Beyond belief : Strategic taboos and organizational identity in strategic agenda setting

A comprehensive strategic agenda matters for fundamental strategic change. Our study seeks to explore and theorize how organizational identity beliefs influence the judgment of strategic actors when setting an organization's strategic agenda. We offer the notion of "strategic taboo" as those strategic options initially disqualified and deemed inconsistent with the organizational identity beliefs of strategic actors. Our study is concerned with how strategic actors confront strategic taboos in the process of setting an organization's strategic agenda. Based on a revelatory inductive case study, we find that strategic actors engage in assessing the concordance of the strategic taboos with organizational identity beliefs and, more specifically, that they focus on key identity elements (philosophy; priorities; practices) when doing so. We develop a typology of three reinterpretation practices that are each concerned with a key identity element. While contextualizing assesses the potential concordance of a strategic taboo with an organization's overall philosophy and purpose, instrumentalizing assesses such concordance with respect to what actors deem an organization's priorities to be. Finally, normalizing explores concordance with respect to compatibility and fit with the organization's practices. We suggest that assessing concordance of a strategic taboo with identity elements consists in reinterpreting collective identity beliefs in ways that make them consistent with what organizational actors deem the right course of action. This article discusses the implications for theory and research on strategic agenda setting, strategic change, a practice-based perspective on strategy, and on organizational identity.

Virtual Patients in continuing medical education and residency training: a pilot project for acceptance analysis in the framework of a residency revision course in pediatrics.

AIM Virtual patients (VPs) are a one-of-a-kind e-learning resource, fostering clinical reasoning skills through clinical case examples. The combination with face-to-face teaching is important for their successful integration, which is referred to as "blended learning". So far little is known about the use of VPs in the field of continuing medical education and residency training. The pilot study presented here inquired the application of VPs in the framework of a pediatric residency revision course. METHODS Around 200 participants of a pediatric nephology lecture ('nephrotic and nephritic syndrome in children') were offered two VPs as a wrap-up session at the revision course of the German Society for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (DGKJ) 2009 in Heidelberg, Germany. Using a web-based survey form, different aspects were evaluated concerning the learning experiences with VPs, the combination with the lecture, and the use of VPs for residency training in general. RESULTS N=40 evaluable survey forms were returned (approximately 21%). The return rate was impaired by a technical problem with the local Wi-Fi firewall. The participants perceived the work-up of the VPs as a worthwhile learning experience, with proper preparation for diagnosing and treating real patients with similar complaints. Case presentations, interactivity, and locally and timely independent repetitive practices were, in particular, pointed out. On being asked about the use of VPs in general for residency training, there was a distinct demand for more such offers. CONCLUSION VPs may reasonably complement existing learning activities in residency training.

Beschluß der Plenar-Sitzung des Studenten-Ausschusses und der Commandanten und Hauptleute der akademischen Legion: Zu der in der akademischen Legion vorzunehmenden Revision hat Folgendes zur Richtschnur zu dienen ...

Welsch (Projektbearbeiter): Bekanntgabe der Bestimmungen über die Berechtigung zur Mitgliedschaft in der Wiener Akademischen Legion

Management of pelvic discontinuity in revision total hip arthroplasty: a review of the literature

Pelvic discontinuity is a complex problem in revision total hip arthroplasty. Although rare, the incidence is likely to increase due to the ageing population and the increasing number of total hip arthroplasties being performed. The various surgical options available to solve this problem include plating, massive allografts, reconstruction rings, custom triflanged components and tantalum implants. However, the optimal solution remains controversial. None of the known methods completely solves the major obstacles associated with this problem, such as restoration of massive bone loss, implant failure in the short- and long-term and high complication rates. This review discusses the diagnosis, decision making, and treatment options of pelvic discontinuity in revision total hip arthroplasty.

Bericht der Central-Abtheilung über den Antrag des Abgeordneten Mätze, auf Revision aller Ablösungen, Separationen und Regulirung gutsherrlich-bäuerlicher Verhältnisse: Der Abgeordnete Mätze stellte am 31. Mai c. bei der National-Versammlung den Antrag ...

Welsch (Projektbearbeiter): Ablehnung des von dem Bernstädter Rektor und Abgeordneten von Oels Ernst Gustav Mätze eingebrachten Antrages durch sechs (von insgesamt sieben) Abteilungen

Behindertenpolitik – Positionen der Parteien nach der 6. IV-Revision

Für Menschen mit Behinderungen und ihr Umfeld ist es entscheidend zu wissen, welche Parteien sie mit ihrer Arbeit im Parlament unterstützen. In den Fragen rund um Behinderungen zeigt sich unter der Bundeshauskuppel tendenziell ein Rechts-Links-Graben. Die Mitte-Parteien, insbesondere die CVP, scheinen diese Tatsache allerdings in Frage zu stellen.

The "Profiles" document: a modern revision of the objectives of undergraduate medical studies in Switzerland

The Joint Commission of the Swiss Medical Schools (SMIFK/CIMS) decided in 2000 to establish a Swiss Catalogue of Learning Objectives (SCLO) for undergraduate medical training, which was adapted from a similar Dutch blueprint. A second version of the SCLO was developed and launched in 2008. The catalogue is a prerequisite for the accreditation of the curricula of the six Swiss medical faculties and defines the contents of the Federal Licensing Examination (FLE). Given the evolution of the field of medicine and of medical education, the SMIFK/CIMS has decided to embark on a total revision of the SCLO. This article presents the proposed structure and content of Profiles, a new document which, in the future, will direct the format of undergraduate studies and of the FLE. Profiles stands for the Principal Relevant Objectives for Integrative Learning and Education in Switzerland. It is currently being developed by a group of experts from the six Swiss faculties as well as representatives of other institutions involved in these developments. The foundations of Profiles are grounded in the evolution of medical practice and of public health and are based on up-to-date teaching concepts, such as EPAs (entrustable professional activities). An introduction will cover the concepts and a tutorial will be displayed. Three main chapters will provide a description of the seven 2015 CanMEDS roles, a list of core EPAs and a series of ≈250 situations embracing the most frequent and current conditions affecting health. As Profiles is still a work in progress, it is hoped that this paper will attract the interest of all individuals involved in the training of medical students.

Revision des jüdischen Nationalismus [Rezension]

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Die Revision

N. Fr. Pr.

Revision of the Cumacean Family Leuconidae

The family Leuconidae currently contains 99 species. With the exception of Epileucon, all genera in the family were established by 1907. All new species have been subsequently assigned to those genera, gradually producing genera distinguishable on the basis of single characters. In this paper Epileucon is reduced to a subgenus of Leucon as proposed by Bacescu (1988), and the species of Leucon are further apportioned among the subgenera Leucon Kroyer, Macrauloleucon, new subgenus, Crymoleucon, new subgenus, and Alytoleucon, new subgenus. In addition, the new genera Ommatoleucon, Austroleucon, Nippoleucon, and Bytholeucon are proposed, and the genus Coricuma Watling and Breedy is added to this family. The new genus Americuma, with unclear family affiliations, is proposed for a species previously assigned to Heteroleucon. Complete diagnoses are provided for all genera and keys are given to all genera and species.

Alfred Nossig's "Revision des Socialismus" [Rezension]

D. Farbstein

Richard Lichtheim: Revision der zionistischen Politik [Rezension]

E. G. F.

Na 50 Nachlass Arthur Schopenhauer - 'Schopenhauer-Archiv', 522 - Konzeptschreiben eines Rechtsgesuchs an den Justizminister Alexander von Danckelmann wegen der erfolgreichen Revision von Caroline Marquet in Sachen Körperverletzung

u.a.: Alimentation; Carolin Marquet; C.C.F. Kunowski;

Revision der im Exsiccat "Kryptogamen Badens von Jack, Leiner und Stitzenberger" enthaltenen Chytridiaceen, Peronosporeen, Ustilagineen und Uredineen

Von G. Lagerheim