Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Professor Zanoni legt uit waarom sommige beroepen moeilijk los te koppelen zijn van geslacht
Vacature junior consultant HR & Organizational Development
VLS CONSULTiNG biedt praktijkgericht resultaatgedreven advies op vlak van leiderschap, human resources en organisatieontwikkeling voor individuen, teams en organisaties. Meerwaardecreatie door maatwerk staat centraal. Onze waarden zijn de drijvende kracht bij al onze activiteiten.
Door oprechte, doelgerichte en resultaatgedreven maatbegeleiding geven we het beste van onszelf aan ons klanten. Actie en kwaliteit staan voorop.
Aan de hand van beproefde strategieën en zelf ontwikkelde systemen willen we meerwaarde bieden in alle sectoren. Bouw mee aan de toekomst van iedereen!
junior consultant HR & Organizational Development
Functieomschrijving
- Door advies op maat creëer je meerwaarde voor de klanten in verschillende domeinen (leiderschap, algemeen management, human resources management en organisatieontwikkeling). Je denkt daarbij in functie van de klant;
- Je maakt haarscherpe analyses van de organisaties en medewerkers die VLS CONSULTiNG ondersteunt en begeleidt en dit zowel op strategisch, tactisch als operationeel niveau;
- Je realiseert diverse (HR) projecten in nauwe samenwerking met en op maat van de noden van de klant;
- Je werkt voor meerdere klanten tegelijk. Dit betekent dat je per week een aantal dagen bij verschillende klanten kan worden ingezet;
- Je bent mee verantwoordelijk voor de uitbouw van VLS CONSULTiNG door actief op zoek te gaan naar nieuwe klanten en door lange termijn relaties te creëren;
- Je biedt ondersteuning bij het realiseren van contracten en dit zowel administratief als inhoudelijk;
- Je rapporteert aan de eigenaar van VLS CONSULTiNG;
- Je draagt de visie, waarden en cultuur van VLS CONSULTiNG uit in al je activiteiten.
Profiel
- Je beschikt over een scherpe analytische geest en kan grote hoeveelheden informatie in korte tijd verwerken;
- Je bent in staat situaties en hun context te observeren en kan snel verbanden leggen tussen theoretische concepten en de praktijk;
- Je bent flexibel en dit zowel naar inzet, verplaatsing als inleving in de te adviseren sector;
- Je bent een vlotte gesprekspartner en kan je spreek- en schrijfstijl aanpassen aan de boodschap en de ontvanger;
- Je hebt kennis van de basisprincipes inzake personeelsbeleid en organisatieontwikkeling;
- Je beschikt over commerciële flair en volgt marktevoluties nauwlettend op, je houdt van netwerken;
- Je hebt een uitgesproken interesse voor HR en consultancy;
- Je ben vloeiend in het Nederlands en het Engels en dit zowel mondeling als schriftelijk.
Aanbod
- Een aantrekkelijk loonpakket in overeenstemming met jouw ervaring en andere extralegale voordelen;
- Een waaier aan opleidingsmogelijkheden zowel intern als extern;
- Een boeiende en leerrijke werkplek;
- De kans een organisatie in groei mee uit te bouwen.
Meer weten? Surf naar http://www.jobat.be/nl/junior-consultant-hr-organizational-development/job_970223.aspx
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
CALL FOR PAPERS - Special Issue of the Open Access Journal "Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization"
*Peak neoliberalism? Revisiting and rethinking the concept of neoliberalism*
http://www.ephemerajournal.
rethinking-concept-
Issue editors: Kean Birch and Simon Springer
Neoliberalism is a ubiquitous concept nowadays, used across numerous
disciplines and in the analysis of diverse and varied phenomena (Springer
et al., 2016). It is conceptualized in different ways as, for example, a
geographical process; a form of governmentality; the restoration of elite
class power; a political project of institutional change; a set of
transformative ideas; a development policy paradigm; an epistemic community
or thought collective; and an economic ideology or doctrine (Springer,
2010, 2016a; Flew, 2014; Birch, 2015a). In relation to organization
studies, and this journal especially, neoliberalism has been strongly
associated with the restructuring of economics as a tool of governance
(e.g. Davies and Dunne, 2016), the transformation of universities and
academia as sites of knowledge pro-sumption and immaterial labour (e.g.
Rai, 2013), the rise of business schools as centres of social and political
reproduction (e.g. Harney, 2009), and the extension of particular forms of
corporate governance dominated by shareholder interests (Birch, 2016).
Neoliberalism has been used to analyse a diverse range of social,
political, economic, and ecological changes, processes, practices,
subjectivities, and much else besides. In one article, for example,
Venugopal (2015) argues that it has been used to analyse almost everything,
from the development of ecosystem services through urban regeneration to
financialization. Others argue that neoliberalism, as currently understood
and theorized, is over-stated as a way to understand recent and ongoing
social changes (Barnett, 2005; O'Neill and Weller, 2014; Birch, 2015b;
Storper, 2016). Such debate raises the question of whether we have hit peak
neoliberalism in terms of the usefulness of the concept to our analysis of
and political engagement with the social world (Springer, 2016b).
Neoliberalism's increasing ubiquity has come at a significant price. Such
variety and diversity in intellectual analysis (i.e. explanatory framework)
and substantive topic (i.e. thing to explain) have produced a glut of
concepts, theories, analyses and so; while this medley can be seen as a
necessary – and fruitful – outcome of such a hybrid and heterogeneous
process, it also has the potential side-effect of leaving us more confused
than enlightened. According to some scholars (e.g. Boas and Gans-Morse,
2009; Birch, 2015b; Venugopal, 2015), neoliberalism is at risk of becoming
almost useless as a result of its indiscriminate use, especially as it is
increasingly taken up in popular debate and discourse. Not all agree with
this assessment, obviously. A number of scholars stress the need to
theorize neoliberalism carefully and precisely in order to ensure its
continuing relevance as a useful concept for understanding the world (e.g.
Peck, 2013; Springer, 2014; also Birch, 2016).
It is increasingly difficult, on the one hand, to parse or synthesize this
intellectual (yet often contradictory) abundance and, on the other hand, to
apply it to policy or practical issues facing diverse communities,
societies, organizations and individuals around the world. A body of
literature is emerging that is critical of current conceptions and
understandings of neoliberalism, highlighting these issues. Another body of
work is emerging that tries to rehabilitate neoliberalism as a concept and
a useful way to analyse the damage that contemporary political economy is
doing to so many people.
The aim of this special issue, therefore, is to revisit and rethink
neoliberalism as an abstract concept and as an empirical object. We invite
contributors to critically evaluate dominant conceptions of neoliberalism,
to examine how we use neoliberalism as an analytical and methodological
framework, and to offer new ideas about how to productively
(re)conceptualize neoliberalism. Below we outline some broad questions that
contributors might like to engage with, although others are welcome:
· How conceptually useful is neoliberalism in different disciplines?
· How has the concept of neoliberalism evolved over time?
· Does neoliberalism represent a useful or critical way of
understanding the current state of the world?
· What are the limitations to our use of neoliberalism?
· Does neoliberalism need updating as a critical concept in ways
that take us beyond hybridity and variegation?
· What is missing from debates on neoliberalism in contemporary
scholarship?
· What makes neoliberalism such a popular analytical framework?
· Are there alternative ways to conceptualize neoliberalism?
· Are we in need of finding alternative conceptions that break with
the language of 'neoliberalism' altogether?
· What might new visions beyond neoliberalism yield in terms of our
collective political future?
*Deadline for submissions: 30 June 2017*
All contributions should be sent to both Kean Birch (kean AT yorku.ca) and
Simon Springer (springer AT uvic.ca). If you would like to discuss an idea
with the issue editors then please email them both. We are looking for a
diverse range of contributions including research articles, notes,
interviews, and book reviews. Information about some of these types of
contributions can be found at: http://www.ephemerajournal.
The submissions will undergo a double-blind review process. All submissions
should follow ephemera's submission guidelines, which are available at:
http://www.ephemerajournal.
guide in particular).
*References*
Barnett, C. (2005) 'Publics and markets: What's wrong with neoliberalism?',
in S.J. Smith, R. Pain, S.A. Marston and J.P. Jones III (eds.) The handbook
of social geographies. London: SAGE.
Birch, K. (2015a) 'Neoliberalism: The whys and wherefores ... and future
directions', Sociology Compass, 9(7): 571-584.
Birch, K. (2015b) We have never been neoliberal: A manifesto for a doomed
youth. Winchester: Zer0 Books.
Birch, K. (2016) 'Market vs. contract? The implications of contractual
theories of corporate governance to the analysis of neoliberalism',
ephemera, 16(1): 107-133.
Birch, K. and V. Mykhnenko (eds.) (2010) The rise and fall of
neoliberalism: The collapse of an economic order? London: Zed Books.
Boas, T. and J. Gans-Morse (2009) 'Neoliberalism: From new liberal
philosophy to anti-liberal slogan', Studies in Comparative International
Development, 44(2): 137-161.
Davies, W. and S. Dunne (2016) 'The limits of neoliberalism: An interview
with Will Davies', ephemera, 16(1): 155-168.
Flew, T. (2014) 'Six theories of neoliberalism', Thesis Eleven, 122: 49-71.
Harney, S. (2009) 'Extreme neo-liberalism: An introduction', ephemera,
9(4): 318-329.
Peck, J. (2013) 'Explaining (with) neoliberalism', Territory, Politics,
Governance, 1(2): 132-157.
Rai, A. (2013) 'Control and becoming in the neoliberal teaching machine',
ephemera, 13(1): 177-187.
Springer, S. (2010) 'Neoliberalism and geography: Expansions, variegations,
formations', Geography Compass, 4(8): 1025-1038.
Springer, S. (2014) 'Neoliberalism in denial', Dialogues in Human
Geography, 4 (2): 154-160.
Springer, S. (2016a) The discourse of neoliberalism: An anatomy of a
powerful idea. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.
Springer, S. (2016b) 'Fuck neoliberalism', ACME, 15(2): 285-292
Springer, S., K. Birch and J. MacLeavy (eds.) (2016) The handbook of
neoliberalism. London: Routledge.
Storper, M. (2016) 'The neo-liberal city as idea and reality', Territory,
Politics, Governance, 4(2): 241-263.
Venugopal, R. (2015) 'Neoliberalism as concept', Economy and Society,
44(2): 165-187.
Australia's place in a global imaginary', Dialogues in Human Geography,
4(2): 105-130.
Friday, 21 October 2016
Inefficient Inequality: The economic costs of gender inequality in Europe, CEPS, nov3
Dear SEIN web blog followers,
On 3 November CEPS hosts the annual CEPS-Intereconomics conference. This year's theme is Gender Inequality.
To view the program and sign up, please visit: https://www.ceps.eu/
Much attention in research is given to the existence and measurement of gender inequality, but relatively little attention is given to the costs that result from the presence of inequality. At this conference researchers, policy-makers, and business representatives will discuss the costs and inefficiencies that result from gender inequality. What are potential solutions? Which policies? At what level?
Join us and put your view forward.
Speakers include:
Virginija Langbakk Director, European Institute for Gender Equality
Joana Pereira Economist, IMF
Diane Perrons Professor, London School of Economics
Friederike Maier, Professor of Economics, HWR Berlin
Paola Profeta, Associate Professor, University of Bocconi
Stephan Klasen, Professor of Development Economics, University of Göttingen
We are looking forward to seeing you.
On behalf of CEPS
Matthias Busse
UNQUOTE
Mikkel Barslund
Research Fellow
CEPS
Place du Congrès 1
1000 Brussels, Belgium
T: 32 (0)2 229 39 49
www.ceps.eu
Ann Appermans
Receptionist
CEPS
Place deu Congrès 1
1000 Brussels, Belgium
T: 32 (0)2 229 39 11
Tuesday, 18 October 2016
Stadstriënnale TM Trademarks Hasselt-Genk 10 okt 2016- 8 januari 2017
TRADEMARKS drukken haast ongemerkt hun stempel op ons dagelijks leven. Deze logo's en merknamen geven herkenbaarheid en identiteit aan producten en diensten, én zelfs aan de gebruiker ervan.
Stadstriënnale Hasselt-Genk verkent het spanningsveld tussen het artistieke en commerciële vanuit spraakmakende beeldende kunst, mode, design, fotografie en muziek. Benieuwd naar deze verhalen achter originaliteit, innovatie en persoonlijke branding? Zet je schrap voor een 100 dagen durende rollercoaster van logomania.
Racial profiling, by a computer? Police facial-ID tech raises civil rights concerns. -The Washington Post
The growing use of facial-recognition systems has led to a high-tech form of racial profiling, with African Americans more likely than others to have their images captured, analyzed and reviewed during computerized searches for crime suspects, according to a new report based on records from dozens of police departments.
by Craig Timberg
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Job opening: Teacher on the field of Management of Cultural Diversity (0.6 fte) Tilburg School of Humanities
Job description
The main task will be to teach in the successful Master track Management of Cultural Diversity (MCD). This international and multidisciplinary programme attracts some 25-30 national and international students since its start in 2011. It focuses on fostering an encompassing understanding of challenges posed by cultural diversity in society and in organisational settings, to subsequently be able to design effective diversity management interventions to deal with those challenges.
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