Organization and Personnel
How organizational structure and human resources interact If you could do everything by yourself, you wouldn’t need organization. But you have your personal capacity limits. You are also better at certain things than others and are more interested in certain things than others. To push those boundaries, you work in an organization. Important topics for …
Cooperation within companies
The cooperation of the various units in both the organizational structure and the process organization is elementary for the functioning of organizations. The completion of a common task requires that the individual, defined process steps transfer the achieved result to the next step precisely and without loss, without generating idle or faulty performance in this …
Optimise processes and process steps
Processes and process steps are the line structure along which information and working output, but also materials, raw materials and semi-finished products are transported and transformed. It is always worth taking a look at the optimization potential of existing processes. In doing so, it is important to consider how the processes currently being executed originally …
Knowledge management for companies
How is knowledge created in your organization? You collect data. How do you process data into information? And how does information become knowledge? How does your organization acquire know-how and experience from knowledge? It is through the application of know-how and experience that you can finally make a difference. The knowledge, know-how, and experience that …
Leadership: Successful corporate management
Leadership is an essential component of successful business management. Everything that is done in companies is carried out by people. The more complex an organization becomes, the more significant the coordination of these activities becomes. However, value creation activities must not only be coordinated within the organization, but must also be aligned against the background …
Relevance of leadership: Why leadership is essential
Both the ongoing development of the and the , which are adapted to the environment, and the implementation of measures and the operational business are carried out by employees. Business success depends to a large extent on the committed, channeled and well-coordinated efforts of employees. The quality of motivation and the alignment and coordination of …
Classification of leadership: What does leadership mean?
Leadership can be understood as the , but also as the . The two aspects are inextricably linked.
Morphological box: Capture product features
The development of a can help to capture fundamentally sensible manifestations of the essential product features. Keep these options open for as long as possible in product development, either by pursuing two paths simultaneously with reasonable effort or, if possible, by not factually excluding any of the paths. Example: In the 2020s, automobile manufacturers will …
Quality Function Deployment: Purpose, function & task of product
While marketing and product management tend to focus on specifying the function and benefits of the “right” future products, product development has to get these right products right. This is often a major challenge as well. The Quality Function Deployment (QFD) method can be used to systematically “map” the purpose, function, and mission of a …
Utility analysis: Making decisions between alternatives
A utility analysis can help in the systematic and comprehensibly documented decision between different alternatives. This is particularly important when it comes to qualitative criteria where the evaluation of the value is also influenced by subjective perceptions. You can define the criteria and differentiate the overall evaluation with different weightings.