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Kooperationen lohnen sich. Der Studientext führt anschaulich in zentrale Begriffe und theoretische Modelle des Kooperationsmanagements in der Weiterbildung ein. Er zeigt die praktische Dimension von Kooperationen und diskutiert das Rollenverständnis, die Aufgabenverteilung sowie Rechtsfragen und Konfliktlösungsstrategien. Das Buch gibt dem Leser das elementare Rüstzeug für das Management erfolgreicher Kooperationen an die Hand.
This article presents results of a national medical impact analysis of relaxation and stress-management courses. The impact on health was examined on 132 persons at 40 adult colleges (VHS) at the beginning and end of courses as well as three months thereafter. The courses attained high levels of satisfaction among the participants and significantly improved health-related quality of life, psychological and physical ailments, and this effect remained three months after the end of the course as w…
Therapeutical influence in company operational lead Criticism of a jargon in the manager training - presented by means of a selective analysis of the professional journal “Manager Seminars” The contribution takes a look at the group “managers" in the framework of the operational lead because their future management action does not stay without influence on the company “as a whole”. Permanent changes also determine an alteration of the (leading) role, so that additional requirements move int…
Organization and Participants – Development of the instrument [OrTe] to evaluate expectations regarding teaching, learning, and organization in further education Most of the quality management procedures in continuing education require participant surveys. The perusal of 72 questionnaires in the field of continuing education practice showed that they are mostly related to the participants’ satisfaction with their teachers and the organisation of the course. When those questionnaires’ results…
„Controlling reformierter Weiterbildungsbetriebe“ wendet sich an Praktiker, die Controlling als Führungskonzeption kennen lernen wollen, um aus verfügbaren Ressourcen mehr Dienstleistungen, bessere Qualität und mehr Kundenfreundlichkeit zu erreichen und dies unter reduzierten Kosten. Der Leser erhält eine strukturierte Anleitung zur Reorganisation mit zahlreichen praxiserprobten Lösungsvorschlägen. Das Berichtswesen versorgt die Führungskräfte mit allen steuerungsrelevanten Informationen und w…
