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Lately, a lot of my contacts have been talking about the term Objective Key Results (OKRS). This is a new management method that sets goals based on key performance indicators. But what is actually behind it? What are Objective Key Results (OKRS) The method was invented by Andy Grove and John Doerr and first mentioned on Google in 1999. You can currently find the method at Oracle or Twitter, for example. The T3N describes this as follows: Measurable key results are assigned to each objective (objective). The successes are measured at regular intervals and new OKRs are defined. The OKRS are not determined at the company level, but are negotiated with each team. A manager then has the task of synchronizing these together with all employees and adapting them to the company’s goals. The idea behind the goals is that they cannot be fully achieved and are therefore an incentive.…

Like many other companies, you are certainly in a digital transformation. It is often the case that one is faced with the fact that existing and grown processes need to be changed and digitized. There is pressure from management and headwinds from employees or vice versa. As a consultant and researcher, I am often on site in companies and experience many variants of digitization in companies. In the following I would like to explain what I have experienced and give my tips. If you want to see my experiences in more detail, then check out my article on the subject Organizational rebels . 1. Increase the level of maturity step by step A company does not become a digital leader overnight. It is therefore important to first determine the current level of maturity. If invoices are currently still being written by hand, then it makes sense to first map them…

“Society is constantly changing and is experiencing fundamental changes in ever shorter periods. What was unthinkable not so long ago is now a reality or is imminent – from internet-enabled smartphones to self-driving cars to refrigerators that provide replenishment itself. Artificial intelligence is finding its way into our everyday lives and is changing the way we work and live. “so the Otto Group in the invitation to a blog parade . I would like to participate and see how digitization could change our working world. Roundtable on Work 4.0 In order to better understand the world of work 4.0, I gathered several experts and debated this topic for 4 hours. In the following I would like to show the results and support them with quotes from the participants. More about the roundtable can be found here . The participants can be found in the following table. Companies position Number of…

Many of you are writing your thesis in collaboration with a company. I also have my master’s thesis agile in the Waterfallworld written with a company. Here the topic should often be very practical and a problem for the company, but at the same time also very academic. The solution of a company-specific problem such as the introduction of a SAP in a medium-sized SME, however, is not a sufficient bachelor thesis in a strictly academic sense. By the way, if you don’t have a topic at all, please read on with my topic-finding article. Reading tip: Find topic “The subject is too practical or too theoretical!” So you are faced with the dilemma that the chair leans on the topic as too vague and the practice partner leans on the topic as too theoretical? For something like this, count on a coordination effort of 3 months. But it is…

“It is they who drive the transformation of companies and industries: courageous lateral thinkers, risk-takers who are different and visionaries. Every change, every innovation needs people who think beyond borders, question the status quo and convince others of their ideas. We call them thought leaders, rebels, or drivers”so Haufe in the invitation to the latest blog parade with the hashtag organizational rebels. I would like to participate in this and have set myself to answer the following questions on this topic: What are my very personal experiences in my life as a rebel? What best practices can I share – and what have been my biggest mistakes that others can learn from? In the first step I would like to tell my very personal story about a change in which I was involved for a whole year. From this story I derive best practices that can help an organizational rebel…

You are about to graduate and it should now be a matter of writing a bachelor’s or master’s thesis. But you can’t think of a topic? You have been searching for days and there is simply no research gap or your research question is just too generic? In the following I can give you a rough guide. However, if you already have the topic and just want to narrow the question down, then I recommend another article. Reading tip: Narrow down the research question The tips are from my doctorate. For this reason these are quoted from it. Based on the wishes of my practice partners, I had to limit some topics and uncover other topics. That’s why I’m giving some literature tips. If you like a topic, the first step should be to develop a suitable research design. Reading tip: Find research design My other subject areas, which opened…

“The digital transformation is changing business models and processes and is therefore calling into question traditional management approaches. Digitization is not just about using new technologies. Established business models and management approaches have to be fundamentally changed. What does a digital leader have to do to master one of the greatest challenges for companies, digitization?”so TimeTac Time recording in the call for a blog parade in which I would like to participate. In the run-up to this article I would like to mention that I am currently working with Tobias Greff on the study ” Digital leadership in SMEs – a view from the perspective of executives ” perform. However, this is still being reviewed and will be published soon. I would therefore like to publish some of the results in advance in a summarized form. What is digital leadership In the study mentioned, Tobias Greff (AWS Institute for Digital…

Many students would like to derive recommendations for action or a framework for companies in their thesis. This is basically a good idea, but it is often difficult and such frameworks or recommendations must not just be invented at random. In order to derive this meaningfully, there is the method of reference modeling, which is a constructive type of research. Reading tip: How do I classify my research scientifically? What is reference modeling “Reference modeling methods are used to create simplified representations of reality. Starting from observations (inductive) or derived from theories (deductive), these models are designed to represent a planned or optimized system environment.”(Bodendorf et al. 2012) You can use the reference modeling to derive generally applicable recommendations for action from a theory. There are defined steps for this, which you should strictly follow. I give examples of this at the end of the article. Problem: What’s the problem…

In my PhD I research with a focus on SMEs and I am often asked what the difference is and why SMEs have to be researched separately. Many also like to exchange ideas with me about SME 4.0 and ask themselves why I sometimes strongly separate my articles into SMEs and large companies. I would now like to give you an answer to that. Characteristics of SMEs The entire German corporate landscape is predominantly dominated by small and medium-sized companies (99.3% of all companies are SMEs in Germany), which are an important pillar of the German economy due to their innovative ability and experience. According to the definition of the EU (IfM Bonn 2018), SMEs are divided into three categories: Small business (up to 9 employees and 2 million euros in sales) Small companies (up to 49 employees and 10 million euros in sales) Medium-sized companies (up to 249 or…

Many large companies are in the process of modernizing their current IT and many SMEs are in the process of setting up an IT organizational form. Due to the exponential introduction of technology in the digital change, numerous tools have been rolled out, which are now mostly used in the company without a superordinate purpose. Now the question is: What forms of IT organization are there for companies? There is a distinction between IT organizational forms and IT organizational models. For completeness, I recommend reading the other article as well. Reading tip: IT organizational forms Classic IT organizational model A classic IT organizational model is often equated with ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library). This is constantly being expanded and redefined. The idea of ITIL is the continuous improvement of the service. IT sees itself as a service provider. ITIL basically consists of four processes: Incident Management Problem management Change management Release…

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