Projects
We develop, accompany and evaluate innovative projects. Since 1990, in addition to programme support, accompanying scientific research, quality-assuring process support within the project team and external evaluation studies , we have formulated more than 60 project ideas that are eligible for funding and supported them with action research. Our areas of focus are in the fields of:
Learning Region Schwandorf County (LernReg)
07/2001 – 06/2006
We have supported the regional actors in establishing the "Learning Region" Schwandorf. In the areas of further education counselling for adults, job seekers and companies, companies and citizens in the region have access to powerful support for their lifelong learning.
The concept of open training offers companies a lot of flexibility to train their apprentices for the specific needs of their company. At the same time, this flexibility requires training to be strategically planned and supported with appropriate learning tools. Together with a regional market-leading training service provider, we have developed an online-supported system of learning and work tasks for the training of mechatronics engineers.
European cross-cultural Values (EUROCULVALUES)
10/2003 – 09/2005
Smaller companies are also increasingly operating internationally. The project has described essential elements of different values in the intercultural communication of companies.
Knowledge management and Product development (WuP)
03/2001 – 10/2004
We supported a market-leading training service provider in making better use of the knowledge of its employees in order to adapt the product portfolio to changing political conditions and to systematically anchor innovative capacity in the company. We worked together with a highly innovative group of experts from the programme "Learning Culture Competence Development" and developed generalisable findings and recommendations for the organisational development of sustainable education service providers.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CoSoRe)
11/2001 – 10/2003
Corporate social responsibility has often been understood as a topic that is primarily relevant to large companies. The project has developed a guideline, based on the experience of social work at Siemens AG, on how smaller companies can also actively shape corporate social responsibility.
12/2000 – 06/2003
The changing world of work and especially the promotion of a learning culture requires new ways of cooperative problem solving through close collaboration between SMEs and external educational consultants. To initiate and promote a cross-organisational learning culture, we have developed a toolbox that promotes integrated learning and working and collaboration.
Employees are experts in their own work processes. Our concept of process-oriented further training based on this expert knowledge through company learning projects has enabled employees to independently identify their learning needs and to plan, implement and evaluate their learning.