Maximilian Rapp

Beteiligung an Open Government fördern

ZusammenfassungDie öffentliche Hand bemüht sich zunehmend, Bürger in Online-Beteiligungsverfahren einzubinden. Doch nicht immer spielen die BürgerInnen mit. Eine Analyse am Beispiel der Beteiligungsplattform „Bayernplan“ der Christlich Sozialen Union (CSU) identifiziert Erfolgsfaktoren der Aktivierung und Einbindung von Teilnehmenden. Als besonders bedeutsam erweisen sich im ersten Schritt barrierefreie Prozesse und nutzerfreundliche Oberflächen. Die persönliche Ansprache der Nutzer, das Engagement glaubwürdiger Vertreter der einladenden Institution sowie der Austausch unter den Nutzern erhöhen deren Aktivität. Klare Spielregeln und ein persönliches Feedback fördern die Beteiligungsbereitschaft.

Open Innovation für Parteien - Wie politische Parteien von neuen Formen der Mitglieder- und Bürgerpartizipation profitieren können

Die Zeiten, in denen neue Produkte abgeschottet und geheim in den Forschungslaboren von Unternehmen entwickelt wurden, scheinen immer mehr der Vergangenheit anzugehoren. Es setzt sich eine Strategie im Innovationsmanagement privater Firmen durch, die systematisch durch die neuen Kommunikations- und Informationsmoglichkeiten externes Losungs- und Bedurfniswissen von Experten und Nutzern auserhalb der klassischen Forschungsabteilung in die Neuproduktentwicklung integriert (Fuller et al. 2004). Um kurzere Produktlebenszyklen zu bewaltigen und ein hohes Innovationspotential aufrechtzuerhalten, sehen sich Firmen mit der Notwendigkeit konfrontiert, sich nach ausen zu offnen, um von der Kreativitat und dem Wissen bzw. der Anwendererfahrung der Kunden und Nutzer profitieren zu konnen (Chiaroni et al. 2010; Franke und Shah 2003; Gassmann et al. 2010).

A New Path for the Public Sector: How to Design a Co-created Strategy in Higher Education

The use of collaborative platforms and eParticipation has turned out to be a promising channel to integrate citizens and external experts in various scenarios. While initiatives from institutions like political parties, governments or municipalities have been the target of influential research, another public service, namely higher education, seem to run below radar level. In this paper we analyze the project “Tomorrow’s MBA” of the College of William & Mary, Virginia, and show through hands-on insights key success factors on how co-creation initiatives have to be designed in the field of higher education. The bottom-up strategy to create a new MBA program together with external stakeholders, students and the faculty delivers substantial results, which can be transferred to other fields within the public sector.

Seeking a Neutral Identity in Northern Ireland's Political Wall Paintings

Recent research has described Northern Ireland as a society in transition. After more than thirty-eight years, Northern Ireland got its first devolved Department of Justice, under the ministerial leadership of Alliance Party leader David Ford. Ford is convinced that “the people of Northern Ireland are showing a desire to move on from the conflict of old but are still tied to underlying divisions.” A key aspect of those “divisions” has been the political wall paintings in Belfast and Londonderry (Derry). Murals and other public displays, such as painted curbstones or flags, have always marked out boundaries between Republicans and Loyalists. Hence, they hinder the development of shared social space, in which both identities could share accommodation and gather for social events. Moreover, the so-called “Third Space” between the two main communities in Northern Ireland is still predominantly conceived as utopian. Recent studies such as Bryan et al., McCormick et al., and Rolston show that the so-called “murals” have been seen as cultural boundaries between the two communities and were often used as propagandistic weapons to strengthen the cultural phalanx against the opposing identity. Although these findings are important, only few studies, such as those by Romens or Rolston, have investigated how murals can be seen as a means of overcoming barriers and building neutral, or even shared space, in the peace process. It’s important to find out how murals have changed in the scope of the peace process and if they offer a chance for constructing grounds for a common identity in the future. Moreover, we want to analyze how a shared future can be achieved and how different the approaches between state and society are in the achievement of this goal. In the scope of this subject, we used qualitative interviews and corresponded with leading figures in Northern Ireland’s public institutions as well as with muralists, former terrorists, and citizens from the loyalist and republican working-class areas.

Integrating the Crowd Through Social Media: How Higher Education Can Profit from Viral Mechanisms

The use of collaboration platforms with social media mechanisms turned out to be an efficient way to integrate costumers and external experts during the innovation processes in companies through Open Innovation. While the governmental sector more and more jumped on that band wagon, higher education hasn’t exploited the full potential yet. In this paper we analyze the project “Tomorrow’s MBA” of the Mason School of Business at the College of William & Mary, Virginia, and show success factors on how social media can be used on a collaborative and integrative model. Hereby we show that the communication strategy with its diverse online and offline facets is indispensable and highlight the key success factors on how to execute an open innovation project in higher education.

Kollaborative Gestaltung innovativer Mobilitätskonzepte

Die heutige Konkurrenzsituation am Markt sowie die enorme Schnelllebigkeit durch immer modernere Technologien fuhren zu einer stetigen Transformation der Produktentwicklungszyklen und Kundenbedurfnisse (Fuller et al. 2013). Unternehmen sehen sich dadurch zusehends der Herausforderung ausgesetzt, innovative und dem Kundenwunschen entsprechende Produkte zu entwickeln, um schlieslich konkurrenzfahig zu bleiben (Piller & Walcher 2006). Folglich spielt die aktive Integration von Endkunden in den Produktentwicklungsprozess durch unterschiedliche Open Innovation-Initiativen eine immer grosere Rolle, bedenkt man, dass Produkte wie die Babywindel, das Surfbrett oder das Mountainbike nicht durch die F&E-Abteilungen groser Unternehmen, sondern vielmehr durch sogenannte „Lead User“ entwickelt wurden.