Mintzberg's version of emergent strategy is based on the idea that strategies are contingent on circumstances that change from time to time often very rapidly and therefore papers focused on strategy and detailed planning are limited in their practical application. The word strategy as far as...

In einem kürzlich veröffentlichten Aufsatz zur Planungstheorie stellen Benjamin Davy, Meike Levin-Keitel und Franziska Sielker eine "brutal plurality of truths" fest, die die räumliche Planung erschwere. Sie fragen insbesondere, wie Planerinnen und Planer damit umgehen können. Der...

Wie mit einer "brutal plurality of truths" (Davy/Levin-Keitel/Sielker2023) planerisch umgehen? Diese Frage drängt sich auf - und ist strittig. Gerd Lintz gab an dieser Stelle zu be-denken, dass ein "weiter Wahrheits- und Wissensbegriff" die planerische Bearbeitbarkeit der Klima- und...

In einem kürzlich veröffentlichten Aufsatz zur Planungstheorie stellen Benjamin Davy, Meike Levin-Keitel und Franziska Sielker eine "brutal plurality of truths" fest, die die räumliche Planung erschwere. Sie fragen insbesondere, wie Planerinnen und Planer damit umgehen können. Der...

Wie mit einer "brutal plurality of truths" (Davy/Levin-Keitel/Sielker2023) planerisch umgehen? Diese Frage drängt sich auf - und ist strittig. Gerd Lintz gab an dieser Stelle zu be-denken, dass ein "weiter Wahrheits- und Wissensbegriff" die planerische Bearbeitbarkeit der Klima- und...

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the concept of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) in the field of cross-cultural management. Design/methodology/approach The related literature has been analysed from various paradigmatic lenses. Findings As the VUCA world concept...

This essay argues that the most crucial institution of any school system is its view of knowledge - from which virtually all other aspects of a school are derived: the content of its curricula, its pedagogical practices, and the incentives that motivate its members. To make this case, we outline...

Mintzberg's version of emergent strategy is based on the idea that strategies are contingent on circumstances that change from time to time often very rapidly and therefore papers focused on strategy and detailed planning are limited in their practical application. The word strategy as far as...

This essay argues that the most crucial institution of any school system is its view of knowledge - from which virtually all other aspects of a school are derived: the content of its curricula, its pedagogical practices, and the incentives that motivate its members. To make this case, we outline...

Purpose This research aims to scrutinize the dwelling of digital nomads in postmodernism’s social, cultural and political context and to illuminate their post-tourist characteristics. Design/methodology/approach Using a conceptual approach and sociological considerations, the study closely...

Mediation as a ‘preemptive discipline’ is introduced with relevant theories and research, including from psychology and business studies.The paper is contemporary descriptive using a conflict that is very present in modern discussion: The sustainability of nature in contrasted with business...

There are many different explanations of customer centricity, and many people are in support of that concept whereas many others are against it. Different meanings can be found for customer centricity in literature. Which one could be the proper and most reliable one? Most of the views on...

Chapter 1 Social Justice Theory as a Disorganized Religion -- Chapter 2 The Place of Postmodernism in Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 3 The Philosophical Derivation of Postmodernism -- Chapter 4 The Collapse of Reason and the Abandonment of Reality -- Chapter 5 Postmodernism’s Attack on Liberal...

Purpose This study demonstrates how individual paradigms implicate the questions asked, methods used and results drawn in association with a common object of study in human information behavior (HIB) research – the relationship between uncertainty and decision-making....

[enter Abstract Body]Postmodernism is a variety of meanings and definitions, is used to refer to many aspects of social life from musical forms and styles, literature and fine art through to philosophy, history and especially the mass media and consumer culture. Post modernism is a slippery term...

Jordan Peterson says that postmodernists say no interpretation is better than another. Hmm. I would no sooner identify Peterson's adversaries as those who have been misled by "postmodernism" than I would identify them as misled by "sustainability," "diversity," "multiculturalism," or...

Purpose This qualitative study explores how discursive power shapes South Carolina lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual (LGBTQIA+) communities' health information practices and how participants resist this power. Design/methodology/approach In total, 28 LGBTQIA+...

Symbolic representation is a specific, uniquely human form of objectification of the real world, a powerful means of communication activity of its reflectivity. Understanding of the phenomenon of sign representation, its modeling and the definition of the sign and its meaning depends on the sign...

There are many different explanations of customer centricity, and many people are in support of that concept whereas many others are against it. Different meanings can be found for customer centricity in literature. Which one could be the proper and most reliable one? Most of the views on...

The paper approaches the paradigmatic changes of the current economic situation, in the context of post-modernism and its challenges, which reconsiders human society according to new criteria. One of the characteristics of post-modernism is the development of information and communication...

Japanese law is of postmodern essence. Subsequent to the end of the Tokugawa era and as awareness of Japan's legal environment grew, Japanese law began to be described as postmodern. When considered on an international basis, Japan is truly a unique society, engaging in extensive transnational...

The paper approaches the paradigmatic changes of the current economic situation, in the context of post-modernism and its challenges, which reconsiders human society according to new criteria. One of the characteristics of post-modernism is the development of information and communication...

Mit Jürgen Habermas' Postsäkularisierungsthese und Niklas Luhmanns gemäßigtem Postmodernismus werden in diesem Aufsatz zwei Sichtweisen einer über sich selbst hinauswachsenden Moderne dargestellt. Der gemeinsame Ursprung beider Theoreme wird in der systemtheoretischen Weiterentwicklung von...

"Michael Polanyi is most famous for his work in chemistry and the philosophy of science, but in the 1930s and 1940s he made an important contribution to economics. Drawing on rich archival materials of Polanyi and his correspondents, Gábor Biró explores their competing worldviews and their...

This paper provides consideration on sustainable development in postmodern time, which should conduct shaping of social development as well as development of local and global communities. Ensuring sustainability of development is a multilevel process. In particular, that means that...