Summary
Open Source (OS) offers new ways of career for software developers. The article describes relevant competencies in a systematic structure along characteristic principles and challenges in Open Source projects. The results are based on a Grounded Theory content analysis of interviews with Open Source software developers, their project managers and human resource managers in Open Source software companies. Implications for future Human Resource Management in software companies are presented as an outlook.
Zusammenfassung
Open Source bietet für Software-Entwickler neue Wege der Karriere. Der Beitrag skizziert die hierfür notwendigen Kompetenzen in einer systematischen Struktur entlang von charakteristischen Merkmalen und Herausforderungen der Entwicklung in Open Source Projekten. Die Ergebnisse basieren auf Interviews mit Open Source Software Entwicklern, Entwicklungsleitern und Personalentwicklern in Open Source Unternehmen, die im Sinne eines Grounded Theory Ansatzes ausgewertet wurden. Handlungsempfehlungen für zukünftige Personalentwicklungsmaßnahmen in Software Unternehmen bilden den abschließenden Ausblick.
About the author
Prof. Dr. Nicole Kimmelmann
since 04/11 Juniorprofessor for Professional Competence Development (University Erlangen-Nuremberg)
08/06–04/11 Research Assistant at the Chair for Vocational Education and Training at University Erlangen-Nuremberg (2009: Phd degree Dr. rer.pol)
03/06–08/06 Teacher for German as a foreign Language
10/05–03/06 Assistant of the National German Advisor, New Zealand, Wellington
10/04–09/05 Teacher /Educational Manager
09/05 Degree in German as a Foreign Language (Certificate)
09/04 Degree in VET & Human Resource Management (Diploma)
09/97–07/99 Apprenticeship as a bank clerk
07/97 High School degree
1978 Born in Nuremberg
Address: Juniorprofessur für Berufliche Kompetenzentwicklung, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Lange Gasse 20, D-90403 Nürnberg, e-mail: nicole.kimmelmann@wiso.uni-erlangen.de
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