Coaching von Unternehmern Erfahrungen und Wirkungen

Coaching of owner-entrepreneurs — experiences and effectsThe author argues that the kind of coaching which owner-entrepreneurs require differs in fundamental ways from the kind of coaching for hired top managers. The difference is rooted in the higher level of complexity of the decision problems of owner-entrepreneurs, which needs to be reflected in a more complex approach chosen by the coach. In this context, the ability to make himself better understood by others turns out to be a very essential key capacity which some owner-entrepreneurs lack and which a qualified coach can help them to regain.     

Auf dem Weg an die Spitze Anforderungen an Bewerber für Top-Positionen

En route to the top. Requirements on candidates for top positionsThe assessment of candidates for positions as managing director or as an executive committee member by means of management diagnostics has been frowned upon by German companies for a long time. There has, however, been a clear change of opinion regarding this matter in the meantime. The authors have developed a model of requirements to assess the competencies and potential critical for success. Six areas of responsibility are differentiated between thereby: “Ability to cope with complexity” and “development of decidedness”, “Will to create” and “establishment of structures”, “Establishment of bonds” and “ability of self-management”, and are divided into three levels: the personal level, the co-operative level and the level of corporate culture respectively.     

Philosophie als Einübung des Perspektivenwechsels am Beispiel von Platon und Nietzsche

Philosophy as exercising the shift of perspectives, exemplified with Plato and NietzscheIn professional counselling a shift of perspectives is useful to develop new options of thinking and of action in the case of seemingly hopeless situations. Philosophy presents a great variety of concepts and also of models of change processes, which may offer a resource to counsellors. With regard to Plato’s “cave metaphor” and to Nietzsche’s “transvaluation of all values” the author presents a structure of change in three stages. Concerning the practice of counsellors some relevant aspects are derived from these discussions.     

Erfolgsfaktoren beim Einzel-Coaching

Success factors of executive coaching. A screening of the coaching scenery from the client’s point of viewThis survey, based on questionnaires, examines the success factors of one-to-one coaching from the client point of view. Firstly, ten success factors in coaching were established by means of factor analysis. Secondly, more extensive analysis shows that, contrary to previous research in this field, the “professional system” is not necessarily a determining success factor in coaching. As an exclusive instrument of staff development, coaching seems to be effective even without support from the professional system. The analysis also indicates that the clients perceive their coach as an advisor and confidant as regards role expectations. Furthermore, multiple regression analysis discloses the predictive effects of the two success factors “the coach’s qualification” and “the coach’s involvement” for the overall success of coaching from the client’s point of view. The overall success of coaching itself is established through three items: the clients’ attitudes towards coaching, their attitude concerning further coaching, and the extent to which their objectives were met in coaching.     

Johann Gottfried Herders philosophische Grundlegung der Iernenden Organisation

Herder’s philosophical model of the learning organisationThe author describes Johann Gottfried Herder’s education philosophy and his plans for an ?alternative“ school. His ?alternative school concept“ shows how the teacher as supervisor of the learning process should take the individual needs into account and adapt the didactics and methods of teaching to these needs. This practice conforms to the rules of today’s reformed schools. Learning as an extension of subjective experiences and life possibilities requires an open organisational structure, and this is what Herder designed.     

新课程背景下大学人文教育的思考--全日制高校通用教材《大学语文》存在的不足与对策

指出并分析全日制高校通用教材<大学语文>存在的六大问题,包括课文是清一色的短篇且与现行基础教育阶段语文教科书有较多重复篇目;对选文的相关知识缺乏必要的详细介绍;对"提示"和"思考与练习"的编制思路欠妥;缺乏高层次语文能力训练设计;缺乏配套学习软件;各单元整合性不足.在此基础上,提出进一步完善该教材的七条建议,包括增设各单元综论部分;重编重组精读部分;设置专题拓展略读部分;设计单元专题表达与交流活动;使用符号系统;开发大学语文教学软件;按大单元制结构模式编排教材内容.     

Convexity-based clustering criteria: theory,algorithms, and applications in statistics

This paper deals with the construction of optimum partitions of for a clustering criterion which is based on a convex function of the class centroids as a generalization of the classical SSQ clustering criterion for n data points. We formulate a dual optimality problem involving two sets of variables and derive a maximum-support-plane (MSP) algorithm for constructing a (sub-)optimum partition as a generalized k-means algorithm. We present various modifications of the basic criterion and describe the corresponding MSP algorithm. It is shown that the method can also be used for solving optimality problems in classical statistics (maximizing Csiszárs -divergence) and for simultaneous classification of the rows and columns of a contingency table.     

On rates of convergence to infinitely divisible laws for dependent random variables

Large O and small o approximations of the expected value of a class of functions (modified K-functional and Lipschitz class) of the normalized partial sums of dependent random variables by the expectation of the corresponding functions of infinitely divisible random variables have been established. As a special case, we have obtained rates of convergence to the Stable Limit Laws and to the Weak Laws of Large Numbers. The technique used is the conditional version of the operator method of Trotter and the Taylor expansion.     

综合国力系统论刍议

综合国力系统论的建立需要找到或确定综合国力的最基本的要素,然后依此为主线,将其他各种要素有机地组织起来。这样,各项要素将按照一定的顺序或等级纳入一个系统,成为一个有机的整体。如此,综合国力各项要素之间的关系才会被理顺,综合国力的实质才能被把握。文化是综合国力的基础和源泉,同时也是连接综合国力其他因素的关键。综合国力就是以它为基础和核心组成的。另外,文化应囊括社会制度、科技实力、教育水平、人的素质等因素。这就是与综合国力系统论配套的"大文化"概念。     

Wenn die Business-Partnerschaft zur Qual wird Coaching eines Führungsduals

When a business partnership becomes a pain With this article, the author illustrates the process of coaching between the two partners of a consulting firm. Due to interpersonal and factual conflicts, there was no common strategy of the two partners. The analysis of the situation showed a different cultural approach towards problem solving, different stakes in their partnership and actual as well as past personal conflicts. All the possible models, which were developed with the two partners, to bridge the gap failed because of the personal interests. The work process was made more transparent. Finally there was positively decided on a plan to split the partnership internally without breaking up the company.