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In the jargon of the product generations the characteristics of “new” and “old” organizations are identified. In this way the alteration of generations in the organisation of adult education institutions are described. The alteration of generations is performed on three levels, at the organisational comprehension (service provider instead of administrator of offers), at the inner structures (internal flexible making) as well as at changes that overlap institutions in coherence with lifelong lea…
Der Einsatz von Benchmarking – ein Vergleich der eigenen organisatorischen Abläufe mit den Besten der Branche – ist im industriellen und im Dienstleistungssektor bereits erprobt. Für die Weiterbildung stellt die Methode noch Neuland dar. Der vorliegende Report bietet eine erste Analyse und Einordnung: Ist Benchmarking unter den spezifischen Bedingungen des Agierens pädagogischer Organisationen überhaupt adaptierbar? Was sind die Optionen für einen Einsatz in der Weiterbildung? Gleichzeitig wird…
The growing importance of lifelong learning and adult education appears to be a generally accepted fact. Less well known, on the other hand, are the causes, conditions, forms and types of development in all their variety as well as the changing trends and options for solutions to be observed at different levels. This situation requires broad, intensive and sustained empirical research on adult and continuing education. This Research Memorandum – commissioned by the Section for Adult Education a…
Looking at persons and at those active in organisations has forever been in the focus of psychological research on organisations. Monika Kil draws attention to the fact that pedagogical psychology, cognitive psychology and social psychology can also contribute towards a structuring of further education institutions that is conducive to learning. Developing a »learning culture « is one aspect of this. A review of further developments and findings opens up new dimensions for a discourse on organi…
Recently, the acceptance of statistics in the education sector has grown. As a consequence of the publication of international comparative studies like TIMSS and PISA, more attention is paid to statistical surveys, as they have brought to light quite a number of hitherto unknown facts. Alexandra Ioannidou describes the present state of statistical activities in the further education sector and outlines what possible gains there are for institutions employing statistics.
Doris Herrmann war Unternehmensberaterin bei Kienbaum Management Consultans im Bereich Bildung und Wissenschaft. Sie begleitete Hochschulen und Weiterbildungseinrichtungen bei Reorganisationsprozessen. Demnächst wird sie bei der Akkreditierungsagentur AQAS in Bonn Begutachtungsverfahren für die neuen Studiengänge Bachelor und Master koordinieren. Auf die Frage, was Bildungseinrichtungen von der Wirtschaft lernen können, macht sie für vier Bereiche erheblichen Veränderungsbedarf aus: Professiona…
Course teachers who cooperate in quality assurance programmes of their institutions tend to find this work gratifying in various ways: they improve their professional background, they get to look at their institutions from a new and interesting angle, and they profit from organisational improvements arising from quality projects. If, however, excessive expectations are addressed to them in the course of the quality discussion, these may readily be reflected back onto the institution and its inf…
The author describes the emergence of the „virtual organisation“ concept as a tendency towards customization of products on the one hand and the development of a suitable technological basis on the other hand. Networking is discussed as a necessary but not sufficient prerequisite. First and foremost, the process of virtualisation requires changes in the organisational structure of companies that may go as far as a redefinition of the relationship between employees who, if forced into a role of …
