Food co‐operatives sustainably managing common pool resources as hyper‐communities as outlined by Consumer Culture Theory

This paper presents the interview results from nine managers operating in the co‐operative food sector in Ontario, Canada. The interview results are framed within the context of Consumer Culture Theory to show how co‐operatives can be considered hyper‐communities that are built around an opposition to the current economic system's management of food as a common pool resource. The co‐operative managers interviewed present a view that co‐operatives act as drivers of sustainable innovation by allowing individuals to act as a group with a common interest in sustainable practices. The co‐operative model provides these hyper‐communities with guidance to interact with the economic system through the co‐operative principles. The co‐operative principles assist co‐operative managers in establishing member control over the common pool resource. This paper supports the growing literature on the co‐operative economy and self‐governance of common pool resources for a sustainable future.     

Workplace bullying as an antecedent to job insecurity and intention to leave: a 6‐month prospective study

Workplace bullying is a severe problem in contemporary working life, affecting up to 15 per cent of employees. Among the detrimental outcomes of bullying, it is even postulated as a major risk factor for exclusion from work. In support of this claim, the current study demonstrates that exposure to bullying behaviour predicts an increase in both levels of job insecurity and intention to leave over a 6‐month time lag, among a random sample of North Sea workers (n = 734). The findings suggest that bullied employees are insecure about the permanence and content of their job, and they may be at risk of turnover and exclusion from working life. It is recommended that these outcomes are taken into consideration when incidences of workplace bullying are addressed.     

FORECASTING DISCONNECTED EXCHANGE RATES

The inability of empirical models to forecast exchange rates has given rise to the belief that exchange rates are disconnected from macroeconomic fundamentals. This paper addresses the potential disconnect by endogenously selecting forecast models from a broad set of fundamentals. The procedure shows that exchange rates are not disconnected from fundamentals, but fundamentals vary in their predictive content at different forecast horizons and for different currencies. Performing model selection out‐of‐sample is challenging. At short horizons, the method cannot outperform a random walk, although the performance is improved at long horizons. These findings are confirmed across currencies and forecast evaluation methods. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Design Thinking — Kreativität als Methode

Zusammenfassung  Gute Ideen sind kein Zufall. Als neue kreative Methode zur Innovationsentwicklung gilt Design Thinking. Dieser Ansatz wird erfolgreich von Agenturen wie IDEO und Frog Design betrieben und findet zunehmend an Universit?tsinstituten wie den D-Schools in Stanford und Potsdam Verbreitung. Design Thinking setzt auf interdisziplin?re Teams, Visualisierung und klar umrissene Schritte zur Ideenfindung — und bleibt dabei ganz flexibel. Alexander Grots Gründer und Gesch?ftsführer der Innovationsagentur gravity, ehemaliger Gesch?ftsführer IDEO Deutschland Margarete Pratschke, M.A. Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik der Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin sowie Mitglied des Teaching-Teams der School of Design Thinking des Hasso-Plattner-Instituts an der Universit?t Potsdam     

Pflegerische Bildungswege in Europa

Attraktive Besch?ftigungsverh?ltnisse, Verwirklichung individueller Pr?ferenzen und pers?nliche Mobilit?t sind wichtige Stichworte, wenn es um die Frage geht, wie Pflegende ihren Beruf im Kontext des europaweiten Bildungs- und Besch?ftigungsmarkts gegenw?rtig und zukünftig wahrnehmen und ausgestalten k?nnen.     

Über das Theorem von Tchebycheff und andere Grenzen einer Wahrscheinlichkeitsfunktion

Abstract

Wenn man eine Wahrscheinlichkeitsfunktion durch die Werte einiger ihrer ersten MOmente kennzeichnet wird sie dadurch nicht eindeutig bestimmt; den angegebenen Momenten entsprechen nlimlich unendlich viele Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilungen. Man kann abel' gewisse Grenzen der Variation dieser Verteilungen ang-eben. Wenn man die zwei ersten Momente kennt, liefert uns beispielHweise der Satz von TCHEBYCHEFF eine obere Grenze der Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass die Variable einen Wert annimmt, der ausserhalb eines gewissen rntervalls liegt. Wir werden im Folgenden in der Annahme, dass wir ausser dem zweiten Moment auch dm, vierte kennen, eine Verschärfung des Theorems von TCHEBYCHEFF liefern. Auch wollen wir versuchell, die oberen und unteren Grenzen der Wahrscheinlichkeitsfunktion, wenn die vier ersten Momente gegeben sind, zu bestimmen.     

Fundraising and public relations: a comparison of programme concepts and characteristics

This study compares characteristics of successful academic unit fundraising programmes and successful public relations programmes. Using interviews and surveys it explores whether academic unit fundraisers value the roles and responsibilities that align with identified strategic‐managerial and historical‐technical characteristics in public relations, whether demographic differences affect the role perception of the fundraisers, and whether the universities provide support for programme excellence. The results indicate that the fundraising programmes exhibit most of the characteristics of successful public relations programmes and that the academic units in which these fundraisers work provide support for them to do excellent fundraising. Demographics do not affect the results significantly. The data lead to questions for further study, including: How should fundraisers balance the benefit of having donors involved in programmes they support, with the university's need to retain autonomy and set its own priorities? Do excellent fundraising programmes strengthen relationships between alumni and universities? Do alumni with stronger relationships with the university contribute more, or more often, than those with less strong relationships? Copyright © 2002 Henry Stewart Publications     

COPD – chronisch und progredient

Kaum Chancen auf Heilung - Die Behandlung bei COPD zielt darauf ab, das Fortschreiten der Erkrankung aufzuhalten und die Lebensqualit?t der Patienten zu verbessern. Neben der medikament?sen Behandlung gibt es eine Reihe nicht-medikament?ser Therapieans?tze. Gerade hier er?ffnen sich für die Pflege interessante Aufgabengebiete.