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New publication: „Socio-economic Research in Personnel versus Personnel Economics“

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Do we have an alternative to personnel economics? Yes, we have one: socio-economics.

This is what economists (in this case Edward Lazear) claim:

„Economists have something new to say about these issues, however, primarily because economics provides a rigorous, and in many cases more straightforward, way to think about these human resources questions than do the more sociological and psychological approaches.“ (Lazear, Edward. „personnel economics.“ The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Second Edition. Eds. Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online. Palgrave Macmillan. 16 December 2015 <http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/article?id=pde2008_P000327> doi:10.1057/9780230226203.1275

My paper argues that personnel economics is still based on wrong assumptions (yes, I know, that some theorists might say, that this is not a problem. The so-called „as-if“ approach is seems to be still alive in economics, probably the only scientific discipline where this thinking is viewed as acceptable), … Mehr lesen...

„Kritik, Organisation und Ästhetik“

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 „Gleich zwei aktuelle Ereignisse verweisen auf den Zusammenhang von Ästhetik und Kritik sowie die damit verbundenen Organisationsformen. Zum einen ist von Philipp Ruch, ‚Chefunterhändler‘ des Zentrums für politische Schönheit, eine Art politisches Manifest erschienen. Im Selbstverständnis des Zentrums wird politische Schönheit dabei in direktem Zusammenhang zur Humanität verstanden. Hier geht es zum Zentrum und dessen Aktionen: http://www.politicalbeauty.de/

Zweitens wird der Klimagipfel von zahlreichen Protesten begleitet, welche mit unterschiedlichen Mitteln politisches Handeln im Angesicht des Klimawandels einfordern. Die TAZ verwies dabei kürzlich auf eine ‚Datenbank des Widerstands‘, welche zahlreiche Protestaktionen und -formen im Zusammenhang des Pariser Gipfels auflistet. Insofern ein guter Einblick in Möglichkeiten des kreativen Protestes und dessen ästhetischen Mitteln: https://climategames.net/en/home Zuletzt noch der Verweis auf einen Klassiker in dieser Hinsicht – die ‚Yes Man‘, welche im besten Sinne – etwa im Falle der Entschädigungen für die Bhopal-Katastrophe – gerade das (ökonomisch) Normale in seiner absurden Dimension aufzeigen: http://theyesmen.org/ …“

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Interesting report written by Aline Conchon: „Trades Union Congress – Workers’ voice in corporate governance – A European Perspective (2015)“

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„Workers’ voice in corporate governance – A European Perspective [PDF] There is increased interest across the political spectrum and within the trade union movement in exploring options for workers’ voice in corporate governance and worker representation on company boards. The TUC is publishing this report written by Aline Conchon of the ETUI as a contribution to that debate, updating a report originally in published in 2013.In the UK, worker representation on company boards is often associated with Germany and its two-tier board system. What is less widely known is that workers have the right to be represented on company boards in 19 European countries, and that this applies in countries with a unitary board system like the UK as well as those with a two-tier board system such as Germany. This report sets out the situation in relation to worker voice in corporate governance across Europe. It examines the

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