The demand for childcare greatly outstripsthe supply. If more women are to beencouraged to fill the predicted labourshortage, more facilities will have to beprovided. Childcare is…
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The demand for childcare greatly outstrips the supply. If more women are to be encouraged to fill the predicted labour shortage, more facilities will have to be provided. Childcare is expensive and many parents will not be able to afford its full cost. Even if companies provide more assistance it is unlikely that the supply of facilities will increase fast enough without Government assistance. A childcare allowance is suggested by the author as a way of ensuring an expansion of provision which is within the budget of more women.
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This paper examines four underlying trends in the changing business environment relating to information technology and geographic, functional and sectorial integration. It…
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This paper examines four underlying trends in the changing business environment relating to information technology and geographic, functional and sectorial integration. It discusses three required changes in management focus needed to reach global profitability from product inception to promotion. The skills required for this change are listed by functional area, although the techniques are predominantly cross‐cultural. This paper explains the steps needed to move from a traditional firm to a globally competitive network and the cultural barriers to building consumer‐focused extended‐value chains. Finally it discusses ways in which business school education can promote strategic thinking about profitability and heighten awareness of the potential gains from cooperative inter‐firm partnerships.
Marketing for women in management This is the title of an article by M. Domsch and A. Hadler in Vol. 7 No. 4 of the European Management Journal.
Marlon Lee Moncrieffe, Omolabake Fakunle, Marlies Kustatscher and Anna Olsson Rost
Saskia Liebner and Claudia Schmaltz
The transformation of the German education system because of the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (United Nations, 2006) has also…
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The transformation of the German education system because of the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (United Nations, 2006) has also reached the domain of teacher training. Professional competences and their development are brought into focus (e. g., Trautmann, 2017). Since 2013, all prospective teachers in Germany have to be qualified in the field of heterogeneity, inclusion and diagnostics, mainly in the educational science part of the teacher training programmes (KMK, 2013a, 2013b, 2013c, 2013d, 2013e, 2015). However, there is a great heterogeneity regarding the content and structures of this teacher training for inclusion in Germany. Despite the formal anchoring of inclusion and heterogeneity in teacher training in Germany, an overview of the current status of the curricular implementation of inclusion-oriented teacher training is missing. The aim of this study is to fill this gap and, to do so, investigates in a first step the educational science parts of the curricula. Therefore, the study and examination regulations of all general education teacher training programmes (primary, secondary I and II) at German universities were analyzed by means of qualitative content analysis. The results show differences in the extent of the curricula regarding heterogeneity and inclusion between the states and universities on the one hand and the various study programmes on the other hand.
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Nobody concerned with political economy can neglect the history of economic doctrines. Structural changes in the economy and society influence economic thinking and, conversely…
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Nobody concerned with political economy can neglect the history of economic doctrines. Structural changes in the economy and society influence economic thinking and, conversely, innovative thought structures and attitudes have almost always forced economic institutions and modes of behaviour to adjust. We learn from the history of economic doctrines how a particular theory emerged and whether, and in which environment, it could take root. We can see how a school evolves out of a common methodological perception and similar techniques of analysis, and how it has to establish itself. The interaction between unresolved problems on the one hand, and the search for better solutions or explanations on the other, leads to a change in paradigma and to the formation of new lines of reasoning. As long as the real world is subject to progress and change scientific search for explanation must out of necessity continue.
Rudi Kaufmann, Barry J. Davies and Ruth Schmidt
The transitional problems of formerly centrally planned economies havereceived much attention, in terms of both economic advice and wideracademic consideration. In order to…
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The transitional problems of formerly centrally planned economies have received much attention, in terms of both economic advice and wider academic consideration. In order to develop concrete gap‐bridging measures, micro as well as macro economic concerns need to be addressed and timing and priority issues resolved. Considers the transitional problems of one of the fastest changing economies – that of the former German Democratic Republic, now called the New Lander of the Federal Republic of Germany. Examines the various approaches to closing the important (or strategically significant) gaps. Presents a culturally adapted gap‐bridging model. Shows the model to be a useful framework for the consideration of adaption criteria. Explores the uses of the model as a basis for education and training of various levels of management, and develops a general transition model for education and training which may serve as a paradigm for other Eastern European countries in transition.