter 4 contains the second empirical paper, which outlines the crucial role that executives play within the process of a firm’s digital transformation toward the application of analytics. Based on conducted interviews, four managerial archetypes are identified, with detailed descriptions of their characteristics, capabilities, and contribution to transformation. Chapter 5 introduces a teaching case study that sheds light on best practices relevant to the application of analytics. This case study describes the most critical factors for success in the use of an AI tool using an example from Wilo, a leading German manufacturer of pumps and pump systems. Finally, Chapter 6 summarizes the findings of this publication-based dissertation, outlines its contributions to academia and practice, and presents its limitations and potential avenues for future research.

Organisationen haben Strukturen und Prozesse, in denen ihre Führungskräfte Self-Monitoring betreiben, um sich möglichst situationsangemessen zu verhalten. Die These: Self-Monitoring kann wissenschaftlich nicht nur als Eigen-schaft von der Person der Führ-ungskraft aus gedacht werden. Es wird die These begründet, dass Self-Monitoring in Führungsprozessen vor allem vom jeweiligen organisationalen Kontext aus bestimmt werden muss. Der Ansatz: In einer qualitativ-explorativen Studie wird das aus der Psychologie kommende Konzept des Self-Monitoring nach Snyder (1986) untersucht. Das Ziel ist die Erkundung der relevanten Einflussfaktoren und Bedingungen von Self-Monitoring bei Führungskräften in der Bundeswehr. Mit dieser Voraussetzung lässt sich ein strategisches und werteorientiertes Kompetenzmanagement gestalten.

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The present investigation is concerned with shared leadership and team performance in a sample of 20 organizational virtual teams. We examine shared team leadership in terms of cognitive processes (team learning), affective processes (perceived team support), and behavioural processes (team member exchange quality). Our findings document internal validity of the shared leadership model, and high external validity in predicting team performance. Findings are discussed with regard to management of virtual teams in organizations.

In this paper we examine an Australian project in which we seek to develop leadership capacity in staff and students throughout the country, such that they may contribute to and lead others to contribute to the development and sharing of learning support resources for mathematics and statistics across disciplines and universities. One of the tangible outputs is a set of video based learning support resources that can be embedded in subjects across disciplines and shared across institutions. However the guiding aim is to develop leadership capacity, in its simplest form leading others to lead others to contribute to the project. Leadership may also be developed and exercised across different aspects of the project whether it be mapping needs, drawing together disciplines groups, finding ways to recognise and reward those engaged in the process, developing resources and the associated skills, ensuring copyright adherence, creating learning designs for optimal use of resources, evaluating the impact on student outcomes, peer review and the dissemination of findings.

Molecular motors, highly-efficient biological nano-machines, hold the potential to be employed for a wide range of nanotechnological applications. Towards this end, kinesin, dynein or myosin motor proteins are commonly surface-immobilized within engineered environments in order to transport cargo attached to cytoskeletal filaments. Being able to flexibly control the direction of filament motion – in particular on planar, non-topographical surfaces – has, however, remained challenging. Here, we demonstrate the applicability of a UV-laser-based ablation technique to programmably generate highly-localized patterns of functional kinesin-1 motors with different shapes and sizes on PLL-g-PEG-coated polystyrene surfaces. Straight and curved motor tracks with widths of less than 500 nm could be generated in a highly-reproducible manner and proved to reliably guide gliding microtubules. Though dependent on track curvature, the characteristic travel lengths of the microtubules on the tracks significantly exceeded earlier predictions. Moreover, we experimentally verified the performance of complex kinesin-1 patterns, recently designed by evolutionary algorithms, for controlling the global directionality of microtubule motion on large-area substrates.

Organisationen haben Strukturen und Prozesse, in denen ihre Führungskräfte Self-Monitoring betreiben, um sich möglichst situationsangemessen zu verhalten. Die These: Self-Monitoring kann wissenschaftlich nicht nur als Eigen-schaft von der Person der Führ-ungskraft aus gedacht werden. Es wird die These begründet, dass Self-Monitoring in Führungsprozessen vor allem vom jeweiligen organisationalen Kontext aus bestimmt werden muss. Der Ansatz: In einer qualitativ-explorativen Studie wird das aus der Psychologie kommende Konzept des Self-Monitoring nach Snyder (1986) untersucht. Das Ziel ist die Erkundung der relevanten Einflussfaktoren und Bedingungen von Self-Monitoring bei Führungskräften in der Bundeswehr. Mit dieser Voraussetzung lässt sich ein strategisches und werteorientiertes Kompetenzmanagement gestalten.

In this paper we examine an Australian project in which we seek to develop leadership capacity in staff and students throughout the country, such that they may contribute to and lead others to contribute to the development and sharing of learning support resources for mathematics and statistics across disciplines and universities. One of the tangible outputs is a set of video based learning support resources that can be embedded in subjects across disciplines and shared across institutions. However the guiding aim is to develop leadership capacity, in its simplest form leading others to lead others to contribute to the project. Leadership may also be developed and exercised across different aspects of the project whether it be mapping needs, drawing together disciplines groups, finding ways to recognise and reward those engaged in the process, developing resources and the associated skills, ensuring copyright adherence, creating learning designs for optimal use of resources, evaluating the impact on student outcomes, peer review and the dissemination of findings.

Seit Beginn des Schuljahres 2018/19 werden an 59 sächsischen Oberschulen 120 Schüler im Förderschwerpunkt “Lernen” und 21 Schüler im Förderschwerpunkt “geistige Entwicklung” lerndifferenziert unterrichtet. Unter Rückgriff auf die Erfahrungen und Ergebnisse des Schulversuchs ERINA wurden in den vergangenen Jahren verschiedene Materialien und Handreichungen zur Unterstützung der Schulleitungen und Lehrkräfte erarbeitet. Redaktionsschluss: 14.12.2018