Activities performed in organizations are coordinated via communication

between the people involved. The sentences used to communicate are naturally structured by subject, verb, and object. The subject describes the actor, the verb the action and the object what is affected by the action. Subject-oriented Business Process Management (S-BPM) as presented in this book is based on this simple structure which enables process-oriented thinking and process modeling.

S-BPM puts the subject of a process at the center of attention and thus

deals with business processes and their organizational environment from a new perspective, meeting organizational requirements in a much better way than traditional approaches. Subjects represent agents of an action in a process, which can be either technical or human (e.g. a thread in an IT system or a clerk). A process structures the actions of each subject and coordinates the required communication among the subjects. S-BPM provides a coherent procedural framework to model and analyze business processes: its focus is the cooperation of all stakeholders involved in the strategic, tactical, and operational issues, sharing their knowledge in a networked structure.

The authors illustrate how each modeling activity through the whole development lifecycle can be supported through the use of appropriate software tools. The presentation style focuses on professionals in industry, and on students specializing in process management or organizational modeling. Each chapter begins with a summary of key findings and is full of examples, hints, and possible pitfalls. An interpreter model, a toolbox, and a glossary summarizing the main terms complete the book. The web site www.i2pm.net provides additional software tools and further material."

-Effects of Electric Fields on Block Copolymer Nanostructures By H. G. Schoberth, V. Olszowka, K. Schmidt, and A. Boeker -Nanopattern Evolution in Block Copolymer Films: Experiment, Simulations and Challenges By L. Tsarkova, G.J. Agur Sevink, and G. Krausch -Controlled Wrinkling as a Novel Method for the Fabrication of Patterned Surfaces By A. Schweikart, A. Horn, A. Boeker, and A. Fery -Layered Systems Under Shear Flow By D. Svensek and H. R. Brand -Thermal Diffusion in Polymer Blends: Criticality and Pattern Formation By W. Koehler, A. Krekhov, and W. Zimmermann -Foaming of Microstructured and Nanostructured Polymer Blends By H. Ruckdaschel, P. Gutmann, V. Altstadt, H. Schmalz, and A.H.E. Muller

An illuminating summary of our current understanding of the interactive role of dopamine and glutamate in psychiatric diseases and the therapeutic strategies and possibilities for future treatment. Among the new ideas presented are hypotheses on the role of dopamine and glutamate in aggression, the glutamate system in anxiety disorders, glutamate and neurodegeneration, and on the origin and progression of Parkinson's disease. Additional chapters offer novel insights into a variety of psychiatric diseases, including ADHD, stress, aggression, addiction, schizophrenia, depression, social phobias, dementias, bulimia, and neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. Each chapter summarizes the prevalence and symptoms of the disease and explains the involvement of dopamine and/or glutamate systems using the newer molecular approaches such as transgenic knockout or knockin mice and recent brain imaging techniques.

This open access book presents an overview and step-by-step explanation of process management. It starts with the individual participants' perspectives on their work in a process and its structuring and harmonization, and then moves on to its specification in a model and how it is embedded in the organizational and IT environment of the company. Lastly, the book examines the joint processing of instances in the resulting socio-technical systems. A corresponding illustration, which expands with the overview, enables readers to gain a comprehensive understanding of business process management. The book presents various facets of business process management from the perspective of the participants, and introduces a selection of models that have proved useful in practice. The design of such models supports the transition from a more-or-less unstructured or unsatisfactory way of working to a structured process that corresponds to the ideas of the company and its customers. The book is intended for professionals in industry as well as students in the field of business information systems who are looking for guidelines on how to discover, create and implement real-world processes.

-Polyelectrolyte Stars and Cylindrical Brushes By Y. Xu, F. Plamper, M. Ballauff, and A. H. E. Muller -Various Aspects of the Interfacial Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles By N. Popp, S. Kutuzov, A. Boker -Holographic Gratings and Data Storage in Azobenzene-Containing Block Copolymers and Molecular Glasses By H. Audorff, K. Kreger, R. Walker, D. Haarer, L. Kador, and H.-W. Schmidt -Donor-Acceptor Block Copolymers with Nanoscale Morphology for Photovoltaic Applications By M. Sommer, S. Huettner, and M. Thelakkat -Recent Advances in the Improvement of Polymer Electret Films By D. P. Erhard, D. Lovera, C. von Salis-Soglio, R. Giesa, V. Altstadt, and H.-W. Schmidt

This is the first book to present field studies on the application of subject-oriented business process management (S-BPM). Each case presents a specific story and focuses on an essential modeling or implementation issue, and most end with implications or suggestions for further studies. Significant variables and success factors are identified that were discovered during the respective study and lead to suggesting S-BPM novelties. For each case, the authors explain step-by-step how the story develops, and provide readers guidance by detailing the respective rationale. The studies covered are clustered according to three main S-BPM themes: Part I "Business Operation Support" documents approaches to the practical development of S-BPM solutions in various application domains and organizational settings, while Part II "Consultancy and Education Support" highlights cases that can help to train readers in S-BPM modeling and knowledge acquisition for S-BPM lifecycle iterations. It also refers to architecting S-BPM solutions for application cases based on hands-on experience. Part III "Technical Execution Support" focuses on concepts for utilizing specific theories and technologies to execute S-BPM models. It also addresses how to create reference models for certain settings in the field. Lastly, the appendix covers all relevant aspects needed to grasp S-BPM modeling and apply it based on fundamental examples. Its format reconciles semantic precision with syntactic rigor.>Addressing the needs of developers, educators and practitioners, this book will help companies to learn from the experiences of first-time users and to develop systems that fit their business processes, explaining the latest key methodological and technological S-BPM developments in the fields of training, research and application.

This is the first book to present field studies on the application of subject-oriented business process management (S-BPM). Each case presents a specific story and focuses on an essential modeling or implementation issue, and most end with implications or suggestions for further studies. Significant variables and success factors are identified that were discovered during the respective study and lead to suggesting S-BPM novelties. For each case, the authors explain step-by-step how the story develops, and provide readers guidance by detailing the respective rationale. The studies covered are clustered according to three main S-BPM themes: Part I “Business Operation Support” documents approaches to the practical development of S-BPM solutions in various application domains and organizational settings, while Part II “Consultancy and Education Support” highlights cases that can help to train readers in S-BPM modeling and knowledge acquisition for S-BPM lifecycle iterations. It also refers to architecting S-BPM solutions for application cases based on hands-on experience. Part III “Technical Execution Support” focuses on concepts for utilizing specific theories and technologies to execute S-BPM models. It also addresses how to create reference models for certain settings in the field. Lastly, the appendix covers all relevant aspects needed to grasp S-BPM modeling and apply it based on fundamental examples. Its format reconciles semantic precision with syntactic rigor.>Addressing the needs of developers, educators and practitioners, this book will help companies to learn from the experiences of first-time users and to develop systems that fit their business processes, explaining the latest key methodological and technological S-BPM developments in the fields of training, research and application.

Activities performed in organizations are coordinated via communication between the people involved. The sentences used to communicate are naturally structured by subject, verb, and object. The subject describes the actor, the verb the action and the object what is affected by the action. Subject-oriented Business Process Management (S-BPM) as presented in this book is based on this simple structure which enables process-oriented thinking and process modeling. S-BPM puts the subject of a process at the center of attention and thus deals with business processes and their organizational environment from a new perspective, meeting organizational requirements in a much better way than traditional approaches. Subjects represent agents of an action in a process, which can be either technical or human (e.g. a thread in an IT system or a clerk). A process structures the actions of each subject and coordinates the required communication among the subjects. S-BPM provides a coherent procedural framework to model and analyze business processes: its focus is the cooperation of all stakeholders involved in the strategic, tactical, and operational issues, sharing their knowledge in a networked structure. The authors illustrate how each modeling activity through the whole development lifecycle can be supported through the use of appropriate software tools. The presentation style focuses on professionals in industry, and on students specializing in process management or organizational modeling. Each chapter begins with a summary of key findings and is full of examples, hints, and possible pitfalls. An interpreter model, a toolbox, and a glossary summarizing the main terms complete the book. The web site www.i2pm.net provides additional software tools and further material.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed scientific proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Subject-Oriented Business Process Management, S-BPM ONE 2014, held in Eichstatt, Germany, in April 2014.

The 13 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 contributions. They explore the many facets of network-driven business process management, in particular issues related to correctness, interchange and transformation of business models, as well as dynamic handling of changes through agile process management."

-Effects of Electric Fields on Block Copolymer Nanostructures By H. G. Schoberth, V. Olszowka, K. Schmidt, and A. Boeker -Nanopattern Evolution in Block Copolymer Films: Experiment, Simulations and Challenges By L. Tsarkova, G.J. Agur Sevink, and G. Krausch -Controlled Wrinkling as a Novel Method for the Fabrication of Patterned Surfaces By A. Schweikart, A. Horn, A. Boeker, and A. Fery -Layered Systems Under Shear Flow By D. Svensek and H. R. Brand -Thermal Diffusion in Polymer Blends: Criticality and Pattern Formation By W. Koehler, A. Krekhov, and W. Zimmermann -Foaming of Microstructured and Nanostructured Polymer Blends By H. Ruckdaschel, P. Gutmann, V. Altstadt, H. Schmalz, and A.H.E. Muller

-Polyelectrolyte Stars and Cylindrical Brushes By Y. Xu, F. Plamper, M. Ballauff, and A. H. E. Muller -Various Aspects of the Interfacial Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles By N. Popp, S. Kutuzov, A. Boeker -Holographic Gratings and Data Storage in Azobenzene-Containing Block Copolymers and Molecular Glasses By H. Audorff, K. Kreger, R. Walker, D. Haarer, L. Kador, and H.-W. Schmidt -Donor-Acceptor Block Copolymers with Nanoscale Morphology for Photovoltaic Applications By M. Sommer, S. Huettner, and M. Thelakkat -Recent Advances in the Improvement of Polymer Electret Films By D. P. Erhard, D. Lovera, C. von Salis-Soglio, R. Giesa, V. Altstadt, and H.-W. Schmidt

An illuminating summary of our current understanding of the interactive role of dopamine and glutamate in psychiatric diseases and the therapeutic strategies and possibilities for future treatment. Among the new ideas presented are hypotheses on the role of dopamine and glutamate in aggression, the glutamate system in anxiety disorders, glutamate and neurodegeneration, and on the origin and progression of Parkinson's disease. Additional chapters offer novel insights into a variety of psychiatric diseases, including ADHD, stress, aggression, addiction, schizophrenia, depression, social phobias, dementias, bulimia, and neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. Each chapter summarizes the prevalence and symptoms of the disease and explains the involvement of dopamine and/or glutamate systems using the newer molecular approaches such as transgenic knockout or knockin mice and recent brain imaging techniques.

The 12th conference on "Variational Calculus, Optimal Control and Applications" took place September 23-27, 1996, in Trassenheide on the Baltic Sea island of Use dom. Seventy mathematicians from ten countries participated. The preceding eleven conferences, too, were held in places of natural beauty throughout West Pomerania; the first time, in 1972, in Zinnowitz, which is in the immediate area of Trassenheide. The conferences were founded, and led ten times, by Professor Bittner (Greifswald) and Professor KlCitzler (Leipzig), who both celebrated their 65th birthdays in 1996. The 12th conference in Trassenheide, was, therefore, also dedicated to L. Bittner and R. Klotzler. Both scientists made a lasting impression on control theory in the former GDR. Originally, the conferences served to promote the exchange of research results. In the first years, most of the lectures were theoretical, but in the last few conferences practical applications have been given more attention. Besides their pioneering theoretical works, both honorees have also always dealt with applications problems. L. Bittner has, for example, examined optimal control of nuclear reactors and associated safety aspects. Since 1992 he has been working on applications in optimal control in flight dynamics. R. Klotzler recently applied his results on optimal autobahn planning to the south tangent in Leipzig. The contributions published in these proceedings reflect the trend to practical problems; starting points are often questions from flight dynamics."

This open access book presents an overview and step-by-step explanation of process management. It starts with the individual participants' perspectives on their work in a process and its structuring and harmonization, and then moves on to its specification in a model and how it is embedded in the organizational and IT environment of the company. Lastly, the book examines the joint processing of instances in the resulting socio-technical systems. A corresponding illustration, which expands with the overview, enables readers to gain a comprehensive understanding of business process management. The book presents various facets of business process management from the perspective of the participants, and introduces a selection of models that have proved useful in practice. The design of such models supports the transition from a more-or-less unstructured or unsatisfactory way of working to a structured process that corresponds to the ideas of the company and its customers. The book is intended for professionals in industry as well as students in the field of business information systems who are looking for guidelines on how to discover, create and implement real-world processes.

Leipzig-born photographer Margret Hoppe is a promising new voice in European photographic art. This new book features her series Apres une Architecture, a photographic perspective of Le Corbusier's architecture that refers to his concept of a modern architecture laid-out in the book Vers une architecture (Toward an Architecture) of 1923. Hoppe's images show Le Corbusier's use of exposed concrete, the clarity of his geometric shapes and the emblematic polychrome surfaces as symbols of his buildings. She investigates what remains today of these visions of architectural modernism, now that its legacy in many cases is adored as a monument rather than actually used and appreciated as a functional piece of architecture. The photographic image transforms the buildings into signs of a highly pictorial and sculptural aesthetic, enabling manifold views at Le Corbusier's work in the present day. The book also presents a selection of Hoppe's photographs of international modernist buildings, alongside two essays and a conversation with the artist. It is published to coincide with a solo exhibition at the Museum der bildenden Kunste in Leipzig.

Die vorliegende Untersuchung von Dr. Werner Schmidt erscheint als dritter Band der Reihe "SCHRIFTEN ZUR CHEMIEWIRTSCHAFT", die von Chemikern und Kaufleuten, Wirtschaftlern und Praktikern gemein- sam herausgegeben wird. Es ist Aufgabe dieser Reihe, qualifizierte Arbeiten uber wirtschaftliche Fragen der chemischen Industrie und ihrer M1irkte zu veroffentlichen sowie iiber solche Probleme, die zwar auch in anderen Wirt- schaftszweigen auftreten mogen, aber in der Chemiewirtschaft eine besondere Rolle spielen. Der demn1ichst erscheinende erste Band wird in die betriebswirtschaft- lichen Eigenarten und Probleme der chemischen Industrie einfiihren. Bereits erschienen ist der zweite Band von Dr. Erich-Dieter Schneider "Absatz- politik pharmazeutischer Industrieunternehmen", der die Grundfragen des Absatzes von Arzneispezialit1iten auf dem Inlandsmarkt darstellt. Viele Eigenarten und Probleme der Chemiewirtschaft lassen sich darauf zuriickfiihren, dag man es dort vorwiegend mit ungeformten Rohstoffen und Erzeugnissen, mit Gasen, Fliissigkeiten und Schiittgiitern zu tun hat. Die bei Gasen und Fliissigkeiten am st1irksten ausgepr1igte Notwendigkeit, diese Guter fur Lagerung und Transport zu verpacken, wirft zahlreiche Probleme auf, die in der Literatur vorwiegend unter technischen Gesichtspunkten behandelt worden sind. Die verh1iltnism1igig wenigen wirtschaftlichen Arbei- ten befassen sich fast aIle ausschliemich mit der Verpackung von Konsum- gutern, insbesondere von Markenartikeln. Dr. Werner Schmidt geht dem- gegeniiber in seiner verdienstvollen Untersuchung auf die absatzwirtschaft- lichen Probleme der Verpackung von Gasen und Flussigkeiten ein, und zwar vor all em beim Absatz an Nicht-Konsumenten. Seine praktischen Erfahrun- gen veranlagten ihn, das Thema mehr deskriptiv als theoretisch zu behandeln.

1m ersten Sonderheft des "Zuchter" uber Fruhdiagnose (1957) wurden genetische und physiologische Ur- sachen behandelt, die den Zusammenhangen zwischen Fruh- und Spatwerten bestimmter Eigenschaften zu- grunde liegen konnen. Begriff und praktische Bedeutung der fruhen Erkennbarkeit von Spatmerkmalen wurden umrissen. Es wurde gezeigt, daB ihr Wert bei langlebigen Gewachsen, denen das erste Sonderheft in der Hauptsache gewidmet war, vor allem im Zeitgewinn liegt. Bei kurzlebigen Kulturpflanzen dagegen treten andere Vorteile in den Vordergrund, wofUr R. VON SENGBUSCH klassische Beispiele gab. Unter Fruhdiagnose versteht man die indirekte Erfassung von spat erkennbaren Merkmalen auf Grund von Aussagen, die man an fruh auftretenden Merkmalen gewinnt. (Die direkte Bestimmung von Eigenschaften taUt nicht hierunter.) Der Begriff "Fruhdiagnose", im engeren Sinne, ist auf die Erfassung von Kriterien derselben Individuen beschrankt, die man in ihren verschiedenen Lebensstadien beobachtet. Ahn- liche Probleme treten in der Zuchtung auf, wenn man von einem Zuchtstamm auf die fertige Sorte schlieBt, d. h. von Eigenschaften, die in fruhen Stadien des Zuchtungsgangs erkennbar werden, auf den spateren Zucht- erfolg. Das vorliegende Heft enthalt auch Arbeiten, die sich hiermit befassen.

A freak snow storm makes it possible for adventurous young Helen, and her dog Nora, to cross an otherwise impassable ridge into a land unknown to her friends and family. Hubbub ensues on both sides of the ridge, as Helen and her would-be rescuers find themselves embroiled in the strange culture of Witchalik politics. Sequel to The Forests of Adventure.

Young Eric returns home from a hunt in the forest with his dog Flake to find his cabin home ransacked and his guardian Otto missing. Scrawled on the door is the message "I am still alive. Follow--". This tale for young readers follows Eric's cross-country chase, and his meeting of many characters, ranging from robbers to royalty. Followed by Prisoners of the Witchaliks

In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird das Geschaftsprozessmanagement als ein ganzheitlicher Prozess begriffen, der der Mitwirkung aller Stakeholder bedarf. Denn das traditionelle Business Process Engineering stoesst heute angesichts der Digitalisierung und der dynamischen Entwicklung von Organisationen immer mehr an seine Grenzen, beispielsweise bezuglich Agilitat. Um nun das Wesen von Aufgaben und Ablaufen in Organisationen zu erfassen, schlagen die Autoren einen Perspektivwechsel vor: das Denken in Kommunikationsprozessen. Dieses Konzept lasst sich wirtschaftlich, organisatorisch und technisch ohne einschlagige Vorkenntnisse umsetzen. Leserinnen und Leser finden in dem Buch konkrete Handlungsanleitungen fur die Digitalisierung von organisationsrelevanten Ablaufen. Daneben liefern die Autoren Einblicke in die Systemtheorie und in das Design Thinking. Ihr Ziel ist, Konzepte einfach und verstandlich zu erlautern, ohne dabei komplexe Zusammenhange zu vernachlassigen. Dank ausfuhrlicher Konzeptdarstellung und Ausfluge in die Theorie mit Beispielen aus der Praxis, eignet es sich fur Studierende und fur Wissenschaftler genauso wie fur Praktiker. Entwickler und andere Fachkrafte aus den Bereichen Operatives Management, Geschaftsprozessmanagement, Organisationsentwicklung, Qualitatsmanagement, Wissensmanagement werden sich von der UEbersichtlichkeit und dem Nutzwert angesprochen fuhlen.

Ein wichtiges Thema der Wirtschaftsinformatik von Fachhochschulprofessoren praxisnah aufbereitet. Welches sind die Aufgabenstellungen und Handlungsfelder des IT-Managements? Das Buch zeigt die Grundlagen, Tatigkeitsfelder und wesentlichen Handlungsschritte. Es illustriert die erforderlichen Massnahmen anhand von ausgewahlten Beispielen aus der betrieblichen Praxis (Best Practices). Die 2. Auflage wurde u. a. um die Themen "Risk IT", "IT-Compliance", "Software-as-a-Service", "PRINCE2", "Green IT" und "IT-Industrialisierung" erweitert und viele Themen wurden uberarbeitet. Der Leser erhalt so einen wertvollen Orientierungsrahmen fur die Ausgestaltung des Aufgabenspektrums von IT-Managern. Erganzend steht ein Online-Service zur Aktualisierung der Best Practices zur Verfugung.