„Da gibt es Sachen,die macht man einfach nicht“ – Deutungsmuster von Banken im Kontext von Nachhaltigkeit und Krise

Banks in Germany are experiencing a profound legitimacy crisis. In the wake of financial and economic crises, failures, and bailouts, as well as new oversight and stricter regulations, banks have lost the reputation and trust they once had. The present article uses an analysis of interpretative patterns to examine how banks seek to legitimize themselves in times of crisis, with reference to sustainability as a guiding principle of society. Following the concept of social legitimacy by new institutionalism in sociology, and based on discursive interviews with 18 representatives of German banks, we reconstructed three interpretative patterns: a) the differentiation from “bad” banks, which abandons profit-maximizing business models and promotes the moral superiority of sustainable banking, b) responsibility for society, which promotes the role and responsibility of banks as socially relevant actors that spur social change, and c) “right” return, whereby banks seek an appropriate relationship between their value orientation and a return on investments. Although a return on investment is economically necessary and confers legitimacy, it may not be understood as an end in itself. Banks discredited during the crisis can refocus on a banking model which promises social legitimacy by referring to sustainability.     

Können Organisationen nicht lernen? Facetten organisationaler Lernkulturen

Recently, the concept of ‘learning culture’ has entered the discussion on learning organizations and organizational learning, especially in the German speaking countries. Most of the academics, but also practitioners seem to use the term ‘learning culture’ in a particular sense as nurturing a self-directed, on-the-job learning of all employees. An implicit, often neglected assumption of this conception is that organizations can be divided into those who have a learning culture and those who do not. Although this idea of a dichotomy is also found in the discussion on learning organizations, it can be called into question. Past research has shown that (organizational) learning is a multifaceted phenomenon. Different organizations engage in very diverse kinds of learning due to the fact that they are facing varying environmental conditions. This brings us to doubt the idea of a ?one-best-way“ learning culture. Following the basic question, who learns what, how, when and why, the article presents a set of distinguishing attributes to distinguish between different types of learning cultures. Finally, yet unanswered questions and paths for future research are discussed.     

Sind leistungsschwache Jugendliche tats?chlich nicht ausbildungsf?hig?

For several years, there is an increasing discussion in Germany that youths are less and less ready for vocational training. According to these reports that have been published by employers?? representatives, there exists a relatively high share of youths whose cognitive competencies are too low to be successfully integrated into the German dual training system. Our article aims at investigating the maturity of youths with low cognitive competencies in a longitudinal design for Switzerland. The Swiss educational system resembles the German educational system in various main aspects and PISA has shown that the share of pupils with low competencies is comparably high in both countries. For our empirical analyses, we will use youth panel data from the Swiss TREE study which allows us to identify youths with low cognitive competencies and to follow their training trajectories after finishing compulsory schooling. Our results show that in the German neighbour Switzerland also youths with low competencies can be successfully integreated into the vocational training system. In contrast to Germany, the Swiss system thus is far more successful in offering also academically weak youths to obtain vocational training.     

Interkulturelle Arbeit und Kommunikation – Gibt es das?

The concept of intercultural communication seems to be a meaningless concept, because it does not point out a specific difference between intercultural and other kinds of communication. Yet its general use makes sense because it helps to become aware that, figuratively speaking, every attempt to communicate is a journey into an unknown foreign country where people like us, are just living in very different way than we are. The concept of intercultural communication is a reminder that every communication is a meeting between two or more equally valuable unknown cultures. Because they are so different, unknown and equally valuable, they first have to respectfully get acquainted with each other, which is not easy, because they only can see each other with their own cultural concepts. Therefore communication is very unlikely to be successful.     

Emergente Teamphänomene – Warum sich Erfolge eines Teams nicht einfach kopieren lassen

Analyzing emergent team phenomena carries the potential to extend previous research findings. However, team phenomena – such as team cognitions and team emotions – do not make research easier. They are difficult to observe, do not follow a clear course, and can only be measured and shaped indirectly. Nonetheless, they offer new perspectives on a more multi-faceted and realistic world, which leads to many new interesting research questions and makes current knowledge appear in a different light. The moments of surprise and unexpected developments characterize teams and make them worthwhile objects of study. Since not all aspects of a team can be measured entirely, managing team dynamics is a demanding as well as essential challenge for adaptable and learning organizations.     

Aceptación de sistemas operativos de producción cuando la conducta de uso es obligatoria

Resumen

Los modelos que explican la aceptación de los sistemas asistidos por ordenador, se basan en la conducta voluntaria del objeto de actitud. El presente trabajo compara la intención de uso de sistemas asistidos por ordenador en trabajadores de producción en los que la conducta de uso es obligatoria. En este contexto es importante la aceptación de la tecnología por sus implicaciones sobre la motivación. Comparamos un grupo de trabajadores con experiencia de uso obligatorio (N=191) con otro sin experiencia de uso (N=136), en relación a su evaluación de los sistemas asistidos por ordenador y la intención de uso. Los resultados confirman que la experiencia es un mejor indicador de la aceptación de las tecnologías, así como confirman la existencia de múltiples dimensiones de la evaluación de los sistemas asistidospor ordenador, con consecuencias diferentes para su aceptación.     

Soziologische Theorie,Handlungstheorie, Methoden,Familiensoziologie, Sozialstrukturanalyse,Raumsoziologie, Stadtsoziologie,Gedächtnissoziologie,Religionssoziologie

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Soziologische Theorie, Handlungstheorie, Methoden, Familiensoziologie, Sozialstrukturanalyse, Raumsoziologie, Stadtsoziologie, Ged?chtnissoziologie, Religionssoziologie     

鹅,鹅,鹅,向天歌

在黑龙江海伦市海兴镇,有一位"鹅司令"毕秀丽,她原本只是一名普通的农家妇女,近几年,她不仅靠养大鹅发家致富,而且把大鹅养殖做成了一个带动乡亲致富的产业,备受乡邻称赞.     

Wissenssoziologie,Methoden, Soziologie des Lebensverlaufs,Exklusion, Sportsoziologie,Gedächnisforschung,Soziologie der Gewalt,Europaforschung

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Wissenssoziologie, Methoden, Soziologie des Lebensverlaufs, Exklusion, Sportsoziologie, Ged?chnisforschung, Soziologie der Gewalt, Europaforschung     

哦,大哥,大哥,你好吗

母亲说,当护士刚把我们俩抱到她面前的时候,我第一个睁开了眼睛,顺手在他脸上轻轻挠了一把,还在襁褓里的他顿时疼得哇哇大哭.从那时开始,我们之间的争斗就没有停止过. 他比我早出生8分钟,我得叫他哥哥.不过,他天生体质就弱,发育得慢,和我在一起时总是受我欺负.小时候,我没少从他手里抢糖果吃.大家都说他的性格像爸爸,我像妈妈. 家里自从有了我们俩,就再没有一刻安宁的时候.从学会说话开始,我们不是在一起吵嘴,就是撸起袖子打架.     

宝宝,老婆,喂

~~宝宝,老婆,喂@汤馨敏 @刷刷~~     

与时俱进,努力学习,提高素质

2013年7月8日—14日,笔者有幸参加了厦门国家会计学院举办的"骨干教师能力提升培训班"学习。本文总结了这次学习的几点收获。     

Amalgame et construction de l'Autre. Amalgame envers les minorités nationales et les minorités immigrées

Is it legitimate to establish a similarity of situation between migrants, and their descendants, and national minorities in a national territory, whether ethnic, cultural or religious? Both populations seem to be perceived in a comparable way by the majorities in power though they themselves may be plural in their composition. Accordingly some nation states create categories among the population, while others consider the law as universal for all. However, similar attitudes towards the other are developing based on psychological traits and with a socio-economic basis more often than not for political reasons. The ‘amalgam’ towards the Other depends on the meeting spot where real and forged identities meet. In the field there also function various levels of increasing mutual corresponding exclusions/rejections. Political utilitarianism is most clever in exploiting ‘amalgam’ to meet its own rallying views, the most obvious aspect being religious, whether openly developed or not. In spite of the clear danger of connecting worldwide places, a transverse study would enable one to bring into perspective similar phenomena all the more within their linkages.     

Soziologische Theorie,Französische Soziologie,Religionssoziologie, Soziale Ungleichheit,Arbeitssoziologie

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Soziologische Theorie, Franz?sische Soziologie, Religionssoziologie, Soziale Ungleichheit, Arbeitssoziologie     

论人,知识,教

人是适应宇宙规律变化来求得生存,并探索宇宙规律来求新获得自身发展的复杂的动物。知识是人类历史实践中积累的人类共同认可的可以帮助人们实现需要的无形的工具。人要生存必须要知识,知识更多是又由教来获得。人离不开知识,知识需要教,教又需要人来教。所以,本文从教育哲学的角度就人、知识、教的关系进行了阐述,并剖析当今教育存在的一些不足,提出教育活动中应该关注人的本质和知识的选取以及运用合适的教法。