[EN]Edition Sigma

englischIn this study, the author demonstrates that a variety of uncertainties pervade markets, including those found in market economies, such as detrimental price competition, and uncertainty in market economy cooperation, such as that relating to the quality of products the market trades in. [...]

Welchen Vorteil gewinnen Unternehmen, wenn sie die ‚Buntheit‘ des eigenen Personals als Erfolgsfaktor verstehen? Wenn sie, vor dem Hintergrund der Debatte um Diversifizierung, den Umgang ihrer Mitarbeiter und Mitarbeiterinnen sowie der Führungskräfte besonders mit ethnischer Vielfalt aktiv [...]

englischEducation in German volunteering services is caught between emancipatory demands and its functionalisation according to labour market requirements and the requirements of our knowledge-based society.

This book presents the findings of a research and practice development project carried out [...]

Bei seiner Einführung 2008 wurde das weltwärts-Programm als „Einbahnstraße“ kritisiert. Im Jahr 2013 startete schließlich die Süd-Nord-Komponente, die zu einem gleichberechtigten Austausch zwischen den Partnern im Globalen Norden und Süden beitragen soll. Doch lässt sich das Konzept des [...]

englischHow and why do the formal structures of ministerial departments change? This study presents the findings of the first comprehensive formal analysis of the organisational structure of Germany’s federal bureaucracy between 1980 and 2015. It describes its internal structural dynamics over time, [...]

englischGermans evaluate participation in decision-making processes in general as well as employee participation very positively. However, they know little about workplace and company level co-determination. Most attitude surveys presume that respondents know about the subject of the survey and that [...]

englischFor a long time, the transformation of our work-oriented society has resulted in changes to the structural composition of its workforce. Consequently, the typical milieu of industrial workers, with its traditionally high levels of organisation, has lost significance in comparison to those of [...]

englischBased on extensive public administration and administrative law analyses, this book deals with the administration of migration and integration at federal, state and municipal level. It examines the individual levels of the federal state in terms of the essential administrative tasks relating [...]