Dr. Dominic Lindner, Autor bei agile Companies

Big data 21. March 2021

Big Data Opportunities – Is Data the New Oil?

Whether we drive a car, surf the Internet, take photos or videos with our smartphones or operate machines at work: data is generated. The amount is so gigantic that experts speak of “big data” (source: North Bavarian courier ). The chances of Big Data are great and it is certainly also a hype, but it opens up almost infinite possibilities. This article aims to take a closer look at the opportunities offered by big data. Reading tip: What is big data Data is the new oil – big data opportunities “The collection and analysis of data nowadays corresponds to the same principle as it did 100 years ago, during the oil boom. You try to tap into as many sources as possible in order to make a profit.” (Source Censation ). The magazine Google and Facebook also give examples of which companies buy just to get their data. “We are…

Bachelor thesis / master thesis 21. March 2021

Differences Between Qualitative and Quantitative Research

Before writing a thesis or a research paper, you will be asked to define research methods. You have to name and describe these. This usually happens in the methodology part of the thesis. In this article I will show you exactly what methods are available and what the differences are. Reading tip: How do I classify my research scientifically? Qualitative research Qualitative research aims at unknown and often small samples. You gain access to reality through subjective interpretation. Specifically, this means that you are observing or questioning something or reading something in the form of a literature analysis. You usually do this for highly individual or unfamiliar questions. The disadvantages are that you often interpret subjectively and this is vulnerable. Everyone could interpret something different from the data. You must therefore give detailed reasons for your interpretation of the data. Here are three examples of qualitative research. Reading tips: Literature…

Bachelor thesis / master thesis 21. March 2021

Tips on the method of group discussion and evaluation

In the course of my research, I am leading the Roundtables on agility and evaluate them very extensively. In the following I would like to give some tips on how successfully a group discussion can be carried out and how an evaluation can also be carried out. The group discussion method In a group discussion in particular, results can be obtained more quickly than in individual interviews and, in particular, the exchange of views between the participants can produce a broader understanding of the arguments. The goal of this method is also in collective decision-making. To better reach a consensus, I wrote in a paper by Prifiti et al. (2017) found a subspecies, i.e. the focus group discussion, as a method. For the evaluation, a so-called focus group consisting of equally valued and strictly selected experts is used. For this reason, the participants were specifically chosen from SMEs or corporations…

Digital change 21. March 2021

Agility – a prerequisite or consequence of digitization?

Agility is on everyone’s lips and numerous companies are promoting internal digitization in order to remain attractive to specialists and customers. There is also an intense debate about the role of agility in digital change in the literature. The core issue is a chicken and egg problem: Should agility be increased first in order to digitize, or does agility increase automatically with digitization? Debate about agility in the context of digitization The debate about the digitization of organizations is by no means new and does not directly address agile organizations. As early as 1985, Bair examined the changes in organizations due to the so-called personal computer (PC) and called for a debate about the digitization of organizations, which, however, only had other noteworthy publications since the turn of the millennium, and since 2012 an increasing number of publications. There are mainly two opinions on the design of this digital organization.…

Bachelor thesis / master thesis 21. March 2021

Publish your master thesis or bachelor thesis at agile-unternehmen.de

Many great bachelor and master theses lie in the closet for a long time after completion. These can be a great reference for the application or simply to build up a reputation. I am therefore happy to give students the opportunity to publish their master’s or bachelor’s thesis. It’s completely free! Reading tip: More tips on theses However, we do not simply upload the entire thesis. This is often difficult for the reader to grasp, which is why we compile a summary of the results of the work. These texts are a high added value for the reader and can be created in 2-3 hours for you as a student. In particular, it makes sense to attach the link to an application and thus be able to answer the question: “And what did you find out in your thesis?” It is also often a shame that you have invested many…

Digital change 21. March 2021

Digital specialists wanted – job advertisements between generalist and specialist

Looking for digital specialists? In the digital transformation, it is very time-consuming to hire new employees. It gets even worse if they quit because something completely different was promised in the job advertisement. But the permanent changes in digital change are making job profiles more vague and changing activities. Companies have completely new flexibility requirements for employees in the execution of work. But how do you phrase this in a job advertisement? Digital specialists in job advertisements Nice that Handelsblatt states: “Especially in times of digitization, the demand for qualified personnel increases daily and companies try to attract new talent through active sourcing (i.e. direct contact with external candidates), job exchanges and personal contacts.”So we are looking for numerous partly new and old job profiles, which, however, are often not precisely described or writable. The magazine Impulses warns of rash shots: “When it comes to digitization, many companies reflexively think:…

Internet of Things 21. March 2021

What is Industry 4.0 – definition

The current understanding of Industry 4.0 encompasses more than the vision of a fully automated and technology-oriented development in German industry. The so-called fourth industrial revolution is characterized by the increasing networking of people, materials and machines.This guiding vision undoubtedly creates complexity, because Industry 4.0 is more than just working with an Internet connection. It should change the world of work at a rapid and unstoppable speed. Digitization in the context of Industry 4.0 shows that organizations are changing and work is becoming faster and more virtual.But what does that mean in concrete terms? What is Industry 4.0? This article is intended to collect definitions and at the end give an overview of what Industry 4.0 could mean and possible concrete examples of what Industry 4.0 is and what is not. What is Industry 4.0 There are numerous definitions of Industry 4.0 and I also ask myself: What is Industry…

Work 4.0 21. March 2021

Article on the digital workplace in the d1g1tal agenda

In the current edition of the d1g1tal Agenda (02/2017) on digitization and entrepreneurship, there is an article by me on the subject of the digital workplace. The edition costs 10 euros and is over this link available. The magazine holds the Roundtable on the digital workplace together. To the magazine (click) Reading sample Digitization now supports us every step of the way – we can practically no longer free ourselves from it. In our private lives, perhaps, by foregoing the latest smartwatch or the latest fitness tracker – but in a professional context, the company usually dictates which tool should be used to achieve certain “process improvements”.But how is digital change actually affecting the workplace and employees? After all, in everyday work we are in this environment an average of eight hours a day, five days a week and at least eight months a year. In a roundtable on the…

Big data 21. March 2021

What is big data definition

The mountain of data available on the Internet and in companies – this fact is known as big data – is getting bigger, more confusing and difficult to process. Ever more technologically sophisticated tools and programs are intended to tame the flood of data (source Big data insider ). The flood of data is getting bigger and bigger and presents companies with the challenge of saving, preserving and, above all, evaluating them. That’s what it says Big Data Insider magazine continue: On the one hand, he describes the increasingly rapidly growing amounts of data; On the other hand, however, it is also about new and explicitly powerful IT solutions and systems with which companies can advantageously process the flood of information. But many readers still wonder: what is big data? Is it just having a large Excel or a large amount of paper documents? Is that big data or if…

Work 4.0 21. March 2021

Article about NewWork in the object spectrum

In the current edition of the range of objects on personnel and leadership in IT there is an article by myself and Dr. Ludwig on the subject of NewWork – more than just working with an Internet connection. The edition costs 9.90 euros and is available at every kiosk. [fotolia]