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In adult education as an almost deregulated educational sector, governance happens indirectly via support programs and educational initiatives. Money plays a central role as a medium of governance and is also used to promote quality management systems. Quality management itself unrolls a governing capacity in the adult education system: in doing so, different models stress different starting points for quality development. This paper responds to the question which factors influence the developm…
Diese Ausgabe der Zeitschrift REPORT widmet sich der institutionellen Seite der Weiterbildung und thematisiert Management, Entwicklung und Veränderung von Organisationen. Das Heft greift damit einen Aspekt auf, der noch immer in der Weiterbildungsforschung vernachlässigt ist. Eine im Zuge der Vorbereitung dieses Heftes durchgeführte gezielte Recherche nach aktuellen empirischen Projekten und neueren empirisch fundierten Publikationen ergab zumindest unter quantitativen Gesichtspunkten recht d…
Organisation psychological profit for adult education using the example of "quality" In this contribution organisation psychological theory concepts and empirical methods are used for the current problem of educational institutions of providing a "quality proof" – in the sense of the implementation of quality management systems -, in order to maintain the continuity of their promotion. Before, the organisational psychology is sketched in its extension level, its methods and its reception beh…
