Internal Crowdsourcing in Companies: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Applications

✍ Scribed by Hannah Ulbrich, Marco Wedel, Hans-Liudger Dienel

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Springer
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 224
• Series: Contributions to Management Science
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This open access book examines the implications of internal crowdsourcing (IC) in companies. Presenting an employee-oriented, cross-sector reference model for good IC practice, it discusses the core theoretical foundations, and offers guidelines for process-management and blueprints for the implementation of IC. Furthermore, it examines solutions for employee training and competence development based on crowdsourcing. As such, the book will appeal to scholars of management science, work studies, organizational and participation research and to readers interested in inclusive approaches for cooperative change management and the IT implications for IC platforms.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-viii
Introduction to Internal Crowdsourcing: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Applications (Hannah Ulbrich, Marco Wedel, Hans-Liudger Dienel)....Pages 1-14
An Introduction to Internal Crowdsourcing (Jakob Pohlisch)....Pages 15-26
Managing the Crowd: A Literature Review of Empirical Studies on Internal Crowdsourcing (Jakob Pohlisch)....Pages 27-53
Systematization Approach for the Development and Description of an Internal Crowdsourcing System (Marco Wedel, Hannah Ulbrich)....Pages 55-78
Design of a Process and Role Model for Internal Crowdsourcing (Hannah Ulbrich, Marco Wedel)....Pages 79-101
An Empirical Analysis of an Internal Crowdsourcing Platform: IT Implications for Improving Employee Participation (Neslihan Iskender, Tim Polzehl)....Pages 103-134
Proposals for the Future of Internal Crowdsourcing: A Trade Union-Based Approach (Welf Schröter)....Pages 135-138
Good Practice at GASAG Group: Recommendations for the Application of Internal Crowdsourcing from a Business Perspective (Florian Porth)....Pages 139-152
The Living Group Works Council Agreement as Social Innovation: Internal Crowdsourcing in the GASAG Group (Andreas Otte, Welf Schröter, Ingo Breite, Frank Gerth, Sylvia Laur, Volker Ost et al.)....Pages 153-167
The Use of Internal Crowdsourcing for Qualification and Competence Development in Organizations (André Uhl, Edgar Göll)....Pages 169-199
Power to the Network: The Concept of Social Business and Its Relevance for IC (Christian Zinke-Wehlmann, Julia Friedrich, Vanita Römer)....Pages 201-220

✦ Subjects

Business and Management; Human Resource Development; Knowledge Management; Business Process Management; Business Information Systems