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"Der zweite Freiwilligensurvey 2004 hat eindrucksvoll gezeigt, dass sich viele ältere Menschen in unterschiedlichen gesellschaftlichen Bereichen bereits freiwillig engagieren und die Bereitschaft zu freiwilligem Engagement in diesen Altersgruppen zunimmt. Innerhalb der Altengenerationen vollzieht sich jedoch ein sozialer Wandel: Neue Altengenerationen wachsen heran mit anderen demografischen Erfahrungen (z.B. soziale Bewegungen der 60er und 70er Jahre) und daraus resultierenden anderen Einstellungen und Erwartungen an die nachberufliche Lebensphase. Für diese Zielgruppe ist das Konzept zur Nutzung des Erfahrungswissens Älterer entwickelt worden, das im Rahmen des Bundesmodellprogramms 'Erfahrungswissen für Initiativen' (EFI) (2002-2006) erfolgreich erprobt wurde und sowohl national als auch international auf großes Interesse stößt. Das Modellprogramm wurde vom Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend in Kooperation mit zehn Bundesländern entwickelt und in 35 Kommunen erfolgreich umgesetzt. Das ISAB-Institut ist für die wissenschaftliche Begleitung und Projektsteuerung verantwortlich. Die Zielgruppe sind Ältere, die sich nicht (nur) im traditionellen Ehrenamt engagieren, sondern ihre Kompetenzen und Fähigkeiten flexibel einbringen, ihr Engagement selbst gestalten und als Multiplikatoren wirken wollen. Auf der Grundlage eines von der Hochschule Neubrandenburg entwickelten Weiterbildungskonzeptes wurden mittlerweile rund 1.000 'seniorTrainer' ausgebildet, die derzeit Initiativen und Organisationen beraten, neue Projekte entwickeln, Netzwerke stärken oder in örtlichen 'seniorKompetenzteams' - den örtlichen Zusammenschlüssen der seniorTrainer - organisatorische oder moderierende Aufgaben übernehmen. Die Erfahrungen im Bundesmodellprogramm haben gezeigt, dass selbstbestimmtes und selbstorganisiertes Engagement Älterer durch den Aufbau von Netzwerkstrukturen - bestehend aus Kommunen (d.h. Verantwortliche aus Politik und Verwaltung), Bildungseinrichtungen, Verbänden und Freiwilligenorganisationen - gefördert werden kann. Kontextuelle Faktoren wie z.B. die Vermittlung und Begleitung des Engagements durch lokale Agenturen für Bürgerengagement (z.B. Freiwilligenagenturen, Seniorenbüros, Selbsthilfekontaktstellen) oder die Unterstützung und Begleitung durch selbstorganisierte seniorKompetenzteams sind wichtige Eckpfeiler einer neuen Partizipationskultur." (Autorenreferat)

Die Verfasserin stellt das Bundesmodellprogramm "Erfahrungswissen für Initiativen" vor, dessen Ziel es war, das Erfahrungswissen älterer Menschen durch die Ausbildung sogenannter seniorTrainerInnen für Initiativen, Vereine und Einrichtungen in unterschiedlichen gesellschaftlichen Bereichen zu aktivieren und nutzbar zu machen. Das Rollenmodell "seniorTrainerIn" stellt ein Angebot zur Rollenfindung für Ältere dar, das den besonderen biographischen Erfahrungen der neuen Altengeneration Rechnung trägt. Die Konzeption zur Nutzung des Erfahrungswissens Älterer umfasst vier Kernelemente: eine Anlaufstelle für bürgerschaftliches Engagement, eine Bildungseinrichtung, eine seniorKompetenzteam und die seniorTrainerInnen. Die seniorTrainerInnen verstehen sich als Unterstützer und Berater, Initiatoren neuer Projekte, Vernetzer im Gemeinwesen sowie Moderatoren und Koordinatoren. Bundesweit sind ca. 1000 seniorTrainerInnen aktiv. Die Gründung des Vereins "EFI Deutschland e.V." verstetigte die Arbeit des Modellprogramms in Deutschland; auf europäischer Ebene gibt es ähnliche Projekte wie beispielsweise das EU-Projekt "Lifelong Learning and Active Citizenship in Europe's Ageing Society (LACE)". (ICE2)

AbstractThis study explores the critical success factors of implementing and running a knowledge management program. In doing so, the paper proposes and tests a conceptual model of "knowledge iceberg" inside the organization using a case study methodology. In total 89 in‐depth semi‐structured interviews were conducted over a period of 1 year in the SoftNetCo company to study success factors in the implementation of knowledge initiatives. During the research period 11 knowledge management initiatives were launched in the company which provided an excellent platform to conduct this research. The findings of the study suggest the existence of a knowledge iceberg inside organizations. It is reported that six activities can cause the knowledge iceberg to rise which is critical for the success of knowledge management initiatives. It is further argued that a holistic approach is required to manage knowledge, people, and culture and that managers have to concentrate more on managing people than the knowledge itself. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Investigations in the sociology of knowledge usually take as their point of departure some substantive property of a mode of thought. They then seek to delineate and understand the social origins of that mode of thought. This paper suggests the possibility of supplementing the substantive approach with structural materials. Portions of two different intellectual systems are treated empirically to ascertain the manner in which their demonstrations of proof are structured. These structures are uncovered through the use of Guttman scale analysis. While any set of branching deductions may be considered a partly ordered set, the findings reported here show that the portions of the intellectual system chosen for analysis converge to an almost perfectly ordered set (a Guttman scale). Finally, known properties of Guttman scales are assigned to the structural dimension, and implications for the sociology of knowledge are drawn.

Compared to other kinds of knowledge, how fragile is our knowledge of morality? Does knowledge of the difference between right and wrong fundamentally differ from knowledge of other kinds, in that it cannot be forgotten? What makes reliable evidence in fundamental moral convictions? And what are the associated problems of using testimony as a source of moral knowledge? Sarah McGrath provides novel answers to these questions and many others, as she investigates the possibilities, sources, and characteristic vulnerabilities of moral knowledge. She also considers whether there is anything wrong with simply outsourcing moral questions to a moral expert and evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the method of equilibrium as an account of how we make up our mind about moral questions. Ultimately, McGrath concludes that moral knowledge can be acquired in any of the ways in which we acquire ordinary empirical knowledge. Our efforts to acquire and preserve such knowledge, she argues, are subject to frustration in all of the same ways that our efforts to acquire and preserve ordinary empirical knowledge are.

Cover -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Opportunity of Dewey's Early Philosophy -- Chapter Two: Absolute Idealism -- Chapter Three: Wundtian Voluntarism -- Chapter Four: The Absolute of Active Experience -- Chapter Five: The Logic of Conduct -- Chapter Six: The Reconstruction of Epistemology -- Appendix: Chronology of Selected Dewey Writings -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This article aims to assess the level of basic knowledge of statutory employment rights at the workplace as prescribed by the Malaysian Employment Act 1955. The statutory employment rights comprises of a variety of individual employment rights such as protections of wages, statutory right to the general standard of working time, statutory right to rest day, public holidays, annual leave and sick leave as well as female employee's statutory right to paid maternity leave. A field survey was carried out to collect data by using self-administered questionnaires from Human Resource (HR) practitioners in the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The results reveal that the level of basic knowledge of legislated employment rights varies between different types of statutory rights from high level to low level.

The standard empiricist criticism of Theodor W. Adorno is that he privileges theory over practice. No episode in his life better encapsulates this problematic than his famously unsuccessful collaboration with the positivistic social scientist Paul Lazarsfeld on the Princeton Radio Research Project (1938-41). Here, Rayman corrects the misunderstanding of Adorno as an idealist theorist hostile to practice. Through a close reading of the Current of Music, edited by Robert Hullot-Kentor in 2009, he shows how Adorno's writing on the Princeton Radio Research Project displays a multidimensional and complicated relationship between conceptual formation and lived experience. Adapted from the source document.

The ability to integrate dispersed pockets of expertise and institute an organizational repository of knowledge is considered to be vital for sustained effectiveness in contemporary business environments. Information technologies provide cost-effective functionalities for building knowledge platforms through systematic acquisition, storage, and dissemination of organizational knowledge. However, in order to gain the value-adding potential of organizational knowledge, it is not sufficient to simply adopt and deploy IT-enabled knowledge platforms. These platforms must be assimilated into the ongoing work processes in organizations. Yet, theories of technology innovation and use suggest that a variety of institutional, social, and political factors blend together in influencing the extent to which complex information technologies are actually assimilated into organizational practice. Therefore, this research addresses a significant question: What forces influence the assimilation of knowledge platforms in organization? Given the significant gap between the adoption and actual assimilation of complex technologies into organizations, this is an important question. Empirical evidence is generated by examining the forces influencing the assimilation of CASE technologies in systems development projects in organizations. CASE is considered to be one of the most mature knowledge platforms in contemporary organizations. The empirical evidence sheds light on the role of institutional forces that influence the rate of assimilation of the technology. The findings have significant implications for further research and practice.