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A theorist for professional organization and academic research on the one hand and the practical further education specialist on the other hand exchange their views and ideas on the positive and negative effects of a strategic orientation for third-party funds in an interview with „DIE“.
„First-party“, „second-party“, „third-party funds“ (p.18-19). The brief article aims at increasing the terminological acuity of the topic focus and distinguishes between the use of the term „third-party funds“ to „first-party“ and „second-party funds“ in the context of research and further education.
For 30 years, the author has been director of the communal adult education institute “Volkshochschule” at a middle-size town in Southern Germany. In 1998, the costs of 3 million DM were financed jointly by the town (50%), the participants of the courses (40%) and the Land Baden-Württemberg (10%). In the next three years, the "Volkshochschule" has to reduce the communal subsidy by 12%. The article deals with the financial challenges the institute faces in its new situation of competition at the …
The rigid division between the three subsystems of continuing vocational training in Germany (continuing vocational training for employees, continuing vocational training for the unemployed, individual continuing vocational training) hinders the implementation of an integrated labour market and qualification policy. As a result an effective and efficient use of the financial means for training (combination of financing resources) is not possible.
There are voices at the political level, which call for a relocating of finances into sections of early education. This article demonstrates the high relevance of public stimuli in opposition to such claims. Therefore, results of the Brandenburg-Study will be presented, in which the usage of continuous training vouchers have been quantitatively and qualitatively researched. It will be demonstrated how in specific vocational and private phases within the lives of women in health and social secto…
Der Weiterbildungsbereich ist derzeit massiv von politischen und strukturellen Veränderungsprozessen betroffen. Das Wegfallen und die Kürzungen bei den staatlichen Zuschüssen für die Weiterbildung führt in vielen Fällen dazu, dass die Weiterbildungseinrichtungen extrem sparen müssen – gerade auch am Weiterbildungspersonal. Viele der haupt- und nebenberuflichen Weiterbildner/innen müssen eine Verschlechterung ihrer Beschäftigungsverhältnisse hinnehmen. Stellenabbau, Kündigungen und Änderungskünd…
Eine entscheidende Kompetenz des pädagogischen Managements in Weiterbildungseinrichtungen ist es, mit den konkurrierenden Referenzsystemen von Ökonomie und Pädagogik ausgleichend umzugehen. Kosten- und Leistungsrechnung, Budgets, Kennzahlen und Soll-Ist-Vergleiche sind wichtige Informationsinstrumente, die jedoch ohne Beziehungen zu Zielen und Leistungen der Einrichtung wenig aussagekräftig sind. Der Studientext behandelt die Einordnung ökonomischer Betrachtungsweisen und den Einsatz des betri…
