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Managing Diversity in a Glocalizing World
Our daily lives are governed by products and images originating from all over the world, through the process of globalization. At the same time, however, globalization creates favourable conditions for all forms of particularization, localization and even fragmentation. While individuals and groups acquire mul-tiple identities, the resulting plurality gives rise to conflicts, controversies and variations, but also to attempts to live peacefully together, to co-ordinate activities, and to balance interests. The paper thus suggests (1) a plea for compatibility â instead of commonality - with regard to cultural values and (2) a strong emphasis on the interaction model in decision making, i.e. a model which does not advocate uniformity, but the compatibility of views, and in particular, practices. It concerns the coordination and combination of the proper interests of the various actors who have to depend on one another for the satisfaction of their demands or the realization of their objectives.Managing diversity, globalization, localization, glocalization, compatibility, interaction model
Ideation at Canon business services - exploring new approaches for service innovation
Digitalisation, globalisation, and evolving customer demands are only a few of the factors
that are bound to transform the business process services industry for CBS. By investigating
new ways to address these imminent challenges, this thesis explores the feasibility of
implementing a formal approach to ideation to complement CBSâ service innovation practice.
Two workshops were therefore conducted to put theory into action by generating new service
ideas in a multifunctional team. Applying both divergent and convergent ideation techniques
revealed that the latter improved an ideaâs novelty and creativity as opposed to the expected
increase in workability and relevance. Additionally, further analysis sheds light into the
potential influence of individual characteristics and group dynamics on creativity. The thesis
concludes with a discussion on the organisational implications of the findings and
recommendations for future research
Behavior-based Control for Service Robots inspired by Human Motion Patterns : a Robotic Shopping Assistant
Es wurde, unter Verwendung menschenĂ€hnlicher Bewegungsmuster und eines verhaltensbasierten Ansatzes, eine Steuerung fĂŒr mobile Serviceroboter entwickelt, die Aufgabenplanung, globale und lokale Navigation in dynamischen Umgebungen, sowie die gemeinsame AufgabenausfĂŒhrung mit einem Benutzer umfasst. Das Verhaltensnetzwerk besteht aus Modulen mit voneinander unabhĂ€ngigen Aufgaben. Das komplexe Gesamtverhalten des Systems ergibt sich durch die Vereinigung der Einzelverhalten (\u27Emergenz\u27)
Engaging industry: Embedding professional learning in the business curriculum
Professional learning has become a feature of business curricula in universities throughout Australia and around the world. âProfessional learningâ is often used to denote educational programs that are explicitly linked to industry and professional bodies through industry placements, industry projects and teaching approaches that highlight contemporary industry issues. Professional learning encompasses the skills, qualities and attributes that are required by a profession and the processes through which those skills are learnt: that is, the methods of teaching â case studies, role plays, field trips, work placement and the like. Professional learning encourages deep learning in relation to the studentâs future profession, and includes industry engagement, workâintegrated learning and authentic learning environments..
Sonic interactions in virtual environments
This book tackles the design of 3D spatial interactions in an audio-centered and audio-first perspective, providing the fundamental notions related to the creation and evaluation of immersive sonic experiences. The key elements that enhance the sensation of place in a virtual environment (VE) are: Immersive audio: the computational aspects of the acoustical-space properties of Virutal Reality (VR) technologies Sonic interaction: the human-computer interplay through auditory feedback in VE VR systems: naturally support multimodal integration, impacting different application domains Sonic Interactions in Virtual Environments will feature state-of-the-art research on real-time auralization, sonic interaction design in VR, quality of the experience in multimodal scenarios, and applications. Contributors and editors include interdisciplinary experts from the fields of computer science, engineering, acoustics, psychology, design, humanities, and beyond. Their mission is to shape an emerging new field of study at the intersection of sonic interaction design and immersive media, embracing an archipelago of existing research spread in different audio communities and to increase among the VR communities, researchers, and practitioners, the awareness of the importance of sonic elements when designing immersive environments
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