By Gerald Durrell
ISBN-10: 0571053718
ISBN-13: 9780571053711
Relates the author's reviews and adventures in the course of a 6-month excursion in West Africa to gather specimens for his zoo.
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KEUPER (2004b). Vgl. BERENDES (2002), S. 8 f. Vgl. hierzu KEUPER (2004a), S. 27. Vgl. SCHMIDT (1987), S. 73 ff. 32 KEUPER notwendigen Selektion wiederum die wahrgenommene Systemumwelt (Wirkung) und damit auch die Ausgangsbedingungen für alle Handlungen (Ursache). 77 Hinzu kommt, dass in autonomen Systemen Umweltreize nicht zu unmittelbaren und fest determinierten Reaktionen führen; vielmehr können sie nur als Anregungen interpretiert werden (subjektiv-prozessuale Komplexität). Beispielsweise bauen Entscheidungen in einem Unternehmen auf Umweltveränderungen oder internen Veränderungen auf, die auf die Umwelt und die interne Systemwelt mittels negativer oder positiver Rückkopplungsschleifen78 zurückwirken.
Gemäß der Systemtheorie und Kybernetik kann sowohl Structure follows Strategy als auch Strategy follows Structure gelten. Im Lebenszyklus eines Unternehmens kann auch zwischen den Annahmen und Verhaltensweisen variiert werden, was auch in positiver Korrelation zu den Marktlebenszyklen steht. Während in emergierenden Märkten systemseitig der Markt geschaffen und gestaltet werden muss (Ausprägung einer ressourcenbasierten Verhaltens), besteht in reifen, sich bestenfalls homogen dynamisch noch entwickelnden Märkten die Möglichkeit, sowohl reaktiv (Market-based-View-basierte Vorgehensweise) als auch aktiv (Resource-based-View-basierte Vorgehensweise) wettbewerbsstrategisch zu agieren.
The following comments analyze the potential of a standardized while practical transition approach for IT services. This framework and its assumptions do not demonstrate paradigms and indispensable or absolute requirements but recommendations based on numerous client engagements. 2 Transition of IT Services – The Supplier Dimension A transition describes the IT service transfer, which happens at the end of a pre-transition, from the Client’s departments to the future IT Service Provider. Such a pre-transition encompasses first and foremost, an IT-specific investigation as well as a client- and providerspecific preparation for an IT service transfer.
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