Rolf T. Wigand - Böcker

Within the rapidly-growing arena of 'virtual worlds', such as Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOs), individuals behave in particular ways, influence one another, and develop complex relationships. This setting can be a useful tool for modeling complex social systems, cognitive factors, and interactions between groups and within organizations. To study these worlds effectively requires a cross-disciplinary approach that integrates social science theories with big data analytics. This broad-based book offers a comprehensive and holistic perspective on the field. It brings together research findings from an international team of experts in computer science (artificial intelligence, game design, and social computing), psychology, and the social sciences to help researchers and practitioners better understand the fundamental processes underpinning social behavior in virtual worlds such as World of Warcraft, Rift, Eve Online, and Travian.

Information, Organization and Management is a comprehensive treatment of the economic and technical foundations for new organizational forms, relations and processes.

Information, Organization and Management is a comprehensive treatment of the economic and technical foundations for new organizational forms, relations and processes.

Dieses Buch lehrt moderne Organisationskonzepte und deren Folgen für den arbeitenden Menschen in der digitalen Wirtschaft. Dezentralisierung, Vernetzung, Verschmelzung der physischen und virtuellen Welt und das immer stärkere Zusammenspiel von menschlicher und künstlicher Intelligenz prägen Organisation und Führung. Digitale Technologien ändern die Koordination der internen und externen Leistungsprozesse und erfordern neue Kompetenzen. Ziel des Buches ist es, diese Zusammenhänge theoretisch fundiert und praxisorientiert aufzuzeigen. Das erweiterte Autorenteam hat das Buch „Die grenzenlose Unternehmung“ gekürzt, aktualisiert und vollständig neu bearbeitet sowie durch digitale Lernformen ergänzt. Zielgruppe sind Studierende der BWL und Führungskräfte.Die ergänzenden Flashcards dienen der Wissensüberprüfung und unterstützen den optimalen Lernerfolg.Der Inhalt•Information, Organisation und Führung – Auf dem Weg zur Grenzenlosen Unternehmung•Marktdynamik und Wettbewerb: Die entscheidende Rolle der Information•Grundmodelle menschlichen Informations- und Kommunikationsverhaltens•Digitale Technologien: Enabler und Voraussetzungen•Auflösung von Hierarchien – Modularisierung und Teams•Auflösung der Unternehmung – Netzwerke, Kooperationen und Plattformen•Überwindung von Standortgrenzen – Virtuelle Unternehmen•Der Mensch in der grenzenlosen Unternehmung: Neue Anforderungen und veränderte Kompetenzen

This book introduces readers to modern organizational concepts and their consequences for working people in the digital economy. The book is intended for students of business management and practicing business managers alike.

This book introduces readers to modern organizational concepts and their consequences for working people in the digital economy. The book is intended for students of business management and practicing business managers alike.

This work addresses the gap in the current collective action literature exposed by the new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) landscape by bringing together qualitative and quantitative studies from computational and social sciences. The book offers a rigorous and systematic investigation of both methodological and theoretical underpinnings and, thus, collectively promotes a symbiotic and synergistic advancement of the multiple interconnected disciplines in studying online collective actions. More specifically, the book is intended to illuminate several fundamental and powerful yet theoretically undeveloped and largely unexplored aspects of collective action in the participatory media (e.g., social media). Through in-depth exploration of relevant concepts, theories, methodologies, applications, and case studies, the reader will gain an advanced understanding of collective action with the advent of the new generation of ICTs enabled by social media and the Internet. The developed theories will be valuable and comprehensive references for those interested in examining the role of ICTs not only in collective action but also in decision and policy making, understanding the dynamics of interaction, collaboration, cooperation, communication, as well as information flow and propagation, and social network research for years to come. Further, the book also serves as an extensive repository of data sets and tools that can be used by researchers leading to a deeper and more fundamental understanding of the dynamics of the crowd in online collective actions.