„Teamsupervision“ — ein Mythos? Ein kritischer Essay

?Team supervision“ — a myth? A critical essayThe author demonstrates, that team supervision often is highly charged with ideological traditions. She exemplifies this on the one hand by the concept and the significance of “team” and on the other hand by the traditions of team supervision. She recommends, that the involved persons should bring to mind the substantial significance and the function of “team” and of “team supervision”, and they should exactly reconsider the goals of this setting.     

Qualitätsmanagement — alles nur lauwarme Luft? Statt einer Buchbesprechung

Quality Management — idea and dysfunctional effectsThe author discusses the idea and the dysfunctional effects of Quality Management. By means of two books, an older and a newer one, the debate with its historical and its actual basis is delineated. In short, the author comes to the result: Quality Management is important, but you have to be very critical.     

Editorial

Ohne Zusammenfassung     

Women’s and men’s negative experience of child birth—A cross-sectional survey

Background

A negative birth experience may influence both women and men and can limit their process of becoming a parent.

Comparing the transpirational and shading effects of two contrasting urban tree species

Urban Ecosystems - Urban trees are getting increasing attention as a tool to mitigate urban heat island effects. A more functional and quantitative view of transpirational and shading effect,...     

‘Bring down the controlled movements!’ – exploring the possibilities of and limitations on achieving embodied agency in ballet and fashion

This paper explores the subtleties of exercising embodied agency within two contexts shaped by ideals and norms: ballet and fashion. Here, we focus on how dancers and models rehearsing offstage towards onstage performances negotiate their potential and limitations for achieving agency over and over. Whereas a ‘turn to embodiment’ has occurred within organization studies, less is known about how embodied agency is choreographed and practised between visible front stages and ‘hidden’ offstages, or in relation to the various human and non-human agents present in the field. The empirical material of this paper is derived from two separate ethnographic studies. By combining insights from the two contexts, we make a joint effort to explore a complex phenomenon in more detail. This paper develops our micro-level understanding of embodied agency as a relational endeavour, and offers insights into the surprisingly ‘a-mobile’ discussion of embodied practices within organization studies.