The article analyses the systemic framework of the operation of the Intelligence and Security Service of the Ministry of Defence (Obvescevalnovarnostna sluzba OVS) and parliamentary control over its ...operations. It takes as its focus a recent case related to the Defence Minister's order to the Service to produce material on the effects of the privatisation of the Telekom Slovenije on the operation of the Service in the light of Slovenia's defence interests. A linguostylistic analysis of the media reporting on the case was carried out. The findings show that while after 25 years as an independent state Slovenia has established the institutional framework for the operation of OVS and arranged parliamentary control over its work, it has not as yet managed to achieve the harmonised operation of all state policies in the field of national security. Rather than contributing to the resolution of certain dilemmas with regard to the legal, political and expert aspects of the operation of the civil intelligence and security service in the context of Slovenian national defence, media reporting used a selection of topicalized linguistic means (actualisms, i.e. stylistically marked linguistic means) in headlines to characterise the event as a scandal, and the OVS as a military intelligence service.
This study investigates the internal and external strategic choices that telecommunications firms, operating in a dynamic network environment, make to adapt to changes and to respond quickly in order ...to create or to sustain their competitive advantage. In particular, in the European telecommunications industry incumbent firms have faced important challenges from new technologies, liberalization and the convergence of markets. The leading European telecommunications companies initially focused on new markets and new businesses, emphasizing their plans to become major players in relevant markets. However, after the telecommunications euphoria companies were more restrained due to their huge burden of debt and their market value. Through refocusing or restructuring, these companies have tried to streamline their businesses in order to restore their value and to improve their competitiveness. Insight into the specific strategic actions of traditional telecommunications companies in Europe to the recent developments in the industry is provided from the analysis of three leading traditional telecommunications companies: BT, Deutsche Telekom and KPN.
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This paper analyses the systemic framework of the operation of the Intelligence and Security Service – ISS, and the parliamentary supervision of its operations. It takes as its focus a case that ...occurred last year and was related to the Defence Minister’s commissioning of working materials from the Service on the effects that the privatization of the national telecommunications provider – Telekom Slovenije would have on the operation of the Service in the light of Slovenia’s defence interests. This work also presents a linguostylistic analysis of the media reports covering this case. The findings show that while after 25 years as an independent state Slovenia has established the institutional framework for the operation of the ISS and regulated parliamentary supervision of its work, it has not as yet managed to achieve the harmonized operation of all state policies in the field of national security. Rather than contributing to the solution of certain dilemmas regarding the legal, political and professional aspects of the operation of this civil intelligence and security service in the context of Slovenian national defence, the media reporting used a selection of foregrounded (marked) linguistic means in headlines to characterize the event as a scandal, and designate the ISS as a military intelligence service.
Innovative programs for restructuring the entry phase of mathematics teacher education programs have been implemented at various German universities within the last few years. This article reports ...about the design and the results of a longitudinal evaluation study of the effectiveness of two of these programs aiming to improve mathematics teacher education by altering the conditions in university teaching (the so-called Teacher Education and Development Study TEDS-Telekom). The development of prospective teachers’ professional knowledge in academic mathematical content knowledge, knowledge in elementary mathematics from an advanced standpoint, and mathematical pedagogical content knowledge from the innovative programs were compared to traditional university programs. The study points out that the innovative programs only partially succeeded in improving the acquisition of professional knowledge for prospective mathematics teachers.
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Mit dem Länderindikator 2015 wird erstmalig eine bundeslandspezifische Betrachtung der schulischen Nutzung digitaler Medien in Deutschland realisiert, womit schulische Medienbildung als zentraler ...Handlungsbereich im 21. Jahrhundert fokussiert wird. Dazu werden auf Grundlage einer repräsentativen Befragung von Lehrkräften in Deutschland vertiefende Analysen zum kompetenten Umgang mit digitalen Medien vorgelegt, die aktuelle Befunde und Handlungsbedarfe in diesem Bereich aufgreifen. In dem Band werden die Aspekte der schulischen Ausstattung mit digitalen Medien, der Nutzung digitaler Medien in Lehr- und Lernkontexten, der IT-bezogenen Einstellungen der Lehrkräfte sowie der Förderung von IT-bezogenen Fähigkeiten der Schülerinnen und Schüler behandelt. Ergänzt werden die Befunde durch Länderportraits und schulische Good-Practice-Beispiele in zwei ausgewählten Bundesländern: Thüringen und Nordrhein-Westfalen. Insgesamt zeigen die Ergebnisse, dass in einigen Bundesländern die Integration digitaler Medien in der Schule vergleichsweise weit vorangeschritten ist, wohingegen in anderen Ländern noch Nachholbedarf besteht. (DIPF/Orig.).
"Angesichts allgemein rückläufiger Ausbildungsstellenbewerber/-innen sind Unternehmen gefordert, auch auf die verborgenen 'Talente' zu schauen und diese zu fördern. Dabei richtet sich das Augenmerk ...zunehmend auf Kompetenzen, die im Lebensverlauf erworben wurden, aber nicht immer bewusst und unmittelbar sichtbar sind. Mit dem ProfilPASS steht ein Instrument zur Verfügung, diese Kompetenzen zu dokumentieren. In dem seit 2009 vom BMBF geförderten Projekt 'ProfilPASS in der Wirtschaft' sollen seine Einsatzmöglichkeiten im betrieblichen Kontext erprobt werden. Im Beitrag wird die Arbeit mit dem ProfilPASS in zwei Ausbildungsgruppen der Deutschen Telekom AG vorgestellt." (Autorenreferat, BIBB-Doku).
Rapid application of new technologies and highly leveraged innovation processes are key for the success of companies and organizations in dynamic markets. Based on the experiences of one of the ...industry`s most modern innovation centers this book provides an insight into the tools and methods used to align customer requirements, competitive challenges and technological development. Both, scientists and practitioners, will benefit from the lessons learned and presented in this volume.
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This comparison of labor-management relations at Deutsche Telekom (DT) and NTT Group (formerly Nippon Telephone and Telegraph) demonstrates the value of considering both institutions and strategic ...decision-making to understand the interaction between companies and unions. As corporations diversify, multi-divisional or holding company structures emerge, but the degree of diversity introduced in employment relations within the corporate group depends on the interaction between corporate strategy and the strategy of organized labor. The authors' field research, based on interviews with managers and labor leaders, shows that despite a broadly similar corporate strategy of diversification by DT and NTT after the liberalization of telecommunication markets, employment relations became more decentralized-both for unions and for works councils-within the DT group than within the NTT group. This difference in outcomes is explained by the relative power and strategic choices of labor and management, rather than by constraints and opportunities specific to the existing national institutions.
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